Drawstring Backpack: switch on, strap and washing

Which guide you need depends on the controller in your Drawstring Backpack. Its label tells you which one it is.

Switch on

1. Drawstring Backpack 3: look for the cable in the main compartment. Drawstring Backpack 1 and 2: a small pocket at the bottom has a USB cable coming out of it; if it isn’t there, check the outside pockets on the left and right.
2. Connect a standard USB power bank to it.
3. Nothing lights up? The light was switched off before. Switch it back on with the remote or in the app.

Drawstring Backpack 3: the power bank can also go in one of the outer side pockets. Open the zip at the bottom of the back and thread the USB cable through the rubber grommets into the pocket you want.

Your controller

• Drawstring Backpack 3: Basic Controller 5
• Drawstring Backpack 2: Basic Controller 4
• Drawstring Backpack 1: an older Basic Controller with remote, or NEBULITE Smart

Replacement remotes: for Drawstring Backpack 3, for Drawstring Backpack 2, for Drawstring Backpack 1.

Adjust the strap

How you change the length depends on your drawstrings.

RGB fibre optic drawstrings: twist stopper

These drawstrings have a clear twist stopper, like the cable of a pendant lamp.

1. Carefully open the zip at the back, so nothing gets caught.
2. Gently pull one of the straps out from the inside until you find the clear plastic part. That’s the stopper.
3. Twist the stopper open, slide it in the direction you want, and twist it tight again.
4. Tuck everything back in. Done.

Black drawstrings and EL-wire: knot

1. Open the outside zip at the bottom of the bag and gently pull out one end of the drawstring.
2. Push the strap into the knot to loosen it.
3. Slide the knot along the strap until the strap is the length you want.
4. Pull the strap apart to tighten the knot firmly.

With EL-wire drawstrings, keep about a hand’s width between the knot and the power cable at the end of the strap. Don’t tie an ordinary knot, or the cable will break eventually.

If something isn’t working

The lights go off after a short time

Most likely the power bank has switched itself off. Some power banks turn off after about a minute when the bag draws little power. Blinking uses the least power and steady light the most, so choose an animation that is lit more often than dark, or use a NEBULITE power bank with a very low auto-off limit.

Drawstring Backpack 1 with EL-wire: the drawstrings don’t light up

1. Keep the power bank connected.
2. Open the zip at the bottom of the back.
3. Find the small black box the white drawstring wires are connected to.
4. If both sides are connected, unplug one of them. If it lights up now, tuck everything back in and close the zip.

The brightness stays the same. If the drawstring ever stops lighting up, just plug in the other end instead.

Make a charge last longer (Drawstring Backpack 1)

Rainbow on both the outside and the inside light looks best but uses the most power. Set the inside light to a dim red instead: it’s still bright enough to find your things, and the bag draws much less power. In Veit’s test that meant about 9 hours instead of 6 on the same power bank. Red uses the least power of all colours.

Washing (Drawstring Backpack 3)

1. Carefully open the zip at the back, so nothing gets caught.
2. Take out the controller, the black box, by disconnecting it on both sides.
3. Empty all the pockets, including the remote. If you like, pull the USB cable out through the front.
4. Wash the bag by hand in cool or lukewarm water. Don’t bend it across the fibres.

Instructions to print

• Drawstring Backpack 3Instructions in English PDF, 1.2 MB · in German PDF, 0.7 MB