Pic of DVA in mid grade and UE please?

[Enzo]

Anybody have a side by side pic of DVA with a standard mid grade blade and a UE blade? Trying to decide which blade to get. I like the mid-grades silver look when powered down but I'm not sure which looks better powered up.

[jedicri]

I could take pic but don't have the time.  No side by side pics but I do have one with midgrade and another with an UEMG.

In daylight, the colours look washed out on a MG; the light in a tube effect is especially noticeable.  In my opinion, an UE blade looks far better pwoered up than a MG. 

As mentioned in my initial review, I was going to compare the Midgrade blade to the UEMG when lit.  

UEMG Blade.  You'll note the blade is lit right up to the tip.



MG Blade.  In contrast, note how the tip is not lit.



Based on the pic above, it seems the MG slightly gives off more of a deep orangey hue than the UEMG and appears thinner, ie light in the tube effect; I'm not really a fan of this.

[Akos_Amun]

I could take pic but don't have the time.  No side by side pics but I do have one with midgrade and another with an UEMG.

In daylight, the colours look washed out on a MG; the light in a tube effect is especially noticeable.  In my opinion, an UE blade looks far better pwoered up than a MG.  

However, in bright light you'll look like you're holding a white stick with UE and the color is washed out into the whiteness of the blade. Doesn't matter so much since these are much better in the dark. It's all personal preference. I like DVA in both UE and standard. it'll look nice either way.

[Ricos]

Its not DVA the video link below is in VA.
But he shows it in UE, UEHG, HG and MG blades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dG56QlSsQw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Big Andy]

This is just where I stand so take it for what its worth but In my personal experience if your going with heavy grades go with traditional because heavy grade UE's don't look very good. With the mid grades however go with the UE because they look a ton better then the traditional mid's do.

[Enzo]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I definitely don't want a heavy grade blade because I don't plan on really dueling.

Like I previously said... I like the mid grades silver look while powered off, but I'm really trying to get an idea of which blade type looks better in Dark Violet Amethyst when lit up in the dark.

[Kyaryo Ysoyav]

I can provide the requested pictures.  My wife's saber happens to be a DVA in MG, and mine is a green in MGUE, so I have both blade types.  I won't be able to post the pics until tonight, but I will get them up for you! 

Personally, DVA looks best in MG, though the blade doesn't look as "real" to me (it looks like a beam of light in a tube, but this is true of all MG blade colors).  I'll try to post close ups of what I'm talking about.  I think I can get it on camera.

[eerockk]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I definitely don't want a heavy grade blade because I don't plan on really dueling.

Like I previously said... I like the mid grades silver look while powered off, but I'm really trying to get an idea of which blade type looks better in Dark Violet Amethyst when lit up in the dark.

Because DVA is a 'cooler' color rather than a hotter color (like red and orange), I would strongly suggest a UEMG with DVA for the brightest blade. The regular midgrade isn't a bad second choice though. If you prefer the silver blade when the saber is off, maybe the MG is the way to go, but the brighter blade seems to be the UEMG.

(and thanks Ricos! )

[Enzo]

Thanks again to all. It's funny how some people love the UE, and others are more prone to the standard midgrade. I might just end up flipping a coin when all is said and done. 

[eerockk]

Thanks again to all. It's funny how some people love the UE, and others are more prone to the standard midgrade. I might just end up flipping a coin when all is said and done. 

I got around the problem by ordering both types of blade. Eventually, I did get all 4 blade types, and I find that there's a use for each one depending on the situation. For example, UE is bomb on camera/video, period, even in BR, but for most colors for times where photography/video won't be a factor, I would use midgrade all the way there as the clear polycarbonate allows for less diffusion than the white polycarbonate of UE, so the blade has traces of the sheen or glare you would see by looking at the LED directly (like a lens flare on film). UE takes the light right to the edge of the blade, but at the cost of that looking-at-the-LED-directly shimmer. They're both the same brightness, but one extends the thickness of the blade at the expense of the sheen.

