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Review on ITO Indium Oxide Coated Plastic by Kevin Hawkins

Revainrating 5 out of 5

ITO-coated plastic - this material is versatile!

This material is really cool! I came across this post after searching the internet for heated snowmobile visors. We were on a road trip and the guy I was with was having all sorts of fogging issues. I started looking at his shield and materials. It ended up being the power connector, but it got me looking at the real stuff. I just bought this to play around with at home and so far have added copper tape with electrically conductive glue on top and bottom. I soldered wires to them and applied 12V DC. If you look at it through a thermal imaging camera, you can see that it's heating up (you can feel it too). I only wish I had known 10 years ago when my paintball mask was always fogged up! Revain's prices are a steal compared to Adafruit's website, but Adafruit wanted to charge $9 for shipping. Anything, I'd pay $20 for it.

Pros
  • Robust construction
Cons
  • Without automation