# Worth Upgrading a Spirit Pack's Wand? **URL:** \ **Category:** Proton Packs\ **Created:** [August 24, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082 "2018-08-24T17:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![necrosapien87](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@necrosapien87](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/necrosapien87)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/1 "2018-08-24T17:22:02Z")
So I’ve been considering Upgrading my Spirit pack to the 80% scale Wand I’ve been seeing. Is it worth it, Or should I just stick with what I have? Has anyone else done this? ---
**Author:** ![DarkSpectre](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@DarkSpectre](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/DarkSpectre)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/2 "2018-08-24T20:09:58Z")
It absolutely is. The stock spirit thrower is junk and is embarassingly small in an adult’s hands. ---
**Author:** ![JWils23](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JWils23](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/JWils23)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/3 "2018-08-24T21:56:47Z")
I’m going that route right now, my wife surprised me a 80% sized wand which should be here sometime next week. The stock wand really is tiny, especially if you’re a bigger guy or have big hands you feel like you’re going to crush it! ---
**Author:** ![B-Rad](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@B-Rad](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/B-Rad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/4 "2018-08-26T21:27:15Z")
> [@JWils23 post\_id=4907886 time=1535147807 user\_id=50531](#): > > I’m going that route right now, my wife surprised me a 80% sized wand which should be here sometime next week. The stock wand really is tiny, especially if you’re a bigger guy or have big hands you feel like you’re going to crush it! Keep us updated with how that goes! This is something I’ve wanted to do but I want to see how someone elses comes out and know the difficulties involved before I look into doing myself. Heck I’m finally going to start doing the mods on mine at the end of this coming week since I took off for my birthday, I’ve been sitting on the pack and mods since they first came out. Been waiting to gather everything I wanted to do to it before I started but just got to a point of being tired of waiting. ---
**Author:** ![Darthinvictus](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darthinvictus](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Darthinvictus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/5 "2018-09-02T12:53:09Z")
I got the benofkent 80% wand and am delighted with it. Really didn’t care for the stock thrower at all. ---
**Author:** ![tobycj](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/tobycj/32/186876_2.png) [@tobycj](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/tobycj)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/6 "2018-09-02T13:04:41Z")
How easy is it to take the electronics out of the stock wand? I assume you might need to solder stuff to put it into an 80% wand? ---
**Author:** ![JWils23](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JWils23](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/JWils23)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/7 "2018-09-02T21:17:49Z")
> [@B-Rad post\_id=4907925 time=1535318835 user\_id=24483](#): > > > [@JWils23 post\_id=4907886 time=1535147807 user\_id=50531](#): > > > > I’m going that route right now, my wife surprised me a 80% sized wand which should be here sometime next week. The stock wand really is tiny, especially if you’re a bigger guy or have big hands you feel like you’re going to crush it! > > Keep us updated with how that goes! This is something I’ve wanted to do but I want to see how someone elses comes out and know the difficulties involved before I look into doing myself. Heck I’m finally going to start doing the mods on mine at the end of this coming week since I took off for my birthday, I’ve been sitting on the pack and mods since they first came out. Been waiting to gather everything I wanted to do to it before I started but just got to a point of being tired of waiting. I absolutely will! Sorry for the late reply, school started back up and between that and work I’ve had very minimal time. I might do a thread on the buildup of my pack (if people are interested) as I’ve now gutted all the spirit electronics and installed the GB Fans soundboard and cyclotron/power cell lights. My wife surprising me with the 80% thrower kind of sent all the plans I initally had out the window and I changed direction on some things! ---
**Author:** ![B-Rad](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@B-Rad](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/B-Rad)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/8 "2018-09-07T05:07:32Z")
Cool! I started tearing mine down an and got some of the holes drilled for the real parts. Would definitely be interested in seeing a thread on the wand build also with how you did gbfans soundboard, I’ve already got spongefaces’s kit but how to combine the 2 I am unsure yet, granted I haven’t taken the time to look. I was just made aware of benofkent’s kit and will be picking one up when I can. ---
**Author:** ![tb-1599](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@tb-1599](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/tb-1599)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/9 "2018-09-11T21:10:21Z")
Can some body post a link to this 80% thrower? I would like to get one for my self. ---
