The Dayan GuHong to end it all!

[hagendaasmaser]

that actually sounds like a bad idea. stickers give the cube a certain feel when turning it as well as giving it the epic look. without hte stickers your cube begins to looklike areally cheap dollarstore cube.. which i wouldnt want to be caught dead with.

I agree, that would be total social suicide.

 

[ChrisBird]

Good video, only thing I would say while it may have a similar sound signature to the av..

1) the av has a much more hollow sounding click
2) the guhong is far quieter

Great video though hopefully it will stop the "I don't have one but it seems like overhyped crap" posts.

After re-reading the first post in this thread, you will understand why it is overhyped.

~Chris

 

[AnsonL]

you can get one at popbuying already....

 

[mbreslin]

@ChrisBird: I have reread the first post, I guess I didn't pay attention to it before, I get the hostility now.

I think the cubes are really good, clearly the OP statements are absurd, especially from someone who hasn't touched them yet. Probably someone who works for the company or some other spam nonsense?

As to the design I'm surprised the cubes turn as well as they do considering the seams of the cubies rub against each other. It would seem this would slow them down if anything.

Still waiting on my f-ii's to finally see how they stack up.

 

[amostay2004]

Edward: so does it have the sharp clicky feel like the A5, or is it softer like an F2?

Personally, I hate the A5 and I liked someone elses F2, but I can't get my own F2 to feel nice so I'm sticking with my A3 >.<

Just got back from holiday and received my Dayan Guhong

It came not stickered and kinda messy (some lube was leaking out to the surface, but a simple tissue wipe did the job)

Haven't stickered it yet but it seems pretty promising.

First impressions:
1. Quieter and less clickier than A5 definitely
2. Lighter than A5, slightly heavier (or same weight as) than F2.
3. Contrary to what Daniel said, it's a very smooth cube even though it has more surface for friction. Smoother than A5, probably due to it's lighter weight.
4. Locks up a bit, but so far not a big deal yet, probably just imperfections on the plastic.

Since there're reviews about it already, I'll probably make an average of 12 video sometime soon.

Cheers!

 

[Robert-Y]

Buy one

Ok, thanks Amos

 

[xbrandationx]

I just got mine in the mail from Lightake. It took 6 days to get here. Assembling the cube is very different, but not that difficult. The corners pieces are the most confusing to put together. After assembling it, the little spaces where the pieces connect catch each other a lot and it makes it lock up more than it should. I might need to super glue them together or push them really tight. The stickers seem high quality. If it wasn't for the tiny gaps on each cubie causing excessive lock-ups, this cube will be gold. I'm going to mess/play with it some more and tell you guys if the cube improves or not.

 

[raodkill]

hmm @ xbrandation sounds like somehting jigaloo might solve.. (melting ftw?)
with lots of sanding at connecting points i guess?

 

[ssb150388]

F-II .. FTW!

 

[WastedMeerkat]

My friend who's never touched a speedcube went on vacation to Malaysia, and then he went to Hong Kong a few days later. I gave him the address for hkNowStore, and told him to buy a Gu Hong. He got one, and he says it's awesome. I guess it's hard to know just how good it is if he has nothing to compare it to though, haha.

 

[HowSuneIsNow]

Aw, that would have been cool if it came in red, orange, green, blue, white, and yellow, so we could buy all 6 colors and make a no sticker cube. I guess it's just standard black and white.

+1 a stickerless cube would be great!

there is a way to dye some plastics but the colors wouldn't be great. you could always use dye biased ink on the piece before you assemble them.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

I will be making a review for the Guhong this Saturday. Be on th elookout for it on my channel!!

 

[Senkoy]

Post it here.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

How about a YT video embed here

 

[Gurplex2]

fake n gay

 

[daniel0731ex]

3. Contrary to what Daniel said, it's a very smooth cube even though it has more surface for friction. Smoother than A5, probably due to it's lighter weight.

......The cube should take little effort to turn because of the size ratio between the square and the circle, but the large amount of surface area makes the cube stop quicker when you are not exerting force on the cube.

btw, I think you meant "fast", not smooth?

 

[amostay2004]

3. Contrary to what Daniel said, it's a very smooth cube even though it has more surface for friction. Smoother than A5, probably due to it's lighter weight.

......The cube should take little effort to turn because of the size ratio between the square and the circle, but the large amount of surface area makes the cube stop quicker when you are not exerting force on the cube.

btw, I think you meant "fast", not smooth?

Oh..I guess I recalled wrongly then

And err..I meant 'easy to turn'

 

[duongkimngoc]

So, Guhong and Alpha V, which is better?

 

[camcuber]

speedcubeshop has had this cube for about a week now. More are coming in this week.

 

[stinkocheeze]

tried some guy's gu-hong at vancouver open... I was OK, better than an a-v, but not crazy amazing...