Breaking In A Lanlan 2x2?

[Cyrus C.]

You have to pop a piece out in order to adjust the tension.

You have to pop a piece out in order to adjust the tension.

Or do what I did and take a really small screw driver.

or just use a normal screwdriver. Stick it in the middle and turn, it won't break anything.

yeah the hole is stretchy, it is its nature. they are meant to be stabbed and penetrated by these long and large things.

:fp

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18176

I'm pretty sure everyone know why he was facepalming you.

I know why do i get 10000000 moneyz

No, but here's 1000000000 monkeyz!

 

[Hiero]

I got my LanLan last Thursday and it is great. I don't see how it could possibly go any faster and it has no chance of locking up. It cuts about 1/4 of a piece. Maybe you got a bum one.

 

[Caedus]

I also found that my LanLan was slow when I got it. I prefer the Maru 2x2s, they lock up less, and are better out of the box.

I have no idea what you are talking about. The LanLan is WAY better then the maru, hands down. A broken in eastsheen is better then maru.

Maybe you got a bum Lanlan.

Maybe you got a bum Maru.

PRECISELY, GOOD CHAP! But seriously, I just got another LL 2x2 today in my Popbuying shipment, and my Maru is still better. Dunno. Maybe I just got a good one.
The LL 2x2 I just got was better than the first speed-wise, but I find it locks up more than the Maru 2x2.

I also found that my LanLan was slow when I got it. I prefer the Maru 2x2s, they lock up less, and are better out of the box.

Get 11 LanLan's next time, like Erik.

Or get 11 Maru's.

 

[cincyaviation]

i think people are just getting a little bit too used to eastsheens ridiculous turning speeds, your 2x2 does not need to do U5 with one flick, my lanlan was slower than most eastsheens, and slower than my type c also, but i like that because i can turn fast and still be accurate.

 

[JeffDelucia]

Sorry for the bump but I would like to give my input on the lanlan. My lanlan is great every other lan lan I've tried was trash. They are all slow and lock up. I don't know if Anthony remembers but we met the night before the MIT spring comp and we solved 2x2 for a little bit. He also thought that my lanlan was better than most. I didn't do much to it really though. It was good from the time I got it. As for lube I haven't lubed it with anything but jig-a-loo. Maybe they are just inconsistent cubes. (maybe its why Erik has like 11 of them)?

 

[Hiero]

I sell LanLans so I've gotten to try about 300 of them and keep the best ones for myself. They are very inconsistent. Out of the 300, I initially chose about 45-50 that I thought were good speedcubes. From there I narrowed it down to 7 cubes that I have kept for myself. Out of the 50, about 35 of them were white and 15 black. I prefer black myself, but white was consistently better. Some feel smooth with no lube and some feel fast and clicky.

The bad ones all mostly have the same problem, which is locking up. There isn't much that seems to help it unless you do some kind of real mod to it. CRC doesn't seem to affect it at all and breaking it in doesn't help the lockups.

So I'd say if you order a lanlan, go for white and just change the stickers if you need to. I originally ordered about 175 white, so 35/175 is 20% chance of getting a good one. The black is 15/125, so about 12% chance of getting a good one. If you say color doesn't matter, that's fine, this is just what I found.

 

[bluecloe45]

just man up and arcalan mod it

 

[Edward]

The Lan Lan I got was great. It was made even better when I put Ghost-Hand 3x3 springs into it, replacing the crap springs that it comes with.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

My First LanLan: Slow. Had to adjust and lube a lot.
2nd:Black this time. It was godly. Nuff said.