Older cubers discussions

mafergut said:
I had to order a Weilong GTS2 because:
- They make them stickerless (the original GTS had caps)
- I was looking for a new 3x3 (Valk3 and Yan3 are nice but a bit catchy, so maybe a GTS2 is good? Less is more :D).
- People are saying great things of it, mainly that it is what the original wasn't (I'm not particularly fond of the GTS).
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Same here, mine should arrive today. I didn't care for the GTS's I tried at comps but I'll give the stickerless GTS2 a try.
 
Hello fellow older cubers. New 49 yr old member here. Intro:

https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/threads/new-old-cuber.64495/

Does anyone else have the challenge of solving quietly to not irritate others?

I do most of my cubing on the couch next to my wife, so quiet cubes are a must. I'm also a gear junky in whatever I do, and I love tinkering, trying to get things just right. With that, I've put together a little collection that I'm happy with, but I will soon want to add more.

I have a Gans 356 v2, Air and a Valk 3. I really don't have a favorite amongst the three. I use them evenly. I like the speed and smoothness of the Air and Valk, but also the heavier, solid feeling of the 356 v2. I also have a Tang Long and a GTS2 on the way and look forward to them.

What other quiet and smooth cubes should I consider in the future?
 
Michael919 said:
Hello fellow older cubers. New 49 yr old member here. Intro:

https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/threads/new-old-cuber.64495/

Does anyone else have the challenge of solving quietly to not irritate others?

I do most of my cubing on the couch next to my wife, so quiet cubes are a must. I'm also a gear junky in whatever I do, and I love tinkering, trying to get things just right. With that, I've put together a little collection that I'm happy with, but I will soon want to add more.

I have a Gans 356 v2, Air and a Valk 3. I really don't have a favorite amongst the three. I use them evenly. I like the speed and smoothness of the Air and Valk, but also the heavier, solid feeling of the 356 v2. I also have a Tang Long and a GTS2 on the way and look forward to them.

What other quiet and smooth cubes should I consider in the future?
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Hi @Michael919 .Glad you made it over here. I can't help you any further with your quiet cube selection as my choice would be the Valk. I meant to take mine on a recent flight but forgot so had to use my very noisy magnetised Thunderclaps. Got a 3BLD PB so who cares.
Most of us are based in Europe so the thread is a little quieter at this time. You aren't being ignored!
 
Michael919 said:
Hello fellow older cubers. New 49 yr old member here. Intro:

https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/threads/new-old-cuber.64495/

Does anyone else have the challenge of solving quietly to not irritate others?

I do most of my cubing on the couch next to my wife, so quiet cubes are a must. I'm also a gear junky in whatever I do, and I love tinkering, trying to get things just right. With that, I've put together a little collection that I'm happy with, but I will soon want to add more.

I have a Gans 356 v2, Air and a Valk 3. I really don't have a favorite amongst the three. I use them evenly. I like the speed and smoothness of the Air and Valk, but also the heavier, solid feeling of the 356 v2. I also have a Tang Long and a GTS2 on the way and look forward to them.

What other quiet and smooth cubes should I consider in the future?
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Welcome! You'll fit right in here with a bunch of other gear junkies: cubing is a gear-heavy hobby, but for a gear-heavy hobby it is remarkably easy on the pocketbook, as I'm sure you've noticed.

As to other quiet cubes, I'm not really up to date on the most modern cubes: I prefer to use old-but-good 3x3s and spend more money on bigger cubes if I'm going to. I'm also a batchelor dairy farmer, and the cows don't mind, so I don't pay a lot of attention to noise. That said, the thunderclap v1 is a classic and rightly so. It is a very good cube, and reasonably quiet when properly broken in. The cube I'm using the most these days is actually a YJ Yulong that I put magnets into. It's a heavy cube, both in terms of weight and turning, and prone to corner twists, but very fluid and quiet.
 
One Wheel said:
Welcome! You'll fit right in here with a bunch of other gear junkies: cubing is a gear-heavy hobby, but for a gear-heavy hobby it is remarkably easy on the pocketbook, as I'm sure you've noticed.

As to other quiet cubes, I'm not really up to date on the most modern cubes: I prefer to use old-but-good 3x3s and spend more money on bigger cubes if I'm going to. I'm also a batchelor dairy farmer, and the cows don't mind, so I don't pay a lot of attention to noise. That said, the thunderclap v1 is a classic and rightly so. It is a very good cube, and reasonably quiet when properly broken in. The cube I'm using the most these days is actually a YJ Yulong that I put magnets into. It's a heavy cube, both in terms of weight and turning, and prone to corner twists, but very fluid and quiet.
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I have a magnetic Senhuan Mars that even your cows might object to. It sounds like a 100 year old roller-coaster.
 
