Avoid this puzzle

[Jared Burkhart]

It has been said that the Moyu Meilong Models are the best bang of your buck budget cube you can get. It only feels like that for a week and begins turning into a nightmare. Factory springs are tight and single track magnets are not even remotely stable. I even know of some non-magnetic options that offer better quality than this. In a nutshell, AVOID the Meilong series unless you know how to maintain it decently.

 

[Jared Burkhart]

Another few puzzles to avoid are the Yuxin brand, Rubiks brand, and the XMAN design. Now there are some of you who like these puzzles, and I respect that. I am saying this purely out of my own experience, Yuxin lack stability way more than the Meilong, Rubiks has some unique puzzles to their brand but are clearly not designed for speed, and the XMAN design? It has the best feel you could ever ask for, but the strength of the puzzle is overall sad, as mine didn't even last a whole year.

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

...XMAN design? It has the best feel you could ever ask for, but the strength of the puzzle is overall sad, as mine didn't even last a whole year.

Mine has lasted for 2-3 years and is still my main

 

[Jared Burkhart]

Mine has lasted for 2-3 years and is still my main

glad it still works for you! how does it not break?

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

glad it still works for you! how does it not break?

Maybe don't throw it at a wall idk

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Maybe don't throw it at a wall idk

CubeHead is coming to bombard you with his cubingacademy advertisements as we speak

 

[Michael Wimberly]

the XMAN design? It has the best feel you could ever ask for, but the strength of the puzzle is overall sad, as mine didn't even last a whole year.

The plastic capsules on about half of the adjustable edge magnets on my tv3 have chipped and the magnets fell out
It didn't last 3 months

 

[Jared Burkhart]

The plastic capsules on about half of the adjustable edge magnets on my tv3 have chipped and the magnets fell out
It didn't last 3 months

poor designs shouldn't exist

 

[Michael Wimberly]

The plastic capsules on about half of the adjustable edge magnets on my tv3 have chipped and the magnets fell out
It didn't last 3 months

Since then I haven't been able to find the perfect cube. I'm hoping the v5 will be better.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

The plastic capsules on about half of the adjustable edge magnets on my tv3 have chipped and the magnets fell out
It didn't last 3 months

mine didn’t last a month and broke like 2 days before a comp
luckily my parents let me get used to my GAN XS before the comp
I got a 10.16 PR average and a 7.50 PR single

 

[Jared Burkhart]

Since then I haven't been able to find the perfect cube. I'm hoping the v5 will be better.

they better make it right this time...

mine didn’t last a month and broke like 2 days before a comp
luckily my parents let me get used to my GAN XS before the comp
I got a 10.16 PR average and a 7.50 PR single

Is Gan XS horrible?And which model broke

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

they better make it right this time...

Is Gan XS horrible?And which model broke

horrible? nah, it’s WAY better than that. It’s a bit slow for my preferences but it’s controllable, snappy, and it was crunchy before 10 year-old me decided to overlube it because I didn’t find it smooth enough

the tornado V3 pioneer is the one that broke

 

[Jared Burkhart]

horrible? nah, it’s WAY better than that. It’s a bit slow for my preferences but it’s controllable, snappy, and it was crunchy before 10 year-old me decided to overlube it because I didn’t find it smooth enough

the tornado V3 pioneer is the one that broke

I had just the flagship (was still goat but broke right in the middle of INSANE solve same for my Aofu WRM just broke record and was trying for it again and it brokethat was a long time ago)

 

[cuberbutnotacuberV2]

The plastic capsules on about half of the adjustable edge magnets on my tv3 have chipped and the magnets fell out
It didn't last 3 months

my xt3v1's magnets have come somewhat loose and they make this annoying click sound everytime i turn one of the affected faces. unfortunate i guess, but i've gotten used to it atp

 

[Jared Burkhart]

my xt3v1's magnets have come somewhat loose and they make this annoying click sound everytime i turn one of the affected faces. unfortunate i guess, but i've gotten used to it atp

do you have any other cube that are better?

 

[Michael Wimberly]

my xt3v1's magnets have come somewhat loose and they make this annoying click sound everytime i turn one of the affected faces. unfortunate i guess, but i've gotten used to it atp

My xt3's magnets were a little loose to begin with. I'm not able to figure out which ones though.

 

[Jared Burkhart]

My xt3's magnets were a little loose to begin with. I'm not able to figure out which ones though.

for anything loose (like if a screw on a cube keeps getting unscrewed) then I tear off some paper and stuff it in the hole! That fixes a lot of problems(while making a bunch of new ones )

 

[cuberbutnotacuberV2]

do you have any other cube that are better?

unfortunately, no. some tiny relative while i was at school got to my rs3m and put glue inside it. i decided to turn it into an edgeless display piece, but it's just not the same.

My xt3's magnets were a little loose to begin with. I'm not able to figure out which ones though.

i managed to take apart a few of the corners (absolutely painful, would not recommend doing so), and found out the some of the plastic magnet casings had come a bit loose (those and a few of the magnets as well). a distinct trait common to all the pieces affected was the fact they rotated in place almost as I turned the face.

 

[Jared Burkhart]

Did anyone see the Cubicle's review to the Tornado v5? I just did, and it seems like it is not as good as it should be...

 

[Jared Burkhart]

Why do we all have to open the thread just to know what you're talking about? Why can't you title it "Avoid Meilongs" or so?

Because it went into other bad cube products, such as the ones being discussed. I am so sorry for being vague bro