Check out my new Light Saber!!

by | Jan 11, 2021

 


er...well, actually it was a gift for my girlfriend's 11 year old son Frankie. The look on his face Christmas morning when he opened the box was priceless. Sadly, those few minutes of glee are about all the good that came out of this purchase. In hindsight, do your research before buying folks, because I got taken for a ride.

Ultrasabers.com (not linked because you SHOULD NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM!!!) was the only company I knew of that makes light sabers aside from going to a Disney theme park. As such, as I've since read on reddit (a site I normally loathe as I find it difficult to navigate) that I made the 'classic mistake' of making my first saber purchase from Ultrasabers. They're one of the longest running, most heavily marketed, and biggest names out there. 


The power button is depressed yet it is unlit, as usual. 


It's really just a glorified flashlight, albeit with faulty wiring. Oh and forget the warranty as there are countless posts about them refusing to honor them. 


Years ago, they were one of the best too. A friend of mine has one of their sabers, has had it for about 3 years now and loves it. However after lighting up as it did above, I wrapped the saber up and awaited Christmas (FYI: you can only return your saber within 3 days of arrival, because they're clearly aware of their poor quality). Christmas morning it went out after about 5 minutes of swinging it around, coming into contact with nothing. 5 sets of batteries later (all different brands) and I realized we had a problem. 

You can remove the blade so as to display just the hilt on a stand (also purchased), however when Frankie took the blade out this silver reflective liner fell out immediately. He tried to get it to back in and it crinkled...  

...and this is what ya get as a result (again, on the rare occasion it'll actually light up). So much for that beautiful glow in the first pic. The blade is clearly designed to be removed, also-don't ever fucking do that! 

After 2 weeks of the run around by customer service, I went looking online and found youtube videos, reddit posts, Better Business Bureau rating, reviews and complaints and found that at some point the company took a bad turn and is now pretty much the worst of the worst. I've read a lot of the horror stories this past weekend, and have to say my experience with them is sadly one of the better ones. 

My father in-law is more or less a retired electrical engineer (skills-yes, that actual degree-no), so will see if he can fix it as from what I've read, were I to send this piece of junk back, I'd never see it again. Currently I'm researching other makers and will buy Frankie a proper, functioning light saber soon I hope (he's such a great kid, he feels bad for me because I've been so mad about what I thought would be the ultimate present that was instead total garbage). 

Don't be like me, do your research before clicking the 'buy' icon! Also, NEVER EVER BY ANYTHING FROM Ultrasabers.com Scumbags.com!!