Hey that's brilliant! ^^

I like the idea of that.

ill take a dozen!

Now fursuit lounges will become charging stations!

they are already mingling places for anyone and everyone, storage spaces for tubs and clothes, people freely take pictures in them and are blaring from those portable boom boxes people wear in backpacks.... may as well have wires running everywhere too. ;)

Yeah, It depends on the cons, some are just like that, the extreme is what AC has. I've been asked to go into the fursuit lounge and take pictures, though I never post them online.

maybe its more for old schoolers like me,but I despise anyone taking any kind of pictures in the headless lounge whether they will be posted publicly or not.
But... with a lot of things in life, tiny issues of discomfort like that are coped with and moved on from. Minor items... just would rather not have to experience that feeling in the first place.

Here here

At least at EF they escorted anyone out who was caught taking photos in the suiter lounge.

I like EF! :)

Ooh, very nice!
(Mine ran out of battery at Dragon Con and I was sad kitty)

yah, I was told those batteries last at most 4-6 hours... thats why I was looking for another solution and  jmw knocked it out of the park

Yeah, sounds about right. Time to go find some rechargeable 9V's. (or maybe I'll put my EE hat and do something fancy)

Can this be retrofitted to past designs?

unfortunately since I make my heads so sturdy, installing a fan may not be possible without tearing it apart. Sure a fan could probly be shoved in there and secured, but it may not be the prettiest install in the world.

cool idea, but I would keep the battery near the surface of the head, Li-ions and Li-Pos can get pretty hot. that little fan wouldnt do it but use one of those batteries hard enough and you got yourself a nifty little pyrotechnic show XD

I keep all of my battery packs in the neckfur of the head. Should be just fine in there.

Thanks tiger!

You don't have to worry. The fan bairly draws enough power to even warm the pack. The reason lithium packs in laptops and phones get hot is because they have a high power draw and the battery can hardly keep up at times. That is not the issue here. Nice an cool.

cant wait to order kaahl v2

How easy would it be to retro fit one of the new fans to an already built head?

unfortunately since I make my heads so sturdy, installing a fan may not be possible without tearing it apart. Sure a fan could probly be shoved in there and secured after digging and cutting out a lot of the foam in the upper muzzle, but it may not be the prettiest install in the world.

I can get smaller fans too but you would have to try and attach it and hide the wires. Only thing the smaller the fan the less the air flow or more noise.

damn.. I was going to ask the same.
No chance that I'm cutting around in my head myself.
But - I've inspected it a bit already, and the air inlet grates on the top of the head/helmet are just big enough to fit one or two 1x1" fans in there.

Well if you are interested feel free to send me a note and I can see what I can get to work for you ^^

I've got a long winter until my next con.. lots of time to experiment =^.^=
I already have a few 1" fans around.. need to test whether I actually get enough air in at the top.. the fur backing cloth is rather dense.
Another way could be through the ears.. even though that would mean drilling through the helmet..
(I'm trying to avoid installing a fan in the muzzle at all costs.. it makes such a good second vision inlet, and I need to be able to drink as well.)

once you put little fans in there, then put the head on, there is zero chance for airflow in there. In my opinion, it wouldn't help a bit

That won't keep me from at least trying once =^.^=
(remember that I glued some neoprene strips into the headgear to get it a bit higher and keep it from nudging forward.. this gives me roughly 1/4" air space around most of the top of my head)

Just a word of caution, li-ion batteries are temperamental beasts. If a li-ion battery gets too hot, is punctured, or was improperly manufactured (ex. Sony battery recall), it will spew *fire* all over the place.

Make sure your circuit has a current-limiting device (don't just plug the fan/el-wire straight in like a 9V) and protect the circuit from moisture. If the battery is permanently installed in the head, stress to customers that they should NEVER EVER EVER wear the head while the battery is charging, and they should NEVER submerse it.

Also, be aware that there are shipping restrictions on Li-ion batteries. UPS and FedEx often require scary-looking stickers, USPS may not accept it at all.

It has a controller board built in that controlls the charging of the pack as well as an over current protection.

Oh and there are no restrictions on shipping these. Most shipping restrictions are on lead acid and large lithium packs. And as far as putting a hole in them and them blowing up well unless you get stabbed by a knife you should be fine. They don't really blow up either. The ones you heard of were huge electric car packs that can if punctured have issues. No problem here ^.^

That's a meaty battery! I love it.


You could make pockets in the suit with phone chargers that run off it. Could run all sorts of electronics from it

That's impressive.

The reason I chose this size was it was big enough to power everything you would want. Enough size to give you the power you want without getting warm and still very light weight for its size (about the weight of a deck of cards).

Couple weeks ago, I was in Snap's workshop and got to see it in person.

I'm all jelly now lol

congrats into moving into modern battery tech ^_^

good thats its an iron pack they are better when over discharged (lipo no likey) life are cool too but tend to be round packs.