What is a Photon Blade?

[@priyonjoni]

This video convinced me to get a photon blade and brought life back to my old base-lit saber.

[@michaelhoward4837]

Nice video series. I enjoy your in-depth reviews.

[@michaelskramii2245]

Excellent video breakdown of various choices. Well done - and thank you for sharing this.

[@Sardelac]

Great explanation. Thanks

[@sonicice8340]

My question litterally was answered the last 10 seconds Dx lol

[@warmcrunch3829]

LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!

[@richard-mai]

What would you recommend for a TRI Guardian Blue from Ultrasabers, a photon blade from VV, double wrapped photon from TCSS, or quad wrapped photon from TCSS?

[@DarthCephalus]

any really. The wrap is just more cellophane inside, so don't pay extra for more of it. It does not make much difference and costs close to nothing to do yourself if you try.

[@jessikapiche6097]

GREAT VIDEO!!! What a nice informative vid! I was thinking getting a photon blade but my saber goes from Green to Blue and back to Green, so i guess i would lose my blue and the saber would just go darker then back to strong green, sadly... But great vid noneless! Thanks! may the dark side be with you ! (well, you are called Darth Cephalus after all!)

[@dei-wan-grey3888]

Fantastic Review Great job everything was wonderful Man

[@RIPtide2323]

if you use a saber with a white LED like a Adegan Silver blade from ultra saber with one of these blades does it change the blade color respectively?

[@DarthCephalus]

Yes. White has blue in it so it triggers the fluorescence

[@TheArmoredArtichoke]

So I just bought a blood orange LED saberforge saber. Am I just stuck with the blood orange color? Is any color shift with different blades just going to kill the brightness?

[@vendorboyz]

Awesome information here!!! Thank you! :D Quick question, what type of hilt is that? I sort feel like it's like a touchscreen with how light you touch it to switch colors. :)

[@DarthCephalus]

It is a touch sensitive conductive plate. That saber is an Errant saber from Electrum Sabercrafts.

[@DarthCephalus]

I have a review on it here if you are curious kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5ikdK1plJyfY80

[@talenmangles1073]

I really like your reviews! Would you review the ultrasabers mystery box?

[@ferrynator15]

how do you review a random box with a random item in it...

[@davesmith6794]

So, important question. If I'm looking at these new things like photon blades and the like, I'm basically SOL if I want a blue blade? Actually, my favorite is the green blade, so it looks like I'll have plenty of options of green tints with a photon blade. But, let's say I put a photon blade on a Kyberlight with all the various colors, my blues just won't be an option, will they? I'm assuming that if you wanted super bright in a blue, you'd need to go full pixel blade? I hope to get an answer for this as I looking to get a good lightsaber and can only afford one. If I'm mostly going to be using green, a Kyberlight with a photon blade should do the trick? Or basically just use Kyberlight's green day blade to get a really bright green. (I guess any brand with a photon blade should be good as long as I get the BLUE LED, correct?)

[@DarthCephalus]

Pretty much correct in all cases. You don’t have to go with a string blade to get super bright in blue though: a Tri Cree blue is plenty bright. If you run it through a photon blade it makes the brightest green as well. It does lock you in to those colors though. If you want color changing, you have to swallow the pill that it will never be as bright as the alternative unless you are running white. If you want to use a photon blade, you have to give up on blue unless you change the blade.

[@jcbond.]

Is there a difference between thick walled blade and thin walled blade when it comes to brightness? I'm trying to buy a photon blade but I'm not sure which I should buy. I'm not going to use it for combat, maybe if someone challenges me at a convention but it'd be a light combat. 😆

[@DarthCephalus]

Thin walled are brighter and more evenly lit in general.

[@bobbythomas9603]

I need to speak in Ultrasabers terms. My blade is sunriders destiny. Does that color become more green with the photon? You made it sound as if it stays the same color, just brighter. I just want to make sure. Thanks. Great videos.

[@DarthCephalus]

It will be more green. Sunriders is a blue green. The photon will turn the blue portion green.

[@bobbythomas9603]

@@DarthCephalus Thank you, that is what I needed to know. Consular green stays consular green, just a bit brighter?

[@DarthCephalus]

Nope, just as green. The florescent only reacts to blue. Green would go right through.

[@bobbythomas9603]

@@DarthCephalus Thank you very much.

