Caleb Valenzuela
Legend
So I got the TC Black Friday box for Christmas, which means this review is long overdue (Christmas was one month ago
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)OOTB, the RS3M V5 was fast, dry, and tight while also being slightly sandy. It felt snappy and sharp which I didn’t like too much. I loosened the screw by two full turns and set the numerical tension NUT to 6 clicks. It was much looser and more forgiving, therefore being more enjoyable to turn. But it still felt dry so I added some FZ-Stealth, my first premium lubricant from the Cubicle. It sped the cube up even more while adding some smoothness. So to counter the speed, I added GAN Lube Standard (the old version) to add more smoothness and softness. It went from being fast, dry, tight, and sharp OOTB to being fast, sharp, smooth, and slightly blocky (seems to be a theme with RS3Ms). Overall, I would rate this cube a 9/10, since the performance was very good for the price, and would recommend to those who like blocky, sharp, and fast cubes. As for FZ-Stealth, it is a good lube if you want to speed up your cubes especially big cubes, without having to do much cleaning, 10/10. I would rate the TC Black Friday box an 8/10, since it gives you FZ-stealth at a cheaper price, but I could have just bought another lube like mystic, and it would still be around the same price. Also, the accessories were kinda mid tbh.
