My WORST! Lightsaber Buying Experience

In this video I share my personal story of the WORST lightsaber buying experience I have had. Which company did I buy it from? How many things went wrong with it? And how long do I wait until I finally had a working lightsaber? Come check out my video to find out!

***NOTE*** The purpose of this video is to share knowledge and help my viewers avoid these kinds of experiences. NOT to shame or discourage anyone from buying products from the businesses mentioned in the video. We are all humans and accidents happen. I mention several times that all of the problems with my saber are likely due to the poor installation by an unknown person... NOT due to the owners of the business mentioned in the video.

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00:00 Welcome!
01:22 Lets Be Fair
04:19 Why So Expensive?
05:17 Who is KR?
06:01 Longest Wait Ever
07:23 Out of Box Problems
13:41 Tips for Buyers
15:05 Happy Ending?
16:22 Lets Turn It On

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[FindingTheForce]

Have you had a pretty bad experience buying an expensive lightsaber? Leave a comment below!👇🏻 Please be respectful. 🙏🏻

[priyonjoni]

I think some companies have to become self aware of how much volume they take in. They over do orders, and end up cutting corners. We’ve seen this happen with SaberForge and their longer than estimated delivery times. I’m okay waiting longer as long as communication is transparent and quality isn’t compromised.

[TheNerdDAD]

Damn dude I’m sorry this was your experience! Especially with a great hilt! I’m just glad I’ve taught myself to install my own and program my own configs. Really hoping first time buyers don’t have this experience!

[DrFranklynAnderson]

“It takes three different Allen wrenches!”

Not gonna lie, this gave me a chuckle. I’ve used a manual wheelchair my entire life, and enjoy being able to do my own maintenance. Practically every bolt on these suckers uses a different size Allen wrench. I’ve even had ‘chairs where I had to use imperial and metric sets just to be able to adjust everything! 😂

[bobtimster]

Randy's a nice guy...until you ask him too many questions. Then he bites your head off. I'll never buy from Korbanth again.

[sjedi]

Hasn't happened to me as I always watch your channel brother been helping me save money and headaches for years. Appreciate it

[dblankenship]

Yes, I do have a problem with the sequel shirt. But, you have the right to enjoy the Star Wars of your choice. Thanks for the video.

[Darthjarjar]

The editing on your videos get better each time keep up the great work 👍🏽

[general_dude]

It's been a while since this video was released, but I just wanted to say, most of these are Korbanth's issue. They've a bad reputation for high end sabers and end-user experience. Their installs fail after months, I'm surprised yours still works.

About the glitching when you press the aux button, that could've been fixed pretty easily. It was because the speaker was too loud and bassy, that it kept activating the clash threshold in your config file. All you'd need to do is increase the clash threshold until it works fine, and/or lower the volume.

[ricoricciardi]

Also, one of the most frustrating things ever is waiting 6 months. ( yes I have - Saberforge ) and getting it and it doesn’t work.. then you ship it back and wait 3 more months to get it back… absolutely maddening!!!

[kieranjeffery]

Hey man. It's a shame to see this kinda thing happen. I just want to say tho at 17:03 when you activated the tip drag. One of the cross guards wasn't on. Hopefully it just wasn't connecting with the pins properly but thought I'd point it out👌 badass saber tho 10/10

[shawneastland]

Any of the problems you had when you initially got it would have been enough for me to ask for a refund. No way I'm keeping an item that I spent $1000 on and it has issues right out of the box. You are way more forgiving than I am.

[doctorgiovanni]

Oh dear! What a meandering, tedious and complicated process you endured over those ten months. Such a dreadful waiting experience. I lament with your valid frustrations.

It is a real shame that had happened to you. Poor communication (on their end, that is) is a breakdown that results from a discrepancy or disconnect between what is said and what is understood. Taking Randy out of the machine, those within the company clearly did not understand what was going on with your sabre. Expensive, high-end lightsabres should never be withheld from any buyer. It’s poor practice. However, I am delighted to hear that you did, in fact, have a “happy ending.” I am so terribly sorry that this happened to you, but thank you for sharing your experience with us. 🙏

Slightly off topic, but would you happen to know of any good lightsabre wall mounts? I noticed your lovely display of lightsabres [mounted on the wall] in the background, and was wondering what you’d recommend this old doctor. I am in need of some quality ones; the ones I have at the moment are rather old and out of date. (I am also aware of the fact that some wall mounts gripping the blade can cause said blade to crack over time.)