[@quintenmccarter1875]

So, what if I switched the colors and was using a diffused blue Kyberlight dayblade with Green LED's, would that make the blade brighter?

[@DarthCephalus]

No. It is the green dye in the green blade that has the florescent properties. It reacts with blue. There is nothing florescent you can do with a green LED that I know of.

[@Jixzer]

Where did you get the 1st yellow blade from?

[@ChiefMouse]

Would Ultrasabers TriCree Arctic Blue work with Vader's Vault enhanced day blade (blue)? Looking for the brightest white core.

[@DarthCephalus]

It will be blue but it won't have a white core. It will just be very blue.

[@ChiefMouse]

Darth Cephalus Thanks for answer. So what's the best way? Sanding the blade?

[@DarthCephalus]

An enhanced day blade running a white LED will be close to a white core. Otherwise the white core happens on camera, up it does not look that way in real life.

[@ChiefMouse]

Darth Cephalus Thanks. How would tri cree Adegan Silver react to the photon blade? I suppose US use just 3 white leds for it instead of RGB. It looks like the best way would be getting the silver saber and appropriate blade, either photon or enhanced dayblade.

[@DarthCephalus]

The photon would not trigger on white. It would just be a light green. Silver with day Blades is a reasonable color changing option in my mind though. Works great with Ripperunstables as well. You get white lighting.

[@irishjonyb]

Awesome dude, thanks....

[@jtabel]

Wow, this is really cool. Is there a similar version of this that amplifies blue?

[@DarthCephalus]

Not really. There is an enhanced dayblade blue, but mostly florescent turns blue into other things, so you give up blue to have a photon blade.

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

Which option is the cheapest?

[@Ian-pm6ml]

Would a thick walled photon blade be brighter than a thin walled? I would assume so given there is more photon material to reflect the light. Also would you favor one company over another's photon blade?

[@DarthCephalus]

not really. the light gets changed, you don’t need more material. as to manufacturers, I recommend get the karts from TCSS and put them together yourself. it is a lot less expensive.

[@Ian-pm6ml]

@@DarthCephalus Gotcha, thats the first place I looked. Thanks for the help.

[@jedishadow4083]

So could a green dayblade be almost as bright as a photon blade with blue?

[@DarthCephalus]

Depends on the green dye. Kyberlight green blades are almost as bright because they used a partly florescent green dye. A standard green blade would just be greenish blue with a blue LED but it would not get the light level boost of a photon blade.

[@jedishadow4083]

Darth Cephalus, sweet! Thx, I purchased a kyberlight green day blade to go with my blue led, should look cool

[@toprelay]

What lightsaber are you using, I’ve never seen anything like that before.

[@DarthCephalus]

Electrum Errant

[@davidsiebert5234]

I noticed Ripper Blades sells a red photon blade, do you think that would look similar to your painted red one?

[@DarthCephalus]

A lot like. It will be pinkish when not lit and will be a bit more translucent than what I had in this video.

[@Vatt-Ghern]

So to get the perfect green blade you would have to buy a saber with a blue led, and then a photon blade? Because I'm currently looking at an Ultrasaber that I want in green, should i just buy the photonblade from VV, and get the saber in blue?

[@DarthCephalus]

I don't know if I would call it a perfect green, but it is definitely a different green. VV calls it a rackghoul green. But yes, if you want to play with photon blades, you should get a blue LED or a purple LED that is running a full blue die.

[@sonicice8340]

Darth Cephalus but can a photon blade from saborforge fit into a Dark Sentinel v4?

[@warmcrunch3829]

What is your personal favorite lightsaber company? (This may need a whole video) Which has the best electronics? Best hilt choices? Best extra features? Best turnaround time? Best customer service?

[@DarthCephalus]

Tricky question. The answers to each of those is different.

[@warmcrunch3829]

Darth Cephalus That’s why it may have to be a video suggestion.

[@O9bz3]

What would you suggest for how to dual diffuse an ultrasabers blade? how heavily should it be sanded?

[@DarthCephalus]

I did a tutorial on it where I did one on camera. It is here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZqln4qaoaqnqc0

[@MikeHoltackers]

O9bz3 in addition, if you go 'too far' start sandingbwith a lower grit again :) it's a nice eay to find what grit you lrefer

[@sonicice8340]

I have a green saber an would like a photon blade but it is a ultra saber; am I completely out of options other then fabricating it myself?

