Does your Zhanchi pop?

[5BLD]

If you constantly pop your cube, don't straight away blame the cube; consider the fact that you may have inaccurate/rough turning.

 

[Eazoon]

Done it

Not planning on buying lube , only have a crappy 3 in 1 lube

maybe i'll give it to my friend whos new to cubing, and get a guhong v2 for myself

anyone else have any tips? (multi posted again!)

tighten it and take out your torpedos, they make it catch and reduces the corner cutting.

btw i highly recommend lubix, it will make your cube much faster as long as you dont put on too much.

 

[FinnGamer]

I took off the Torpedos, and It pops like 3 times in a Ao50, but my blue side screw is broken and I can't tension it properly

 

[PandaCuber]

No torpedoes. Doesnt pop. At all.

 

[ZincK_NOVA]

Mine used to pop/explode a fair bit, particularly with M slices. My core was threaded pretty badly (so much so that one of the edge pieces could actually be wobbled between centers) so I changed the core and so far I've had no problems at all (with torpedoes, I haven't popped it without them, I just felt like putting them in).
With my old core, torpedoes actually made it pop and explode far more and often worse than without them.

 

[BlueDevil]

Never pops, though it popped like crazy when people tried it at MIT Spring. I like to keep my cubes loose, so I'm used to it, but people who keep their cubes tighter accidentally pop it. So, pretty much I'd say it shouldn't pop if you know how to properly control the cube at the tension you have it at.

 

[Litz]

My main cube is a "Ultimate Lubix ZhanChi" I bought in October (about 15k solves so far) and it never ever popped or exploded.

 

[ernie722]

mine blows up without torpedoes somtimes with them in

 

[gogozerg]

Zhanchi == bad bad cube

 

[insane569]

Zhanchi == bad bad cube

Agreed. I use mine without torps and with a couple of mods I did myself along with some tight tensions. Back when I had the torps in it would give me 5+ piece pops since the torp would pull out the corners next to it along with some other pieces. I prefer my guhong but i stick with the zhanchi for its speed.

 

[Owen]

One of the edges is missing a torpedo, so maybe three times out of 500.

 

[skeletonboy]

The Zhanchi shouldn't pop at all. If so many people have their Zhanchi with the potential to not have a pop so rare, it might be your problem instead of the cube.

 

[iEnjoyCubing]

No. I don't have the torpedoes in either. It pops around once every 40-50 solves.

 

[JianhanC]

With torpedos, Lubix (I think?), not sure how old is it, quite tight actually, and it pops, especially during A perms.

 

[applemobile]

People seem to be skipping over the fact that the fact it pops can very much come down to user error. I could forcibly make pretty much any cube pop if i really tried. My Zanchi pops every now and again. I find that it wont do it for weeks, then will do it twice in a day, i put this down to how i am handling the cube. I find it usually pops when i am performing sune, i do it very aggressively.

 

[DYGH.Tjen]

With torpedos, Lubix (I think?), not sure how old is it, quite tight actually, and it pops, especially during A perms.

Both lubix and CRC silicone spray combined . It's around, say, less than 7 months old. You like your cubes tight don't you :/

edit: lol a-perm

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

Yes, it does -__-

 

[aznanimedude]

even after i removed the torpedoes i rarely get a pop, maybe like 1 every like....month, don't have many pops

 

[bunny]

I got the Zhanchi stickerless recently and it hasn't popped on me yet. I have my torpedos in.

 

[cubeone]

Zhanchi == bad bad cube

Really? I bought mine from amazon, which isn't involved with speedcubing AT ALL and it's great! Haven't had a single pop and don't plan on having any in the future