GAN 13 Maglev

[Kaiju_cube]

heh, I thought I wasn't going to get a Gan 12 but I've wanted the orange Chan exclusive since I saw it, but TC and SCS and everywhere seemed to sell out of them right away. But last week I found one at a cube shop in Australia and snatched it up.

It's a nice cube, extremely light, extremely flexible, and the magnets actually finishing your turns feels super weird. You turn anything 2/3'rd of the way and the magnets snap it into place the final 1/3'rd of the turn. It's pretty crazy.

The prices are crazy but they sure do make some nice cubes. It's a bit weird though. Going from Gan 11 and Meilong WRM 2021, Valk, YJ, DaYan and the more 'normal' feeling cubes in my collection to the Gan 12,.. the Gan 12 just feels really weird. it's weird how light it is and how it completes your turns. It's very nice but the 'feel' of it is going to take a lot of getting used to. It's too easy to manhandle the cube and overshoot and turn too aggressively. It feels like it requires a pretty light touch.

And I guess I'm eating my words that I stopped buying Gan cubes after the 11, but I really did like the orange translucent Chan cube the moment I saw it. It's unique enough that it doesn't look like all my other Gan cubes, plus it's white and stickered and none of my other Gan cubes are white with stickers. And I really love that look. (and hardly anyone releases white with stickers these days.)

So at this rate maybe I'll get the 13 when the 14 comes out. Haha

 

[fun at the joy]

haha it's $56 on cubezz, I might actually get it

 

[AJT17]

I just got the GAN 13 Maglev, so far my first impressions are really positive, since I am not used to maglev it is a bit uncontrollable right now, but I can get used to it. Also I think that the magnetic box is really unnecessary, but it is cool.

 

[OreKehStrah]

The slices on the Gan 13 are a lot nicer than they were on the 12. I'm surprised I haven't heard people mention this much

 

[Ander]

I just got the GAN 13 Maglev, so far my first impressions are really positive, since I am not used to maglev it is a bit uncontrollable right now, but I can get used to it. Also I think that the magnetic box is really unnecessary, but it is cool.

Have you tried an Angstrom setup? I gave it to my 12 and it really changed how it feels.

 

[CatoWeeksbooth]

The number one thing I don't like about my GAN 11 M Pro is the thin and flexible plastic and the creaky sound it makes when squeezed. I suppose this is a compromise solution in order to make the cube as light as possible, but I really don't like it. I much prefer the more solid and non-compressible feel of my WR M 2021.

Is the GAN 13 improved in this respect?

 

[AJT17]

Have you tried an Angstrom setup? I gave it to my 12 and it really changed how it feels.

I only have the cosmic lubes from SCS, but right now I have put in 2 drops of cosmos, and 3 drops of solar, and it is pretty good.

 

[OreKehStrah]

The number one thing I don't like about my GAN 11 M Pro is the thin and flexible plastic and the creaky sound it makes when squeezed. I suppose this is a compromise solution in order to make the cube as light as possible, but I really don't like it. I much prefer the more solid and non-compressible feel of my WR M 2021.

Is the GAN 13 improved in this respect?

it actually has! I can record a video comparing the sounds of the 11, 12, and 13 being squeezed if you want

 

[lucazdoescubingstuff]

sorry for replying to kinda old thread but what are the best settings for the gan 13? i want it to be fast yet controllable. also no corner twists

 

[Ander]

sorry for replying to kinda old thread but what are the best settings for the gan 13? i want it to be fast yet controllable. also no corner twists

Not sure there is a general "best", I think everyone has to find his or her own. My settings are 2/6 distance, 4/6 compression, 6/6 corner magnets. So you could say I don't mind if it's a little slower but would rather have a tight cube with more precision. I am slow as molasses anyway so...