What is the best pyraminx to buy?

[Dorsenstein]

I am going to buy a pyraminx soon and I was wondering what the best one to get is. Preferably one that is very smooth, the tips don't fall off, etc.
Thanks a lot!


For anybody that says I didn't use the search function, I did.
I searched three times and there wasn't a thread like this one so if there is a thread like this one, they need to have a better search engine.

 

[MistArts]

Meffert's is the only one I've tried. It's pretty decent.

 

[Lewis]

My Meffert's pyraminx doesn't turn that smoothly (It clicks like a skewb) but it doesn't fall apart and the corners don't fall off.
I also have a white pyraminx with shiny stickers which turns nicely, but the corners come off and turning a face anticlockwise a few times makes the puzzle fall apart.
I use a Meffert's tetraminx. It's harder to hold than a standard pyraminx, but it twists well and stays in one piece.

 

[linkmaster03]

My Pyraminx is a dirty white kind of color, with tiles, it's SO BEAST. An old one.

 

[cubeman34]

im getting one as well its White Pyraminx with Prismatic Stickers

 

[pcharles93]

I had the tiled one Mefferts offers. It broke in 2 days. I wouldn't go by how long my puzzles last though. If you've seen what I've done to the only 2 Rubik's 4x4's I've gotten ahold of, my Magic, and what's left of my 5x5, you'd know why.

 

[Dorsenstein]

My Pyraminx is a dirty white kind of color, with tiles, it's SO BEAST. An old one.

Where'd you get it?

 

[sgowal]

I have both a Japanese Pyraminx (at the time to was 16$ on mefferts now its 38$) and Original Tomy Pyraminx (both white plastic). Those are the only pyraminxes that never broke appart. I've bought 3 classic meffert's Pyraminxes (black plastic with standard stickers) and they all broke appart in 2 days. Good luck finding a good Pyraminx, my best guess would be to buy them on ebay.

 

[Kenneth]

There is only one brand of Pyraminx, Meffert's...

They are all the same in quality but differs a little in appareance. The tiled version has got rounded tips while the original has got sharp ones.

The ones with tiles are not competiton approved because the tiles are thicker than the allowed 1.5 mm. So if you are planning to use your Pyraminx for competiton, then by the original.

It is possible to remove the tiles and then sand them down to make them thinner than 1.5 mm and then glue them back on again...

 

[CharlieCooper]

i have tried many different types of pyraminx, and although many do not like it, my favourite is the mefferts. that is mainly because of the shape it has though and the way in which i solve it. i don't like "sharper" models because they aren't so comfortable to hold. maybe i am compromising speed in exchange for comfort....

 

[Paris]

russian pyraminx ftw!!!!!!!!!

 

[Carrot]

Okay, Instead of creating a new thread I decided to use this thread

Where do you buy the "russian pyraminx" which Paris metion? (I have heard a lot about it now and Mefferts just sucks xD )

 

[Logan]

I don't know what type this is but it's awesome! AND has shiny stickers

 

[Corpsez]

Anyone have any reviews for the deal extreme pyraminx?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13757

 

[Novriil]

Umm. I have it. with silicone it's pretty good. I've only got russian and this. the russian sucks totally! pointless cube. but the DX one is pretty okay. although it's a bit big for MY hands Small hands

 

[Deleted member 2864]

get the white ones with the flashy stickers on dx or ebay. Those are nice if you replace the stickers

 

[Zaxef]

Edison?
I just got one.. with my 3x3..
I'll post back once I try it out

 

[Carrot]

Umm. I have it. with silicone it's pretty good. I've only got russian and this. the russian sucks totally! pointless cube. but the DX one is pretty okay. although it's a bit big for MY hands Small hands

Where did you get the russian!?? xD

 

[JTW2007]

I like the tropicalestore pyraminx.

 

[antros]

Where do you buy the "russian pyraminx" which Paris metion? (I have heard a lot about it now and Mefferts just sucks xD )

did not produce them from the eighties, some in Poland may get a few (on Czech Open surely you could get them )