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How do you know?
New Gans 356 cube!
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How do you know?
kirtpro
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I was at a meetup today.
One of the other cubers (Jeremy) had one with him.
He said he has two, one for being a tester and another one I think he bought.
The one he had felt loose and fast.
From what I understood,
There are different options to change the weight of the cube.
ie, the purpose of the screws in the pieces
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Ok, thanks. I hope to see video's soon.
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I was there too.
I can confirm, the cube feels amazing.
It's very solid, comparing to my LiYing, but not heavy.
FailCuber
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I tried my friends and it's amazing! It makes my aolong v2 look horrible.
Cubeologist
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How do people already have this cube? I have looked everywhere I can think of to buy it. Any recommendations as to where I can place an order?
kirtpro
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Testers/releases on Asian stores (I believe).
Gans is behind on production therefore it isn't widely available yet.
Cubeologist
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lol I would pay a tester quite well to have one. but I guess I will just wait.
Berd
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Can't wait for this cube!
trackdork
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THEY'RE HERE!!!
I had the two Gans 356 "Ultimate Edition" cubes I purchased arrive in the mail yesterday. Took awhile to get stateside, but damn it was sure worth the wait. I've only had a few hours of solving with it, but here you go:
Initial unboxing:
The cube comes packed in a neat display case with a metal mini hex driver and extra springs. There are no instructions on which springs go where, but I'll figure it out once I dig into the inner workings of the cube.
Initial appearance:
The cube is "small" looking, in the way the Aolong V1 appeared at first. Partly probably because the stock stickers are significantly smaller than the cubicle ones I have on the 357. See pic below (356 on left, 357 halfbright set on right). Speaking of the stickers - I LOVE the color scheme. It looks like fullbright colors with a slightly sky-blue-er color for the blue. Might be my new preferred scheme actually, coming from halfbrights.
Initial feel:
The cube feels amazing. It isn't heavy per-se, but it is solid vs hollow in the hand. My only complaint about the Gans 3 series cubes to-date has been the flimsy, floppy, light, hollow feel. This is another level of solid. Squeezing the cube gives zero flex, I love it.
First turns:
The cube feels like it is literally filled with butter it is so smooth. It is fast, so those used to loose tensions might need to tighten it a bit to prevent overshoot. I haven't experimented too much with tensions because I still need to read up on how the inner cubies work. There is a hint of grainy feel when turning because the core pieces appear to be very high-quality plastic. The cube makes hardly any noise at all (especially compared to the 357) and even at the loosest tensions not only refuses to pop, but refuses to let me remove an edge piece in any of the standard ways. In order to get inside I actually had to remove a center! Sorry no pix of the teardown. One downside here: the corner-cutting is a big step back from the 357 which was impossible to lock up. I may need to loosen the internal tensions on the cubies to get some of the corner cutting back, but right now it's about 35 degrees, 20 degrees reverse. Fine for me, but I'm only a 30-second solver. Others may have different opinions.
More to come, stay tuned!
I had the two Gans 356 "Ultimate Edition" cubes I purchased arrive in the mail yesterday. Took awhile to get stateside, but damn it was sure worth the wait. I've only had a few hours of solving with it, but here you go:
Initial unboxing:
The cube comes packed in a neat display case with a metal mini hex driver and extra springs. There are no instructions on which springs go where, but I'll figure it out once I dig into the inner workings of the cube.
Initial appearance:
The cube is "small" looking, in the way the Aolong V1 appeared at first. Partly probably because the stock stickers are significantly smaller than the cubicle ones I have on the 357. See pic below (356 on left, 357 halfbright set on right). Speaking of the stickers - I LOVE the color scheme. It looks like fullbright colors with a slightly sky-blue-er color for the blue. Might be my new preferred scheme actually, coming from halfbrights.
Initial feel:
The cube feels amazing. It isn't heavy per-se, but it is solid vs hollow in the hand. My only complaint about the Gans 3 series cubes to-date has been the flimsy, floppy, light, hollow feel. This is another level of solid. Squeezing the cube gives zero flex, I love it.
First turns:
The cube feels like it is literally filled with butter it is so smooth. It is fast, so those used to loose tensions might need to tighten it a bit to prevent overshoot. I haven't experimented too much with tensions because I still need to read up on how the inner cubies work. There is a hint of grainy feel when turning because the core pieces appear to be very high-quality plastic. The cube makes hardly any noise at all (especially compared to the 357) and even at the loosest tensions not only refuses to pop, but refuses to let me remove an edge piece in any of the standard ways. In order to get inside I actually had to remove a center! Sorry no pix of the teardown. One downside here: the corner-cutting is a big step back from the 357 which was impossible to lock up. I may need to loosen the internal tensions on the cubies to get some of the corner cutting back, but right now it's about 35 degrees, 20 degrees reverse. Fine for me, but I'm only a 30-second solver. Others may have different opinions.
More to come, stay tuned!
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this looks very cool .. please do make a video review if you can 
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Cubeologist
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I can not wait to get my hands on this puzzle.
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MarcelP
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Yeah, I am also not going to spend 30 dollars on a cube excl shipping without knowing it is a very very good cube. Let's see some reviews first
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CriticalCubing
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I am also waiting for lightake, cubezz or even cubicle.us to have it.
Psyph3r
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This cube looks so amazing. I really hope that Gans gets its act together and gets it to the US soon. I am going to have to do rigorous testing on it versus the Hualongs I have on the way and maybe I will ahve a new main in the end.
