Unboxing 11 - DaYan V ZhanChi, Consumer Version and GhostHand 2

[Shamankian]

@b4p4076 I just received the consumers version and I also have the first gen prototype (the green one for that matter), and I think the corners triangle bottom thingie, the edges of it is a little smaller on the consumer. But that was all I saw. Sorry if you already saw that difference.

 

[Bapao]

Daimnnnn you were hot. You definitely should let grow your hair again...

He hospitalized someone? I didn't know that... but for sure there are some he worked or lived with that could need some weeks in such an institution.

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@b4p4076 I just received the consumers version and I also have the first gen prototype (the green one for that matter), and I think the corners triangle bottom thingie, the edges of it is a little smaller on the consumer. But that was all I saw. Sorry if you already saw that difference.

Chill bruv Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't noticed. Have you got a good set of scales though? If so, would you mind weighing the two cubes for me? cycle asked me to weigh them but I haven't got an accurate pair of scales atm. .

 

[Shamankian]

I just weighed them, the prototype (with stickers) weighed 87 grams (that's as precise as I can weigh them), and the consumers version (without stickers, but probably with more lube in it) is 86 grams. Which to me seems ODD! I mean, there is anchors in the consumers. Maybe it got something to do with the plastic? I'm not sure if black plastic (because of it's lower quality) is lighter? anyway, that was what I found out.

 

[Eric79]

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Have you got a good set of scales though? If so, would you mind weighing the two cubes for me? cycle asked me to weigh them but I haven't got an accurate pair of scales atm. .

Oh, I don't read that paper... but as far as I remember he didn 't hospitalize her - he only suggested she should be hospitalized.

I just weighed them, the prototype (with stickers) weighed 87 grams (that's as precise as I can weigh them), and the consumers version (without stickers, but probably with more lube in it) is 86 grams. Which to me seems ODD! I mean, there is anchors in the consumers. Maybe it got something to do with the plastic? I'm not sure if black plastic (because of it's lower quality) is lighter? anyway, that was what I found out.

1) black isn't lower quality, it is just a different material/quality. 2) you didn't say which colour your consumer version is 3) sticker it... now the intersting part of the story:
4) I guess you are not familiar with plastic injection molding? You know... it depends a lot on the settings of the machine... temperature, injection pressure, injection duration, injection volume, holding pressure, how long the pressure is held, how long the pieces stay are inside the die before they are ejected... and several other thing. All these factors affect the weight of the product. Also you need to know, that these settings usually change during production because of slight differences in the plastic granule which can vary with each batch or quality problems of the products and this can actually lead to weight differences much more than just... 1 gram for example. Like, say there are dents in the product, than the holding pressure could be to low or the injection volume to little - probaly both (actually the main problem in this case is a bad die design which most chinese cubes suffer from - yes, the DaYans do too)... but also some other factores. Say it was just a difference of 0.1gram per part because of bad injection settings, this sounds like nothing - but sum it up to all the pieces and you see, big weight differences are easy to happen. Or the factor you kind of suggested... since white cubes are made of a different material than black ones, may this actually cause a big difference in weight? *wink* *wink*

 

[garcijo]

What's that weird looking 2x2 you have on the cube pile?

 

[Eric79]

What's that weird looking 2x2 you have on the cube pile?

Interesting, a lot of people have asked me that already...: it's a really great modified DianSheng. I don't know someone who likes them besides me, but I got mine from Haiyan (I got it unmodified) and it was great from the start. Ask Bobo11420 - she saw it in action several times before and after modding. It actually cuts about 45° :-D