Mini 60mm Aosu

[Chree]

For some time I thought this would replace my regular Aosu as my main, but my times on it are always worse, on average, than when I go back to the Regular Aosu. Despite tuning, lubing, and spending a lot of time with it, it's still catchy. Maybe I'm far too used to the normal size of a 4x4 to go back now. Or maybe it's just that my regular Aosu is just so well broken in. Either way, gonna stick to the regular one for now, but I'll keep trying it out. We'll see.

 

[Nilsibert]

I have to admit, compared to the regular size Aosu, the mini sucks. Or at least the one I have. No matter how I tension and lube it and brake it in, it's still slow and i get weird catches that remind me of the Aochuang. It also pops, which has never happened to me with the regular size. It's always 1 or 2 internal pieces that come out. The cube has a weird feeling to it overall. The only positive thing about it is the size, which is a shame because I really wanted this to be good.
I really should wait for reviews before buying new puzzles.

 

[Chree]

I have to admit, compared to the regular size Aosu, the mini sucks. Or at least the one I have. No matter how I tension and lube it and brake it in, it's still slow and i get weird catches that remind me of the Aochuang. It also pops, which has never happened to me with the regular size. It's always 1 or 2 internal pieces that come out. The cube has a weird feeling to it overall. The only positive thing about it is the size, which is a shame because I really wanted this to be good.
I really should wait for reviews before buying new puzzles.

I think you should probably tighten it, especially if you're popping at all. I had the same problem out of the box. The cube will get a bit slower, but that might get better with time. But tightening the cube helped mine with pops, some catching and even improved stability.

That said, I still use my regular size Aosu as my main. My Mini catches way too much. Very frustrating. So I won't blame you if it's still not your kinda cube.

 

[~Adam~]

I put Dayan springs in mine and it's like a completely different cube now. Crazy fast.

 

[Chree]

I put Dayan springs in mine and it's like a completely different cube now. Crazy fast.

Geez... I bet. Is it catchy at all?

 

[~Adam~]

Geez... I bet. Is it catchy at all?

A little. I went straight back to my standard AoSu because it was too fast for me. I tried to slow it down with lube but I over lubed then went back to solving 5x5 lots.

 

[supercavitation]

I put Dayan springs in mine and it's like a completely different cube now. Crazy fast.

It's even better with soft weisu springs. Basically the same, but less catchy.

 

[Phaint]

I put Dayan springs in mine and it's like a completely different cube now. Crazy fast.

I tried this as well with the springs from an old Guhong I had sitting around. I got used to the speed after 2-3 solves and stopped over shooting which resulted in frequent locks. I had been using a V2 shenshou 4x4 before and never had a decent 4x4 so I never practiced. When I got the Mini Aoshi I got down to around 1:50-55 from 2:30 mins, after switching out the springs I dropped 10 seconds and beat my pb by 20 seconds. The whole cube felt faster and smoother the outer layers felt very much like a 3x3 just bigger. Another thing to note is that is seems to be popping less despite feeling looser. My best guess as to why that is would be that the softer springs mean it are obviously keeping less pressure on the pieces creating more friction, but because the springs are shorter I had to tighten the cuber more and this would have put the screw heads closer to the core meaning less potential overall travel for the center pieces. Since most of my pops were the internal pieces this would keep those held in tighter. I am interested to see what results other people have with this. Would definitely recommend if you have an old Dayan cube you don't use took me around 15 minutes and didn't cost me buying a new screw/spring set.

 

[Randomno]

I need some Dayan springs. :/ waits for cubicle link

 

[easytutorial]

I was messing arround with my mini aosu and realized that the white internal parts were "misaligned", the big ones. Pic: http://thecubicle.us/images/4x4partsguide1.jpg (Big internal piece)
So what I did was separete each big internal piece and try to pair them so theres no gap or its perfectly aligned without bumps. Sorry for my bad english hope u understand and helps ur mini/reg aosus
My mini aosu is not that slow now although it still feels different of the regular one. Little things matter