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3 Brothers - ASP reviews 3 months 3 weeks ago #57895

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I finally got my tracking number at 5/26/16 7:45pm EST!!!
I'm not sure if this means their just starting on my sabers or they are packed and waiting for the next usps pickup.
Either way I will get them right around the 1 year anniversary of the ASP Kickstarter!!!

So without further ado here is what I have and is coming:

I'm terrible at naming things so for now they will be known as the 3 brothers.
I'm the oldest of 3 brothers and since I have 3 ASP sabers on the way it seemed fitting.
If you have name suggestions I'd love to hear them.

First here is what I have so far.

VV red day blade, VV purple day blade, VV photon blade,
Medium blue 12w+ led, Amber 12w+ led, Red 12w+ led,
Spare batteries x2

The VV day blades look great with a regular camera led shined through them but do have little sanding marks on them that are noticeable when not illuminated. The photon blade is hard to describe, it almost glows on its own it's such a vibrant color. I can't wait to see what the 12w+ LEDs can do to these guys.

Next up is my venom based ASP design
Green 12w+ led and viridian ASP sound


Followed by my Vengence based ASP design
Indigo 12w+ led and Crimson ASP sound


And last but not least is my random Bane
Indigo 12w+ led and viridian ASP sound


Once I actually recieve my sabers I'll be sure to update this with plenty of pictures and feedback.

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3 Brothers - ASP reviews 3 months 5 days ago #59583

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Unboxing

YAY it's finally here


First peak inside


Here are the contents.


Notice the Bane claw spearing the sensitive electronics package.. Gave me quite the scare but luckily did not hurt anything


Here is everything included in the electronics package.


And here they are all empty assembled.


So off the bat there are quite a few missing items and 2 wrong items.
I contacted CS about all my issues. Hopefully they can resolve them quickly.

Missing my saber belt that should have been included.

Received a staff extension instead of an extra blade. This I'm actually ok with now that I have purchased other blades on my own.

Received a black reptile leather wrapped juggernaut body instead of black stingray wrapped.

At first glance I thought I was missing my bane electronics but turns out they were pre-installed to my surprise with a kill key and lighted switch!!! I'm not sure if this means in hilt recharging and if so I don't have that charger... more on this later.

I'm missing a Champ level switch, dummy switch, and second covtec belt clip to make my second saber operational.

I'm also missing any shims at all and I desperately need the it turns out...

There is also some damage to my Vengence emitter right out of the bubble wrap.

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3 Brothers - ASP reviews 3 months 5 days ago #59584

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The first Brother

First up we have my unnamed as of yet Vengence ASP saber.

These first few pics are with all of the pieces loose to allow for proper alignment until I get some shims to fix it like this.











Here is how it currently looks so that it's functional



Review of the first brother
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The Second Brother

Next up we have my unnamed as of yet Venom ASP saber.

These first few pics are with all of the pieces loose to allow for proper alignment until I get some shims to fix it like this.






Here is how it currently looks. No switch so its currently nonfunctional.


Second Brother Review
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The Third Brother

Last but not least we have the Kickstarter goal reward Bane.






I was presently surprised that it came with a lighted switch and a kill key.


Can someone tell me if this is a in hilt recharge port?




If so I need to get a charger that will work for it as I can't figure out how to remove the battery.


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3 Brothers - ASP reviews 3 months 5 days ago #59599

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Stunning collection and thanks for the report. Really dig your version of the Venom!

Good to see it was a near perfect order (I mean all the parts sent correctly).

How did you find the assembly yourself? Any experience you might like to share?
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Just put up a guide in the ASP section. Felt that was more needed than finishing my reviews for now.

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3 Brothers - ASP reviews 3 months 5 days ago #59617

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It looks like they gave you a full Champion installed Bane instead of one with ASP guts, which makes sense. In order to get to the battery you'd have to disassemble the hilt (hence why the Bane is getting a redesign to be more like the Vanquish).

I'd see if SF was supposed to give you a charger for it. If not, here's one from TCSS.

Basically you need a 3.7v charger with a 2.1mm plug.

As for your Vengence-styled saber body, it looks like they gave you a reptile wrap instead of the stingray.

EDIT: I'm also surprised to see that the LED heatsink modules are silver instead of black now.
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Jaden Korr wrote:
It looks like they gave you a full Champion installed Bane instead of one with ASP guts, which makes sense. In order to get to the battery you'd have to disassemble the hilt (hence why the Bane is getting a redesign to be more like the Vanquish).

I'd see if SF was supposed to give you a charger for it. If not, here's one from TCSS.

Basically you need a 3.7v charger with a 2.1mm plug.

As for your Vengence-styled saber body, it looks like they gave you a reptile wrap instead of the stingray.

EDIT: I'm also surprised to see that the LED heatsink modules are silver instead of black now.

Thanks updated the wrap description and thanks for the link I'll look into it after SF replies to my CS message.

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3 Brothers - ASP reviews 3 months 5 days ago #59619

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@ Jaden Korr, Wouldn't using a Aluminium only LED module be better at releasing heat? I would figure black would stay hotter. Though I admit I've only a vague idea on thermodynamics
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3 Brothers - ASP reviews 3 months 5 days ago #59620

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@ Jaden Korr, Wouldn't using a Aluminium only LED module be better at releasing heat? I would figure black would stay hotter. Though I admit I've only a vague idea on thermodynamics

Since the other ones were also aluminum but anodized black (which adds a very thin layer to the surface), any difference in heat transfer is probably negligible. Especially since the hilts are also aluminum, which will also draw heat away from the LED.

Without getting to long winded, black things do get hotter due to the way they absorb light and other forms of radiation. In this case, black would be better, since the heatsink' purpose is to draw heat away from the LED. But in this application there probably isn't too big of a difference.
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3 Brothers - ASP reviews 3 months 4 days ago #59628

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Great selections! I like the switch section on your Venom.

Are you going to request that the Juggernaut be re-wrapped with Ray instead of Reptile? I'm really curious to see what that does to the appearance.

That really is a nice haul, though. It's cool they did the install on the Bane for you. Sounds like from Jaden's point that this was a logical choice for them to do it this way.


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