[@DarthCephalus]

You can get just the blade from Ripper Blades, Vader's Vault, Anakin's Armory, or Kyberlight. You can get the parts from TCSS. Any of them will fit in your saber. The problem is that you won't get the effect with a green LED. You need a blue LED to get it to react.

[@sonicice8340]

Thank you very much!!!

[@InventorZahran]

So is that why glow-in-the-dark products are often photon yellow colored?

[@DarthCephalus]

Fluorescence and photoluminescence work a bit differently but kind of. Both work off blue and UV light.

[@the973kgt]

I want to make sure I understand this. So if you want the brightest green blade possible use a photon blade and a tri-consular green? Also on my Ultrasaber diamond series i can use the photon blade and full green and full blue at the same time?

[@DarthCephalus]

Photon Blades don’t react to green. So a Tri green will be just as bright through a photon as it will through a standard. A Tri blue will be a lot brighter. In a blue green mix, the green will go through like normal and the blue will react. You might get a similar brightness to a Tri with just those two LEDs

[@DemopVWgarage]

would the green photon blade give you a brighter light blue ( luke newhope) style color?

[@DarthCephalus]

No. You can't get a blue with a photon blade. It turns any blue into green. You might try an enhanced blue day blade with a whitr LED for a pretty good ANH Luke. It would be white core with a light blue border.

[@idk-sw1ns]

with what color is the photon blade the brightest?

[@DarthCephalus]

Royal blue.

[@decoder1157]

Who would you say has the better purple day blade, Vader's Vault or Saberforge? If it's possible to tell.

[@DarthCephalus]

Much the same thing really. VV sands the outside, SF does not. I like mid grade blades so I would prefer the VV, but for what they charge, I would personally sooner go with a Kyberlight, or If I am going to shell out that much, I would put in a bit more and get a Ripper purple dueling blade.

[@decoder1157]

Darth Cephalus Thank you sir

[@jr-pl9kj]

what type of led is in that lightsaber you have?

[@DarthCephalus]

The lightsaber has an RGBW quad dye. Mostly I am just using the royal blue in this video.

[@lazarusrex9545]

what saber are you using?

[@DarthCephalus]

That is an Electrum Errant

[@Bladsmith]

Do any of these combinations achieve a white-core effect like the movies? Even near it?

[@DarthCephalus]

Any solid color LED of sufficient brightness through a dual diffused blade will achieve that effect on film. If you want it to look like that to the naked eye, you will want an enhanced day blade. The color on those is a bit pastel for my taste though.

[@FXTRT1-1]

This is just like mixing colors: Blue - Red = Purple, Red - Yellow = Orange etc.

[@troyh8461]

How durable is the blade?

[@DarthCephalus]

as durable as standard blade stock.

[@chadrupp8991]

Arvin?

[@emdufrain]

What would you suggest for the brightest red? Also, which saber shop would you suggest for the best hilts? I am looking to buy my first saber. Thanks for all the info on your videos they help so much.

[@DarthCephalus]

Best hilt is pretty relative. Look for a design that speaks to you and make sure to get something capable of doing whatever you want to do with it. The brightest red would be a Tri red, but they are all plenty bright really.

[@emdufrain]

Darth Cephalus do they sell a tri red at all light saber companies? Which company would you suggest without breaking my bank but still getting something that would be worth the money. Thank you again!!

[@DarthCephalus]

Tri red is something you find from Ultrasabers and on the custom market. As a first saber, I would go with the former.

[@basketballmarco]

so which LED config is the brightest?

[@DarthCephalus]

Tri blue through a photon blade but you better like green.

[@joewilson6812]

@@DarthCephalus To clarify for the brightest green in a photon....Tri Cree - Royal Blue, Royal Blue, Royal Blue or Tri-Cree Royal Blue, Royal Blue, White? Flash on clash will not be a factor so I'm thinking all three LEDs should be blue?

[@kingjim9619]

What lightsaber is that

[@DarthCephalus]

That is an Electrum Sabercrafts Errant.

[@bm239]

Damn them finger nails ain’t no joke 😂

[@deathequalizer9175]

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[@3dprintingteen164]

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[@sagatbalrog]

Green is the worst color for a saber. Or anything . The us open tennis courts used to be green for a 100 years , then about 10 years ago they realized it's ugly as hell and Changed it to gorgeous blue

[@woazi]

sagatbalrog lol nerd

[@MartyMcfly_88]

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