heading towards the internet for cubes

[elcarc]

lately ive had the worst of luck. every storebought, no matter how good out of the box, breaks. ive had storebought that broke while speedsolving, breaking in, and just messing around. Last night one of the center peices broke right off the core (of course this is unfix-able). I really want to know why the quality of the storebought cubes is so terrible.

im getting ghost hand cubes, but i still want to know why EVERY cube has broken beyond repair

(i have searched the forums and have found nothing but how to break in a storebought)

 

[spdcbr]

Get the rubik's brand. They are pretty good if you work with them. I've never had a report of THEM breaking.

 

[elcarc]

Get the rubik's brand. They are pretty good if you work with them. I've never had a report of THEM breaking.

what kind of rubiks brand cause ive been buying the ones from walmart

 

[jcuber]

That kind of rubik's brand. You must be very rough with them for them to break.

 

[janelle]

lately ive had the worst of luck. every storebought, no matter how good out of the box, breaks. ive had storebought that broke while speedsolving, breaking in, and just messing around. Last night one of the center peices broke right off the core (of course this is unfix-able). I really want to know why the quality of the storebought cubes is so terrible.

im getting ghost hand cubes, but i still want to know why EVERY cube has broken beyond repair

(i have searched the forums and have found nothing but how to break in a storebought)

How often do you play with yours? I've had store bought cubes for over 3 years and they haven't broke. I have 3 (now 4, but still haven't opened it) store boughts. The stickers do come off, but the core and the cubies are fine. I've even had petroleum jelly (sp?) in them but I've clean them out. One is kind of slower, but I don't use that one that a lot. I think you might be alittle too rough on your cubes or maybe you had vaseline or something and it ate away the plastic. Maybe try not to drop it or crack it open a lot. Well at least you're getting a DIY, that would probably last longer than store bought.

 

[elcarc]

i play with them alot.

 

[janelle]

i play with them alot.

Well that's probably why. Maybe if you're going to get another store bought you could get two so you could switch between them.

 

[luke1984]

Just try to order one or two online. Storebought Rubik's brand cubes aren't that good for speedsolving.

 

[V-te]

Yay!!! Ghost hands are awesome, plus they don't break. I've dropped mine about 5 times, and it's still alive and well.

 

[dbax0999]

My friends fastest cube was a Rubik's brand with cubesmith tiles on it. Today while we were trying to see whose EPLLs were faster the center broke off. I also have a broken Rubik's brand. I think they break because their made with less quality than DIY's and such.

 

[waffle=ijm]

Just try to order one or two online. Storebought Rubik's brand cubes aren't that good for speedsolving.

This is a storebought

 

[mcciff2112]

What are you doing to your cubes that could possibly make it break? The only time a cube has ever broken for me is when I launched it across my room. Have you lubricated it? If so, with what?

 

[elcarc]

mmkat thanks, im for sure getting the ghost hand next week. then ill post times and videos

 

[RainbowBoy]

Get the ones with the official Rubik's Brand. East Sheens are pretty good too

 

[gpt_kibutz]

I got a Rubik's brand, and it fell off from a meter high and one of the center pieces broke off the core. They are not very hard as you may think.

 

[elcarc]

i break in with pestvics method and i lube with crc silicone. my cube always breaks during the break in

 

[arud45]

Get a storebought and try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTDblHV-NMU

I did this on two brand new cubes and i like them better than my DIY type a's.

 

[elcarc]

it doesnt really matter anymore, im going to the internet, and my loyalty to storebought is now terminated.

ps(i watch thrawst's tip of the week every week)

 

[arud45]

it doesnt really matter anymore, im going to the internet, and my loyalty to storebought is now terminated.

ps(i watch thrawst's tip of the week every week)

But if you're breaking a storebought, it seems like you'd break a DIY even easier.

 

[foxdi]

i break in with pestvics method and i lube with crc silicone. my cube always breaks during the break in

you have overdo it . i have this experience too