CCSabers Darksaber V2 Neopixel Lightsaber

It's an amazing saber, me and my buddies have been geeking over for about 2 weeks. Two issues I have is that
1. The darksaber preset doesn't have a flickering or pulsing blade.
2. It's difficult to change the volume.

Love V2 just like the reviewers

A lot of money but a lot of fun....well made and you have to see and hear the effects while holding it to appreciate this saber!

Darksaber Neopixel Lightsaber

An absolutely gorgeous hilt. The sound venting is amazing the chassis design is flawless and the blade is wicked bright. My only downside is the tip does not light up well but the pros definitely outweigh that one con.

Awesome saber. Good weight, new blade Diffusion is definitely a nice upgrade.

Only 2 gripes is my proffie chasis didn't come with a killswitch and the D ring is a little loose.

Sorry about the late review, I tried to contact with the owner for a while but no response.
I'll write everything I see with this Darksaber.

* This review is based on the 1st generation model of TXQ Darksaber.

First of all, the quality of this Darksaber is what I imagined. The hilt is very light and easy to swing. The accuracy is almost good as the Korbanth. In case the color of the hilt, this is not a 'screen used'. More like a 'screen prop' that was revealed in Mandalorian Experience 2022. The blade's quality is excellent and nailed it with the shape like a screen accurate style except the tip part is less sharp. Probably better finishing touch than Korbanth's. But I noticed that the blade is much longer and the size of the black core paint has gone thinner than what I searched. Not a problem.. just weird it got changed without notice.

Now here is the common issues with the Darksaber.
- For Darksaber font, you won't get to see the flickering effect from the pre-installed proffie.
- Like in the image, the blade is not diffused well that it exposes the whole LED strip in the blade. You can see the whole LED line that might ruin your expectation. In camera, it doesn't show it like this so most of the reviews you all seen will not look like this.
- As a result, the lack of sanding and diffusion has caused the ultra bright. Almost enough to blind it. Carl said that sanding may cover this, but I have not seen who tried this. Probably because it can damage the black paint.
- Also the black paint is a matte black, but easy to get scratch/damage it. And since it's not a deep black paint like a vinyl decal, the LED can bleed out from the black paint.
- Since the blade length has gone increased than the replica and other custom blades, it may look like it's bent to other side due to the weight of the blade cannot hold it from the hilt.(Or at least that's what I see.) Again..I believe this is a common issues from all the Darksaber blades. Not sure if there is an option for a small blade like in the show.
(Update: I reached to the owner and he confirms their blade size is only one and bent part is normal due to the different type of blade's weight only holds between the emitter with the screws except the tip side.)

- Another common issue is the light does not go through all the way to the tip of the blade. This is also an issue from official replicas(Check the Mandalorian season 2 behind the scene) and other custom Darksabers. Let's hope they fix this issue when TXQ warehouse makes a new blade.

Now here's my issues with this Darksaber. Probably minor... but concerned.
When I got my order from CCSabers and unboxed it, there are some several quality issues with their components finishing touch from the CCSabers.

- Despite the great quality of the hilt, the activation switch part and the silver part in the image, you can see some defects... a pretty bad finishing touch. Unlike their introduction video or even worse than official replicas.
- Like on the image, when I open the chassis, the hot glue was flying around like a spider web. Even the edge of blade side with neopixel symbol, you can see the hot glues are not cleaned up very well.
- When I try to swing slowly, I hear some clicking noise between the hilt and the blade. No matter how I tight the screw enough. Hopefully this is a common issue.

The functions are still working, so that's no problem. Just these problems are a bit disappointing.

I tried to contact here several times with their chat to discuss the issue. But they did not responded back for a month. I believe that Carl and CCSabers did their best with the customer service like everyone said, but after the return policy date, I lost contact with them. I understand that because of their busy schedule with the May the 4th event. But I need these issues to be fixed. ($450 is still a high price.)

(After their shipping update announcement, they were indeed doing their best with dealing the shipping orders from the sales event and gladly I reached out to him.)

Overall, I do recommend this Darksaber for a current sales price. Don't aim for the same thing that other vendors selling this with more high price. It's a good choice if you are aiming for close screen accurate one. Especially when it comes to the price compare to Korbanth. But make sure to check and discuss with any problems before you buy it. But If you ever feel disappointed with the blade's LED exposure, try sanding/diffusion the blade or wait for the update version in the future.

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- I found out the image of possible new blade for Darksaber on Aliexpress. Not sure if this is true but looks a lot better. (It is now confirmed.)
- TXQSaber is currently working on new skin for Darksaber. More closer to the Mandalorian show.

The saber is a great weight, a little heavy. The design is spot on, some of the screws can be hidden a little better. The Proffieboard is a little hard to code but I don't know if that's everyone's board. The thing that annoyed me the most was probably the LEDs, you can see the individual LED and it kind of takes away from the magic of the neopixels, and the tip of the saber doesn't light up and that also gets on my nerves sometimes. But other than that this saber is amazing.