andrewgk
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Ok, I just wanted to share with you guys my review of the Mf8 Legend.
If you want to skip all the reading (although what I will write is much more in-depth and better composed) you can find my youtube review here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJhdEtjgz9I
Some hard facts:
Cubies are about 2mm-3mm smaller than standard cubies.
Cubies are rounded off on all edges and corners making for a very 'soft' feeling cube.
The cube's mechanism is a ball core with screw spring structure.
The edges are made of two pieces.
The corners are made of three pieces.
The large 'winged' edges and corners make the puzzle extremely resistant to popping.
The ball core minimizes friction of the pieces when rotating around the ball core.
Alright, now onto the opinionated part. First off, I completely love this cube. I was previously using a Lubix DaYan GuHong Ultimate (I will refer to this simply as a 'GuHong' from now on) and switched almost immediately after receiving this puzzle. Out of the box, it turned OK and was already faster than many cubes. After that, I took some mefferts and lubed the ball core simply by dripping some into it. Immediately the puzzle became 5x faster and was even much faster than my GuHong. I did notice while solving with it that it often locked up if I was sloppy with it. At this point, the cube could cut line to line (about 30 degrees) and reverse corner cutting was almost non-existent. Even so, I preferred the speed over the corner cutting abilities of my GuHong because I'm not a very sloppy cuber.
Today when I got home, I was wondering if I could make the Legend even better, so that even for sloppy cubers, it would be an amazing cube. So I solved it a couple times, trying to be sloppy and soon realized that the corners often catch on the centers. I had previously never lubed the actual pieces and thought that by lubing the edges of the corners, I would fix this lock up problem. So, basically I took the cube apart and on each edge of each corner I applied a very small amount of Lubix. Afterwards, I used my finger to spread the Lubix around and wipe off some of the excess. While putting the cube back together, I was looking at how the pieces mesh together (can be seen in my video) and realized that there probably is a lot of friction as the corners slide over each of the edges. I previously had already lubricated that part ever so slightly, but I proceeded to add half a pea size drop of Lubix on one of the orange and red edges. While I was at it, I touched the core and realized that the mefferts lube (that I had previously put on) was wearing off astonishingly fast. So I took two half-pea sized drops of Lubix and applied them to each hemisphere of the core.
After assembling the cube after all this lubing, I was astonished that the cube became even faster! In addition, the corner cutting increased to 45 degrees and reverse corner cutting increased to half a cubie (Edit: 3/8/11 I just want to say that I was completely wrong about it being able to cut half a cubie. It does reverse cut better, but does not cut half a cubie. As of now, it can comfortably cut about 1/3rd of a cubie. It sometimes can cut through half a cubie if you are very light with the cube and attempt it fairly fast.). It does not lock up anymore when I try to solve roughly on it, and I truly believe that this is the successor to the GuHong.
In conclusion, I would like to add that I have smaller than average hands, and therefore the slightly smaller design of the Legend is greatly beneficial to me. I also really appreciate the rounded pieces of the Legend because it does not make my fingers tender like the GuHong did. Also, because of the slightly smaller size of the pieces, regular stickers are not recommended for this puzzle. Although they do fit, they will hang off the rounded edges. F2 sized stickers, or 4x4x4 stickers (which is what I'm using) are the best choices.
Summary of lubing:
Two half-pea sized drops of Lubix rubbed around the ball core.
Each center lightly lubricated on each of it's 4 edges.
Adding some Lubix to the outside parts of the 'wings' of two edges on opposite sides.
(Quick note: When using extremely thick lubricants such as Lubix, or any equivalent, make sure you use very very small amounts! If you put too much, it will make your puzzle slower. If you choose to wait until a lubricant as thick as Lubix to wear off, you will have to wait quite a while.)
Thanks for reading my review of the Mf8 Legend.
If any of you have an Mf8 Legend and would like to know how to lubricate the cube, I will be making an instructional video on how to do so on my channel: TwoAsianCubers
You can also check back on this thread for a link to the tutorial.
Edit: Lubing guide can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XovN2E6YEw8
(On a final note, I would like to note that I did not specifically use the "Lubix" product on my puzzle. I use a silicon oil which is extremely similar to Lubix but is not branded as Lubix. I chose to leave it's name out of the thread because I feel like I should keep it a secret. If you truly want to find an alternative to Lubix, do some research- it's not hard to find.)
