Most disappointing 3x3 cube?

[TDM]

I've never tried a Panshi, but for me, a WeiLong. It's fast, but too fast for me. Completely uncontrollable. It locks up frequently and the spring on the yellow side makes a horrible sound. It's too big for me, and it don't like the feel of it. After everything that was said about it, it was a huge disappointment.

 

[kcl]

I've never tried a Panshi, but for me, a WeiLong. It's fast, but too fast for me. Completely uncontrollable. It locks up frequently and the spring on the yellow side makes a horrible sound. It's too big for me, and it don't like the feel of it. After everything that was said about it, it was a huge disappointment.

Lube it?

 

[TDM]

Lube it?

I've lubed the pieces, and I'm scared of lubing the core. Every time I try tensioning a cube it always goes horribly wrong

 

[kcl]

I've lubed the pieces, and I'm scared of lubing the core. Every time I try tensioning a cube it always goes horribly wrong

Lol trust me, lube the core. Weilongs are not bad for tensioning. If you want I could make a video on how I do mine lol

 

[TDM]

Lol trust me, lube the core. Weilongs are not bad for tensioning. If you want I could make a video on how I do mine lol

No thanks, I've already watched a few videos on how to tension. I just suck at it... I guess I just need to practise more. I'll do it tomorrow.

 

[ILMZS20]

half of the posts or even more are probably just due to the really bad setup of the cubes, you can even read it out of the comments here when people say that it is completely different to the reviews they saw. why could that be hmm... well i had no real disappointing cube except maybe my 55mm zhanchi which just feels sluggish and bad, but that might be due to overlubing the centers cause i lubed it back when i was really horrible at it also its worn out so yeah.

 

[ILMZS20]

I've lubed the pieces, and I'm scared of lubing the core. Every time I try tensioning a cube it always goes horribly wrong

trust me im also not the best at it, but what i do is putting a reasonlable amount of lube on a pencile or something like that and then put in the spots which are shown in cbcs tutorial. that way you cant really overlube and as for tensions try to make them even, assemble the cube and when it feels too loose/tight just loosen/tighten every side by the same amount until it feels good. my weilong got so much better after that.

 

[aboeglin]

half of the posts or even more are probably just due to the really bad setup of the cubes, you can even read it out of the comments here when people say that it is completely different to the reviews they saw. why could that be hmm... well i had no real disappointing cube except maybe my 55mm zhanchi which just feels sluggish and bad, but that might be due to overlubing the centers cause i lubed it back when i was really horrible at it also its worn out so yeah.

It seems you proved your own point . Because my 55mm zhanchi is great, even though a bit too small for two hands, which is why I don't use it that much as I don't really do any OH yet.

Edit: Also the most disappointing cube for me has been the vcube. Was popping like crazy even on tight tensions, felt a little cheap, like too light, even though it was quite fast. But anytime I'd cut more than 10-15 degrees with an average speed it would pop which is why I just did a few solves on it and never touched it ever since.

 

[GV2]

I'm surprised at some of these responses. Pretty cool to see how tastes differ. if the cx3 was more stable I could see it being my main as the corner cutting is effortless. Its just to move aroundy for me lol. And the vcube is just horrible. I've never bought a pans hi but I hear that's pretty bad too. As for the Guhong v2 it definatly has a more "locky" feel compared to the zhanchi because of the design of the pieces. Still a top 3 cube IMO.

 

[BoBoGuy]

Panshi. It was expected and anticipated with excitement, but then it wasn't that good.

 

[NZCuber]

My Dayan Zhanchi. I was so looking forward to using it but then mine starts to pop and lock up a bit in a majority of my solves.

 

[brian724080]

My Dayan Zhanchi. I was so looking forward to using it but then mine starts to pop and lock up a bit in a majority of my solves.

That can't be it, try making it tighter, a loose Zhanchi locks up way more than a tight one. Oh, and use torpedoes.

 

[XTowncuber]

gans 3. People said it was good, and then it turned out to be a dollar store cube with corner cutting.

 

[ILMZS20]

gans 3. People said it was good, and then it turned out to be a dollar store cube with corner cutting.

but that core though

 

[Dapianokid]

but that core though

(and insane speed) so basically it's at the very worst, a decent cube.

 

[XTowncuber]

(and insane speed) so basically it's at the very worst, a decent cube.

I would have to disagree. It's almost definitely the worst speed-3x3 I own.

 

[mati1242]

I'd say the WitLong C4, and the Alpha Chun 1.

 

[Jumbofile]

For me it would be FangShi 54.6mm. Even after lubing it seemed slow and the corners kept twisting.

 

[Lagom]

Cx3. I think its the most horrible cube with springs out there

 

[TDM]

For me it would be FangShi 54.6mm. Even after lubing it seemed slow and the corners kept twisting.

I recently accidentally overlubed mine with Maru. After a while, it became really fast... although it probably would have become faster immediately if I'd put in the right amount of lube Have you broken yours in yet? I was using mine for a few months before I lubed it, although solving it for that long probably isn't necessary. I also haven't had a problem with corner twisting; my SS 4x4 has had more corner twists than my 54.6mm ShuangRen. Although that might be because of my turning style.