X-Cube 4 is Mass Producing Very Soon

[Tim Major]

Definitely mixed reviews so far. Not good.
and I thought the dayan was a pain to assemble completely, this cube seems like a nightmare.

DaYan is easy, people complaining about assembling aren't complaining about the cube's features. I expect to have some trouble assembling myself, but I doubt it's as hard as Ryan is making it out to be >___<

 

[daniel0731ex]

@ Eric

when I say "tightening" I don't mean screwing it all the way to the bottom. Exactly how much did you tighten it?

And I assume that you have lubricated the center piece, right?

 

[RyanReese09]

DaYan is easy, people complaining about assembling aren't complaining about the cube's features. I expect to have some trouble assembling myself, but I doubt it's as hard as Ryan is making it out to be >___<

As I said earlier, my fail is due to me never having assembled before, especially any DIY. Plus I only said the cross were hard, everything else was like assembling a vcube5 (I've done that)

If you have assembled a maru before you should be good. I stopped making it out to be hard a while ago <_<

Others are having problems too, not just us.

 

[EricReese]

I did not superduperZOMGwtfbbq tighten it. It just made it worse as I tightened it. I can't remember exactly wheether or not I did. I know I didn't lube the cross or the core. I THINK I sprayed the rest of the pieces though. Definately not the cross or the core though. I think I explained this in a previous post

 

[JaceKplonowski]

Ok i finally got my xcube to be almost perfect. but it was quite the task.
First i tightened it with a help from a friend, made sure its equal on all sides like in the video, and adjusted so turning was as fast as i wanted. then i took apart 1 layer at a time, and put silicon gel in between all the contacting pieces of the core, and the little hooks on centers, edges.. etc. finally i just turned the mid layers to break it in. Now its amazing, has no limitations 4x4 usually do like inability to cut corners (1 cubie). definitely worth the money

edit: assembly is super easy with tape to form the cross, and hold centers in place for edge placement. takes about 12 mins for me to fully assemble

 

[izovire]

Took me quite some time to assemble it... I had a difficult time due to the fact that I lubix'd it as I was assembling... so it was SLICK. After I got it finished I tightened it as far as I could. Then I slowly loosened each screw to find the preferred tension. now it's sexy!!! Way better than Maru and Dayan in my opinion. Of course it still pops, but it's bound to happen. I will now break it in and see what happens next.

 

[RyanReese09]

Took me quite some time to assemble it... I had a difficult time due to the fact that I lubix'd it as I was assembling... so it was SLICK. After I got it finished I tightened it as far as I could. Then I slowly loosened each screw to find the preferred tension. now it's sexy!!! Way better than Maru and Dayan in my opinion. Of course it still pops, but it's bound to happen. I will now break it in and see what happens next.

The pops I've had are quite nasty, I had almost hte entire top layer come pop last night as I started a solve. Other then that it's just minor internal pops. Mines getting pretty good now that I've broken it in somewhat. Done ~100 solves + some random turning. So sexy, my average has dropped 11 seconds so far and my PB single 5 seconds, and I've only had xb27s xcube assembled/in good condition for 2 days now!

 

[oprah62]

Timed assembly(core is set, just pieces) = 6 mins 57 secs

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Sorry, but what the hell is up with THIS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCRbhDQ5Hos#t=01m16s

 

[RyanReese09]

Ahah that was funny. That was an xcube I gave waffo as I stopped by his house on Friday, lol'd at the final pop.

 

[EricReese]

hahahahah Waffo

 

[da25centz]

Sorry, but what the hell is up with THIS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCRbhDQ5Hos#t=01m16s

super loose cube + really hard turning = lolsplosions

 

[xb27]

Sorry, but what the hell is up with THIS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCRbhDQ5Hos#t=01m16s

I think the most probable problem is that he forgot to do the spring compress work.
Without that he'll have to unscrew very much to get the tension he like, which makes it pop like crazy.
If it's that proplem, then just assemble it again with the spring compress work will solve the problem.
Remember to compress it several times to make sure it won't get any shorter. Often compress to the shortest length for 5~10 times per each spring.
After this, it will get much better.

 

[Vinny]

When are you going to be mass producing the cube for us to order individually?

 

[xb27]

My exam is over and I already made some video of it.
I'll post it very soon.

 

[deepSubDiver]

Mine is really stiff and locks up a lot on the inner and wide layers. Reassembling and inspecting the inner pieces didn't reveal any misalignment or popped piece. Any ideas?

 

[Zarxrax]

Mine is really stiff and locks up a lot on the inner and wide layers. Reassembling and inspecting the inner pieces didn't reveal any misalignment or popped piece. Any ideas?

Did you spend a lot of time breaking it in yet? The inner layers really suck at first, but they get better.

 

[Cool Frog]

Definitely mixed reviews so far. Not good.
and I thought the dayan was a pain to assemble completely, this cube seems like a nightmare.

The Guhong had very mixed reviews when it came out.

 

[xb27]

Here's new assembly vid of it:

 

[xb27]

Mine is really stiff and locks up a lot on the inner and wide layers. Reassembling and inspecting the inner pieces didn't reveal any misalignment or popped piece. Any ideas?

Did you cut off the bumps(redundant plastic) on it?
Else it will be like that.
If you already done that clearly. Then maybe you should play it more to break into it.
Maybe you can post a Vid of it here to let me see it.