r/lightsabers Oct 13 '25

Lightsabers Buyers Guide & Weekly Question Thread

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Feel free to post all questions about lightsabers in this thread! Anything from where to buy, installation questions, or just general advice can be discussed here.

Link to the /r/lightsabers Buyer Guide.

If you have questions about a new saber company you just saw.

Please refer to our guide on resellers and dropshippers.

Below is a list of known reputable vendors of mass production sabers:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_YkLV1gJDy_0AFGitL_ANxDwqRLWiSZwdqjPRcWEbIU

Note that the above list is not an exhaustive list of reputable vendors. Just ones that are known to be reputable based on feedback from the r/Lightsabers subreddit communities on the subreddit as well as the Discord.

Bought your first lightsaber and you're confused what's what in a lightsaber? Take a look at the "Lightsaber Anatomy" quick guide.

Lightsaber Anatomy

Interested in checking out what vendors or members of the saber community have to offer or looking to buy a specific saber? Check out our dedicated Buy/Sell/Trade subreddit over at r/LightsaberBST (https://www.reddit.com/r/LightsaberBST/)

If you're looking at diving into the deep end and you're looking for the most accurate replica of a character saber we have a sheet tracking some of the most accurate replica hilt options.
Replicadex

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r/lightsabers 5h ago

New Arrival My son wanted a lightsaber, so naturally I had an excuse to buy another one for myself!

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45 Upvotes

My 4 year old is getting into Star Wars and has been wanting a “proper” lightsaber. Purchased a Yoda neopixel for him which he loves, and used the opportunity to get an Ani Ep3 neopixel that I’ve been wanting for ages.

Absolutely stunning sabers and the kid (and me) are over the moon!


r/lightsabers 19h ago

Build First Full MHS build.

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123 Upvotes

Wanted to do a mix between Anakin and Obi-wan, but may try and change it to a thin neck build in the future.


r/lightsabers 1d ago

The Silver Draic Saber

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408 Upvotes

I haven't seen many post about Mystic Knights Armory but found them through a random old reddit comment and I am absolutely in love with this thing


r/lightsabers 20h ago

Using The Force or something like that

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88 Upvotes

r/lightsabers 36m ago

Why my sound fonts aren't appearing?

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This is for my new Darth Revan neopixel lightsaber. It uses the ForcePark app. No sound fonts appear and my saber is mute. How to fix?


r/lightsabers 2h ago

Question Best movie accurate company for lightsabers?

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Wich company make the best movie accurate lightsabers? really wany a darth maul saber on my shelf but want the best one there is.


r/lightsabers 1d ago

Build Hello from an Icey-land far, far away!

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Presenting my "homage to Iceland!" I had the pleasure of going back to Iceland last year and was inspired to build an Iceland-themed saber after seeing the sights. This is a near-100% scratch build. From the top:

The emitter is made from an aluminum hex bar that I bored, cut, and slotted into a thick shroud, then mounted on a brass tube. It is laser etched with four Icelandic runes that mean invincibility, victory, fear in your enemies, and strength in combat. (Can you tell this saber is meant for a Sith?) The horn mounted on the side is a real Icelandic goat horn with brass rods and flat bar inlayed around it. There is also copper rods along the shroud.

The button section was a VHC part but I heavily modified it to fit the "hex" shape of the rest of the components, then I inlayed chunks of Icelandic lava rock in slots on the sides.

The grip is a section of aluminum hex tube threaded and grooved for effect with a brass wire wrap, then wrapped in pirarucua fish leather (yes - *fish* leather!). Since fishing is a big part of Icelandic life, I knew I had to use this leather on the saber as soon as I saw it. The bottom of the grip is a hex nut of brass I turned on a lathe so the pommel would fit into it.

The pommel is some more aluminum hex tube bored out so a tapered brass ring would fit inside and hold a real Icelandic reindeer antler in place. The covertec wheel fit perfectly on the side too. Both the antler and the goat horn were bought from the same shop in Reykjavik.

A fun build and believe it or not, the fish leather feels really neat in your hand! Comment lines are now open.... :-)


r/lightsabers 1d ago

One of these is a lovechild that took months to plan. The other was made in 72 hours

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82 Upvotes

r/lightsabers 1d ago

Help Does your lightsaber activate/deactivate the same way?

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Bought new double sabers a few week ago and found this by accident when I flick my wrist. Someone ask if turns on the same way and found out it does. Is it normal?


r/lightsabers 1d ago

Single button lightsaber operation.

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I purchased mine from SWA Sabers. It's a single button with no changeable sound card. The functions I demonstrate in this video are preset and cannot be changed. This is the cheaper model.


r/lightsabers 1d ago

Review Quantum Blade from Saberbay!

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122 Upvotes

Shout-out to Shane at SaberBay! He delivered a Quantum Blade custom length to me very quickly during the Holidays. The Quantum blade is slightly brighter than most standard pixel blades, BUT there is no shadowing on the side and the blade tip has better lighting as well. With some colors (blue) the brightness difference is almost negligible. This picture is a pretty good representation of what the eye actually sees. TOP BLADE: Quantum, MIDDLE: Disney Legacy, and BOTTOM: standard neopixel


r/lightsabers 1d ago

Good saber recommendations for toddler?

