What is the best lubricant? [poll]

[ThomasJE]

Lubix is nice but has anyone tried "Natural lube" i dont know what else to call it, how would it work, any predictions from the smart people on this forum

Cube dust?

 

[Godmil]

Cube dust?

Lets hope beyond hope that that's what he was meaning.

 

[Borislav]

I'm using a silicon lubricant for RC cars differentials. It's perfect for puzzles. 60K for cores, springs and screws and 30K for cubes. With it my puzzles are insanely fast.

 

[apoplectic]

I use CRC silicone lube. Its cheap, and easily available. Also if you spray a thin layer over your cubies and let it dry before reassymbling it, it lasts quite a while.

 

[YouCube4x4]

DEFINITELY LUBIX!

 

[Kyooberist]

Polish. Lots in my bathroom cupboard, Cheap, Can sometimes slow cube down. After effect: Your cube smells nice.

 

[ducttapecuber]

A mixture of lubix and traxxas 50k is awesome!

 

[applemobile]

Z-lube makes my cubes feel like they are made of wood.

 

[PeelingStickers]

vaseline, fantastic lube: Helped my stickers peel and curl up to dust, what better feeling does your fingers want?

And damn, it made my core explode, now I can finally go out and get a better cube!

 

[tengurocks]

thecubicles lube is good to

 

[Isaac Paurus]

I'm not saying super gummy, but it gives it that slowerish feel. Don't know how else to explain it.

not to be noobish, but what does "gummy" mean? can you describe it please?

 

[greenblob1818]

Dammit. I use a mixture of 30K and 50K Traxxas with Maru and Z-Lube mixed in after the 30 and 50 are mixed and in the cube. Which one do I vote for?

 

[elrog]

Best lubicant - None

Cost - Nothing

Avaliability - Always

Lifetime - Until your Rubiks cube degrades into plastic dust over centuries

Effects - Absolutely nothing!

LOL. This was a joke that it is the best, but I don't use lube because I don't want to pay for it. I've tried it before, and I'd rather save my money because I'm not big on speed.

In responce to the above, you should add hybrid lube as an option.

 

[brian724080]

Lubix definitely, next comes Maru, but it lasts about one cubing session...

 

[Florian]

Base Lube: REELY Differential Oil 10k, 30k and 50k. (A mix of them)
Performance Lube: Z-Lube

 

[CubezUBR]

wd40-vaseline combo. imagine a range rover driving over slimy planks of wood. its dreamy.
jokes aside, i use puzl lube with maru mixed together. its good
but when i was a noob and i first got my zhanchi i put a slimy but medium viscosity hair gel (from when i was cool) in like you would vaseline, it was very fast and smooth and i atually prefer it, i lost the cube in a horrible accident and havent tried it since.

 

[Cubit]

not to be noobish, but what does "gummy" mean? can you describe it please?

What exactly does gummy mean?

 

[CubeSurfer]

I use team associated shock lube. It's another RC car company. I have it left over from when I was upgrading the shocks on my nitro RC car.

 

[larosh12]

I use "PERFECTS GUN OIL " . It makes my Zhanchi a little bit gummy that I love for OH solving.

 

[windhero]

What exactly does gummy mean?

Slow, sluggish, sticky, soft, smooth, controllable. A combo of those qualities means gummy in my book atleast when talking about lubes and speedsolving.

As for what lube is the best diff oil rules all. Maru and Z-lubes are made from diff oil and lubix is diff oil.

As a product diff oil/shock oil is the best in terms of cost/availability/speed/anything else for that matter. There is no single best viscosity to use and infact the best result for each order of cubes comes from testing different mixtures of different viscosities of diff oil.