Favorite Cube Brand Feel?

[Deleted member 54663]

I am aware that different cubes have different feels, which is your favorite and why? I marked Valk and xman separately since they feel quite different. I am talking about mainly 3x3s but others can influence your opinion too. I personally prefer Moyu, but I like Valk also.

 

[Nir1213]

I am aware that different cubes have different feels, which is your favorite and why? I marked Valk and xman separately since they feel quite different. I am talking about mainly 3x3s but others can influence your opinion too. I personally prefer Moyu, but I like Valk also.

the only cube i ever felt was moyu so i go with moyu lol

 

[qwr]

old Dayan (guhong/zhanchi) or new Dayan (tengyun v1/v2) ?

 

[BenChristman1]

So my issue with this is that I main (and have mained) so many different brands on this list. For 3x3 alone, I’ve mained 2 Gans, a Qiyi, a Yuxin, and a Dayan, so it really just depends on the cube. Another thing is that so many people liked the original Valk, but most of those people hated the Valk Power, so it really depends on the cube and not on the “brand’s feel.”

 

[Zubin Park]

For 3x3, I've mained or used almost all of the brands you listed, but my favorite in this moment in time is GAN. It responds quite well to my lube combination, and has gotten me down to sub-9, and a wide combination of cubes brought me to sub-8

 

[TheSpicyBlueFlamingo]

You just can't beat the fast, papery smooth feeling of cubes like the meilong "M"s and the RS3M cubes

 

[Jam88]

I love the feeling of Gan's cubes tbh, but for big cubes Yuxin has to take the win for me.

 

[Sub1Hour]

The Valk M and Valk Elite feel like a dream to turn. I love the tactility

 

[qwr]

The Valk M and Valk Elite feel like a dream to turn. I love the tactility

have you tried the chuwen? very bump but in a nice way.

 

[abunickabhi]

The Dayan Tengyun v1 has one of the best feels. It is my main for the last 1.5 years. I have used Dayan Zhanchi too in the year 2013.

 

[Zain_A24]

I've tried cubes from most companies, other than the old-school DaYan cubes which I've been wanting to try out for a while now.

GAN's feel is a soft buttery feel which I prefer, especially on their pyraminx. Their 3x3's with primary internals are particularly nice.
MoYu have this "loose yet stable" softness. The WRM line in general I really like the soft nature of them

What I personally don't prefer is the hard tactile feel of cubes, those from the likes of Qiyi or YuXin. The MS 3x3 immediately comes to mind as a cube I don't like the feel of. Very hard and clacky. It provides good results but the feel just isn't for me.

 

[MJS Cubing]

have you tried the chuwen? very bump but in a nice way.

I hated my chuwen. I ended up giving it to my friend who was just starting and needed a 2x2. Idk if mine was defective, but it wouldn’t stop popping, unless the tensions were so tight that it couldn’t corner cut. the caps also kept coming off the pieces.

 

[DNF_Cuber]

Valk cubes are the best. I like the stability because you can spam tps as hard as you can without losing control.

 

[qwr]

I hated my chuwen. I ended up giving it to my friend who was just starting and needed a 2x2. Idk if mine was defective, but it wouldn’t stop popping, unless the tensions were so tight that it couldn’t corner cut. the caps also kept coming off the pieces.

I've never had an issue with popping or corner caps. I think you received a dud. The cube is highly competitive in the 2x2 space.

 

[MJS Cubing]

I've never had an issue with popping or corner caps. I think you received a dud. The cube is highly competitive in the 2x2 space.

maybe i’ll try it again someday, but i don’t think it can beat my valk 2 though.

 

[qwr]

maybe i’ll try it again someday, but i don’t think it can beat my valk 2 though.

probably not in performance, maybe in feel (it's something that you need to get used to)

 

[Deleted member 54663]

I have the Guoguan Xinghen TSM, it sucks. My friend's (he averages 20 seconds, very slow) cube, the weipo wrm, is much smoother and faster.

 

[qwr]

I have the Guoguan Xinghen TSM, it sucks. My friend's (he averages 20 seconds, very slow) cube, the weipo wrm, is much smoother and faster.

I wonder how weipo wrm compares to original weipo? Surprisingly I haven't seen any comparisons.
The original Xinghen is very competitively viable. IDK about the TSM.

 

[Owen Morrison]

I have the Guoguan Xinghen TSM, it sucks. My friend's (he averages 20 seconds, very slow) cube, the weipo wrm, is much smoother and faster.

I wouldn't say it sucks, but the MGC and MGC elite are better options.