Would be interested in seeing your best hacks to attach a power bank to the Play. Velcro? Glue?
Ideally I would love to find a thin power bank (not necessarily small in the other dimensions), that I could put under. Say, the size of an iPad mini or iPad Pro 11in, but only as a battery. But that would probably be expensive.
Thanks
On my wishlist for the Polyend Play+++
Internal battery
Internal memory (the card reader is faster on the Play+, but it’s still such a slowdown to go from one sample pack to another)
Saw it somewhere on this forum works like a charm and lasts for more hours you’d imagine, The only drawback I have found is that the power button is tricky to press while using it, 10/10 buy again
Oh that is both interesting. It seems lightweight, hopefully not too much stress on the port. Doesn’t the Play require 5V though? These small batteries seem to deliver less than that (3.7V). Thanks!
Thanks, funny enough I was looking at this post yesterday, looking for a stand, and I’m still trying to find somebody locally to 3D print it. The video on Vimeo is not accessible to me though, so I can’t tell where the battery pack fits in this assembly – I assume somewhere under it?
I wouldn’t use anything like that battery with the external connector sticking out. The USB C port really isn’t designed to have a weighted connector hanging off of it. That’s just asking to break internal solder joints.
I know this is 11 months old, but I’ve been using a 0.45” 5000mAh battery meant for an iPhone. Planning to get a super short USB C to C cable. Might try my hand at designing a clip to print that will hold it in place
I wonder if you could use two of those very slim ones to attach to the bottom of the Tracker towards the back so they create two ‘feet’ that will angle the unit and also give you battery power!
Ah those Ultra Slim ones are only compatible with iPhone Mag Safe charging - seems there’s no USB socket on them.
I did think about using two as a sort of “stand” or something.
and all those batteries have a USB C port on them to charge them up, and they supply more power via USB than magsafe/wireless charging. they aren’t limited to MagSafe only. I think MageSafe is why they’re so thin though, since nobody wants a huge brick on the back of their phone lol.
…I did, actually, and then promptly forgot about it, so thank you. From what I can gather it’s great for stand-alone (it covers all the ports). I may have to see about printing it, I have a Centaur Carbon that makes excellent prints (I printed a stand for the Tracker+ already).
I just bought the Anker Nano Power Bank and this USB-C - USB-C cable:
I then stuck the power bank to the back of my Play+ with some double sided tape. Super neat and the cables don’t pull on the ports or stick out. Power is definitely adequate and by my calculations a full charge should last 9-10 hours.
Ah, I couldn’t see on the Amazon product details if there was a charging socket for sure. That’s handy.
I’m thinking two strips of velcro on the back of the Tracker (the non-grippy half of the velcro) and then you can just attach/detach the battery packs easily.
Took several iterations/prototypes and it could still use some refining, but it does what I want it to do. the foam keeps it from sliding. I already know how I’m going to refine it ti fit just a little better and only one layer of foam
sure, just understand it’s sized for that specific battery pack and the pair of foam sheets equal about 2mm or so, probably slightly off because the back bar bows/flexes a bit. It’s this specific battery but anything with a width the same or maybe sliiiiightly wider should work. It’s a left and right side (as looking down at the tracker). My Elegoo Centauri takes less than 9 minutes for each piece iirc, but it’s a fast printer >_>
works like a charm and lasts for more hours you’d imagine, The only drawback I have found is that the power button is tricky to press while using it, 10/10 buy again 
