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Received the Valk 3 Power M from Chron0s yesterday, and wanted to vouch for its quality. It's a really nicely-balanced cube, with particularly keen magnets-to-springs balance and a really nice lube job, and it's become my new main. Buy with confidence; I am extremely happy with the Valk, and...

Oh, nice! The ability to easily drop in custom magnets is really, really attractive...I might just have to nab the 356X too. Thank you!

So, thanks to the guidance and encouragement of Tabe, I have disassembled the stock, stickered Little Magic 3x3 in my collection, and pending delivery of parts, plan to magnetize it, resticker it, and perform a spring swap. I'm a stability-focused cuber; my times are quite slow, and smoothness...

Been a Samsung user for the last few, and pretty happy with 'em. Favorite non-standard 3x3 coloration?

I imagine it's a question of turning style, really, and where your particular approach stresses the pieces. There's also the fact that the SM's honeycomb surfacing distributes lube a bit differently...and either this reacts favorably with your turning style and lube of choice, or it doesn't. I...

I have a Feijue M (aka "Shaolin Popey") on order; a little dismayed to hear that it's so unstable, especially seeing as one of the things I loved about the Cyclone Boys 3x3 was that it proved quite stable (with a bit of tightening). I'm not surprised at all to hear that a spring upgrade improved...

Cyclone Boys cubes really are a bit different than the rest, aren't they? Very glossy, smooth plastic. I find them very easy to flick, and impressively controllable when flicked (they just want to flick in quarter-rotation multiples, don't they?), while possessed of a clacky, solid turn feel...

Ahh...worst turning cube? I recommend the top-secret lubrication blend of two parts blackstrap molasses, one part turpentine, and a generous tablespoon of Himalayan rock salt, Floridian sugar sand, pulverized crushed glass, and a little dash of CA glue. It would be a nice touch to mechanically...

I purchased this one a few weeks ago on Amazon, and it's been my go-to 2x2 ever since. I've likely put a few hundred solves through it. First, it's a Cyclone Boys cube -- you're going to get a glossy, smooth stickerless cube with unusually deep and rich colors. (They still use the popular...

My thought there would be the MF3RS2 as well, but I confess, that's out of passing familiarity with the MF3RS2, and no familiarity with the Mojue. When I think of cubes that would benefit most from magnets, I think of the least stable ones -- the Yuxin Little Magic comes immediately to mind as a...

The plastic razor worked wonders. Thank you, Tabe, I have one fully disassembled LM awaiting the arrival of magnets, springs and stickers! I really continue to marvel at how different the stickered and stickerless versions feel. Has anyone else noticed this, too? Rationally, I want to put it...

Thank you ever so much! That's exactly what I needed to know!

This...has indeed happened, pretty much exactly like that. I have suggested she might like to try out cubing, but she insists this is a "me thing." Fortunately, a few of my friends failed to run away quickly enough, and ended up with gifted first cubes. I can quit any time, really....he says...

Thank you, Tabe....points well taken. I've taken your encouragement to heart, disassembled my original LM, and as I place the order for the rebuild parts, the only question remaining is...any advice on how to split those corner cubies into their constituent pieces, safely?

Any advice on how to separate the corner cubie of a 3x3x3 into its constituent pieces? Separating the halves of edge pieces has been easy so far, but I'm having a really tough time getting the corner pieces of my Little Magic separated in prep for magnet installation. Many thanks in advance...

Just arrived here -- hello, Old Tom! I'm in south central Florida, so Michael missed us (just rain bands), but the eye of Irma passed directly over my house, and we had our week without power...no fun at all. Stay safe, stay cool in this unusually warm autumn, and may power return to you soon...

I own three Little Magics, and my experiences with them have been surprisingly varied. My first was a stickered, stock LM from a Chinese eBay vendor, and truthfully, it's my least favorite cube -- even after tightening down the springs roughly three full revolutions per side each, the cube had...

Hello! I'm Justin; I hail from the great vague green swampland of unincorporated south Florida, in the United States. I'm a casual cuber only, not concerned with times as my eyes and hands are not what they used to be. (I am entirely content with sub-four-minute solves, and I cheerfully...

Hello! I have an oddball, cheapie 3x3x3 in my collection from a company called Eyeopener, and I'm a bit sentimental about it. However, I'm old, my eyesight's not what it used to be, and I have a lot of trouble distinguishing the yellow and white stickers under house light at night. I'm looking...