How was your out-of-the-box Dayan cube?

[god of rubic 2]

Horrible, after a day, amazing.

 

[calhack1]

Dayan zhanchi - speedcubingstore, I don't remember but it was better than my f-2
Lingyun v2 - speedcubingstore, fast and medium tensions
Guhong v1 green - speedcubeshop, slow and tight and dry
Lunhui - amazon, slow, sluggish, tight and stiff
Guhong v2 purple - lightake, very dry and tight
Guhong v2 stickerless - speedcubingstore, medium tensions, dry but still turned ok
Guhon v1 blue - amazon, a little tight but very fast and not dry
Zhanchi 55mm - thecubicle, smooth but slow, a little tight
Lingyun v1 - Lubix, not much more to say

 

[o2gulo]

Dayang GuHong V2 - i think it's kinda decent. It didn't turn that horrible.
Zhanchi 42mm - It was kinda dry.

Im still waiting for my LingYun II lol

 

[stoic]

I tried to assemble my first Guhong. lulz. It was decent and all, but a clear statement that I should buy pre-assembled cubes.

Me too for my LingYun. Lol
I use two ZhanChis as my mains (one at home, and one when I'm in work). The newer one isn't as good as the older one (which is lubed etc.) , but I haven't done anything at all other than break it in and it's still pretty ace.

All from Witeden I think

 

[Ninja Storm]

All of my Dayan cubes were speedcube-worthy out of the box, but became top tier after modding/breaking in, and then lubing.

 

[Cheese11]

As good as I need them to be.

 

[ncube]

Depends where you get them from. From amazon, they've been dry/scratchy for me. But from thecubicle.us, they all turned well out of the box. If dry, just lube it!

 

[Jakethedrummer]

I took mine apart right away, down to each screw and stuff, completely cleaned it, and lubed it; then put it back together and broke it in. After about 100-150 solves, I take it apart and clean it again (to get rid of the microscopic plastic/metal shavings), and lube it as well. I then follow up whenever I feel like it could use some love