Can the $43 GAN 356 Maglev Compete With the Top Cubes?

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Music:

0:00 Intro
0:28 356 RS2 Unboxing
2:55 356 Maglev UV Unboxing
3:33 Mechanism
3:50 Initial solves
5:13 Setting up the 356 Maglev
6:40 Corner Cutting
7:13 Jesse Tries the 356 Maglev
9:40 Recommendations

[ChillGuy]

GAN: $17 for a cube with no magnets.

Moyu: $17 for a cube with maglev, core magnets and UV coating.

[curiousNic]

This video might be saving countless father-son/father-daughter relationships. And I personally prefer cubes that don't betray me.

[thesphyrth]

MoYu: I've finally surpassed Gan's overpricing!

Gan: Hold my magnets. You can keep 'em. I don't need them.

[ImagineNotCubing]

What you said about cubes feeling really good when just spamming but when you do solves they make you mess up a lot is so true

[J_M_D_]

Thank you for the honest review...you really saved my nephew from his tantrums forcing me to buy this GAN 356 Maglev and after showing this video to him, his mind, body & soul is at peace now 😂 😂 😂

[lllzooklll]

Don't apologise for a negative review. If multiple cube manufacturers are trying to maximise profit while going through an identity crisis (and producing below par/overpriced cubes) then the review is warranted. The day you only make positive reviews is the day I stop trusting your opinion, so keep at it 👍

[malenky]

I have the Gan 356 maglev. With a decent lube setup, but not too much, and on settings 2 and 5, the cube actually feels amazing. Corner cutting is also great. The auto alignment starts around the same place as a 12 or a 14 but the pull itself is not as strong, so it feels a lot calmer and more controllable. Honestly I think this is a massive sleeper cube and if people gave it a chance they would really love it.

[umarmohd]

i kinda actually like my 356 Maglev, and while it is my first actual speed cibe upgrading from the i Carry, I've compared it to my friends 12 and V9 I've found to actually like the auto udjustment especially with the M slice ironically. I feel like my M slice EPLLs just go faster than my mind can think with this cube. Maybe I'm not used to not having enough control but overshooting isn't a problem, but that's coming from someone who only acverages 15 (my times have decreased solely because of the M slice and S slices I use for some ZBLS/ZBLL). Massive sleeper. I liked my purchase but again I have some specific tastes and turning styles.

As for other reports on the 356 Maglev, I've only heard good aside from this video: potentially being even better than the 14, Cubehead's review along with other GAN-affiliated propaganda (Tymon can avg 5 on everything). I do think that this could be flagship level especially if it did a better job than the 14 despite having 36 vs 1k+ combinations. Also I don't think magnet adjustment matters thaaaat much because according to everyone it doesn't make much of a difference at higher than 2 tps. SO buy it or don't, but do a little more research outside of this compilation of tihs cube slipping out of these guys's hands before completely throwing this one off the table.

For my current setup I'm using 2-6 (I do agree with their point that only half of the travel distance settings are useful but nothing a little lube can't fix) with lunar/nebula and I might try 2-5 or 1-5 soon

[Ashterix_Nocturnal]

This is why i like MoYu.
MoYu gives you their flagship without jacking up the price so much.

[rubii]

I bought the gan 11 m pro for €24 with a black friday deal somehow lol

[ShannonHartman-xdgr]

by the way i love your content and the best cubes of 2023 really helped

[adriansibila]

I bought the 356M and it overturning like crazy. I also didn’t get the UV Version and the frosted plastic doesn’t have any grip. My times were really bad compared to my standards. I can’t recommend it at all. Rs3m V5 is so much better and it’s even cheaper.

[aydenmuster]

I bought the 356 maglev and it tops most cubes but not the recent moyus.

[ctesvnnn]

but still not having any issues in my gan356 maglev. It performs very well ❤.

[Oryndi-BS]

I just bought the maglev and lots of other people say that it is amazing

[TheCubingGrandmaster]

The 356 Maglev is worth it. The GAN 14 with less settings which results cheaper.

[crookmcstealie]

I bought an rs and magnetized it myself. I prefer it magnetized to my rs3m 2020 and my rs3m v5. I must say though it was a real pain in the neck to magnetize, they aren't the easy to take apart cubies, they are the tiny tab type, and on top of it all I got a drop of glue on a blue piece and it's ugly where I scraped it off. Feel wise though it's pretty great. Without magnets it was basically garbage.

[mute_ed]

I wonder if this review turned out the same way a few years earlier when Magnets in Cubes weren’t that common.
Turning style has changed and that’s why going back feels so awkward.

[rabiaonlineclothingstore]

Gan 15 idea. Lets make the WHOLE cube made of magnet

[RJ-wvko]

I don’t know but I feel like people shouldn’t be making their decision after watching this video. Even when I was about to get my 356 maglev, I saw this video and due to which when I did my first turns, it was disappointing. I kept that cube aside for like a week or two. But then I thought of giving it a chance. Center piece travel on 1 and tension on 6 made it much better (and of course lubes) and right now I’m maining my 356 maglev. This cube has potential and gan cube at this price point is worth it. I’ve seen a lot of speedcubers switch to gan 356 maglev. My opinion is people should give it a try.