V-Cube 5 advice / help / improve thread

[ralphie6]

V-cube 5

My v-cube 5 arrived yesterday and it is clicky on the outside layers and it is hard to turn.
Should I mod it and how?
Or lube it?

Thx

 

[The Bloody Talon]

break-in will do

V5s are really hard to turn at first

 

[Godmil]

There is a corner mod that does wonders to the outer layers.

 

[Dene]

Mods for V5 are silly. Lube it, use it. You will have an amazing cube in no time.

 

[Engberg91]

V-cube 5 takes ALOT of solves to get it good.
I recommend that you dont mod the corners. I bought a new v-cube 5 and I took the corners from my old modded v-cube 5 in it.. I't did'nt help at all.

 

[ralphie6]

How can I break in the fastest way?

 

[Engberg91]

How can I break in the fastest way?

 

[Me]

How can I break in the fastest way?

Being patient and using it in practice usually does it the fastest for me. Strengthen those hands!

 

[Godmil]

Joking aside, I'm not convinced that's a good way of breaking in a cube. I think the more important bits of plastic that need ground down are the ones that touch when moving layers against each other, like in cutting corners. So I'd imagine that normal solving will break a cube in a lot better.

 

[ralphie6]

Should I lube it and do the corner mod or just solve it many times and use it a lot?

 

[asportking]

Should I lube it and do the corner mod or just solve it many times and use it a lot?

Lube it and solve it a lot.

 

[Pandadudex96]

do an average of 12 to soften some plastic then lube and break it in a ton more

 

[Vinny]

I don't see why not to mod it... Mine's been great since the corner mod.

 

[blackzabbathfan]

I got a V5 for christmas and broke for 7 months, did the corner mod and now it is amazing. i recommend you do the same.

 

[whitejustice93]

Just lube it and use it... 100 solves/day and your V5 will break in about 1 week more or less

 

[ralphie6]

For lubing I only have teflon spray and wd-40spray wich should I use. And I don't live in the us so I can't go to wall mart. And my v-5 is white and i don' t wanna get it black...

 

[Godmil]

For lubing I only have teflon spray and wd-40spray wich should I use. And I don't live in the vs so I can't go to wall mart.

Well wd-40 will destroy your cube... and teflon doesn't sound much better. I'd stick without lube for the time being.

 

[michaelfivez]

Just lube it and use it... 100 solves/day and your V5 will break in about 1 week more or less

Lol even at wr speed that will take you 2,5-3 hours a day, nevermind a beginner

 

[speedex]

Lol even at wr speed that will take you 2,5-3 hours a day, nevermind a beginner

please mind that new vcube turns really bad,it will take 5 hours(or even more) for me to solve and scramble new vcube 100 times lol

 

[ralphie6]

I did the corner mod for only the red corners and it turns a lot better than the orange side and it doesn't click so much anymore. I'm going to do the whole corner mod and just do many solves with it,
thx