Aoshi Setup

[One Wheel]

I was going to wait until a new 6x6 came on the market to get one, but when Donald Trump secured the republican nomination I decided to drown my political sorrows in Rubik's cubes and bought a Thunderclap and an Aoshi. The thunderclap is simple enough, my question has to do with the Aoshi. So far it seems like the kind of cube that will be fantastic once it's broken in and set up properly. I'm going to finish ~50-60 solves without doing anything to it to break it in a little, but what is best to do then? I have cubicle wts 1-5 lube, and some springs leftover from replacing the hardware in a Dayan megaminx. I'm not opposed to spending a few dollars if it will make a big difference, but the first option is obviously to work with what I have. What's the best plan?

 

[AlphaSheep]

Big cubes require very little lube. I cleaned a little of the factory lube out of my Aoshi, and haven't had to add anything since. I had to spend a lot of time getting the tensions just right though. Maybe changing springs would help with the tensions, but I can't bear the idea of voluntarily disassembling that thing.

 

[Seanliu]

The way I did it was to clear most of the lube out, put maru lube in it, then just keep solving. You'll notice a difference after about 50 solves.

 

[guysensei1]

Change springs to Shengshou 5x5 springs, lube with some weight 5, done.

 

[One Wheel]

Change springs to Shengshou 5x5 springs, lube with some weight 5, done.

I've seen recommendations to change the springs out, but I've seen SS, Dayan, and I think a few others recommended. How much difference does it make which springs I use? I've got the Dayan 57 mm springs handy, but the only SS 5x5 springs I have are in my only 5x5, and it appears that TheCubicle is out of stock.

 

[guysensei1]

I've seen recommendations to change the springs out, but I've seen SS, Dayan, and I think a few others recommended. How much difference does it make which springs I use? I've got the Dayan 57 mm springs handy, but the only SS 5x5 springs I have are in my only 5x5, and it appears that TheCubicle is out of stock.

Dayan springs make the aoshi pretty floppy. You may or may not find this desirable. SS 5x5 springs make the cube more stable and does not compromise speed in the process. Oddly enough I found that aoshi springs in the SS 5x5 pretty good too.

 

[One Wheel]

Dayan springs make the aoshi pretty floppy. You may or may not find this desirable. SS 5x5 springs make the cube more stable and does not compromise speed in the process. Oddly enough I found that aoshi springs in the SS 5x5 pretty good too.

Interesting. I should have thought of a swap. It just seemed from what I'd seen that the Aoshi springs are junk. The cube is already bordering on too floppy, more would definitely not be a good thing. Thanks!

 

[DTCuber]

I was going to wait until a new 6x6 came on the market to get one, but when Donald Trump secured the republican nomination I decided to drown my political sorrows in Rubik's cubes and bought a Thunderclap and an Aoshi. The thunderclap is simple enough, my question has to do with the Aoshi. So far it seems like the kind of cube that will be fantastic once it's broken in and set up properly. I'm going to finish ~50-60 solves without doing anything to it to break it in a little, but what is best to do then? I have cubicle wts 1-5 lube, and some springs leftover from replacing the hardware in a Dayan megaminx. I'm not opposed to spending a few dollars if it will make a big difference, but the first option is obviously to work with what I have. What's the best plan?

If you had waited a little longer: Yuxin 6x6

 

[One Wheel]

If you had waited a little longer: Yuxin 6x6

Dangit! Figures. Did I mention that the event I'm really interested in is 6x6 MBLD?

 

[biscuit]

Dangit! Figures. Did I mention that the event I'm really interested in is 6x6 MBLD?

Lolololol. That's a great outlook on life!

 

[One Wheel]

Change springs to Shengshou 5x5 springs, lube with some weight 5, done.

I finally got around to doing this. I'll see how the lube breaks in on the Aoshi, but my first impression is that the swap did very little for the Aoshi but significantly improved the SS 5x5. First 5x5 solve after the swap I got a pb of 4:35. I haven't put a lot of work into 5x5, but that's about 1:00-1:30 better than most of my recent solves, and it didn't feel like an especially lucky solve.