diff --git a/src/http/conn.rs b/src/http/conn.rs
index dc15e958..17d09b1a 100644
--- a/src/http/conn.rs
+++ b/src/http/conn.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ const MAX_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 8192 + 4096 * 100;
 /// The connection will determine when a message begins and ends, creating
 /// a new message `MessageHandler` for each one, as well as determine if this
 /// connection can be kept alive after the message, or if it is complete.
-pub struct Conn<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> {
+pub struct Conn<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>>(Box<ConnInner<K, T, H>>);
+
+
+/// `ConnInner` contains all of a connections state which Conn proxies for in a way
+/// that allows Conn to maintain convenient move and self consuming method call
+/// semantics but avoiding many costly memcpy calls.
+struct ConnInner<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> {
     buf: Buffer,
     ctrl: (channel::Sender<Next>, channel::Receiver<Next>),
     keep_alive_enabled: bool,
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ pub struct Conn<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> {
     transport: T,
 }
 
-impl<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> fmt::Debug for Conn<K, T, H> {
+impl<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> fmt::Debug for ConnInner<K, T, H> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("Conn")
             .field("keep_alive_enabled", &self.keep_alive_enabled)
@@ -43,23 +49,14 @@ impl<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> fmt::Debug for Conn<K, T, H> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> Conn<K, T, H> {
-    pub fn new(key: K, transport: T, notify: rotor::Notifier) -> Conn<K, T, H> {
-        Conn {
-            buf: Buffer::new(),
-            ctrl: channel::new(notify),
-            keep_alive_enabled: true,
-            key: key,
-            state: State::Init,
-            transport: transport,
-        }
+impl<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> fmt::Debug for Conn<K, T, H> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.0.fmt(f)
     }
+}
 
-    pub fn keep_alive(mut self, val: bool) -> Conn<K, T, H> {
-        self.keep_alive_enabled = val;
-        self
-    }
 
+impl<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> ConnInner<K, T, H> {
     /// Desired Register interest based on state of current connection.
     ///
     /// This includes the user interest, such as when they return `Next::read()`.
@@ -434,102 +431,6 @@ impl<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> Conn<K, T, H> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn ready<F>(mut self, events: EventSet, scope: &mut Scope<F>) -> Option<(Self, Option<Duration>)>
-    where F: MessageHandlerFactory<K, T, Output=H> {
-        trace!("Conn::ready events='{:?}', blocked={:?}", events, self.transport.blocked());
-
-        if events.is_error() {
-            match self.transport.take_socket_error() {
-                Ok(_) => {
-                    trace!("is_error, but not socket error");
-                    // spurious?
-                },
-                Err(e) => self.on_error(e.into())
-            }
-        }
-
-        // if the user had an io interest, but the transport was blocked differently,
-        // the event needs to be translated to what the user was actually expecting.
-        //
-        // Example:
-        // - User asks for `Next::write().
-        // - But transport is in the middle of renegotiating TLS, and is blocked on reading.
-        // - hyper should not wait on the `write` event, since epoll already
-        //   knows it is writable. We would just loop a whole bunch, and slow down.
-        // - So instead, hyper waits on the event needed to unblock the transport, `read`.
-        // - Once epoll detects the transport is readable, it will alert hyper
-        //   with a `readable` event.
-        // - hyper needs to translate that `readable` event back into a `write`,
-        //   since that is actually what the Handler wants.
-
-        let events = if let Some(blocked) = self.transport.blocked() {
-            let interest = self.interest();
-            trace!("translating blocked={:?}, interest={:?}", blocked, interest);
-            match (blocked, interest) {
-                (Blocked::Read, Reg::Write) => EventSet::writable(),
-                (Blocked::Write, Reg::Read) => EventSet::readable(),
-                // otherwise, the transport was blocked on the same thing the user wanted
-                _ => events
-            }
-        } else {
-            events
-        };
-
-        if events.is_readable() {
-            self.on_readable(scope);
-        }
-
-        if events.is_writable() {
-            self.on_writable(scope);
-        }
-
-        let events = match self.register() {
-            Reg::Read => EventSet::readable(),
-            Reg::Write => EventSet::writable(),
-            Reg::ReadWrite => EventSet::readable() | EventSet::writable(),
-            Reg::Wait => EventSet::none(),
-            Reg::Remove => {
-                trace!("removing transport");
-                let _ = scope.deregister(&self.transport);
-                self.on_remove();
-                return None;
-            },
-        };
-
-        if events.is_readable() && self.can_read_more() {
-            return self.ready(events, scope);
-        }
-
-        trace!("scope.reregister({:?})", events);
-        match scope.reregister(&self.transport, events, PollOpt::level()) {
-            Ok(..) => {
-                let timeout = self.state.timeout();
-                Some((self, timeout))
-            },
-            Err(e) => {
-                trace!("error reregistering: {:?}", e);
-                self.on_error(e.into());
-                None
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn wakeup<F>(mut self, scope: &mut Scope<F>) -> Option<(Self, Option<Duration>)>
-    where F: MessageHandlerFactory<K, T, Output=H> {
-        while let Ok(next) = self.ctrl.1.try_recv() {
-            trace!("woke up with {:?}", next);
-            self.state.update(next);
-        }
-        self.ready(EventSet::readable() | EventSet::writable(), scope)
-    }
-
-    pub fn timeout<F>(mut self, scope: &mut Scope<F>) -> Option<(Self, Option<Duration>)>
-    where F: MessageHandlerFactory<K, T, Output=H> {
-        //TODO: check if this was a spurious timeout?
-        self.on_error(::Error::Timeout);
-        self.ready(EventSet::none(), scope)
-    }
-
     fn on_error(&mut self, err: ::Error) {
         debug!("on_error err = {:?}", err);
         trace!("on_error state = {:?}", self.state);
@@ -541,14 +442,6 @@ impl<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> Conn<K, T, H> {
         self.state.update(next);
     }
 
