Who has got or used them both? How do they compare? The RS2 had been my main, and I loved it, very quiet, smooth and fast. I lost it, however, but by the time I got around to replacing it, the RS3 had come out. I chose to seek out the older version again (stickerless, which a lot of placeswere out of) and am wondering if I should have just grabbed the newer version?
MF3RS2 versus MF3RS3
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I'm curious too, if only because I picked the MF3RS2 for mutliBLD and I have 20 of them. I'm wondering if I were to get more cubes and I got MF3RS3's, how different would they be? Would they look and feel different enough to be distracting? Or are they fairly similar?
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I got both of the cubes simultaneously a few weeks ago-- stickerless and un magnetized. cuz im poor
Out of the box, the rs2 felt rather weak, floppy, and the core had that annoying drag that they all have, while the rs3 was stable and didn't have the drag issue. After watching the cubicles review, I did realize that the rs3's stability is due to it's rather blocky feeling.
The rs3 has a dark blue and I think a darker red, but otherwise the shades are identical.
I don't think that the differences are stark enough to pose a distraction. The notable differences are that the rs3 feels slightly larger, a little heavier, and, again, more stable/blocky than the rs2. The plastics feel the mostly same.
Also, I don't have the rs2 right now so I can't make exact comparisons between the two cubes, but the rs3 is my new (?) main partly because it's a great cube and because I really didn't have a main, and the rs2 is my new carry-around-cube-because-I-don't-care-if-it-gets-broken (but my 365 sv2 is still in the running because slow turning is like actually silent).
Out of the box, the rs2 felt rather weak, floppy, and the core had that annoying drag that they all have, while the rs3 was stable and didn't have the drag issue. After watching the cubicles review, I did realize that the rs3's stability is due to it's rather blocky feeling.
The rs3 has a dark blue and I think a darker red, but otherwise the shades are identical.
I don't think that the differences are stark enough to pose a distraction. The notable differences are that the rs3 feels slightly larger, a little heavier, and, again, more stable/blocky than the rs2. The plastics feel the mostly same.
Also, I don't have the rs2 right now so I can't make exact comparisons between the two cubes, but the rs3 is my new (?) main partly because it's a great cube and because I really didn't have a main, and the rs2 is my new carry-around-cube-because-I-don't-care-if-it-gets-broken (but my 365 sv2 is still in the running because slow turning is like actually silent).
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I think asking the same question in ten different threads is a bit excessive.
TheCube4226
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I have both. I magnetized the RS3 myself with very light magnets (I wish I used stronger ones) and my RS2 is magnetized by Cubicle Labs. I spring swapped both of them with some spare loose springs I had so they're comparatively quite fast now. I have to say, I greatly prefer the RS2. I used it as my main for 3 months over a GTS2, a GTS3, the GAN X, and the 354.
wearephamily1719
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Just ordered a MF2S,MF3S,MF4S,MS5S Cubing Classroom series bundle. Does anyone know how good they will be?
TheCube4226
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I'm gonna be completely honest with you. The MF2S is decent but all the other MFxS puzzles kinda suck. Sorry man
Fukuoka Kengo James
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My mf5 is excellent, except for corner cutting. It is fast and smooth, but tight ootb.
I have heard that the mf4 and mf4s are bad.
Daxton Brumfield
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They are all very mediocre
Fukuoka Kengo James
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Meilong and little magic series are much better.
Wish Lin
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Yeah! View supported!
Cubingcubecuber
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RS2 is much better than RS3. RS 2 is stabler
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QuestionableCuber
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For some people faster is better (like me)
Cubingcubecuber
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If you put in DNM, it can be just as fast as the rs3
Competition Cuber
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It is preference. RS2 is more stable, RS3 is faster. It just depends on what people prefer.
Competition Cuber
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TBH, he just likes to bump and promote his threads.
Fukuoka Kengo James
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The corner cutting of the rs3 is better than that of the mf3rs2.
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TBH though, corner-cutting doesn't matter much these days. You shouldn't need a cube to cut more then about 40 degrees, and if you do, well, I don't even know what to say lol.
Fukuoka Kengo James
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Yes, but having larger corner cutting means that smaller cutting angles are more effortless.
Wish Lin
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That holds true for most cubes out there but there are exceptions: The Meilong 3x3 OOTB can’t corner cut over 40 degrees but its small corner cutting is effortless.
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