JemFish
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It's general knowledge in the speedcubing community that store-bought cubes can never be trusted. Today I was in a random store when I found some cubes that were dirt-cheap, about 2.5 dollars. I assumed that because they weren't of the big brands like Moyu, Dayan, etc., they were like the horrible Rubik's brand. But no, when I tried them I was completely blown away, and they felt very much like the Moyu Sulong. They are blazing fast and very smooth, and so far I haven't had any pops yet. Corner cutting was OK. The brand was: Miniso, which is a Japanese brand of cheap products, ranging from ladies' perfume to lense-less glasses, and yes, including speedcubes.
EDIT: I must have been asleep when I wrote this - after using it for a while and comparing it to the Dayan Zhanchi and the Moyu Sulong, I think the corner cutting is better than both.
EDIT: here are some photos of the Miniso cubes.
Miniso cube disassembled:
The box the the Miniso cube came in:
Note: the white 'stickers' aren't in fact stickers. When I bought the cubes, the sides which were supposed to be white were actually covered in black stickers, so all I had to do was peel them off, and voila, here I had white faces.
I'm going to be using one of them as my main speedcube, with the Dayan Zhanchi remaining as my main BLD cube.
Tell me what you think, and for anyone here who has been impressed with a store-bought cube, feel free to post about that.
~ JemFish
(P.S. I was very close to buying a Shengshou 5x5, but I'm glad I didn't, because I could have bought 7 of those Miniso cubes for that price, which will be worth it for my future MBLD practice.)
EDIT: I must have been asleep when I wrote this - after using it for a while and comparing it to the Dayan Zhanchi and the Moyu Sulong, I think the corner cutting is better than both.
EDIT: here are some photos of the Miniso cubes.
Miniso cube disassembled:
The box the the Miniso cube came in:
Note: the white 'stickers' aren't in fact stickers. When I bought the cubes, the sides which were supposed to be white were actually covered in black stickers, so all I had to do was peel them off, and voila, here I had white faces.
I'm going to be using one of them as my main speedcube, with the Dayan Zhanchi remaining as my main BLD cube.
Tell me what you think, and for anyone here who has been impressed with a store-bought cube, feel free to post about that.
~ JemFish
(P.S. I was very close to buying a Shengshou 5x5, but I'm glad I didn't, because I could have bought 7 of those Miniso cubes for that price, which will be worth it for my future MBLD practice.)
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