This cube is awesome. Straight out of the box the turning is super duper smooth and it has a great frosted feel to it. It is so smooth in fact, that without a lubing it can do a U5 with one flick. The shades of the colors are a little different than a normal cube, but they look really nice. It feels like a brick and I can’t even take it apart, it is a super solid cube and quite hefty as well. The instructions that come with the cube are excellent and I was able to solve the cube without watching a tutorial. It is a fun cube to solve and quickly became one of my favorites. The cube also has a weird mechanism that allows you to turn the cube when the center slice is turned 90 degrees even though the centers should get in the way. The only annoying thing about the cube is that you can’t do many normal 3x3x3 algorithms on it, however tempting it might be! I am very happy with this purchase and definitely recommend it.