Hi everyone,
I did a quick review of my Guardian when I got it a few weeks ago, but now my Girlfriend and I have two more sabers, so I will review them all together.
We got a blade plug with our order, and a covertec clip, so if I ever want to wear one, I can. The Blade plug makes the hilts look pretty cool, I took lit and unlit pics of each of them:
The new sabres came with 4 spare LI batteries and 2 spare socket retention screws. All of them have mid-grade blades.
The Guardian:
In Guardian Blue. It is the heaviest of the 3 hilts, the long pommel makes the sound effects more resonant, so I have uploaded a low obsidian set to accentuate this. The metal shroud does not line up perfectly on the black cylinder under it which means the pommel does not fit perfectly flush which is a bit of a pain, but the quality of everything else means I am not too worried. The guardian has a socket type retention screw which I really like. I find the pommel digs into my arm a bit when spinning it, it is quite spiky!
The Archon:
In Sunriders Destiny. It is my girlfriend's sabre. We requested the blade to be slightly shorter and she finds this a good length. We are wrestling with a good sound effect collection for it, but that is fun in itself. It seems to be the loudest of the 3 sabres. It has an unpleasant wobble in the hilt when swung, the hilt is made of multiple sections, and where they screw together has some play. If other people have found this and know of a good way to tighten the threads I would really appreciate it! To clarify, the sections are screwed tight, but the threads have slight movement when swung. She really loves the colour, turquoise is very much her colour. This hilt has a set screw for a retention screw, the socket type is too short to reach the blade.
The Bellicose:
Blazing red sith-y goodness. This is the lightest of the 3 hilts, I was really surprised, it always looked like a big heavy one like the Guardian. I love the slick lines of this sabre, and am glad I got a red AV switch with it. Having a set screw retention screw rather than the socket screw I used would help the smooth lines, but since I change the blades so often, I will stick with the socket. I am playing with the sound on this, wanting a higher pitched, aggressive sound set. I got this hilt with quick disconnects. If Ultrasabers ever does a Vader hilt like they have the Graflex, I would make this hilt a Consular Green saber. The Bellicose is my favourite of the 3 for spinning, though the Guardian feels more solid and sword-like.
We are in two minds about ordering a pair of heavy grade blades, we are pounding the mid grades, but things seem fine for now.
We had a lot of CRC errors while playing with the soundfonts, and discovered we got a CRC error whenever we used a Novastar font, that was weird.
Pictures!
The Hilts
In full light
In the dark
Overall I really love these sabres, and am having a blast with them! Thank you Ultrasabers!
