The best 4x4 and 5x5

[Mike Crozack]

I have and eastsheen 4x4 and 5x5, and they aren't as good as i expected, im looking for the best 4x4 and 5x5,
which cubes are the best?

 

[bigbee99]

4x4 - Maru/Dayan, but the X-Cube isn't out yet.
5x5 - V-Cube if you have the money, YJ/Ghost Hand if you don't

 

[avgdi]

4x4: Dayan/MF8, Mini QJ, Maru (I'm not sure if you can still buy them)

5x5: I think V-cube.

 

[masteranders1]

4x4- For me, mini QJ.

5x5- V-cube by far.

 

[freshcuber]

4x4: I recommend the Dayan however I've heard good thongs about the ShenShou as well

5x5: V-Cube. I'm hopefully ordering mine today

 

[BigSams]

Didn't people say V4 is coming out early next year? Personally I'll wait till then to get that and V5.

 

[~Adam~]

4x4 - you have to decide if you'd prefer to do a Pi mod otherwise deal with misalignment issues or have crazy pops.
Maru, YJ and Shenshou will misalign and/or have fairly crappy double layer moves (I need better wording for this.
Dayan/MF8 if you want to deal with pops.
X-Cube will be release soon though so it might be worth waiting.


5x5 - everybody says V-5 however out the box it sucks. It take a lot of solves before it looses up and you're probably going to want to do the corner mod (sand down the bumps so it's not as clicky). In the words of Comic Book Guy 'Worse cube design feature EVER'.

 

[kdawg123]

Don't expect anything new from V-cube, unless you want to be disappointed, so don't bother waiting.
4x4 Either Dayan, Maru, or wait for the X-cube. (Maybe Mini QJ, but there have been a lot of horror stories about that recently.)
5x5 V-cube.

 

[DeathCuberK]

4x4: Wait for the X-cube to release in the next few months, it looks better than anything else.
5x5: V-cube or any other V-cube Knock off.

 

[bigbee99]

4x4 - you have to decide if you'd prefer to do a Pi mod otherwise deal with misalignment issues or have crazy pops.
Maru, YJ and Shenshou will misalign and/or have fairly crappy double layer moves (I need better wording for this.
Dayan/MF8 if you want to deal with pops.
X-Cube will be release soon though so it might be worth waiting.

The ShenShou 4x4 doesn't misalign.

 

[Juju]

I just got a new YJ 5x5 today, this thing pops like CRAZY. I'm not even speedsolving it.

 

[cincyaviation]

I just got a new YJ 5x5 today, this thing pops like CRAZY. I'm not even speedsolving it.

Which one did you get?

 

[The Puzzler]

I have felt good YJ's and bad Yj's mostly they pop lot.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

4x4-X Cube, Maru, ShenShou
5x5-YJ or Ghosthand

 

[~Adam~]

The ShenShou 4x4 doesn't misalign.

My bad. Looks like a V mech from the pics so I made an assumption.

 

[Juju]

Which one did you get?

I got the v-cube mech white and black one. They are both pretty much the same. They are smoother and looser than V-cubes out of the box, but they pop all the time unless you're super careful.

 

[stinkocheeze]

I got the v-cube mech white and black one. They are both pretty much the same. They are smoother and looser than V-cubes out of the box, but they pop all the time unless you're super careful.

For 1/3 of the price, you shouldn't expect it to be amazing, more so than the v-cube

 

[Daniel Wu]

4x4: Maru
5x5: V-Cube

 

[Reisen Bunny]

In my opinion:
V cube 5
Mini QJ or Large QJ 4x4

 

[avgdi]

Does anyone know if Maru 4x4's can be purchased anymore? And if so, where?