Why is gan so expensive???????????

[Chicken-Cuber]

Hi everyone I thought I would make a thread to discuss on why gan is so expensive. Let me know if there is already a thread for this but I couldn’t find one.

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

i found this video

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

probably because:
The quality of plastic is much better compared to other cubes like the WRM V10 and TV4. Now im not saying those cubes are low quality, im just saying GAN makes their cubes much more premium. plus, they are the only ones who seem to have mastered the plastic core design (to my knowledge)
that’s pretty much it lol

 

[qwr]

Thread 'The Gan Debate Thread'

May 8, 2020

Love em or hate em, we all have an opinion on them. What do you think of Gan and their puzzles? Do they need to start making something unique and not just a bunch of extremely similar 3x3s, or is Mr. Gan today's Thomas Edison?

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[CubingBeLike]

I've heard they price them high to make you think that their cubes are just better because they are so expensive.

 

[Chicken-Cuber]

I've heard they price them high to make you think that their cubes are just better because they are so expensive.

Most real reply of the century

 

[UKCubeFan]

I've heard they price them high to make you think that their cubes are just better because they are so expensive.

In economics - goods of ostentation, the higher the price the higher the demand. People judge quality by the price. I have a Gan 14 and it's fine, also they are sold to relatively few people (compared to Rubik's in a physical shop) so they have to make a profit.

 

[Deleted member 36445]

9 years old average kid: has GAN Ultimate Primium QWD++, solves cube using LBL in 2 minutes
9 years old chinese kid: has QiYi solves under 4 seconds avg
cuber who started in 2010: solves under 20 sec, has Dayan Guhong, best cube ever

 

[turtwig]

The simplest answer is that people are willing to buy them at that price. They definitely present themselves as a premium brand, as mentioned above.
Out of the top 10, I know Garrett doesn't use Gan, and I wasn't able to confirm for Max (although he has definitely used it in the past before), but all others use Gan. It seems like every Chinese kid uses it, that might be because of a sponsorship deal or the coaches there consider it best (or it could be organic preference). Excluding the Chinese kids, it's more split among the remaining top 20.
However, as far as branding goes, they had most of the top over time, most notably Feliks, but also Tymon, Matty, Leo, and Nahm off the top of my head. More recently, their 2x2 and 5x5 have also been among if not the best.
Personally, it was a big reason I bought my Gan, and I'd be lying if I said the high price didn't make me curious. Ultimately I found I liked Moyu better, though, which is nice because they're a lot cheaper.

 

[qwr]

More recently, their 2x2 and 5x5 have also been among if not the best.

Their 2x2 is still used by most of the top cubers and the thinking goes you could spend $10-20 on another 2x2 but you might as well spend $30 on the de facto best 2x2 that seems to fit a lot of cubers.

I still like my used GAN X turning the best but I use the 356 M just for normal solving since it's sticker less.

 

[bldcuber314]

I definitely feel like some of the stuff mentioned above is true, I've felt the GAN 15 and prefer my RS3M v5. (And for reference at the same shop the GAN 15 costs £58 and the RS3M v5 £20)

 

[qwr]

I definitely feel like some of the stuff mentioned above is true, I've felt the GAN 15 and prefer my RS3M v5.

I tried the GAN 15 at SCS and it was like other Gan cubes, light, but not better than the tornado. The rs3m and weilong something (v9?) Felt more fluid in turning

 

[kubesolver]

I bought my first gan when I was like 40s avg, and I loved it immediately.
I tried all other top cubes at the time and nothing compared in terms of joy of turning it.
Once I reached 15s I started appreciating performance more and realized that e.g. WRM could be better in right hands, but for a bad cuber like me - gan felt more forgiving and i got better results with it especially under pressure. But at this level I started appreciating other cubes might have better peak performance.

I haven't bought any flagship cube in 3 years so all this might be completely irrelevant today.

 

[qwr]

I bought my first gan when I was like 40s avg, and I loved it immediately.
I tried all other top cubes at the time and nothing compared in terms of joy of turning it.
Once I reached 15s I started appreciating performance more and realized that e.g. WRM could be better in right hands, but for a bad cuber like me - gan felt more forgiving and i got better results with it especially under pressure. But at this level I started appreciating other cubes might have better peak performance.

I haven't bought any flagship cube in 3 years so all this might be completely irrelevant today.

Which GAN? The newer ones like 12/15 feel different than X/XS

 

[kubesolver]

Which GAN? The newer ones like 12/15 feel different than X/XS

I tried a lot of them (smart gan, air sm, X, 356M and maybe other?), but my mains were in that order 354M, XS and 11MPro. Haven't bought a new gan after the 11.