My A5 sucks?!

[Vinny]

I don't like my A5. It tends to pop, which can get really annoying plus it's not nearly as fast as my Ultimates. The Ultimate GuHong is amazing, nuff said.

 

[Mike Hughey]

In my opinion, the way to go with an A5 is to do the memory mod (it really helps, and is pretty easy!), and then set it pretty tight. If it's loose, it tends to get spongy and not handle corner cutting very well. It works best when it's fairly tight. It has become my feet-solving cube since I switched to a GuHong; GuHongs are terrible for feet solving, and the A5 is the best I've ever tried for feet solving.

I know that Haiyan set his memory cubes just as tight as I set my A5s; I actually set my A5s by matching the tension to my daughter Marie's memory cube.

 

[Cheese11]

In my opinion, the way to go with an A5 is to do the memory mod (it really helps, and is pretty easy!), and then set it pretty tight. If it's loose, it tends to get spongy and not handle corner cutting very well. It works best when it's fairly tight. It has become my feet-solving cube since I switched to a GuHong; GuHongs are terrible for feet solving, and the A5 is the best I've ever tried for feet solving.

I know that Haiyan set his memory cubes just as tight as I set my A5s; I actually set my A5s by matching the tension to my daughter Marie's memory cube.

Ahh yes, I have a GuHong. Maybe tomorrow I'll try the memory mod, seems to be the thing. Also, everyone who said loosen it, you guys are stupid cause the cube sucks when it's not tight. (Mike, I heard you talking about your daughter when you were on CubeCast )

 

[yockee]

I have all of my A5's set the exact same way. I tighten them until the centers only pull out about a half of a milimeter from the core. Then, I lube them. I can't imagine how an A5 could even be bad. It's my main cube over all my Dayans. Out of 37 3x3's, it is the one that I find to be the best.

I don't like my A5. It tends to pop, which can get really annoying plus it's not nearly as fast as my Ultimates. The Ultimate GuHong is amazing, nuff said.

Nah man, the A5 is great. It should NEVER pop, and can be one of the fastest cubes if you set it right. Try tightening it so you can pull the edges out less than a milimeter.... then, CLEAN it out completely and relube it lightly.

 

[luke1984]

My A5 was my main speedcube before the Guhong came out, after a lot of breaking in it is almost as fast as my Guhong, but my Zhanchi is still faster. The A5 can be a very good cube, it just needs a little love.

 

[Cheese11]

the a5 sucks in general. get a dayan like everyone else (my preference lubixcube.com)

Dude, I have a GuHong and a ZhanChi.

 

[wontolla]

Also, everyone who said loosen it, you guys are stupid cause the cube sucks when it's not tight.

You said: "I could barely turn it". And that happens when the screws are too tight thus our advice was correct.

If you can't fix your cube, nor properly describe its problem, nor understand English is not our fault. So apparently, the stupid one is someone else.

 

[Cheese11]

You said: "I could barely turn it". And that happens when the screws are too tight thus our advice was correct.

If you can't fix your cube, nor properly describe its problem, nor understand English is not our fault. So apparently, the stupid one is someone else.

Whoa hold on there, I just TIGHTENED it and Lubed it with lubix, and it's wayyy better. I also did the corner mod, and that helped the Locking up. So apperantly everyone else is stupid, and I'm not. Plus I'm Canadian, we don't speak English here.

 

[wontolla]

So, you don't express yourself correctly (for whatever reason), and/or we don't understand you (for whatever reason) and your conclusion is and I quote: "everyone else is stupid, and I'm not".

I hope you don't use that kind of reasoning out there in a job or something. I don't advice you to insult the people who is trying to help you.

 

[Vinny]

Whoa hold on there, I just TIGHTENED it and Lubed it with lubix, and it's wayyy better. I also did the corner mod, and that helped the Locking up. So apperantly everyone else is stupid, and I'm not. Plus I'm Canadian, we don't speak English here.

So because we have a different preference with our cubes, we're STUPID? You claimed that you could barely turn it, so we told you to loosen it assuming that it wasn't fast enough for your liking.

 

[4EverCuber]

So apperantly everyone else is stupid, and I'm not. Plus I'm Canadian, we don't speak English here.

I'm fairly new to this forum but I'm pretty certain that coming here to ask people for help and then insulting those same people won't sit very well with the community. Also acting like this is going to give us other Canadians a bad reputation.(Although I suspect that everyone is intelligent enough to know that the actions of a few doesn't reflect the whole)

 

[cubersmith]

You that you should loosen the cube and not tighten it. I really hope nobody else has posted this yet because I think it is a very original thought.

haha, your sarcasm makes me lol.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Whoa hold on there, I just TIGHTENED it and Lubed it with lubix, and it's wayyy better. I also did the corner mod, and that helped the Locking up. So apperantly everyone else is stupid, and I'm not. Plus I'm Canadian, we don't speak English here.

Actually, it sounds like you pretty much did what I said to do, except that you also lubed it with Lubix. And I had assumed you had already done that, which is why I didn't include it in my suggestions.

I haven't yet tried using differential lube on my A5; I need to try that tonight.