amostay2004
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Sorry for using the term 'a lot'. I meant to refer to your statements about how you have to be 'skilled' in hardware maintenance to have a good V-5. And my point stands that you don't have to be skilled in it anyway, just break it in and lube.
The only thing that makes YJ 'easier to prepare' is that it doesn't require much breaking in to be good. It's like saying, you would recommend less experienced cubers to buy F-2s because they're so good out of the box rather than a better cube that takes a little effort to make it good. So they should never get another potentially better cube because it's 'harder to prepare'?
Also, like what Woner said, we didn't say that YJ 5x5 sucks, we simply stated that a good V-5 is better. And a good V-5 doesn't take a lot of effort to make. FYI, I once lost my V-5 and bought a YJ (at that time it was just introduced and many people were saying it's better than V-5 so I was not prejudiced at all), and played with it for a few weeks. In the end I just ordered another V-5, and this is coming from someone who doesn't practise 5x5 regularly (but I do have a good V-5, the new one I bought).
So just because they're noobs you should recommend them to get an easier to prepare cube? (Refer to above argument) Everyone starts out a noob at some point, it doesn't mean if you're not good at making a cube good that you shouldn't try.
edit: I would recommend a YJ 5x5 though, if someone is under budget or just want to have a 5x5 to solve every now and then (is that you, Daniel, considering your 3 minute 5x5 official single?), because the YJ 5x5 is much cheaper and good out of the box. But if anyone wants to get serious about 5x5, the V-cube is the way to go.
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