DS Dian Sheng Cubes (e)

[bundat]

Sorry Harris, I didn't realize you replied, I stopped checking this thread after Tim Sun said that the DS was bad, since I doubted anyone would doubt his evaluation anymore.

Check your PM if your still interested. =)

Anyway, I've been thinking about that too, why someone as fast as him couldn't even sub20 on a DS.
I even tried to make a sample solve video, but the quality of the best camera I could find was still pretty bad.

All that I could think of was that he tried it unlubed (since almost all other DIYs are playable unlubed).
But the DS's plastic is like rubber shoes on a basketball court, the friction is very high, and it's quite hard to turn.

BUT it has a VERY HIGH affinity to silicone. A little bit of silicone, and all the friction is GONE. It becomes so loose, that even at the tightest setting, I can get U2/R2/D2/M2 with a single finger flick. Even U3 isn't impossible.
And IMO, it cuts corners better than my Type D, but is just as pop-proof.

 

[Hadley4000]

My DS came yesterday. It's actually a little too loose for my taste, but I really like it.

 

[Guoguodi]

The Diansheng becomes insanely smooth and fast after applying silicone. Not to mention it's a white cube, making it even more godlike.

 

[AvGalen]

It becomes so loose, that even at the tightest setting, I can get U2/R2/D2/M2 with a single finger flick.

Can you make a video of that? I would really like to see how you do that 1 single finger flick to make all those moves. You must be able to do mad fingertricks if you could use all 10 fingers. Maybe even solve the whole cube!

 

[bundat]

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I meant I can do U2 or R2 or D2 or M2 with one finger flick, not all of them, lol.
Basically, what I said is that it's just loose enough that 2-3 face turns with one finger flick isn't impossible.

 

[Skrig2K]

All in all it is a great cube right out of the package but when I siliconed it like five minutes later the stickers just started falling off any clue to why???

 

[waffle=ijm]

lol @ bump
stickers are bad...

 

[Waacm]

I dunno how old this thread is.. but my first and only cube is Diansheng and I don't use any lube and it goes smooth for me. Also, mine has paint rather than stickers which i say is worse cuz now i've solved it like 1000+ times and the paint is wearing off and it looks like the crappiest thing ever. Funny thing is, is that I bought this thinking it'd be a Rubik's cube because I bought it on amazon under the 'rubik's cube' selection. I got lucky I suppose, I didn't know there were different brands like DIY before I bought it.
PR is 37.54 seconds btw, only been cubing for a month...

 

[mcciff2112]

mine has paint rather than stickers which i say is worse cuz now i've solved it like 1000+ times and the paint is wearing off and it looks like the crappiest thing ever.

You can sticker over it pretty easily.

 

[Alexwildchild]

I tried this type of cube I really like the feeling of twisting it!!! Mostly because its materials is quite hard~

 

[DcF1337]

This is currently my main cube, and the thing I hate most about it is how much it locks up.

Other than the locking-up, it's simply perfect.