-    fn on_remove(self) {
-        debug!("on_remove");
-        match self.state {
-            State::Init | State::Closed => (),
-            State::Http1(http1) => http1.handler.on_remove(self.transport),
-        }
-    }
-
     fn on_readable<F>(&mut self, scope: &mut Scope<F>)
     where F: MessageHandlerFactory<K, T, Output=H> {
         trace!("on_readable -> {:?}", self.state);
@@ -564,6 +457,134 @@ impl<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> Conn<K, T, H> {
         self.state = self.write(scope, state);
         trace!("on_writable <- {:?}", self.state);
     }
+
+    fn on_remove(self) {
+        debug!("on_remove");
+        match self.state {
+            State::Init | State::Closed => (),
+            State::Http1(http1) => http1.handler.on_remove(self.transport),
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+impl<K: Key, T: Transport, H: MessageHandler<T>> Conn<K, T, H> {
+    pub fn new(key: K, transport: T, notify: rotor::Notifier) -> Conn<K, T, H> {
+        Conn(Box::new(ConnInner {
+            buf: Buffer::new(),
+            ctrl: channel::new(notify),
+            keep_alive_enabled: true,
+            key: key,
+            state: State::Init,
+            transport: transport,
+        }))
+    }
+
+    pub fn keep_alive(mut self, val: bool) -> Conn<K, T, H> {
+        self.0.keep_alive_enabled = val;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn ready<F>(mut self, events: EventSet, scope: &mut Scope<F>) -> Option<(Self, Option<Duration>)>
+    where F: MessageHandlerFactory<K, T, Output=H> {
+        trace!("Conn::ready events='{:?}', blocked={:?}", events, self.0.transport.blocked());
+
+        if events.is_error() {
+            match self.0.transport.take_socket_error() {
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    trace!("is_error, but not socket error");
+                    // spurious?
+                },
+                Err(e) => self.0.on_error(e.into())
+            }
+        }
+
+        // if the user had an io interest, but the transport was blocked differently,
+        // the event needs to be translated to what the user was actually expecting.
+        //
+        // Example:
+        // - User asks for `Next::write().
+        // - But transport is in the middle of renegotiating TLS, and is blocked on reading.
+        // - hyper should not wait on the `write` event, since epoll already
+        //   knows it is writable. We would just loop a whole bunch, and slow down.
+        // - So instead, hyper waits on the event needed to unblock the transport, `read`.
+        // - Once epoll detects the transport is readable, it will alert hyper
+        //   with a `readable` event.
+        // - hyper needs to translate that `readable` event back into a `write`,
+        //   since that is actually what the Handler wants.
+
+        let events = if let Some(blocked) = self.0.transport.blocked() {
+            let interest = self.0.interest();
+            trace!("translating blocked={:?}, interest={:?}", blocked, interest);
+            match (blocked, interest) {
+                (Blocked::Read, Reg::Write) => EventSet::writable(),
+                (Blocked::Write, Reg::Read) => EventSet::readable(),
+                // otherwise, the transport was blocked on the same thing the user wanted
+                _ => events
+            }
+        } else {
+            events
+        };
+
+        if events.is_readable() {
+            self.0.on_readable(scope);
+        }
+
+        if events.is_writable() {
+            self.0.on_writable(scope);
+        }
+
+        let events = match self.0.register() {
+            Reg::Read => EventSet::readable(),
+            Reg::Write => EventSet::writable(),
+            Reg::ReadWrite => EventSet::readable() | EventSet::writable(),
+            Reg::Wait => EventSet::none(),
+            Reg::Remove => {
+                trace!("removing transport");
+                let _ = scope.deregister(&self.0.transport);
+                self.on_remove();
+                return None;
+            },
+        };
+
+        if events.is_readable() && self.0.can_read_more() {
+            return self.ready(events, scope);
+        }
+
+        trace!("scope.reregister({:?})", events);
+        match scope.reregister(&self.0.transport, events, PollOpt::level()) {
+            Ok(..) => {
+                let timeout = self.0.state.timeout();
+                Some((self, timeout))
+            },
+            Err(e) => {
+                trace!("error reregistering: {:?}", e);
+                self.0.on_error(e.into());
+                None
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn wakeup<F>(mut self, scope: &mut Scope<F>) -> Option<(Self, Option<Duration>)>
+    where F: MessageHandlerFactory<K, T, Output=H> {
+        while let Ok(next) = self.0.ctrl.1.try_recv() {
+            trace!("woke up with {:?}", next);
+            self.0.state.update(next);
+        }
+        self.ready(EventSet::readable() | EventSet::writable(), scope)
+    }
+
+    pub fn timeout<F>(mut self, scope: &mut Scope<F>) -> Option<(Self, Option<Duration>)>
+    where F: MessageHandlerFactory<K, T, Output=H> {
+        //TODO: check if this was a spurious timeout?
+        self.0.on_error(::Error::Timeout);
+        self.ready(EventSet::none(), scope)
+    }
+
+    fn on_remove(self) {
+        self.0.on_remove()
+    }
+
 }
 
 enum State<H: MessageHandler<T>, T: Transport> {