New Review Here! I left the two-star review mentioning the missing AUX button. PLEASE DISREGARD THAT. Upon checking the bubble wrap sack that the saber was packaged in, I found the button and screwed it into its place. Not sure how that happened, but no harm done.
With that said, I can vouch that this is a very nice iteration of Revan's Jedi saber. The sound quality is crisp and loud, It has a sturdy but manageable weight, and despite the fins, the grip and handling are solid too. The pixel blade it came with is decent, but has some design quirks at the cap and base. I'll probably swap it with a blade from Bendu Armory soon. Now, I only have a couple of other criticisms of the design:
- The hilt shaft is very snug, which took some getting used to. However, coupled with a retention screw, the blade is held very firmly with no wobble. Removing the blade only take mild effort with a bit of twisting. Unfortunately, the snugness makes use of the blade plug very tricky. It's difficult to remove after flushing it in; let's just saw I'm glad that the saber came with a pair of cloth gloves, for their grip, since the plug's cap is smooth metal. Keep that in mind if you want to use the blade plug.
- The claw fins come installed on the hilt, but they were a little bit loose on arrival. You'll want to keep a screwdriver kit handy in order to tighten these if it happens to you. They stay in place perfectly after tightening though. Also. the points of the fins are angled slightly away from the hilt shaft, which decreases the accuracy of its look a bit. However, I imagine this was probably intentional; installing or removing the blade/plug would be even more difficult if the fins were totally "game-accurate", so I'll let that slide.
Aside from those minor issues, the saber is excellent. It's also likely the best price you'll find for this particular saber with a neopixel system installed. It comes loaded with sound fonts, ignition and blade effects, etc., and the SN Pixel v4 board features robust customization features and I've heard is compatible with Proffie formatted fonts, so that opens up a lot of space to add new ones.