Is the QJ speedstack Timer worth buying?

[Deleted member 2864]

I think we can all conclude that the QJ timer is, indeed accurate.

I can't. How can you?

Maybe not conclude... but we can be almost sure I guess.

The video on popbuying shows the timer having times that aren't multiples of .16. The picture also shows a 1.30.

The video doesn't appear to be edited, so it could be pretty safe to assume that the KO timer is accurate.

We'll know for sure if Michael tells us when he gets his own.

 

[Muesli]

I think we can all conclude that the QJ timer is, indeed accurate.

I can't. How can you?

Maybe not conclude... but we can be almost sure I guess.

The video on popbuying shows the timer having times that aren't multiples of .16. The picture also shows a 1.30.

The video doesn't appear to be edited, so it could be pretty safe to assume that the KO timer is accurate.

We'll know for sure if Michael tells us when he gets his own.

It not having multiples of .16 =/= accuracy. It could have a 5 second lag between pressing the timer and it stopping, we don't know.

 

[Deleted member 2864]

I think we can all conclude that the QJ timer is, indeed accurate.

I can't. How can you?

Maybe not conclude... but we can be almost sure I guess.

The video on popbuying shows the timer having times that aren't multiples of .16. The picture also shows a 1.30.

The video doesn't appear to be edited, so it could be pretty safe to assume that the KO timer is accurate.

We'll know for sure if Michael tells us when he gets his own.

It not having multiples of .16 =/= accuracy. It could have a 5 second lag between pressing the timer and it stopping, we don't know.

Didn't consider that...

But, if we can trust that the video on popbuying about the QJ timer wasnt fake, there didn't seem to be any noticeable lag when the timer was started/stopped.

 

[nlCuber22]

I'm pretty sure I see the timer stop at 2.61 in the Popbuying video.

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

it really isn't that much cheaper to buy the KO from Popbuying.

No it really is.

For the extra features, the brand name and the bag I think $10 more is perfectly acceptable.[/QUOTE]

A bag isnt that great. just use any old bag. and a brand name doesnt matter either. thats like saying u want a professor 5x5 cuz its made by the first brand of twistypuzzles, instead of buying a v-cube 5

 

[TemurAmir]

I think we can all conclude that the QJ timer is, indeed accurate.

I can't. How can you?

Maybe not conclude... but we can be almost sure I guess.

The video on popbuying shows the timer having times that aren't multiples of .16. The picture also shows a 1.30.

The video doesn't appear to be edited, so it could be pretty safe to assume that the KO timer is accurate.

We'll know for sure if Michael tells us when he gets his own.

It not having multiples of .16 =/= accuracy. It could have a 5 second lag between pressing the timer and it stopping, we don't know.

Didn't consider that...

But, if we can trust that the video on popbuying about the QJ timer wasnt fake, there didn't seem to be any noticeable lag when the timer was started/stopped.

There could be consistency problems, but buying the timer depends on your own circumstances.

 

[Deleted member 2864]

I think we can all conclude that the QJ timer is, indeed accurate.

I can't. How can you?

Maybe not conclude... but we can be almost sure I guess.

The video on popbuying shows the timer having times that aren't multiples of .16. The picture also shows a 1.30.

The video doesn't appear to be edited, so it could be pretty safe to assume that the KO timer is accurate.

We'll know for sure if Michael tells us when he gets his own.

It not having multiples of .16 =/= accuracy. It could have a 5 second lag between pressing the timer and it stopping, we don't know.

Didn't consider that...

But, if we can trust that the video on popbuying about the QJ timer wasnt fake, there didn't seem to be any noticeable lag when the timer was started/stopped.

There could be consistency problems, but buying the timer depends on your own circumstances.

Every product will have consistency problems...

Apparently on the description, every timer was tested though.

 

[Stefan]

It not having multiples of .16 =/= accuracy.

I sure hope it does have multiples of .16

It could have a 5 second lag between pressing the timer and it stopping, we don't know.

Or run 3% too slow or fast or whatever...

 

[cincyaviation]

it really isn't that much cheaper to buy the KO from Popbuying.

No it really is.

For the extra features, the brand name and the bag I think $10 more is perfectly acceptable.

