UltraSabers?

[JediKai]

I went ahead and bought the Consular on the last day of the sale. The sound board was an introductory 1/2 off. I ordered it Sunday night. It arrived today.

It is FANTASTIC. It's very loud. It has a continuous blade hum as long as the blade is lit. I've yet to play around with the soundboard, which is accessed by a mini-usb port.

This is the saber I wanted way back in 1999 when I made my first Jedi costume. I still really like the ones I made myself and there's nothing quite like saying to a visitor to one of our events "I made it myself". But this saber has a great "wow" factor!

[Kryy Jacobi]

Glad to hear a review of the new soundboard.... I'd love to hear more as you have the opportunity to play around with it.

So, um.... is that a *real* lightsaber?

[Hope you enjoy it! ]

[JediKai]

I came up with a new answer to that one.... your perception determines your reality.

[Philonius Kel]

In retrospect, I probably should have went with my instincts and got an Ultra Saber... instead, I ran into the Saber Forge website, and fell in love with their "Justicar" & got that. As predicted by some of the knights on the RL forum, some of the edges are sharp, and delivery took longer than stated, but overall, I still love the look. But now I'm wondering how easy it would be for the new Obsidian soundboard can be put in my Justicar...

[JediKai]

Look in the RL Jedi forums. I very nice TK I met, who lives in Canada, is making a Jedi costume. He's posted a photo tutorial on how he build his saber from purchased parts. He installed the Obsidian soundboard.
here www.rebellegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2385&start=720 his board name is pandatrooper. In that post he has a link to the YouTube tutorial www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_JcrAuiIFY&feature=channel_video_title I bet if you pm'ed him on RL, he could help further with your question

[Ani-Chay Pinn]

I got the catalyst. A different look and a good saber, but:

- you need a tool to unscrew and remove the saber blade.
- there isn't a hook or clip for attaching to to your belt.

The sound is the best and the blade is bright. Definitely a quality saber though not as convenient as my other sabers. I'll look into ways to hang it on my belt and quickly take the blade in and out.

[JediKai]

Huh. Both mine from ultrasabers came with the clip that fits a covertec. Even the parks needs a hex wrench for the blade.

[Philonius Kel]

I was gonna say, most sabers I've seen, you need a small Allen wrench to tighten the blade in. I guess if your design permitted it, a well-placed thumb screw with a long enough thread could be used the same way.

[Nova Darklighter]

I got an UltraSabre this weekend, WOW, love it! I got the Manticore RGB w/sound and some bells n' whistles, con sale price allowed. I got the RGB so I could have my yellow blade at last, it also does blue, green, red, purple, and 2 more, 7 colours in all, sound is fabulously loud, can add a D ring by a screw and nut in the sound grid center, but got a covertec clip added as well. Should have seen them beating the blades on the table, talk about abuse! You can fence with these, they also have a heavier blade, can't imagine needing it. They are very helpful. Sabre came with the allen wrench for the blade and a set of Li-On batteries and charger as well.

[Ky-Wan Zann]

Sorry about the Saberforge purchase. Hopefully you can salvage it it somehow.

[Jan-Qui Coran]

At Dragon Con after seeing Nova's new lightsaber I well talked myself into getting a new lightsaber from Ultra. I was a bit angry with them before this as I have 3 other ultras I bought on line & just could not get any answers back from them to get answers to my questions.
Well I made up for it this last trip. I got the same lightsaber as Nova but without all the the whistles. I like green for my blade which looks very bright & I liked the way you can see the green through part of the hilt. Well I saw 2 hilts & of course being me, I couldn't make up my mind which one I preferred so I bought both of the them. Then later on I decided I over did it & wanted to get a refund on 1 of them. Well again I talked to Gary, I think, who showed me how I can link my 2 lightsabers together (like Darth Mauls) yet only be green--WELL that sold me. I now have 2 green bladed lightsabers with different hilts that can be joined together for either battle or for wearing on my belt & that have detachable blades & have sound. Well when a Jedi goes shopping it seems a lightsaber draws us like a magnet. Gee I wonder why?
I think the only real weaknesses they have is those very very very tiny screws they use that you need to use an allen wrench to tighten---a bit of a pain as they are so very tiny. I went to Meynards here in town & bought extra screws just in case I lose one. I may be emailing ultra to send me a few extra as well. Whatever one does DO NOT TAKE THOSE SCREWS OUT OF THE HOLE. Very hard to get them back in as I found out.
Thank you Nova.

[Ani-Chay Pinn]

Yeah, I couldn't resist the cheap gag of having a light saber that has a blade with a changeable color.

I'm going to make a special little pouch for that allen wrench. BTW, it helps if you take a little bit of colored tape and make a little flag on the middle of the allen wrench. It makes it more visible and doesn't interfere with using it. I do that for the allen wrenches that fit the most relevant screws for my bicycle.

[Nova Darklighter]

Hey ani, good tip, thanks. I'll probably get an extra wrench at the hardware store, and extra screws.

[JediKai]

Maybe it was from the hardware store, but somewhere I got a little red holder for the wrench. The thin metal slides in and out of the plastic, sor of how you would store a needle in fabric.

[Jedimom/Cor-Al Gelkar]

I've got a set that looks like a thick pocketknife. All the different sizes fold in and out of the handle. Its big, but nice that its harder to lose. I have had so many of the tiny wrenches that I have lost I figured this might be better and more economical in the long run