Saber Forum

So I am getting a recharge port for one of me sabers and I had a question for all who can help me.

With each of the chargers that come with the Port, 0.2A and the 1.2A, how long does each take to charge a saber?

With a Diamond saber, should I still get the kill key for it?

Also as an bonus question. Does anyone have problems with the battery removal for the Mantis sabers? I was thinking I might also get a recharge port on this saber.

I only use the 1.2A, but it's been some time that I had to charge a fully depleted saber. I think it was around 1.5h, but I might be wrong...

As for the kill keys, US doesn't offer that configuration anymore. It's possible to rewire a Recharge port to work with a kill key, but it's nothing US would do.

a Full depleted battey is charged in about an hour, maybe an hour and a half with a 1.2 charger.

I've liked the idea of "display lighting" sabers since I saw the concept used. I think I would agree that's a great reason for a recharge port. My question would then become does the setup work with batteries removed from the equation?  Ergo, in the rechargeable setup power is routed from charge port to battery device, and from there into saber LED, but with batteries removed from circuit, the connections are (theoretically) still complete. So does it break the current loop by removing the batteries, or has anyone tested this?  I just don't see any reason to dedicate/stress batteries unnecessarily if the circuit is complete without them...

I have never had any problem removing batteries on my Mantis. They are fitted completely in the straight.


I haven 't tried running one without the batteries in it but it it does break the circuit you could always get some dummy cells to put in when running that way. They're basically battery shaped/sized jumper leads.