A bag isnt that great. just use any old bag. and a brand name doesnt matter either. thats like saying u want a professor 5x5 cuz its made by the first brand of twistypuzzles, instead of buying a v-cube 5[/QUOTE]
the brand name is useful because only speedstacks timers are competition legal, thats about it...

 

[Ryanrex116]

Yeah ive also seen this photo, but im just going by what most other people say, never actually tested it myself, which is why i said apparantly, dont hold me to it that it actually does have this uncertainty, if it didnt i would buy one, but would rather not risk it with what ppl say..

How did that rumour get about anyway?

I guess you could partially blame it on me for spreading it to the Hardware Area, but the real origins are in the one question/one answer thread.

The oldest recent post about this is probably by Zubon who asked if the KO timers were competition legal. RyanRex116 replied saying they weren't and they are only accurate to the nearest .16 second. I asked what he meant by that and he replied with this post.

Eventually I went and planted the rumor onto the Popbuying thread. Eventually, another thread about the timer was posted and that's where I realized that the timer may be accurate.
EDIT: Pochmann could also be right about the cube4you timer idea. I never knew about the QJ timer until it appeared on the one question/answer thread.

Oh. :fp I got mixed up between the other KO timer and the QJ timers. I apologize for all of the confusion.

EDIT: I'm just going to stop discussing timers for a while...

 

[nlCuber22]

it really isn't that much cheaper to buy the KO from Popbuying.

No it really is.

For the extra features, the brand name and the bag I think $10 more is perfectly acceptable.

A bag isnt that great. just use any old bag. and a brand name doesnt matter either. thats like saying u want a professor 5x5 cuz its made by the first brand of twistypuzzles, instead of buying a v-cube 5

the brand name is useful because only speedstacks timers are competition legal, thats about it...[/QUOTE]

It's not like organizers are going to use them, so why can't you have it for personal use [INTERRUPTION]assuming that it's a legitimate product, and if you had it, that's your problem anyway[/INTERRUPTION]?

 

[Stefan]

I got mixed up between the other KO timers and the QJ timers.

Ok now it's getting interesting. Can you show those others?

 

[Zubon]

I don't think that any new stackmat clones would have problems with accuracy. The main reason for this is that they all use the same mass produced IC timers. When I was in high school, I made a homebrew timer with the 555 chip and I don't think things have changes much since then.

 

[kooixh]

alright i am getting 1 i'll compare it with cct stay tuned subscribe for notice i wll post on the forum

 

[Thomas09]

Strange. My Speed Stacks timer seems to fit the bill of this QJ one. It goes in intervals of .16 and takes longer for the light to go green compared to Richards ones.

 

[kooixh]

it does not goes to the interval of 0.16 it is same as CCT i test it out.yes i got the timer ,don't worry i have a video

 

[panyan]

Apparently they only measure to the nearest .16 second, but the pictures on popbuying clearly show a 1.30. Last time I checked, 1.30 is not a multiple of .16.

i think what was meant was that there was an inaccuracy of ± 0.16s. this means for shorter times (anything less than 5 minutes), it will have a significant inaccuracy. However, if you just use it for really big cubes (6-11), then this inaccuracy will not matter as much because they take longer (i.e. the 0.16s does not matter compared to the ten minutes it too to do the solve)

 

[Micael]

I went through that thread and it seems that only two persons actually own one. 6 pages and absolutely no valuable answer.

Is QJ speedstack Timer worth buying? I really do not know, I do not own one. (however it is a matter of days now).

 

[puzzlemaster]

I went through that thread and it seems that only two persons actually own one. 6 pages and absolutely no valuable answer.

Is QJ speedstack Timer worth buying? I really do not know, I do not own one. (however it is a matter of days now).

I think that it is definitely worth buying...i think the only real difference is that the green light takes an extra second to get lit...other than that, it's all good

 

[Stefan]

Apparently they only measure to the nearest .16 second, but the pictures on popbuying clearly show a 1.30. Last time I checked, 1.30 is not a multiple of .16.

i think what was meant was that there was an inaccuracy of ± 0.16s.

Yeah! Random speculation based on no evidence whatsoever ignoring the perfectly reasonable explanation we already have! Woohoo! You're awesome!