Crop Top: switch on, control and wash

Which guide you need depends on your top: the Crop Top 3 runs on a power bank and has a remote; older tops have built-in batteries and their own Wi-Fi.

Crop Top 3

Switch on and off

1. Open the hook-and-loop closure in the right inside pocket.
2. Connect a standard, small USB power bank to the plug.
3. Nothing lights up? The top was switched off before. Switch it back on with the remote or in the app.

To switch off, unplug the power bank or press OFF on the remote or in the app. How to use and pair the app and remote is in the Basic Controller 5 guide.

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 top 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.

The NEBULITE 3000 mAh power bank fits exactly into the small inside pocket.

Washing

1. Carefully open the zip at the bottom, so no fibres get caught.
2. Reach inside and feel for a box about the size of a matchbox with two fairly thick cables, to the right of the opening.
3. Take out the controller by unplugging it on both sides. Pull the USB cable out through the power bank pocket.
4. Wash the top according to its fabric: Classic by hand, Wavy in the machine at no more than 30 °C and 400 rpm, in a laundry bag.
5. Let it dry fully, not in a tumble dryer, then reconnect everything.

Instructions to print

• Crop Top 3Instructions in English PDF, 1.1 MB · in German PDF, 1.1 MB

Crop Top with Wi-Fi

For the older top with two built-in batteries and its own Wi-Fi network.

Switch on and off

The power button is well hidden, so the top doesn’t switch on by accident.

1. The lining has three pockets: two big ones for the batteries and a tiny one. The controller is in the tiny one, on the left as you wear the top.
2. Pull it out just far enough to see its buttons.
3. Press and hold ON for 2 to 3 seconds. Depending on the version, ON is the left one of the two buttons in the middle, nearest the cables, or the single button at the right-hand edge. The other one is OFF.

Standby from the browser controls keeps the Wi-Fi on and still uses battery. For longer breaks, switch the top fully off with OFF. You can often feel the buttons through the fabric.

Charge

Plug a good USB-C cable into the single USB socket at the top of the controller and charge from a power bank or charger. A full charge takes about 6 hours. It charges faster when the top is off.

Control

The MODE button in the middle of the controller moves to the next pattern. For colours and more patterns, the top has its own controls that open in your phone’s browser:

1. Switch the top on.
2. Join the Wi-Fi network whose name starts with NEBULITE-. The password is nebulite.
3. The controls often open by themselves. If not, open 4.3.2.1 in a browser. If Android warns that the network has no internet, choose to use the network as it is.

You can add the page to your home screen. Next time, join the top’s Wi-Fi first.

Washing

1. Take photos first of where the cables go.
2. Unplug the batteries and take them and the controller out.
3. Wash the top by hand only, in cool or lukewarm water, never in the machine.
4. Don’t bend it across the lines of the fibre optics. If you have to bend it, bend it the way it goes around your body.
5. Let it air-dry completely before you reconnect the electronics.