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[Duncan Bannon]

Check out lazormonkeys video on best 3x3 at every price. Under 10$ I’d say MF3RS2. Under 30 Mass produced Moyu Weilong GTS2M. 50$ Cubicle Gans air SM or GTS2M Cubicle version. I think most people like the Cubicle Gan Air SM the most. It’s 50$.

 

[greentgoatgal]

Less than 100 bucks

Going from the site you posted, I'd say get the weilong gts 2 m. Everything else remotely nice is sold out.

 

[SpectralChimaera]

Going from the site you posted, I'd say get the weilong gts 2 m. Everything else remotely nice is sold out.

If you were to recommend one of the sold out ones, then I cam keep an eye out for when they come back into stock.

 

[greentgoatgal]

My personal fav is the valk 3 m. But it really boils down to personal preference.

 

[SpectralChimaera]

My personal fav is the valk 3 m. But it really boils down to personal preference.

I guess I'll need to try a few somehow. I hope they stay in stock of the Weilong. Only 2 left and a week till payday.

 

[GenTheSnail]

I bought a Yuxin Blue 4x4 a week ago, and it is terrible. I've swapped out the springs for thunderclap ones, and that made a slight difference. I've messed around with the tensions too. Even when it's super tight/loose it still catches a ton.
I'm usually pretty good a setting up my cubes, but this one just won't cooperate.
The turning of the inner layers in particular is awful, exceptionally locky and catchy to the point where it is unsuable. For refernce, I can do a Jperm in about .7 seconds on a 3x3, 1.5 seconds on my main 4x4 (old yuxin) and 7.5 seconds on the Blue, as if they were 2x2s. Jperm takes about 3 seconds using the outer layers on the Blue.
I watched a couple of unboxings, to see other people blues out of the box, and their's function much better than mine.

Is this a good/bad batch thing, is it because of flash, Blues are really unusable otb, or what?

 

[SpectralChimaera]

Going from the site you posted, I'd say get the weilong gts 2 m. Everything else remotely nice is sold out.

Just letting you know I should be getting my new Weilong tomorrow

 

[FirstMaple8]

Is SpeedCubes.co.za Legit?
It's so cheap my friend says it's fake.

 

[One Wheel]

I bought a Yuxin Blue 4x4 a week ago, and it is terrible. I've swapped out the springs for thunderclap ones, and that made a slight difference. I've messed around with the tensions too. Even when it's super tight/loose it still catches a ton.
I'm usually pretty good a setting up my cubes, but this one just won't cooperate.
The turning of the inner layers in particular is awful, exceptionally locky and catchy to the point where it is unsuable. For refernce, I can do a Jperm in about .7 seconds on a 3x3, 1.5 seconds on my main 4x4 (old yuxin) and 7.5 seconds on the Blue, as if they were 2x2s. Jperm takes about 3 seconds using the outer layers on the Blue.
I watched a couple of unboxings, to see other people blues out of the box, and their's function much better than mine.

Is this a good/bad batch thing, is it because of flash, Blues are really unusable otb, or what?

Magnets make the Blue an entirely different puzzle.

 

[GenTheSnail]

Magnets make the Blue an entirely different puzzle.

I don't think magnets can help my blue.

Also I just don't really like magnetic puzzles
except for megaminxes. I scrambled Bill Wang's cubicle megaminx m and it was amazing

 

[qwertycuber]

Why was the Gan 249 discontinued? I wanted to buy one, and apparently it was discontinued. Anyone knows the reason?(I was looking at thecubicle)

 

[Tabe]

They're releasing an updated version, I believe. The original one had some issues that they want to correct.

 

[Duncan Bannon]

Oh cool! Where’d you here that? Thanks!

 

[greentgoatgal]

You can still get one from Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B076...X236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=gan+249&psc=1

 

[qwertycuber]

You can still get one from Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B076...X236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=gan+249&psc=1

They probably have it in stock but they are not receiving any more from GAN for now. Big cubing stores, such as SCS and theCubicle both don't have any in stock.

 

[applezfall]

Gan said that the V2 will be released tomorrow

 

[AlphaSheep]

Is SpeedCubes.co.za Legit?
It's so cheap my friend says it's fake.

They're definitely legit, I've bought from them about a dozen times. They're good if you live in South Africa because shipping from anywhere else is so expensive here. Speedcubes.co.za has cheap shipping and I've never had a delivery take longer than 2 days.

Although compared to other stores they're not that cheap (R 13.60 = US$ 1, which means a Weilong GTS 2M is R440, or $32, a Valk 3M or GAN 356 Air UM is R660, or $48)

 

[dnguyen2204]

How do people with 50 3x3s tell them all apart?

 

[Duncan Bannon]

How do people with 50 3x3s tell them all apart?

Do you mean blindfolded?

 

[dnguyen2204]

Do you mean blindfolded?

No, I mean just looking at them and turning them a bit going, "Oh, this is a weilong, guanlong, valk, etc." Even if they don't have a logo.