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Added LED's to a clear bag (programming.dev)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I'm going to an evening event which requires clear concert bags if you wanted to bring one. The max size is 12"x12"x6".

If I was going clear I at least wanted RGB, so I looked it up and it was $75CAD... Ouch, bags are like $20CAD.

So I thought about it and I wondered if I could make one.

So I got this bag and a 16.5ft string of fairy lights. I busted out the misses sewing needles and stitched in the wires to the fabric seme and this was the result.

I am extremely pleased with it. Next time I think I'd move the battery pack to the edge where the zipper starts or ends. Otherwise would recommend.

Bag was $19CAD and the LED's were $13CAD

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Slick. Please update on how it fares at the event.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Looks dreamy. Any picture in the dark?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Though dim, it can fill a room with light

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What about facing the remote downwards so its profile doesn’t block as much light?

Or is that unpractical for some reason?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The remote is IR, so it’s facing up so the receiver can see it. That said I don’t think it’ll work when the bag is full. It’s in the front pocket for easy access.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

The galaxy is on Orion's ~~belt~~ backpack.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Whatever you do, don't take it to an airport, courthouse or a bank... Oh you're in Canada. Never mind, you guys don't have the police looking at kills like a video game score up there.