YongJun Glow in the Dark

Hiero · Feb 19, 2010

The last month I have tested Edison, GhostHand, F-II, and YJ 3x3. I have found a cube that beats everything I have tried yet. The YongJun Luminous cuts almost a full piece and has no lockups. If I can get used to the colors and the green cube, I will definitely use this as my speedcube. I can't find any flaws with it. The plastic that is used seems very different than other cubes.
I'm not doing a big review of it or anything since I think many of the things people say about the cubes is subjective. In my opinion though this cube kicks all other cubes' butts that I have tried. I'm really surprised nobody has mentioned this cube at all as a good cube. I have let about 10 other cubers try it and they agree it's much better than the Ghosthand.
Maybe real cubers see it as a gimmick since it's glow in the dark green and it is so cheap. Does anyone else have this cube and what do you think about it?

Anyway this is a link to the cube on popbuying

http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.26821

This is me showing my cube collection if you are interested. I show the Ghosthand, Edison, F-II, YJ, YJ Green, mini-QJ, tiled QJ, LanLan and some others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuUn3ie7Z_g

stinkocheeze · Feb 19, 2010

YJ is a type D, right?

Owen · Feb 19, 2010

stinkocheeze said:
YJ is a type D, right?

Yup.

Hiero · Feb 19, 2010

The normal YJ in not very good. The green one is very different.

Deleted member 2864 · Feb 19, 2010

stinkocheeze said:
YJ is a type D, right?

I'm pretty sure that's a D-II. Somebody should clarify though.

D-II's on cube4you come in a box that say like, "generation I" or something near the bottom. You can kinda see it here:

On popbuying, they're labeled 1st gen, so that may mean they're D-II's.

I wish YongJun would make a black cube though.

iasimp1997 · Feb 19, 2010

I think YJ is a Vcube KO, right? Correct me if I'm wrong.
If you can't get used to the plastic color, maybe you can just use black nail polish to change it. :3

Deleted member 2864 · Feb 19, 2010

iasimp1997 said:
I think YJ is a Vcube KO, right? Correct me if I'm wrong.
If you can't get used to the plastic color, maybe you can just use black nail polish to change it. :3

YJ makes KOs for vcube and a few other products... as far as I know their 3x3's are fine.

Cyrus C. · Feb 19, 2010

iasimp1997 said:
Just switched to 2-look MGLS.

OffT: Do you mean CLS + ELS as 2 look? Or fewer algorithms than that?

OT: Sounds cool, I don't really like glow cubes though.

Alex DiTuro · Feb 19, 2010

Is there a difference between the glow in the dark one and this?

http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_YJ_Magic_IQ_Test_Cube_Full_Sealing_Gen_2nd_White-26822

Because this one turns AMAZING. No lockups and can cut virtually a full piece as well

ElderKingpin · Feb 19, 2010

Hiero said:
The normal YJ in not very good. The green one is very different.

I just love how cubes are different depending on color. It just makes it so much harder to shop for a decent cube, especially when people produce a cube differently. (Like the Type A)

Cyrus C. · Feb 19, 2010

This reminds me of C4Y homebrands. The GID's aren't very good but white is amazing.

Hiero · Feb 19, 2010

The white and the green are not made of the same material. I don't think they are related at all except they are both classified as YongJuns. I have 5 YJ white and 5 YJ greens, so it's not just that I happened to get a good one. The greens are much better than the whites. The whites are kind of basic, not something I'd speedcube with. Try a green one and see. It's not like you are going to be spending much.

stinkocheeze · Feb 19, 2010

its better than a ghost hand?

Caedus · Feb 19, 2010

aznmortalx said:
stinkocheeze said:

YJ is a type D, right?

Click to expand...

I'm pretty sure that's a D-II. Somebody should clarify though.

D-II's on cube4you come in a box that say like, "generation I" or something near the bottom. You can kinda see it here:

On popbuying, they're labeled 1st gen, so that may mean they're D-II's.

I wish YongJun would make a black cube though.

Alex DiTuro said:
Is there a difference between the glow in the dark one and this?

http://popbuying.com/detail.pb/sku.3x3x3_YJ_Magic_IQ_Test_Cube_Full_Sealing_Gen_2nd_White-26822

Because this one turns AMAZING. No lockups and can cut virtually a full piece as well

Both of these cubes are the same. Both D-IIs. I've had one or two, and they're pretty good, but not amazing or anything. They were really smooth feeling, had pretty good corner cutting, but they locked up a little, and weren't very fast.
IMHO, not as good as a Maru, AV or Edison, but pretty close.
They also had these kinda neat textured tiles (?).

olivier131 · Feb 19, 2010

and he's really glow in the dark ? Because i've a type C glow in the dark, it's not very visible in the dark....

Hiero · Feb 19, 2010

I've had about 10 other cubers try it and like it better than the Ghosthand. The Ghosthand is what I used to order for my students to buy, but I'm going to switch to the green YJ. It is a bright green in the dark and looks really neat, but you can't see the sticker color to be able to solve it or anything.

Cubes_and_More · Apr 5, 2010

Hey!
Its is great I got it and it is even better then my c4y diy.

richardzhang · Apr 5, 2010

What are the cubies like cause i bought this cube and the cubies are different from the normal YJ cubies.

Cubes_and_More · Apr 5, 2010

They were quite rounded. It was just like the cubies in the picture on popbuying.

richardzhang · Apr 5, 2010

Cubes_and_More said:
They were quite rounded. It was just like the cubies in the picture on popbuying.

I meant like the part which holds it to the core.

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