My Moyu AoLong is very slow

[dott]

Hi,

a week ago i got a AoLong, i have watched a lot of reviews on the AoLong and so i thing i'm doing something wrong.
Its a AoLong v2 new Version (so the new Plastic that shut be faster then the old v2). I did a few hundred solves, lubed it with silicon spay (same i used on all my other puzzles) and its still quit hard to turn in comparison to my GuHongs or Zanchis.
I also had trouble setting the screws how i want, if the setting is too loose the centercaps will not fit.
Its still a great cube, corner cutting is amazing, no pops or corner-twists and it feels great, but after watching all the reviews i thought it would turn faster.
Any advice what i shut do? Or how long did it take you to run it in?

greetings

 

[2180161]

I have one, and I my times dropped 10 seconds, straight out of the box. I used to average around 35, now I am 23. Could you post Images of the pieces so we can see if it is counterfeit? Where did you buy it from? Those kinds of things can help determine what you are doing wrong.

 

[dott]

Its form fasttech, i'm sure its a real one, the quality looks great and everything looks just like in all the reviews.
It was ok out of the box, but a bit tightly. Maybe its the lube? Maybe i shut buy thicker lube?

 

[MrMan]

It's not a counterfeit. The aolong IS slower than most of the cubes imo. Atleast it is slower than my zhanchy and my shuangren(this is really fast). I don't think there is really anything to do.
Does anybody find it slow as me ? I guess it's due to all the anti poping mechanism.

Also silicon spray is not the best for lubing. If you can, buy silicon oil like traxxas or maybe lubicle. I used silicon spray before and I now use oil, it does really make a difference.

 

[Alphalpha]

Keep working with it, you'll get it. My Aolong was slow for a little while, toyed with it, lubed, cleaned, tensioned, etc... finally it started performing. The "best cube ever" thing is all hype though. Its at best as good as the Zhanchi--though it corner cuts a little more easily.

 

[dott]

ok i'll keep on using it, i like the feel and that its a bit heavier then the dayans.
Has anybody had the same problems that the center-caps don't fit with loos tensions?

 

[MrMan]

Has anybody had the same problems that the center-caps don't fit with loos tensions?

Yes I had this issue too, but with time it will loosens itself by breaking it in, I even tightened it a bit after lot of solves.

 

[NewCuber000]

I have a Moyu Aolong V2 (Old plastic, though), and aside from a few corner twists every few hundred solves it's way better and faster than the V2 .But Maybe new plastic is a lot better, I don't know.
And I'd get traxxus (30 or 50k) differential oil for lubing. I've heard good things and I'm switching to it too. It alsoapperantly lasts months and it's extremely cheap too so theres that. Maybe that'll help your cube get faster.

 

[Hypocrism]

I was never a fan of the AoLong. Maybe I got a bad one. But my weilong was a lot better!

 

[dannah]

Hi,

a week ago i got a AoLong, i have watched a lot of reviews on the AoLong and so i thing i'm doing something wrong.
Its a AoLong v2 new Version (so the new Plastic that shut be faster then the old v2). I did a few hundred solves, lubed it with silicon spay (same i used on all my other puzzles) and its still quit hard to turn in comparison to my GuHongs or Zanchis.
I also had trouble setting the screws how i want, if the setting is too loose the centercaps will not fit.
Its still a great cube, corner cutting is amazing, no pops or corner-twists and it feels great, but after watching all the reviews i thought it would turn faster.
Any advice what i shut do? Or how long did it take you to run it in?

greetings

i got an aolong that was not as fast as the reviews said, it only just beat my zhanchi, i got a stickerless one and it was absolutely fine, apart from it was 55mm instead of 57mm

 

[dannah]

It's not a counterfeit. The aolong IS slower than most of the cubes imo. Atleast it is slower than my zhanchy and my shuangren(this is really fast). I don't think there is really anything to do.
Does anybody find it slow as me ? I guess it's due to all the anti poping mechanism.

Also silicon spray is not the best for lubing. If you can, buy silicon oil like traxxas or maybe lubicle. I used silicon spray before and I now use oil, it does really make a difference.

but some aolongs are very fast especially the stickerless ones

 

[~Adam~]

but some aolongs are very fast including the stickerless ones

Fixed

There is no reason why adding a different colour dye to a plastic would make it perform differently.

 

[Antonie faz fan]

you probably got sent a aolong v2 old plastic

 

[AlexTheEmperor]

Oh my god, Hypocrism, your profile picture must be the most emotionally shallow and least fulfilling quotation of Dickens's works I've ever seen.

 

[dott]

you probably got sent a aolong v2 old plastic

I thought i got the new one judging from the box (its the new box with the hanger thing).
Is there any other way to tell if i got old or new plastic?

 

[Azndwarf]

did anyone try spring swaps for their aolong v2 that worked?

 

[TheBrutux168]

did anyone try spring swaps for their aolong v2 that worked?

Yep, I tried Fangshi springs in my Aolong. Made it a decent bit faster

 

[MrMan]

Yep, I tried Fangshi springs in my Aolong. Made it a decent bit faster

I tried it too, it is crazy fast. Incontrollable, springs between the original and the loose fangshi one would be ideal.
But it stays unpopable and lock less for me.

 

[guysensei1]

did anyone try spring swaps for their aolong v2 that worked?

I've heard that hualong springs are great.

 

[Azndwarf]

If Hualong spring speeds up the Aolong, wouldn't that mean Hualong is faster just because of the spring? If you look at the mechanism of Aolong and Hualong, they looks awfully the same.