Please help with storebought types

[TK 421]

hello, i'd like to buy a storebought cube for my friend. and i realize that he don't want to break it and want it great right out of the box , beacuse the last time he tried my brand-new storebought he said that he did not like it. this model is packaged in plastic HEX box (manufactured by basic concepts).
i realize that there are many package and manufacturer out there that is different.
there are some types that is:

-Plastic HEX, basic concepts, made in china, with stand
-Plastic HEX, European ver (?), with stand
-Paper HEX, Winning-moves, with stand
-Cube with stand wrapped in plastic, (?)
-Cube only in plastic bag, comes with instruction. GOLIATH, made in china, i have one of these spring is weaker (but pictured stickers is good, but i don;t wanna peel off sticker)
-Rubiks.com (?)
-etc.

so can you help me to choose what cube is the best? i'm sorry if i missed some models.


Thank you...

[Owen]

All the same to me, all terrible to me. I'd go with the Paper HEX, becuase it's pretty.

[AngeL]

Why don't you just order an actual speedcube? Some of them even cost LESS than storeboughts so I can't imagine why you wouldn't want one.

Edit: You're just gonna have to tell your friend that every storebought is gonna need a lot of breaking in before it's any good. With enough patience they CAN be okay-ish though.

My first storebought is actually pretty amazing now. My solve times with it are only about 3 or 4 seconds behind my A-V. It took a few months, though.

I put vaseline in a few times and let it sit for a few days then cleaned it out really well, I put a bit of sand in and solved for a while then cleaned it out, I used to lube it basically every other day when it was a few weeks old. If you do all that and just do hundreds and hundreds of solves on it, you can eventually make a storebought a decent cube.

[FruitSalad]

My storebought is better than my speedcube
I did lots of things to it such as sanding and i cleaned it often,
it has even been in the pool one time and its still good

[CubesOfTheWorld]

I just wouldn't get him a storebought.

[maggotcuber]

im not sure wat the HEX stuff is but if ur talking about rubiks brands you can check if theyrre good before you even buy it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzYN7vLHym0
go to about 2:38 its very useful ive bought my friends cubes that were VERY good compared to the ones i have really fast and loose still cant cut corners too well but who need that