Cheapest Decent Cube for Beginners

[OregonTrail]

I'm teaching a Cubing 101 workshop, expect about 20 people.

What's the cheapest cube that I can sell for a reasonable price without any annoying flaws for a beginner (bad stickers for recognition, center caps pop off etc.)

I was thinking of getting 10 black ghost hands and 10 white ghost hands.

What do you think?

 

[calekewbs]

As far as I know, Diansheng's are pretty good for beginners. Not mini's though.

 

[Muesli]

bad stickers for recognition

As far as I know, Diansheng's are pretty good for beginners. Not mini's though.

Lawl.


Anyway, type Cs are stable cubes.

 

[OregonTrail]

center caps pop off

Anyway, type Cs are stable cubes.

Lawl.

 

[JeffDelucia]

i would say get the ghosthands from popbuying.

 

[andyt1992]

I would get something that comes pre built and lubed, Type F/FII, Dianshengs etc.

 

[Daniel Wu]

Don't get Dianshengs if you're worried about recognition. Red and orange are pretty much the same on those.

 

[Muesli]

center caps pop off

Anyway, type Cs are stable cubes.

Lawl.

I've never had a problem with any of my Cs or ones I've tried.

 

[riffz]

center caps pop off

Anyway, type Cs are stable cubes.

Lawl.

I've never had a problem with any of my Cs or ones I've tried.

Neither have I. I have 2 type Cs and its never happened before.

 

[Hiero]

I teach a class also and have ordered 40-60 cubes for the same purpose. I ordered the GhostHands and they work great, the colors work well and they need no lube at all. Order now from popbuying to get the 10% discount. You might try ordering in groups of 5 since you will still get them for the cheapest price and you don't have to wait for all 20 to collect. I'm not sure if this helps speed up shipping or not, but I don't think it can hurt.
I am also going to try YongJun's to see if they are good. They are a little bit cheaper, but they don't have black.
I hope you have at least a month or two before your class begins as it may take a while to get them.

 

[daniel0731ex]

Ghost Hand or Type D (I).

 

[JeffDelucia]

Ghost Hand or Type D (I).

The problem with the type d cubes is that they are inconsistent.

 

[TemurAmir]

I'd say buy some ghost hands from popbuying...

 

[daniel0731ex]

Ghost Hand or Type D (I).

The problem with the type d cubes is that they are inconsistent.

yes, that's for teaching how to tune up your own cube. plus, it has better corner-cutting than dianshengs.

 

[cincyaviation]

i would say mini dianshengs, they are like, 2 dollars each

 

[koreancuber]

i would say mini dianshengs, they are like, 2 dollars each

I think the Mini dianshengs are too small. Other than that, the cube is hard to recognize (colors red and orange) and has painted 'stickers' to it. I say stick with the Ghosthand, or get the Diansheng (normal size).

 

[miniGOINGS]

miniCs.

 

[4Chan]

Actually, yeah, mini C.
Perfect cube for beginners really.

It comes perfectly tensioned, with lube, and good stickers.

 

[Crossed]

I say Ghost hand or Type C (1).
I've got both, and they're both great cubes out of the box.

 

[dillonbladez]

mini type Cs are very nice.