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Out of the box, this cube is very tight and dry/sandy and locks up a lot. Best setup I've found is to pop the center caps and loosen all 6 sides by 3.5 turns. Then compare the tensions on all faces to make sure they are even. Usually I will find one or two sides that need another 0.5 turn looser to match the others.
Then add two drops of Lunar to the top and bottom of each slice, one on the inner plastic part ball and one on the inner edge piece. This will put 4 drops on the yellow/white slice, 4 on the blue/green slice, and 4 on the orange/red for 12 total.
After each slice, rotate the L and R a few dozen times to distribute the lube.
There isn't much spring noise at these tensions, but on my first couple (white and blastic stickered) i also added 20W to the springs, but with the stickerless i don't think that is necessary.
Although I love how the cube feels with stardust lube, it is hard to get stardust to stay where i want it, and it seems to go away a lot faster than lunar. Martian is a little bit slower but still feels really good. Comet starts feeling too heavy/resistant to finger flicks for me. Galaxy, then nebula, then cosmos feel increasingly heavy/gummy and doesn't work for how i like this cube set up.
I've provided another review, but i wanted to pass along how this cube becomes an excellent $5 cube with very little setup. Head to head it isnt a flagship cube, but dollar for dollar it definitely has a place in my travel bag, and I'm not worried to let a novice or young 'un play with it/drop it.
This is a bargain cube, and in this case you get way more than you pay for. Although it doesn't compare to some of our other favorite cubes, it isn't necessarily intended to compete with them. Out of the box, it is a little sticky. Loosening it a bit even without lube is pretty quick even dry, with a somewhat scratchy feel. For a cheap little cube, this thing is amazing. After about 100 solves, I disassembled it and lubed it with Nebula to give it a gummy feel. II've recently purchased several.
Although this cube would definitely be faster with Martian or Lunar lube, the Nebula feels much better for what I'm using it for. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a very nice cube that they don't mind someone else with limited experience handling.
This cube feels great for how old it is. It’s quite stable and smooth, and after lubricating it with lunar, it has a nice fast and controllable feel. I think this would be great for mods or non-cubers to learn how to solve one.
very good trvel rubiks cube.
ive bought 3 of them and two of them have slowed down considerably, one of them is near unuseable condition after using silicone lube?(lunar and martian) i cleaned it out 10 times and is still sluggish like no tommorow? i learned my lesson and only used stardust on the other and its gotten a bit slower over time but not remotely to the degree the other did? im guessing the plastic the cube is made out of does not like silicone lube it binds to the plastic and you cant clean it out leaving a super super gummy slow feel to the point it takes serious effort to turn? its very fast out of the box and if it stayed like that it would be a easy 5 stars no doubt, for the price its fine all and all though as long as you baby it with the lube and clean it right
