what do you think of storeboughts

[Edward]

Done with a storebought cube. But sadly, it broke a few weeks ago.

THEY BREAK TOO EFFIN' EASY!!!!

 

[maggot]

i have megahouse cube and NA cube. both really baaaaad when buy but you do nothing for lube. play with cube with bad turning long time (i gave friend this for learning) and when gave back, he have 1 month, i put CRC and is very good, but not good as my DIY. still megahouse AND NA cube have lockup. megahouse i play cube for about 2 month sometimes and then CRC. is very fast, good cutting, no good lockup, sometime lockup BAAAD for simple like T perm when doing F R2 U' get stuck really bad U' if not careful.

 

[linkmaster03]

My 6 year storebought is awesome. The pieces are crazy broken in, but the core became so springy that it started popping like crazy. I put the storebought cubies in my Type A core, and it's amazing. My main cube now.

 

[Arendil]

Yeah I love storeboughts. Though nothing beats a great DIY, storeboughts once their broken in and such are great. (And once u replace the stickers)

 

[CuBeOrDiE]

they are very nice if you can sand them. otherwise, they are horible.

 

[hyunchoi98]

Mine isn't that bad. It cuts corners half-decently and doesn't really lock up.
Then, i lubed it and now it's REALLY good.

 

[Owen]

I have yet to find a better cube than my store bought.

 

[GermanCube]

I loved one of my storeboughts really really much. It became great over the time, smooth turning, Corner Cutting etc.
I thought to post a post right here, about how underrated storeboughts are ... but ... just at that point (where it was absolutely perfect), one of the centers broke.

So yeah, they aren't that bad, but suck in a way!

 

[JL58]

I practice on a store bought every now and then to improve accuracy. I have one that is fairly smooth (after lube) but refuses to cut corners.

 

[kurtaz]

hmm. storebougth.
it can be a very-very nice cube, after 2-3 months, but it dont cut coners well.
i used it about 1,5 years, but my c is better.
btw i love it.

 

[crazymanjimbo46]

I like them especially when I lube it with vaseline.:fp

 

[Chapuunka]

I turned a storebought into a beastly cube in about 3 hours. Now it feels like a tight DIY, and can almost cut whole pieces on some sides. The only problem is its inconsistency--some sides cut better than others. My favorite cube though, considering all 4 of my other 3x3s got broken/stolen.

 

[Streakist]

My storebought is godly, but it's technically a storebought Hybrid. I took the cubies from a 3 year old cube and put them in the core of a brand new one. I also pillowed the corners which is tricky since they aren't sealed.

After comparing my old cubies to new cubies I've determined how to reproduce this godly cube. You basically need to make the entire cubie smaller, even the interior parts which I believe allows for the crazy corner cutting. You are essentially loosening the cube, of course if you over do it you can not tighten it back.

 

[antoinejobin]

One of my storebought sucks (normally). The other rules. I used it a lot. I used oil to lube it for a while, and it goes very very well. I just used both of them to make my first fused cube. I siliconed the bad one, and some of the silicon went into the good cube and now I'm regretting my mod because the good one is even better now :facepalm:

 

[SuperNerd]

Adjustable Cores?

This is a little besides the topic, but is it possible to make an adjustable 3x3 core out of a storebought like how you would make an adjustable 5x5 core? Or is it not worth it because you can just buy the Rubik's DIY for a rubik's type adjustable core.

Also, my friend has this one storebought he bought from some guy for 16 bucks. That cube has had every mod I've ever heard of done to it, along with at least a half dozen different kinds of lubricant.

 

[andyt1992]

Storeboughts can be hit and miss, i used to mine but then i discovered type C's and FII's

 

[gamemeister27]

My store bought has been my main cube for over a year, and I think it's pretty good, but I don't really have any comparison, never tried a diy. Getting an F II in the mail this week though. I used Liquid Wrench Silicone spray, which is apparently horrible for DIY's, but it helped my store bought quite a bit (even if the smell lingered for a day).

 

[eastamazonantidote]

I love the feel on broken in storeboughts. But I can't stand breaking them in. I usually sand them down to make them somewhat useable, then apply some PestVic style breaking in. It takes about a month to fully break in a storebought. And you have to keep it lubed or else it'll lock like nothing you've ever seen.