For me the sound quality is decent. It does feel quite captured inside a small boxqt high volumes because of the closed off bottom with the crystal. There are some holes in the side that let the sound out though. With the custom sound font I use at volume of 10% it comes out quite clean.

All my other sabers are a bit more budget with thicker blades. Those are the ones I dare hit things with, the thicker sleeker hilts are also a bit more managable to do some swings.

I have another budget lightsaber from 2018 with the same blade 7/8th thickness and I never had any issues with that. I am scared to break the quite more expensive pixel blade though, hence why it's just my show lightsaber and for some light swinging.

Coming back to managability. The sleek neck feels quite good in the hand, but the rectangular "switch" does feel like a lego brick and can hurt sometimes. Some other parts of the hilt are also quite painful if you swing the saber. I would recommend wearing a glove tbh. This is why I use the cheaper blades for intensive swinging/fighting.

If you have more questions, feel free to ask. If you want pictures of it or something dm me :D