opticubes megaminx clone

[chue.hsien]

www.opticubes.com

is the 'megaminx clone' sold here better than the one sold on cube4you? mefferts realli inst producing anymore megaminx? =(

 

[TimMc]

It looks exactly the same. I've one from cube4you and the photo on that website looks the same as my one.

 

[chue.hsien]

i heard the one from cube4you has lots of problems with the caps.. is that true?

 

[Erik]

no they don't. The cube4you's are very bad quality but the mefferts ones won't be restocked untill november or around X-mas. My best time on one of those chinese is 1:55 with good cases, they suck!

 

[Mark]

They aren't so bad... Possible to have avg sub 2 min (like Stefan Łapicki after one month)

 

[Karthik]

Definitely the cube4you megminx is not as good as the Mefferts megaminx.
But if you are a beginner and want to have a minx just for the fun of it, 5$ is a very small cost to pay.
After lubing they become "decent".

 

[Erik]

I'd refer to it as: after lubing+sanding it becomes almost acceptable...

 

[Davepencilguin]

I have one, and I sanded off all of the little bumps on all of the corners (took nearly 90 minutes!) and it's ok now. It still clicks into place a little bit, kinda like a pyraminx, that's a little helpful.

I haven't used a meffert's though...

 

[HelloiamChow]

Yeah, I've got a chinese one and it's okay turning clockwise, but turning counter clockwise is a pain.

 

[Mike Hughey]

When you sand the cube4you megaminx, do you take it apart to sand it, or somehow sand it while assembled?

If the $5 megaminx is as cheap as people say it is, I'm a little concerned about how well it will stand up to being taken apart and reassembled.

I have one coming soon, so I want to know.

 

[AvGalen]

It is:
1) Definately worth the money (unless you want to become top 5)
2) Definately not as good as a Mefferts
3) Very difficult to solve in bad light because of the colors

I personally have one and I enjoy it. I don't have hopes of becoming fast though (3:1x.xx with a lot of keyhole is my best)

 

[Davepencilguin]

When you sand the cube4you megaminx, do you take it apart to sand it, or somehow sand it while assembled?

If the $5 megaminx is as cheap as people say it is, I'm a little concerned about how well it will stand up to being taken apart and reassembled.

I have one coming soon, so I want to know.

It isn't hard to assemble and disassemble. An edge can just pop out like a 3x3x3's edge. Except, 2 corners pop out with it.

Putting it back together is a little difficult. You kinda have to semi-put in the last 2 corners and edge as 1 unit and push them all in at once. It helps to have the top slightly turned, like on a regular cube.