Hello @Michael919 and welcome to the best place in the whole forum for people our age! No kidding. ;)

You seem to be very knowledgeable already about 3x3s so I can't recommend you any other quiet cubes out there. Whenever I want to go "under the radar" (on a train, etc.) I either get my 356 Air or a big cube (usually a 5x5) so that I turn slower and make less noise. "Usually a 5x5" because: it's my favorite big cube and, very importanly, I wouldn't dare risk a 4x4 or 6x6 pop while on a train :-D

Other that to avoid excessive noise I don't particularly like the Air and are more fond of cubes like the Valk and other "hollow" and nosier cubes (and older too) like the Yueying, Meiying, the more recent but similar Yan3... and also other old cubes that currently almost nobody uses because they tend to corner twist like Aolong, Thunderclap v1...
 
muchacho said:
I made a stickerless GTS (when 4Chan showed his in a video), I didn't finished it, but it was close, I'll end that mod soon... but anyway, I didn't like the GTS, a bit unstable for me.
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After using the GTS for a while I began to dislike it. I couldn't control it and didn't feel that great anymore. ... fwd a year and I decide to put magnets into it. Instant OH main. For me the magnets have given the cube the stability that it lacks, and the easy turning really helps with OH. I'm still using my DIY Air M and Valk M for 2H though.
 
Michael919 said:
Hello fellow older cubers. New 49 yr old member here. Intro:

https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/threads/new-old-cuber.64495/

Does anyone else have the challenge of solving quietly to not irritate others?

I do most of my cubing on the couch next to my wife, so quiet cubes are a must. I'm also a gear junky in whatever I do, and I love tinkering, trying to get things just right. With that, I've put together a little collection that I'm happy with, but I will soon want to add more.

I have a Gans 356 v2, Air and a Valk 3. I really don't have a favorite amongst the three. I use them evenly. I like the speed and smoothness of the Air and Valk, but also the heavier, solid feeling of the 356 v2. I also have a Tang Long and a GTS2 on the way and look forward to them.

What other quiet and smooth cubes should I consider in the future?
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Welcome Michael :-) There are definitely a number of like-minded individuals here :-)

I've found the quietest cube to be the GAN Air. With the right lube you can make the Valk quieter than stock, but the Air is IMO the quietest. The GAN cubes definitely have their own feeling and it did take me some time to get used to it, but I love them now.
 
JohnnyReggae said:
After using the GTS for a while I began to dislike it. I couldn't control it and didn't feel that great anymore. ... fwd a year and I decide to put magnets into it. Instant OH main. For me the magnets have given the cube the stability that it lacks, and the easy turning really helps with OH. I'm still using my DIY Air M and Valk M for 2H though.
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I might use the 2nd pack of magnets I purchased to magnetize my otherwise unused GTS. They are N35, maybe a bit too weak for the think plastic of the GTS? Easy cube to magnetize due to the caps, so that's maybe a nice 1st try at magnetizing?

Also, as promised, the picture of my cubing related birthday present. I'm sure you guessed it right from my hints yesterday ;) Easy 3x3 shape mod, as all pieces on each layer are identical (4 bottom corners & edges, 4 middle centers & edges and 4 top corners & edges) so you only have to orient them and LL does not need any permutation. But it looks pretty :)

YJ_Apple3x3.jpg
 
mafergut said:
I might use the 2nd pack of magnets I purchased to magnetize my otherwise unused GTS. They are N35, maybe a bit too weak for the think plastic of the GTS? Easy cube to magnetize due to the caps, so that's maybe a nice 1st try at magnetizing?

Also, as promised, the picture of my cubing related birthday present. I'm sure you guessed it right from my hints yesterday ;) Easy 3x3 shape mod, as all pieces on each layer are identical (4 bottom corners & edges, 4 middle centers & edges and 4 top corners & edges) so you only have to orient them and LL does not need any permutation. But it looks pretty :)

View attachment 7763
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I used N35 4x2mm and they are weak, but to be honest I prefer that feeling to the definite snap of a stronger magnet. I used the same magnets in my Air and it ruined it for me as it was to strong so sold that one off and bought another and put weaker magnets in it.

Nice Apple cube :-) Looks like a fun solve.
 
mafergut said:
I might use the 2nd pack of magnets I purchased to magnetize my otherwise unused GTS. They are N35, maybe a bit too weak for the think plastic of the GTS? Easy cube to magnetize due to the caps, so that's maybe a nice 1st try at magnetizing?
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N35s are popular in the GTS and they would certainly improve it. I have a mix of them with N50s having originally used all N50s but they were too strong.
 
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