First post, apologies if I formatted wrong. This is my first foray into GB Pack modding, so bear with me.
So this is a video walkthrough of me figuring out and and installing an expandable garden hose connecting my Life Size Spirit pack to my Hasbro Spengler Neutrona Wand. It’s not screen accurate but I think it’s a great alternative to the plastic hoses, especially the junk one that comes on the Spirit pack. Skip to the end for the final reveal if you don’t wanna hang in there for all the minutiae.
I relocated the Spirit power button onto the pack and am using the stock effects on the wand, so there are no wires running through the hose. You probably could run wires through it as the inner core is wide enough for water to flow through, but it wasn’t something I needed to to. The end result is a nice weighty feeling rubber core wrapped in a woven fabric that is much more flexible and loose than the split loom stuff.
You may also notice in the video some magnets that I was using on the V-Hook. Those were just a brainstorming thing, as I have since replaced them with two very strong gun magnets from Amazon Amazon.com. Now I can throw the wand over my shoulder and it snaps on very firmly without me banging it all over the place trying to hook it.
Oooooohhh, I like that! Question about the black threaded part you slipped onto the hose to tighten it up to the base of the pack, the part that has Pocket Hose printed on it: how much of that part could be cut off and still have enough threading to securely tighten it up to the pack?
I did this a few months ago, I personally used sections of it. I got the 25ft version and cut sections to work as different hoses (GBTVG, '84, Afterlife) and used garden hose quick disconnects on the wand end for quick swapping of the hose. Male end on the Spengler wand loom cap, sand the PEX thread bits down and superglue the smooth inner side of the male connector’s thread area. I had to cut down the connector too, its a bit of work, but it works beautifully.