**Author:** ![JWils23](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JWils23](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/JWils23)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/10 "2018-09-12T18:34:58Z")
> [@B-Rad post\_id=4908349 time=1536296852 user\_id=24483](#): > > Cool! I started tearing mine down an and got some of the holes drilled for the real parts. Would definitely be interested in seeing a thread on the wand build also with how you did gbfans soundboard, I’ve already got spongefaces’s kit but how to combine the 2 I am unsure yet, granted I haven’t taken the time to look. I was just made aware of benofkent’s kit and will be picking one up when I can. I’m going to try and start the build thread this weekend, I have to get all the pictures from the pack organized so I can post them. I started working on the wand this week too so I’ll put the progress for that up as well. ---
**Author:** ![B-Rad](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@B-Rad](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/B-Rad)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/11 "2018-09-12T19:12:04Z")
> [@tb-1599 post\_id=4908513 time=1536700221 user\_id=50713](#): > > Can some body post a link to this 80% thrower? I would like to get one for my self. Just do a google search for benofkent and the first link is his etsy page, strangely I don’t see it for sale at the moment. > [@JWils23](#): > > I’m going to try and start the build thread this weekend, I have to get all the pictures from the pack organized so I can post them. I started working on the wand this week too so I’ll put the progress for that up as well. awesome! I just have a little bit of clean up yet on my pack body then it’ll be fitting everything to make sure all is good then paint. ---
**Author:** ![shanedalton](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@shanedalton](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/shanedalton)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/12 "2018-09-13T15:10:29Z")
> [@tobycj post\_id=4908131 time=1535893481 user\_id=50597](#): > > How easy is it to take the electronics out of the stock wand? I assume you might need to solder stuff to put it into an 80% wand? Everything is just hot glued in. Super easy to take the stuff out of it. ---
**Author:** ![floorofataxicab](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@floorofataxicab](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/floorofataxicab)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/13 "2018-09-13T18:11:45Z")
> [@Darthinvictus post\_id=4908130 time=1535892789 user\_id=46304](#): > > I got the benofkent 80% wand and am delighted with it. Really didn’t care for the stock thrower at all. Did you reuse the stock proton wand lights or install the wand kit they sell here? I’m curious if the gbfans wand kit will fit an 80% thrower. ---
**Author:** ![JWils23](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JWils23](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/JWils23)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/14 "2018-09-13T18:59:12Z")
> [@floorofataxicab post\_id=4908656 time=1536862305 user\_id=50694](#): > > > [@Darthinvictus post\_id=4908130 time=1535892789 user\_id=46304](#): > > > > I got the benofkent 80% wand and am delighted with it. Really didn’t care for the stock thrower at all. > > Did you reuse the stock proton wand lights or install the wand kit they sell here? I’m curious if the gbfans wand kit will fit an 80% thrower. I’m building an 80% wand right now and my GBfans wand kit just shipped and should be here Saturday. I’ll be sure to update on the fit of it and if any modification is needed. ---
**Author:** ![floorofataxicab](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@floorofataxicab](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/floorofataxicab)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/15 "2018-09-14T02:18:34Z")
> [@JWils23 post\_id=4908661 time=1536865152 user\_id=50531](#): > > > [@floorofataxicab post\_id=4908656 time=1536862305 user\_id=50694](#): > > > > Did you reuse the stock proton wand lights or install the wand kit they sell here? I’m curious if the gbfans wand kit will fit an 80% thrower. > > I’m building an 80% wand right now and my GBfans wand kit just shipped and should be here Saturday. I’ll be sure to update on the fit of it and if any modification is needed. Sweet, Looking forward to your post. I’m wanting to get the light kit, since I got the soundboard, but wasn’t sure if it was going to fit the thrower. ---
**Author:** ![DarkSpectre](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@DarkSpectre](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/DarkSpectre)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/16 "2018-09-14T18:40:43Z")
[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156531420777357&set=pcb.2600258253334528&type=3&theater&ifg=1](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156531420777357&set=pcb.2600258253334528&type=3&theater&ifg=1) Here’s what an 80% scale wand looks like ---
**Author:** ![tb-1599](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@tb-1599](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/tb-1599)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/17 "2018-09-16T07:25:58Z")
> [@JWils23](#): > > > [@floorofataxicab post\_id=4908656 time=1536862305 user\_id=50694](#): > > > > Did you reuse the stock proton wand lights or install the wand kit they sell here? I’m curious if the gbfans wand kit will fit an 80% thrower. > > I’m building an 80% wand right now and my GBfans wand kit just shipped and should be here Saturday. I’ll be sure to update on the fit of it and if any modification is needed. Definitely let us know. If you pass the good word. I will order both kits tomorrow… ---
**Author:** ![Darthinvictus](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darthinvictus](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Darthinvictus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/worth-upgrading-a-spirit-packs-wand/15082/18 "2018-09-16T12:37:58Z")
I did reuse the wand electronics as well as add some l.e.d.s to the [bar graph](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/bar-graph) , top [hat light](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/hat-lights), and venting. I have pics of my upgrades on Instagram. Invictus\_labs is the account name