DOMINIX LE V3
Hey, everyone. So, I was messing with this saber earlier today and I realized I hadn’t done a review on it. I ordered it during the Flash sale back in July, and with the raffle and whatnot, I guess I just forgot. Well, this isn’t the kind of saber you forget, so I had to do a review on it. I’m getting ready to go to work here in a bit, but I had some free time, so I decided there’s no point putting it off.
Now, for people who don’t know, the Aeon and Dominix lines are my favorite Ultrasabers. I have 2 Aeon V2s, a Dominix LE V2, a Dominix V3, an Aeon LE V4 and a Dominix LE V4. So, this was another saber in that line to add to my collection.
The V3 sabers immediately appealed to me when I first started collecting Ultrasabers, but they were out of stock at that time. The line is so popular that they had all been sold out around the time of the premier of The Force Awakens. In fact, my dual Aeon V2s were purchased as a Phantasm V2 staff. It would have been a V3 staff if they'd been in stock. Now that I own a couple, I can say that I would have loved to have a V3 staff. In fact, I may do one someday. I have plans for some cosmetic mods to my all black Dominix V3 that will completely change how it looks.
Anyway, I absolutely love this saber. I love black and silver. I'm glad I got it in Fire Orange and that I sprung for the Tri Cree upgrade. To me, it's a gorgeous color, and I love the brighter and fuller blade you get with the Tri Crees. Had I known about that, I would have been ordering them in all of my stunts from the beginning. The extra battery drain doesn't seem to be too terrible. It's a really comfortable hilt. It's spot on 12.25" long, and 1.45" wide at the widest point. The chokes are right around 1.25" at the thinnest. With my big hands, I like to grip mine right on the emitter, and those three grooves really help me keep it where I want it in my hand. The chokes are also nice if you don't want to grip nearly 1.5" of saber. So, big hands like mine or smaller hands, this should be a comfortable hilt for most people. It's not loaded with details and greeblies, but that's how I like my beater sabers. Though, it's gorgeous enough that I'd gladly carry this on my hip in costume.
Anyway, some pics:
As you can see from the closeup on the pommel, I have some dings on there. That's 100% me, the saber arrived pristine. As usual with Ultrasabers, it was well wrapped in lots of bubble wrap and it was flawless. But, I like to mess with my sabers, they don't just sit and do nothing. So, it's got some marks. Nothing wrong with that, I like my stuff to look used. After all, stuff in the actual Star Wars movies has that used look.
And, a video:
I didn't get as gabby as I sometimes do in my vids, as I was planning to do this write-up. I thought the partly cloudy sky with the setting sun made a nice lighting environment for the vid and pics. Due to the hours I keep, I do a lot of these things in artificial light, so it was nice to use natural light this time.
And, lastly, just a pic I did this morning when I got home from work. Zren Tobas posted a pic of him with his Dominix LE V3 in the "Pics of you and your saber" thread, and I thought that was a great idea, so I did one too. Happy accident that you can see the blade color as it really looks reflected in my TV: