My husband loves it and feels like a jedi now, I got it for him for Christmas. The instructions was a little hard to understand and get the hang of at first due to them not being labeled which one went to which saber. Also I've seen video of people putting their sabers to the test including the hilt and them take little to no damage. However the other day when my husband accidentally dropped his saber on the sidewalk and the bottom of the hilt chipped. He wasn't even throwing it, he just dropped...