New V-cube

[emolover]

I can understand that for the v-5, but wasn't the Shengshou 6x6 supposed to essentially be a modded v-6? (except for the thing that keeps the centers aligned.)

No. Not at all. The insides of the Shenshou and V-cube are very different. There are no V-cube mods done to the Shenshou except the misalignment issue.

As for actual mods for the Shenshou, I actually took the cube apart(the top half at least) to look at what could be done. I noticed a lot of places where the plastic could be filled because Shenshou was being cheap. Filling it with Milliput would fix that problem. This is the biggest problem on the inner edges and maybe the corners but I think filling everything would fix a lot of problems and would give that good weight that V-cube makes use like.
There is also these bumps on the the inner edges and corners that needs to be sanded off and would improve the cube quite a bit.
Cutting and sanding down the excess plastic on a lot of pieces would do some good.
The inner edge things that are between the inner edge and center needs to have the sides of its wings shaved off a little bit because center catch on it slightly.
There are a few other things that can be done but are really minor and would not be worth mentioning.

The only mod that should be done but could hurt the cube is sanding the stalks of the corners. I feel that if this is done to the point of no ridges on it, it would break easily.

This will be my winter break project.

 

[somerandomkidmike]

Its funny how a lot of people say Shenshou's suck verses a fully modified V-cube. Just imagine how good a Shenshou would be if it was fully modified.

I should have expected you to show up here, and start talking about how shengshou cubes are apparently superior. My v-cube 7 was better out of the box than any of my shengshous were. I spent a long time trying to set the tensions on the shengshou cubes.

If you want to prove that shengshous are better when you fully modify them, go ahead. I'm still going to stick to using my best cubes, until something is proven to be better. When you DO fully modify them, I think the forum would be happy to see a thread about your findings.

Anyway! I still hope it is a 4x4x4, because I'd like a decent 4x4x4. If not, I'll probably get a dayan + mf8.

 

[emolover]

I should have expected you to show up here, and start talking about how shengshou cubes are apparently superior. My v-cube 7 was better out of the box than any of my shengshous were. I spent a long time trying to set the tensions on the shengshou cubes.

If you want to prove that shengshous are better when you fully modify them, go ahead. I'm still going to stick to using my best cubes, until something is proven to be better. When you DO fully modify them, I think the forum would be happy to see a thread about your findings.

Of course I would show up here but I don't think either is truly superior as a whole cube.

How on earth was your V-cube 7 better than Shenshou cubes. My 7x7 took a lot of work and a lot of solving to get good.

I am going to do this project over my winter break and will make a thread and video on what I did. You can see what I will do a few posts above.

 

[asportking]

I should have expected you to show up here, and start talking about how shengshou cubes are apparently superior. My v-cube 7 was better out of the box than any of my shengshous were. I spent a long time trying to set the tensions on the shengshou cubes.

If you want to prove that shengshous are better when you fully modify them, go ahead. I'm still going to stick to using my best cubes, until something is proven to be better. When you DO fully modify them, I think the forum would be happy to see a thread about your findings.

Of course I would show up here but I don't think either is truly superior as a whole cube.

How on earth was your V-cube 7 better than Shenshou cubes. My 7x7 took a lot of work and a lot of solving to get good.

I am going to do this project over my winter break and will make a thread and video on what I did. You can see what I will do a few posts above.

There is no Shengshou 7x7, so you can't really compare them to a v-7.

 

[somerandomkidmike]

There is no Shengshou 7x7, so you can't really compare them to a v-7.

They're all cubic twisty puzzles. They can be compared. I have used my friend's V-cube 5, and it's definitely better than my Shengshou 5x5. He's never modified a puzzle in his life.

 

[emolover]

They're all cubic twisty puzzles. They can be compared. I have used my friend's V-cube 5, and it's definitely better than my Shengshou 5x5. He's never modified a puzzle in his life.

Did you guys get these from other people? All three of my V-cubes have sucked out of the box.

 

[Viktor Kalmar]

1x1? 3x3? 4x4? Pyra?? Megaminx????
i hope it is a 4x4

 

[Jaycee]

^ V-CUBE

 

[somerandomkidmike]

Did you guys get these from other people? All three of my V-cubes have sucked out of the box.

