Personal if I would get a 2x2 I would get the Qiyi Wuxia M over the Gans 2x2, but if I were to get either the Gan 249 v1 or v2 I would get the v2. I have tried both and the performance on the v2 in much better then the v1, however if you are just wanting to purchase a 2x2 with not really caring about getting the better preforming cube and just adding the v1 to your collection then the v1 is a option. I again would get the v2 over the v1 any day, just due to the fact that the performence in better and and it does not have the faults that the v1 did.