Does your Zhanchi pop?

[HiWhatIsMyName]

Yeah, does your's pop (and explode)? With or without torpedos? I have one with torpedos, pops and explodes a whole lot, tightened it, locks up more, cant cut, pieces catch and pops out. loosen it, explodes.

 

[Ninja Storm]

Both of my Zhanchi cubes have never popped. Maybe you should do the edge mod for it?

 

[CheesePuffs]

Lube it then tighten it. I had like the same problem. I used traxxas but I'm sure maru lune or lubix would be amazing too.

 

[HiWhatIsMyName]

Both of my Zhanchi cubes have never popped. Maybe you should do the edge mod for it?

Done it

Lube it then tighten it. I had like the same problem. I used traxxas but I'm sure maru lune or lubix would be amazing too.

Not planning on buying lube , only have a crappy 3 in 1 lube

maybe i'll give it to my friend whos new to cubing, and get a guhong v2 for myself

anyone else have any tips? (multi posted again!)

 

[Sarahjdes]

Only problem I have is when I'm scrambling it without using a predefined scramble (when I'm just messing with it too harshly) a corner will sometimes rotate, so I end up with my whole cube solved but a corner. But I do not have pops when I'm solving my cube.

 

[ressMox]

Mine pops, but only because I deliberately have it very loose. And even then it's rare.

 

[Ickenicke]

My ZhanChi pops, but rarely.

 

[radmin]

I shortened the springs on mine. That way, it feels loose due to less friction but is actually tighter.
ZH becomes clicky when loose or when the springs are shortened, which I like.

I clipped 1.5 turns off using a Dremel's grinding bit. I put a little 30k Diff oil on the spring before reassembling. Other people have just swapped the springs with something else and gotten good results.


As far as popping, I get pops when it's too loose.

 

[cityzach]

My ZhanChi pops occasionally, but not very often. It did however, pop when i was officially solving at Princeton Fall 2011

 

[ben1996123]

I can't vote on the poll because I've had mine since November and it hasn't popped yet. Maybe you should add a "Never" option to the poll. With torpedos.

 

[chrissyD]

pops all the time. Only got it last week

 

[andyfreeman]

Probably 1 in 50 when I am getting careless and it needs lubing. Torpedoless and quite loose. I have refined my turning style to being more accurate.

 

[Zarxrax]

Took the torpedoes out of mine, and I have never experienced a pop.

 

[Yuxuibbs]

Mine never popped and I've had it for almost 5 months. I like looser cubes and I took the torpedoes out.

 

[5BLD]

Mine doesn't pop but sometimes it explodes

 

[MostEd]

once in ages i can get a pop

 

[conn9]

I've done about 1000 solves with it and I think it has popped twice. I've not tensioned it at all, just lubed it.

 

[Eleredo]

Anyone who selected a choice other than "1 in 20+" badly needs to learn how to tension their cubes. I mean, even with the anchors removed, my Zhanchi barely pops. More of than not I already did hundreds of solves before I get a pop.

Of course every Zhanchi will pop at some time or another; the Zhanchi is pop-resistant, which is not the same as pop-proof. There will never be a cube that never pops, unless you tension it so it becomes a rock, but good luck with speedsolving then.

edit: Oh, and as for the setup: it now has torpedoes and it's lubed with silicon spray. I put the torpedoes back in not because it pops less with torpedoes but it just does not feel right when I solve my Zhanchi with the torpedoes removed.

I guess that's because I've been using it for a long time before I first took the torpedoes out so I was already very used to them.

 

[Cheese11]

Mine does not explode (/ ever popped). It has torpedo's and is lubed with Lubix, Z-Lube, and some hobbyshop shockoil. Gotta clean it out soon though.

Therefore, I will not answer the poll.

 

[HeyCuber]

Mine hasn't really popped during solves. Although, sometimes when I practice algorithms really fast, it might pop. Removing torpedoes made it pop worse so I'm using them at the moment.