If you want to skip all the reading (although what I will write is much more in-depth and better composed) you can find my youtube review here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJhdEtjgz9I
Some hard facts:
Cubies are about 2mm-3mm smaller than standard cubies.
Cubies are rounded off on all edges and corners making for a very 'soft' feeling cube.
The cube's mechanism is a ball core with screw spring structure.
The edges are made of two pieces.
The corners are made of three pieces.
The large 'winged' edges and corners make the puzzle extremely resistant to popping.
The ball core minimizes friction of the pieces when rotating around the ball core.
Alright, now onto the opinionated part. First off, I completely love this cube. I was previously using a Lubix DaYan GuHong Ultimate (I will refer to this simply as a 'GuHong' from now on) and switched almost immediately after receiving this puzzle. Out of the box, it turned OK and was already faster than many cubes. After that, I took some mefferts and lubed the ball core simply by dripping some into it. Immediately the puzzle became 5x faster and was even much faster than my GuHong. I did notice while solving with it that it often locked up if I was sloppy with it. At this point, the cube could cut line to line (about 30 degrees) and reverse corner cutting was almost non-existent. Even so, I preferred the speed over the corner cutting abilities of my GuHong because I'm not a very sloppy cuber.
Today when I got home, I was wondering if I could make the Legend even better, so that even for sloppy cubers, it would be an amazing cube. So I solved it a couple times, trying to be sloppy and soon realized that the corners often catch on the centers. I had previously never lubed the actual pieces and thought that by lubing the edges of the corners, I would fix this lock up problem. So, basically I took the cube apart and on each edge of each corner I applied a very small amount of Lubix. Afterwards, I used my finger to spread the Lubix around and wipe off some of the excess. While putting the cube back together, I was looking at how the pieces mesh together (can be seen in my video) and realized that there probably is a lot of friction as the corners slide over each of the edges. I previously had already lubricated that part ever so slightly, but I proceeded to add half a pea size drop of Lubix on one of the orange and red edges. While I was at it, I touched the core and realized that the mefferts lube (that I had previously put on) was wearing off astonishingly fast. So I took two half-pea sized drops of Lubix and applied them to each hemisphere of the core.
After assembling the cube after all this lubing, I was astonished that the cube became even faster! In addition, the corner cutting increased to 45 degrees and reverse corner cutting increased to half a cubie (Edit: 3/8/11 I just want to say that I was completely wrong about it being able to cut half a cubie. It does reverse cut better, but does not cut half a cubie. As of now, it can comfortably cut about 1/3rd of a cubie. It sometimes can cut through half a cubie if you are very light with the cube and attempt it fairly fast.). It does not lock up anymore when I try to solve roughly on it, and I truly believe that this is the successor to the GuHong.
In conclusion, I would like to add that I have smaller than average hands, and therefore the slightly smaller design of the Legend is greatly beneficial to me. I also really appreciate the rounded pieces of the Legend because it does not make my fingers tender like the GuHong did. Also, because of the slightly smaller size of the pieces, regular stickers are not recommended for this puzzle. Although they do fit, they will hang off the rounded edges. F2 sized stickers, or 4x4x4 stickers (which is what I'm using) are the best choices.
Summary of lubing:
Two half-pea sized drops of Lubix rubbed around the ball core.
Each center lightly lubricated on each of it's 4 edges.
Adding some Lubix to the outside parts of the 'wings' of two edges on opposite sides.
(Quick note: When using extremely thick lubricants such as Lubix, or any equivalent, make sure you use very very small amounts! If you put too much, it will make your puzzle slower. If you choose to wait until a lubricant as thick as Lubix to wear off, you will have to wait quite a while.)
Thanks for reading my review of the Mf8 Legend.
If any of you have an Mf8 Legend and would like to know how to lubricate the cube, I will be making an instructional video on how to do so on my channel: TwoAsianCubers
You can also check back on this thread for a link to the tutorial.
Edit: Lubing guide can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XovN2E6YEw8
(On a final note, I would like to note that I did not specifically use the "Lubix" product on my puzzle. I use a silicon oil which is extremely similar to Lubix but is not branded as Lubix. I chose to leave it's name out of the thread because I feel like I should keep it a secret. If you truly want to find an alternative to Lubix, do some research- it's not hard to find.)
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DaYan made us lazy though...
