Short Version:
I have
one of these, an LED strip needing a USB power source, that I would like to put into part of a costume, powered by a battery type contraption. The package for the strip says "Power 6.48W 5V Voltage".
My initial searches for USB battery sources came up with
things like this, portable charger packs. While the physical size of those would be ideal for my purposes, I don’t think they are meant to do what I want to do, and don't want to buy if it won't work.
So I ask of you geekish people (said with all love and respect), is there a simple solution to this? Is there a product I can purchase or something I can manufacture that will provide power to this LED strip, and be small enough to include in the construction?
Long Version:
I’m making my Halloween costume. Right now I'm calling it a Mage, but it may turn into Sorcerer or Wizard. It started out when I saw
this awesome hat and decided to make one myself. I've also made a cloak and have an old pair of black pleather boots that I’m tricking out with fake fur and other accoutrements. I've made a decent magic wand out of a piece of bamboo that had a wisteria vine wrapped around it coming out of a handle that I carved and dipped in Plastidip (because why the hell not?). I chopped up an old dress and have been embroidering runes and other arcane marks around the neckline and hem, and have a pretty awesome collection of weird shit hanging from chains at the belt.
The help I’m looking for here is for the staff I will carry. I’m using the lights to build an infinity mirror that will be mounted at the top of a … stick/staff/something still to be determined. I’ve got the mirror part figured out and have extra materials leftover from a summer camp I did this year. This one will be a disc about 5 inches in diameter and only about a half in thick. I have a few things in mind for decorating the staff, but most of that gets finalized while I actually make. I plan to mount the remote control on the staff so I can turn it on and off and change colors surreptitiously. Hoping this will at least conjure up a "cool!" from the students!