Thank you, Obi-Dad Kenobi!

Take care,

Giovanni Marino, M.D.

[darth_gino]

I've been waiting for my Sabertrio Vektra CFX for about 3 months. and again so long on my Luke Proffie Replica by CrimsonDawn Sabers. i ordered both black friday at the same time 2 years ago and they arrived almost at the same time. definitely a thumbs up to Sabertrio. my graflex xenopixel also 3 months from endorlightsabers. My problems with Lukes were that the speaker was loose, so I glued it myself. The problem with my Xenopixel Graflex is that the screw that holds the hilt together can no longer be tightened. so everything is loose. and the screw that holds the chassis together in my Luke lightsaber is already starting to loosen.

[VictoriasCantina]

Sorry about all the issues. My Korbanth Graflex Supreme (which I also waited 6 months for) does the same thing when I put it on the Kylo Ren font. They told me it was normal. 🤷‍♀️

[darksideofthemoon]

Dude, that was absolutely ridiculous! I understand your patience to want to own a really good replica lightsaber, but for that price and discovering those problems, it would’ve been a straight up refund for me. Once I see I have to send it back on my dime, that would’ve been it. Refund all the way. We have so many lightsaber companies out there nowadays, the choices are there now. I feel for you though brother. Ever since COVID, quality has gone straight down the toilet nowadays. Smh.

[bobtimster]

Yes, KR is supposed to have the most screen accurate lightsabers. I buy empty hilts from them and then send them to my private installer to install the electronics (CFX in my case).

[paulb]

That's why I'm a stickler for making sure things work correctly. Sounds like they first person who sent the kylo out was a new starter at the company, and as for you having to pay for the shipping back due the plthw price you paid personally I think the company should have paid for that. Plus if it had a warranty on it they could have just replaced it.

[coreyvisser]

When comes to purchasing sabers before they're assembled and waiting up to 6 months, I feel that there's one exception and that Sabertrio. They have 3 levels of customization.

Their ready to ship sabers which are pre-customized, and you can only choose things like what blade to include, blade plug belt clip...etc. They get shipped out in a week or two and they're awesome.

Then they have their custom sabers. These are any of their saber models and you can completely choose how you want it. The finish, the configuration, button type and color, covertec wheel color, you can even sometimes get small special things done like minor acid etching and powder coating. These have a lead time of 16-20 weeks but usually arrive within 6-12 weeks.

Lastly there's their masterpiece line which is just like their custom line but even more customization. You can design your own custom pattern to acid etch onto the hilt and have any powder coating you want within reason. You have a direct line of contact with a design team for it. This has a lead time of 16-20 weeks from design confirmation which can be 2-4 weeks after purchase. Most people's sabers arrive between 18-25 weeks after purchase, but some have taken as long as 30 weeks.

I know you're more into the replica hilts, but you should consider getting a custom Finding the Force hilt made with them.

[mikedeguzman]

I had the same situation with Korbanth. I purchased the SK2 rogue master and after waiting 3 months I believe there were some issues. The auxiliary button started the same thing you had with the aux button. Also a lot of the parts did not align properly. When I posted some questions on how to fix the issue Korbanth would as me to remove the video of the issue on some FB lightsaber pages/forums. I sent it back to have it fixed and after they took a few weeks to fix the issue they wrapped the hilt with the straps that were included. I didn’t want that wrapped so I just asked for my money back. Too many people responding to different emails I sent for updates and different answers from different people for the same question. Randy did refund me my purchase. I was so bummed because this was the first really large purchase. Spending over 700 on a saber. That should and waiting that long… it killed my buzz. This was before the pandemic if I remember correctly. But SaberTrio has restored my faith in the saber industry.