5 or 10 degree lens?

[Amanita]

Okay, I'm getting ready to order my lightsaber parts, but before I fire off the order, I have one question- which looks better with a seoul P4 LED? A 5 or 10 degree lens?

[mihunai]

Before someone flames you, theres a help thread, but to save you the trouble this once,
5 degree, unless you have a really short blade. At around 36", which is pretty common, just go for the 5 degree lens.

BTW, this counts for pretty much any LED.

mTm

[beggarsoutpost]

My favorite blade is a 36" UltraEdge on a P4 blue with a 10 degree lens... the light really fills up the blade nicely and it's super bright... 5 degree lenses always seem to drop the light in the top half of the blade when I use them....

[Amanita]

I ended up getting the 10 degree- I've got 5's on my two old TCSS sabers, so if I don't like it, I can always swap it with the others I've got.

[Sairon]

Great idea, most of the time a five degree works the best, but it is personel choice and go with what ya like.

[theJUDGE]

ive seen that often people like to use 10 degree lenses if they are going to use thin walled blades, and 5 degree with thick walled blades. if you get the 5 degree lens with the lens holder from tcss be aware that you will have to do some slight fitting. hope this helps

[Novastar]

For the record... I've never noted a truly SIGNIFICANT difference when using 5 vs. 10 deg optics.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

For the record... I've never noted a truly SIGNIFICANT difference when using 5 vs. 10 deg optics.

Me neither. If you're going to use the optics and holders Tim sells, save yourself the trouble of getting the 5 deg to fit in the holder, and just get the 10.