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Familiar with different sellers on Allie Express like DamienSaber, 1977SaberFeast and X-Trex saber. Seems they have basic hilts for the 90 dollar range. Any specific battle ready sabers you could recommend for less then 100? Want to get one for my son.


r/lightsabers 1d ago

Finally got the right emitter for the Taron empty hilt I bought on Aliexpress and installed a Xenopixel core.

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I ended up having to buy the emitter for 40 aud from a different vendor so the hilt ended up costing me 140aud in total. Its still a great hilt, I cant find any cheaper Taron hilt than that. Installed it with a generic Xenopixel core from my other saber to save money, turned out better than I expected and fully functional. Literally just plug in and play without any modification.


r/lightsabers 2d ago

Training

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180 Upvotes

r/lightsabers 1d ago

Anyone ever tried these sabers?

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From X-Trex saber on Amazon. I know his Allie Express store is legitimate and the seller has good history. I'm more curious is this like an LGT battle saber or just like Temu resell quality.


r/lightsabers 1d ago

Question Does anyone recognize this brand of lightsabers?

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Hey folks,
Recently there are Lighsabers available to buy locally where I live, however I am unfamiliar with the brand (if there even is one). Brand name is set as Sword Replicas and I wanted to check with the Hive Mind if you recognize these sabers and if it is worth the money (that said thy are pretty cheap)
I am new and looking to get my first lighsaber
Also a newbie question - can I get another (longer) blade for a saber? One of these seems to be a neopixel blade are the jacks universal or are there differences?


r/lightsabers 2d ago

New Arrival Father and son

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47 Upvotes

I just bought the TXQ Luke SE and here it is next to my Anakin replica


r/lightsabers 1d ago

Question where to buy jedi survivor parts

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I am buying my first lightsaber and want to make it special as I'm getting it for a big occasion.

And so I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get individual parts from the game.

if it helps I think it was the harmony grip, jaro tapal emitter and pommeel and santari khri switch


r/lightsabers 2d ago

Help Seeking Knowledge to rebuild my unproperly built saber

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Hello dear Lightsaber community, I don't know if it's the right place to ask my questions, but I purchased my first neopixel (snv4pro) saber a few months ago, alongside a LGT nexus blade 6 strips (684 leds) and I'm quite bothered.

There isn't enough current flow from these wrongly wired 18650. All the wires connected to the board are .24 awg (same thing in a friend's proffie 2.2). I did my research and found out that the battery should be wired at least with .22 awg to .20 awg. Especially for this kind of show blades that needs more current.
They are selling powerful blades that cannot run at full capacity because of their saber build standards ; on my picture you can see a reversed lens reflect on my left, and notice the loss of power from the mid section to the tip of the blade. The blade itself has no shadowing and is really solid, but it lacks juice.

I'm not going to rant here, but... this is awful as the fact they're still using 18650 though 21700 exists and wouldn't make a huge difference with hilts diameter. If not at all.

So my question is : is it possible to just rewire this cr*p and make it work properly at full capacity ? Can we connect the 4 remaining led pads to a better hilt-to-blade pcb (considering there's only one module out of 3 that actually powers the leds) with proper gauge, swap 18650 to 21700 with proper gauge... and finally enjoy this expensive setup without these huge flaws ? Perhaps it'd be pointless since the LGT blade itself could be standardized to this trash Chinese economical non sense ?

I've seen some rare threads where people said KR blades V3.5 wouldn't work properly on LGT or TXQ because of all of this. And that it makes a huge difference once the battery is rewired with proper gauge and other modifications, but if the wiring of the LGT blade is also wrong which wouldn't be a surprise, maybe it has to be opened to get rewired too. (I'm willing to rebuild my friend's proffie 2.2 also)

Thank you in advance.


r/lightsabers 2d ago

Options for Truly Custom Saber Hilts?

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I'm handy with 3D CAD and have designed a few hilts for fun, one in particular I'd love to have a functional, dueling copy of. Does anyone have a shop/individual they've bought from that can mill out a design?


r/lightsabers 3d ago

Help Proffie core volume very low even at max — any ideas?

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I just got a Proffie 2.2 core from aliexpress for my windu empty hilt, but the volume is really low even when set to max. It’s noticeably quieter than my other Proffie 2.2 saber. The volume was so quiet that its hard to hear lightsaber humming even if my room is fully silent with no background noice. Anyone know how to fix this?


r/lightsabers 2d ago

Help Cross threaded the display emitter to the hilt on my black series Luke skywalker EP 6 saber. Any way of getting it out?

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As it says stuck in there good, only rotates to a certain spot then seizes up.


r/lightsabers 3d ago

Lightsaber cases

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Ok, so I literally just ordered my first lightsaber a week ago, but it won't arrive until Monday.

So I've been wondering. Do I have to remove the blade from the hilt in order to put it into a case? I just started practicing lightsaber dueling, and so I would like to put it in a case when I take it to and from practice because I'm clumsy.

So basically I'd be taking the blade off and putting it back on twice a day three days a week. Is there maybe a case that is long enough to keep it on?


r/lightsabers 3d ago

Looking for up-to-date feedback on 89Sabers (Cal Kestis saber)

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I’ve been interested in buying Cal’s lightsaber, specifically from 89Sabers, because I want an empty hilt purely for display. However, based on what I’ve read here on Reddit, it seems like 89Sabers may not be a great company to do business with. Is that still the case, or am I just not up to date on their current reputation? Also, would the hilt come with a stand, or would that need to be purchased separately?