So the question is, what are you going to be using the saber the most for? Live stuff (MG) or video/photography (UEMG)? Hopefully that saves you from flipping a coin! (though that will work too to your satisfaction!  )

[Kyaryo Ysoyav]

Alright, here are the promised pictures.  This is the same saber in two pictures.  The top saber in BOTH pictures in the standard Mid-grade.  The bottom saber is the Mid-grade Ultra Edge.  The second picture is a close up to try and show the "light in a tube" effect that the standard blades have.  Hopefully this is what you were looking for.  The color is darker in person.  I was having a hard time getting the color to show accurately.  I'll try again later with my wife's help.  She does photography...I don't.

[Enzo]

Alright, here are the promised pictures.  This is the same saber in two pictures.  The top saber in BOTH pictures in the standard Mid-grade.  The bottom saber is the Mid-grade Ultra Edge.  The second picture is a close up to try and show the "light in a tube" effect that the standard blades have.  Hopefully this is what you were looking for.  The color is darker in person.  I was having a hard time getting the color to show accurately.  I'll try again later with my wife's help.  She does photography...I don't.

Wow, thanks a lot for all of the effort you put into getting me these pics. I really appreciate what you've done.

In the first pic the blades look fairly similar. The UE blade does seem to keep the color very consistent throughout the length of the blade. The mid grade seems slightly less evenly lit. Previously to viewing this pic, I believed that the mid grade would look much brighter then the UE when lit, but the pic makes them both seem equally as bright.

The second pic does a nice job of showng the light in the tube effect of the midgrade blade, compared to the fully lit UE blade.

Before these pics I was leaning towards the mid grade because I thought it might be a bit brighter, and I also like how it looks while not powered up. You've seen them side by side in person. What's your opinion with this DVA color and the blade types? Pics can be deceiving.

[Akos_Amun]

pics can be deceiving. UE blades look great in pictures. I think they both look great in person. In complete darkness the UE blades look a bit thicker. Standard heavy grade blades for instance have that light tube thing but the walls are a lot thicker so the light beam is skinny, but I think that can actually look really cool. more thin and precise like an assassin's blade.


Also, in person the blade is not white surrounded by a color, the LED is whatever color so that is what the whole blade looks like. Cameras do a terrible job of showing you what blades look like in person. For DVA both types will look great. Just get one, and on your next saber purchase buy the other type and then you can swap between to form your own opinions. My own opinion is that MG looks the best overall in most lighting situations for most colors most of the time. It's the best all-around for me. UE looks stunning on camera, in total darkness, and when next to other sabers of the same color. I find that even in total darkness if two sabers like a red and blue in UE come close together like in a locked blade position, the color of the one saber lights up the white poly-c of the other saber and to me it looks a bit funny. But, that is my feeling. Again, they will both look awesome for DVA, the UE will look very straight and full like the prequel blades, the MG will have a very subtle shape to it as you'll see just a bit more flare from the base than the tip, more like the original star wars blades.

[Kyaryo Ysoyav]

Just for fun, these are the blades again, in a dark room with the exposure adjusted to get the color as close as I can...it's still not super close, but it is better.

 



As for whether I prefer UE to MG, I'm going to have to go with Akos on this...I really don't know.  Both look great.  I think in a lit room I actually prefer the UE blades.  They seem to have less of a dead spot at the tip of the blade.  This is less noticeable in the dark.  I also like the fact that there isn't that gloss sheen on the blade that you get on the MG blade.  But then there are nice things about the tube effect too....

You'll honestly just have to try both out in person.  I started with a green saber in UE, and have not regretted it.  It's not an Ultrasaber, and I have two Rebel LEDs going full blast on it, so washing the color out is not a problem.  It's all up to you...and I would pick the one you were leaning towards (buying a second blade isn't that expensive either   ).