Electrum Wind Short Review

[Lord Bladewraith]

Hey everybody - I received my Electrum Wind saber late Tuesday afternoon and could not... be... happier...! So I'm a little late here... it is so BEAUTIFUL!  It's a work of art, and I love everything about it.  I've mastered the Obsidian/Emerald Driver software, which is so much FUN!  I've probably programmed 30 different colors and a dozen different sound font combintations so far - it's truly a HUGE perk that Ultrasabers has this included with their Emerald Driver/Obisidian V4 sabers.  Blown away...

Here's a quick walkthrough of it, and I clearly room for improvement with my video review skills, such as making the video a little more interesting to watch, but I know I'll get there with more practice  

I really want to do a more thorough video of everything Ultrasabers I have experienced so far and how they've made such a huge difference in my overall mood, having this new hobby connected to something I really love - Star Wars and Lightsabers!

Here are the specs I chose on this saber: Electrum Wind (Emerald) with Obsidian V4 Sound, gold pommel, white illuminated silver AV switch, round blade socket, recharge port and configured with a dark violet amethyst blade color and bane's heart flash on clash.





Here's video #1:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWmypwiNn20" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWmypwiNn20</a>

Here's video #2 with better lighting and walkthrough of features:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7oIEDY95A" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7oIEDY95A</a>

Here's video #3 with better lighting and walkthrough of features:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n35Xwuz5LWI" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n35Xwuz5LWI</a>

I will post another video soon to do a full review of all the Ultrasabers stuff I've experienced thus far since I first visited their booth at Salt Lake Comic Con and bought my first Ultrasaber.  The past 3 weeks have been life changing because of Ultrasabers.  Fantastic company, exquisite craftsmanship.

[Lord Japarco]

Congratulations!!! Thanks for sharing those videos, that sound font looks cool... +1 MTFBWY...

[Rapine]

Excellent review Lord Bladewraith!

Way to go on the videos.  Good plan on reducing the brightness of your AV switch.  Maybe explain how you did that.

I see you got a recharge port.  Right on.  I don't own a saber with one of those yet.

+1 for cool.

[Lord Bladewraith]

Excellent review Lord Bladewraith!

Way to go on the videos.  Good plan on reducing the brightness of your AV switch.  Maybe explain how you did that.

I see you got a recharge port.  Right on.  I don't own a saber with one of those yet.

+1 for cool.

Thanks, Lord Rapine!  LOVE the recharge port.  Definitely worth paying a little extra to have that installed.

For the AV switch I had mine configured to have the LED 4 channel dedicated to the AV switch, so these instructions only really apply if you did something similar, dedicating LED 2, 3 or 4 to the AV Switch.  It won't apply if you have your AV switch directly wired to the battery (Direct Drive).  After ordering I had assumed the brightness level was fixed, but low and behold while playing around with the UltraSabers Launcher software, I disovered you could control the power level to LED 4 just as you could to LED 1, 2 and 3.

In the UltraSabers Launcher on the "Emerald LED driver" tab in the "Idle Pulse" section, you click on the LED 4 slider button and lower the power level from 100% down to what you want for both the primary and secondary color.  I have mine at 34.9% for both colors (that should be the same % for both the primary and secondary color in the "idle pulse" section so your AV button isn't pulsing, unless you want that, of course).

Here's a screenshot:



Then in the Flash on Clash Pulse section click on the first color, which is the color you want your flash-on-clash blade color to be, and if you want full brightness on the AV switch, leave LED 4 at 100%.  Otherwise, use the slider button to reduce the power level on LED 4 to something lower to reduce brightness on the AV switch.  If you do not want your AV button to flash brighter than the idle pulse brightness level when a flash-on-clash occurs, put it at the same power % level that you used in the "Idle Pulse" section.

Here's a screenshot:

[Lord Bladewraith]

Congratulations!!! Thanks for sharing those videos, that sound font looks cool... +1 MTFBWY...

Thanks a ton for the feedback!  I appreciate it!

[Rapine]

Thanks, Lord Rapine!  LOVE the recharge port.  Definitely worth paying a little extra to have that installed.

For the AV switch I had assumed the brightness level was fixed after you configured the AV switch one of three ways on their site, so heh, heh, I discovered this option when I was playing around with the UltraSabers Launcher software.  In the UltraSabers Launcher on the "Emerald LED driver" tab in the "Idle Pulse" section, you click on the LED 4 slider button and lower the power level from 100% down to what you want for both the primary and secondary color.  I have mine at 34.9% for both colors (that should be the same % for both the primary and secondary color in the "idle pulse" section so your AV button isn't pulsing, unless you want that, of course).

Here's a screenshot:



Then in the Flash on Clash Pulse section click on the first color, which is the color you want your flash-on-clash blade color to be, and click on the LED 4 slider button and change the power level to whatever you what (default should be 100%).  If you do not want your AV button to flash brighter when a flash-on-clash occurs, put it at the same power % level that you used in the "Idle Pulse" section.

Here's a screenshot:

Awesomeness Lord Bladewraith!

Thanks.

+1 again.

[Lord Bladewraith]

Awesomeness Lord Bladewraith!

Thanks.

+1 again.

You are sincerely welcome! I just re-worded my post a bit trying to give better info on this... just in case it helps.

[Lord Sidious]

Good videos! +1