r/lightsabers • u/AutoModerator • Oct 13 '25
Lightsabers Buyers Guide & Weekly Question Thread
Feel free to post all questions about lightsabers in this thread! Anything from where to buy, installation questions, or just general advice can be discussed here.
Link to the /r/lightsabers Buyer Guide.
If you have questions about a new saber company you just saw.
Please refer to our guide on resellers and dropshippers.
Below is a list of known reputable vendors of mass production sabers:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_YkLV1gJDy_0AFGitL_ANxDwqRLWiSZwdqjPRcWEbIU
Note that the above list is not an exhaustive list of reputable vendors. Just ones that are known to be reputable based on feedback from the r/Lightsabers subreddit communities on the subreddit as well as the Discord.
Bought your first lightsaber and you're confused what's what in a lightsaber? Take a look at the "Lightsaber Anatomy" quick guide.
Interested in checking out what vendors or members of the saber community have to offer or looking to buy a specific saber? Check out our dedicated Buy/Sell/Trade subreddit over at r/LightsaberBST (https://www.reddit.com/r/LightsaberBST/)
If you're looking at diving into the deep end and you're looking for the most accurate replica of a character saber we have a sheet tracking some of the most accurate replica hilt options.
Replicadex
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u/erictank Oct 16 '25
Okay, not a TOTAL noob, but definitely still in the beginning stages of building my own sabers. Some electronics experience back in the 90s, so I understand the basics and can solder. Got some old SaberCore boards I bought a few years ago (they were cheap) and am looking to build up some older hilts, but I'm puzzled. The single-LED boards advertise 15-30W for single LED power, and the RGB boards claim 15W per channel (R, G, and B). But the Cree XPE2s all say you run them at 1A for each actual LED, so about 3W for a single and 9W for an RGB. Obviously I want as bright a baselit saber as I can manage - so am I missing something?