Aolong GT release

[Chree]

I'm cool with the speed of my Aolong, but it has this weird stickiness that I dislike. If you turn it extremely slowly and lightly, my Aolong goes turnstopturnstopturnstopturnstop

Still my main because it's the most stable of all my cubes.

Mine does that, too. It's like... between solves, the lube re-sticks the pieces together every time. Happens less and less as the lube wears off, though.

I do love my Tanglong, and it's my main right now. But I miss the feel of my Aolong V1 sometimes, so I carry both with me everywhere. I'm definitely buying the GT. If it manages to maintain that rounded, stable, fast feel... it stands a really good chance at replacing both.

 

[funkymonkey2956]

Interesting. Using a very similar piece assembly design to Fangshi cubes. Hopefully this will be like the Aolong v1 without corner twists. Looking forward to this cube!

 

[CuBouz]

Hopefully this will be like the Aolong v1 without corner twists. Looking forward to this cube!

Seconded, though looking at the pieces I doubt it's going to be the case.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

The fact that this will be out in colorful plastics tempts me more to get it....

 

[EpiCuber7]

What does GT mean?

 

[guysensei1]

What does GT mean?

Good turning?

 

[FailCuber]

What does GT mean?

Maybe Gen Two?

 

[shadowslice e]

What does GT mean?

I think that they're going for Gran Tourismo (which I probably misspelled) which is a term applied to fast racecars and I roughly translates to something like the big tour in English referring to the major circuit for drivers in Europe.

 

[MoyuFTW]

I think that they're going for Gran Tourismo (which I probably misspelled) which is a term applied to fast racecars and I roughly translates to something like the big tour in English referring to the major circuit for drivers in Europe.

Something like that. I think it's Grand tourer. You know, it's not that hard to google it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_tourer

 

[yoinneroid]

My review of the aolong gt


as well as a first impression

 

[ljacob332]

Well the 4 tanglongs I bought were fast out of the box...

Yeah they are fast out of the box however their speed detoriates over the stretch of a few weeks

 

[Makarov]

Now this is a great release. Right out of the box the GT makes the tanglong obsolete to me, which felt sluggish even on the loosest tensions and lubing. Also feels better than the aolong v2 to me. Not sure how to describe the feeling but it's definitely a step up from the v2.

 

[TheBrutux168]

I like mine a lot. It's fairly fast and the feel is something new to me. It doesn't really feel like a Tanglong or Aolong V2 to me

 

[mark49152]

Not sure about mine. As a long time v2 user, this feels more like the TangLong than my v2 and will take some time to get used to. Disappointed in the stickers though - why go back to the dull old colours of Dayan days? If the cube does become my main, I will certainly have to resticker it.

 

[Bindedsa]

Disappointed in the stickers though - why go back to the dull old colours of Dayan days?.

Jay explains. I restickered my pretty much immediately, so I can't really tell if it affected performance.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

I've heard that they will return to the Moyu shades though (but they'll be Identical to current ones in every other way)

 

[mark49152]

Jay explains. I restickered my pretty much immediately, so I can't really tell if it affected performance.

Thanks, it's good to know the reason. For me, however, sticker thickness = tiny or no difference, dull colours = big negative, restickering = unwelcome hassle. Thumbs down for that, Moyu.

 

[mycube]

And another review (from myself):

 

[SpeedCubeReview]

Don't know if this will be my main.

 

[NewCuber000]

Yeah they are fast out of the box however their speed detoriates over the stretch of a few weeks

My hualong did that to me too! Now months later it feels terrible but I still need to use it as my main.
I'm thinking of getting this aolong GT though, has anyone had one long enough to notice if the good qualities of the cube don't deteriorate so much?