Light performance - possible assessment with H&A images or Ideal Scope needed?

[dcballers]

First time poster! I bought my first diamond online recently. However, I had not yet discovered PS, otherwise I'd have known the H&A images are not substitutes for Ideal Scope images The ring looks great in all light conditions, but I also don't have much to compare it to and wish I had some objective way to measure light performance. I'm still in the return window so could swap the stone if I want.

I'm considering buying a beginner Ideal or ASET scope, but have read on PS about how difficult it can be for an amateur to take a properly controlled image to share for analysis. Therefore, I question whether buying one will actually provide much additional insight? I also read on PS that experts can sometimes tell something about light return based on H&A imagery. That's what I'd love to get feedback on and understand what more, if anything, could be learned by any likely subpar ideal scope photo I take?

A few notes. I like fire and am OK to trade off some brilliance if necessary - hence 36 crown is not necessarily a negative for me. Also, I know that the H&A images aren't perfect and I'm OK with that. This stone wasn't listed as H&A but the images look better than a lot of the others that get marketed as such on BE, so I thought it was a good value. I'm not bothered by mind clean or things that only experts would notice. I simply want to know, will the 99+% of people who are not experts view it as truly excellent in everyday wear?

GIA report specs, 360 video links, and H&A images below. I'd be very grateful for your thoughts!

Specs
0.96 I VS2 GIA XXX
6.28 - 6.31 x 3.89 mm
Fluor: Faint
Clarity characteristics: Crystal, Feather

Depth	61.8%
Table	58%
Crown Angle	36.0°
Crown Height	15.0%
Pavilion Angle	40.6°
Pavilion Depth	42.5%
Star Length	50%
Lower Half	75%
Girdle	Medium to Slightly Thick, Faceted, 4.0%
Culet	None

HCA: 1.8

360 video
https://css.brilliantearth.com/stat...mage.brilliantearth.com/media/v360/&version=2

 

[Karl_K]

no major under table leakage, outer edge is right on the edge of being steep upper girdle facets.
It should have had 45% stars.
The lowers are a little short for the combo.
No one is going to look at it and think its a bad diamond and I would take it over steep/deep any day!!

" I simply want to know, will the 99+% of people who are not experts view it as truly excellent in everyday wear?"
Yes, they will be wow shiny

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

dcballers, you do not sound like a novice.

 

[Karl_K]

To answer the thread topic no I don't think an IS or ASET image would change my opinion.
It might refine it a little but I do not see it changing the main points.

 

[starrylight]

I would look up some customer testimonials about BE before proceeding with them.

 

[lovedogs]

I would look up some customer testimonials about BE before proceeding with them.

THIS. BE has (or at least had) horrific customer service to the point that I'll never recommend them again.

 

[dcballers]

Thank you @Karl_K for your responses and peace of mind! I appreciate you!

dcballers, you do not sound like a novice.

Haha well I've spent the past two weeks reading as much as I could on PS and other sites, and I know more than I did when I purchased the ring! Hopefully I never buy another engagement ring ; however, I've really enjoyed learning about diamonds. They are great for analytically minded optimizers/maximizers.

I would look up some customer testimonials about BE before proceeding with them.

THIS. BE has (or at least had) horrific customer service to the point that I'll never recommend them again.

Yeah... too late now haha. JA was actually our starting point but had a bad experience there (long story) so went to BE as my SO's preference based on their "ethical" mission. Purchase process and immediate follow-up response was terrific and I got the ring in only 10 days! However, they strip a lot of detail from the diamond's page after you buy it and getting those H&A images and GIA report from them after the fact was a nightmare. They say they want to make amends, but yeah I cannot recommend them either at this point. Too bad, because I like their bands.