I got mine from cube depot. It was unlubed, and right out of the package. He got his directly from v-cubes within a few months of them coming out. His 6x6x6 wasn't great, but of course, it was unmodded. His 5x5x5 and 7x7x7 were awesome. My 7x7x7 is slightly better than his was.

 

[emolover]

I got mine from cube depot. It was unlubed, and right out of the package. He got his directly from v-cubes within a few months of them coming out. His 6x6x6 wasn't great, but of course, it was unmodded. His 5x5x5 and 7x7x7 were awesome. My 7x7x7 is slightly better than his was.

I have heard that the older ones are better but...

I lubed my V 6 with a **** load of shock oil and it turns really well now. I would say it turns faster than my Shenshou now.

 

[choza244]

My v-cube 7 was better out of the box than any of my shengshous were

Sorry but I can't believe you that, even knowing that the V-7 is the only V-cube that is a bit good out of the box, because the V-5 and the V-6 are crap out of the box. The Shengshous, specially the 5x5 is really good out of the box, smooth and fast, maybe the only one that I don't like too much is the 6x6 but is still better than my V-cube 6.

 

[thackernerd]

Sorry but I can't believe you that, even knowing that the V-7 is the only V-cube that is a bit good out of the box, because the V-5 and the V-6 are crap out of the box. The Shengshous, specially the 5x5 is really good out of the box, smooth and fast, maybe the only one that I don't like too much is the 6x6 but is still better than my V-cube 6.

Probably because you never modded your v-6,

 

[SoulSeeker]

They're all cubic twisty puzzles. They can be compared. I have used my friend's V-cube 5, and it's definitely better than my Shengshou 5x5. He's never modified a puzzle in his life.

yeah right.. wait let's compare a dayan 3x3 to an 11x11 they are cubing twisty puzzles!
that reason is just plain stupid

 

[iEnjoyCubing]

Meh. If it's 6x6/8x8 I'm sticking with Shengshou. If it's 3/4 I'm not getting it. If it's 9/10 I will get it, and if it's 11 I'll stick with Yuxin.

Don't want arguments.

 

[emolover]

Meh. If it's 8x8 I'm sticking with Shengshou. If it's 3/4 I'm not getting it. If it's 9/10 I will get it, and if it's 11 I'll stick with Yuxin.

Don't want arguments.

You are not suppose to talk about KO's on the forum.

What if it was $90? Would you still not get it?

 

[collinbxyz]

You are not suppose to talk about KO's on the forum.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that you weren't allowed to promote/advertise KO's, but you could talk about them.
I couldn't find this in the site rules though.

 

[emolover]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that you weren't allowed to promote/advertise KO's, but you could talk about them.
I couldn't find this in the site rules though.

Oh wait... I was thinking of twistypuzzles.com.

 

[somerandomkidmike]

yeah right.. wait let's compare a dayan 3x3 to an 11x11 they are cubing twisty puzzles!
that reason is just plain stupid

That's a little bit different, because they vary so much in structure. Plus, I already said, I had used my friend's v-cube 5 too. The 7x7x7 and the 5x5x5 don't vary that much in structure, or size.

The 3x3 only has a couple of pieces. The 11x11 has a lot. The 3x3x3 is usually less than 100 grams. The 11x11 is 1.1kg.

The v-cube 5 is 500 grams, and the v-cube 7 is 650. They both use a fair number of pieces. Sure, the Shengshou is really light, but it's also made out of hollow pieces. An Alpha cc is going to be lighter than a Dayan ZhanChi.

 

[EeeeeWarne]

Where you wearing large gloves when you tried the ShengShou? This would explain a lot. My ShengShou 5x5 felt better out of the box than a broken in V-cube 7...I was not wearing gloves on either occasion.

 

[Florian]

Does Shengshou really beat V-cubes at anything other than price? The Shengshous are okay cubes, but compared to v-cubes, they're not THAT great.

ShengShou 5x5 definitely beats V-Cube 5x5, when they are both modded.