Photos of Alpha CC

I puted the smaller spring, but they should make the spring twice longuer, even the black are not ling enought, and they should cap the edges, but as the oposite as the corner to avoid lock ups. Cause corner spin to easily.

You should get it this week for sure, depends of the customs.
 
No you have the coice of the springs, now it's better but they REALLY need to cap the edges to stop the corners twisting so easily, and by capping them it will probably less clicky.
 
Ohh, just finded sommething, remove the little pieces on evry edges pieces, and your cube will turn 100 times more smoother, but the corner twisting is the same, but the cube is way better. If you try to corner cut to much it will explod but except of that evrything is good.
 
Drake said:
Ohh, just finded sommething, remove the little pieces on evry edges pieces, and your cube will turn 100 times more smoother, but the corner twisting is the same, but the cube is way better. If you try to corner cut to much it will explod but except of that evrything is good.
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Wow, it's great! I suggest doing this and using the smaller (silver) springs in if you want it smoother, but the black springs in if you want it to corner cut better.
 
Like i don't think that it make it smoother, (the spring i mean). The black 1 is in plastic if im right and a little bit bigger then the silver 1 that is in metal. The spring only change your cube resistance, like when you pull somme pieces, on much springny feeling it's gona have. The silver spring is smaller but "harder".
 
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yeah i take one look at the zhanchi and say dowant whereas i reckon the cc doesn't look as good :)
but then looks aren't everything..
 
Drake said:
Ohh, just finded sommething, remove the little pieces on evry edges pieces, and your cube will turn 100 times more smoother, but the corner twisting is the same, but the cube is way better. If you try to corner cut to much it will explod but except of that evrything is good.
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Could you post a photo showing where you removed stuff from the edges and what you removed? I haven't got the cube yet, but I'll be buying one. Haven't been paying attention though, is it available yet?
 
No, will probably be before, or in summer, if you check of what alpha answered to Jeffrey. What i removed? The edges pieces pieces that you can remove and it's still gona work, not the with with the stickers for sure, so it's mean it's the smallest, the 1 that make it look like an "normal edge". Once broken in and with the good tension the cube is great, and with the little pieces removed*. But the only problem is the corner twisting. With the good tension the corner should not twist during a solve except if your are supper ruff cuber. But i hope alpha find. or have find a way how to fix that problem.
 
I got mine yesterday. The...

little pieces on evry edges pieces
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...were missing.
It came preassembled and prelubed. I posted iCubemart asking where the missing bits were. I promptly received a reply saying that the cube was assembled by Alpha themselves and that they left them out on purpose. Apparently people like the cube better that way.
They offered to send me those pieces with my next order though. Would like to have the cube in its complete form.
In all, it's a good cube but it can't compete with DaYans offerings.

is it better than the zhanchi
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No, the ZhC is better by quite a long way. I find the CC only slightly better than an AV-f.
 
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fiftyniner said:
will cross the CC off my list then. Thanks.
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I feel slightly uncomfortable influencing your decision like this, but it's probably for the best.
The ZhC is better than the CC. DaYan have got the formula exactly right and are sticking with it; fine tuning what they initially created in every new cube since the DaYan I. I fully respect Alpha for doing the same, but their core concept is just inferior in comparison to DaYans IMO. Funny how most other brands try to copy Alpha when it would probably be better if they copied DaYan instead. But then again, Alpha is big amongst the Chinese cubers.

Whoops, the Gans Puzzle is blatantly a DaYan type clone. So Alpha apparently tried and failed. I'm still hoping the Gans 2 will knock my socks off as soon as it arrives. But whereas DaYan have made me a satisfied customer with each and every one of their cubes that I have purchased, Alpha seem to like letting me down with every new cube.

Am I becoming a fanboy? Maybe I'm just buying too many 3x3x3s...But I love all of them for what they are and enjoy playing with them, even the "crappy" ones :)
 
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