The Protector is an original take to a classic lightsaber design but well thought-out for dueling. The hilt remains slick and easy to manipulate. A good dueling saber must be comfortable to twirl and take in hand. A good design is also a top criteria and this model will remind you of the Ani / Dark Lord saber style. To make it even better you have a choice of color styles for your hilt. Customize it to make it your own. VHC : This saber has VHC threads (Variable Hilt Component standard by Nexus Sabers), meaning it can be associated with parts of other VHC sabers and can accommodate VHC compatible accessories. Like all of our amazing sabers, this hilt is made of aluminium 6063. Every saber boasts stunning finishes on a great build with strong materials to offer either the best reproduction of a legendary design or a very comfortable and yet stylish dueling weapon. SABER CONFIGURATIONS Here's a simple breakdown of our available configurations. See our "Which version to choose ?" info box above for more details. 🥉Standard : the base model with a Xeno 3 board, featuring rich sounds, lots of effects and customizable through a mobile app or via SD card. Standard sabers are baselit sabers with a lighter blade made for heavy dueling. Perfect if you plan on doing cosplay or stunt/duel performances or if you simply don't need the neopixel blade. 🥈Premium : it's our most wanted option! The same Xeno 3 board but with a neopixel blade. The high density LED strip in the blade allows for an amazing look and tons of visual effects. Now customizable through a mobile app and, as usual, via the SD card. DIMENSIONS 📐 Dimensions of the hilt : 24 cm / 9.45 inches in length, weighs approx. 305 g / 0.67 lbs 📐 Dimensions of the blade : it's our 1 inch diameter standard, then you choose between 72, 82, 92 cm (28, 32 or 36 inches) for the length. Polycarbonate thickness is 2mm for Standard sabers and 3mm for Premium and Deluxe sabers. 📏 Recommended length of your lightsaber : a lot of academies and fencing federations request that the total length of your dueling saber stays between 100 and 110cm (39.4 to 43.4 inches). The blade usually sits inside the hilt for about 5 to 7 cm (2 to 3 inches). If you mean to use your saber in an official setting, be careful and choose the appropriate size, if you don't care for this, go for the longer blade length : 36 inches / 92 cm. USABILITY CHART Key criterias for duelists is Handling and Weight, for cosplayers it is Style and ease of Maintenance, and for collectors it is mostly Style. STYLE & REFINEMENT Some complexity is brought to a simple design. A good compromise for a dueling saber. 2/5 HANDLING COMFORT The ultimate dueling weapon : proper size, low weight and super ergonomic. 5/5 WEIGHT Super light hilt. Built for super fast spinning and saber wielding. 5/5 MAINTENANCE The easiest of sabers : single core with in-hilt charging port and rarely more than 2 screws to separate electronics from hilt. 5/5 XENO3 BLUETOOTH This hilt provides good enough Bluetooth connectivity. Setting your saber parameters via the app can be done within a 3 feet range of your phone if there are no network interferences. 5/5 If you have any questions about our sabers feel free to reach out to us through the chat, we speak english and french.
