Anything I should look for in a "quality" or are they all the same?
Kickstarter: Fidget Cube. For people who can't keep their hands still.
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TimeEffect
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Is yours from china? I worry it may get lost in shipping as I read some people whove been waiting for like 3 months
I could buy from ebay from usa, but its an extra $10 (Im in canada)
I'm really not sure, my seller stopped selling them soon after so I unfortunately can't give you the listing of the exact one I got.
Yes, from China. For what it's worth, I've ordered tons of things from China from eBay and I haven't had one issue with any. Granted I'm in the US so I can't speak to Canada's customs etc. Typically takes about 2-3 weeks for delivery for most Chinese parcels.
AngmarsKing701
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I'm 57,761 so I guess I still have a little while to wait for this. Got two, one for each of my kids. I had been hoping they'd be Christmas presents, but at this point I'm going to wager they've forgotten all about being interested in these.
I haven't tried it, but tbh I wouldn't recommend it. They took long enough to start shipping and I get the feeling they are still rather overwhelmed. If you tried to switch colors it could take you a month or longer IMO.
I'm backer #22,000 or so and haven't received anything yet. Should I be worried?
Ordered mine from Amazon, it shipped from China so it took a few weeks to get here. Was cheap. So far it is decent, not sure how long it will last before something breaks (the joystick is the part that feels like it would go first).
https://www.aliexpress.com/premium/fidget-cube.html?ltype=wholesale&d=y&origin=y&isViewCP=y&catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20170201085144&SearchText=fidget+cube&blanktest=0
I don't remember which seller I used but it took about 3 weeks from order date to get it (East Coast US). Just stick to the high rated sellers and I think you'll be alright.
If you want to bulk buy alibaba's main site sells them in orders of 50 or 100+ at discounts.
SecretMoblin
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A friend got 5 after I showed him the KS and he gave me one (the "retro" one with red/gray/black).
It does feel kind of "cheap" and plastic-y, for sure. I guess the only gripe is that the joystick/nub feels kind of awkward, like it's not centered properly or something. There seems to be more give in one direction than the others and there isn't a very large range of movement.
I also wish the switch provided more resistance like a light switch, but I guess it's fine for just going back and forth. The click buttons feel great, the gears and rolling/clicking ball feel good, and the spinning dial is whatever.
I hope similar products make their way to the market soon. I'd be down for a larger or more "premium" product.
It does feel kind of "cheap" and plastic-y, for sure. I guess the only gripe is that the joystick/nub feels kind of awkward, like it's not centered properly or something. There seems to be more give in one direction than the others and there isn't a very large range of movement.
I also wish the switch provided more resistance like a light switch, but I guess it's fine for just going back and forth. The click buttons feel great, the gears and rolling/clicking ball feel good, and the spinning dial is whatever.
I hope similar products make their way to the market soon. I'd be down for a larger or more "premium" product.
Yeah... I've got a clone on the way. Super disappointed to hear about the quality concerns.
For $25 I was hoping for a premium product.
TimeEffect
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Wow, lots of ratings on this site.
I think Ill do it from here instead of eBay or amazon.
Are they all the same knock off though?
Some go for $5.00, others go for $10. Is it reasonable to assume they are both the same thing?
There are different quality knockoffs out there and its kinda a crapshoot on picking a good one.
Back in the beginning of December I got several from this listing than were the best quality ones I've gotten so far and I like them better than the real one honestly.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Pre...32758758703.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.a5NrwH
I paid $8 a piece back then though and they've sold thousands so I don't think anyone can say if its still the same one or if they are selling a different clone at this point.
TimeEffect
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May as well bite. Ill buy 2 or 3 and hope for the best.
In the pics, the joy stick look HORRIBLY off place though. But u get what u pay for I guess
Edit: dammit they dont take PayPal. Ill have to find something else. Thanks though
In the pics, the joy stick look HORRIBLY off place though. But u get what u pay for I guess
Edit: dammit they dont take PayPal. Ill have to find something else. Thanks though
TimeEffect
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0d83pl7ZM8
So that vid compares a low quality cube to a high quality one. But both are fakes.
I didn't know fake versions has the depressed ball and silent buttons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3WUjQMS-mY
This one is like $23 but seems pretty great, and ships fast
So that vid compares a low quality cube to a high quality one. But both are fakes.
I didn't know fake versions has the depressed ball and silent buttons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3WUjQMS-mY
This one is like $23 but seems pretty great, and ships fast
I got the left one from that video for 6$ a pop. Feels super solid with a great almost rubberized texture.
I can PM you the seller if you want.
echoshifting
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I got mine today. It does feel a little cheap I'm afraid :/
Many of its components are also just too loud. I am going to look for something that feels a little more solid and has more silent elements.
Many of its components are also just too loud. I am going to look for something that feels a little more solid and has more silent elements.
TimeEffect
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Edit: Sorry, I believe I found it http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Fidget-Cube-...ss-Relief-ADHD-SELECT-YOUR-COLOR/302187312639
That's around $27.00 and ships within 20 days. Is there any option in the US equivalent to this fidget cube? Hopefully I can find it for a bit cheaper or faster. And how is the quality??
I mean, you've had it for a while, so has it survived?
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Yes please-- does it have the silent buttons and clickable ball? And how is the joystick?
From what I gather, the best knockoffs imitate the real thing perfectly, but cost around $20, if Im not mistaken. Ill take that over the $10 version for myself. If the $6 version actually performs as well as the video, then that's one hell of a quality product for $6. I cant believe the real one is so expensive if cheaper ones are seriously competing.
Im trying to find a seller that:
-ships cheap to canada
-hopefully fast
-accepts paypal, or VISA (but accepts CAD payment)
The earlier link for the Chinese ebay site would have probably been fine, but they dont accept PayPal
It's really confusing... some sell for $6. Some for $20. Some have the clickable ball, good joystick, and silent buttons. Others dont.
Some sell from US, some sell from China. It's all very confusing and I dont want to buy the wrong version.
Edit: Sorry, I believe I found it http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Fidget-Cube-...ss-Relief-ADHD-SELECT-YOUR-COLOR/302187312639
That's around $27.00 and ships within 20 days. Is there any option in the US equivalent to this fidget cube? Hopefully I can find it for a bit cheaper or faster. And how is the quality??
I mean, you've had it for a while, so has it survived?
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Yes please-- does it have the silent buttons and clickable ball? And how is the joystick?
From what I gather, the best knockoffs imitate the real thing perfectly, but cost around $20, if Im not mistaken. Ill take that over the $10 version for myself. If the $6 version actually performs as well as the video, then that's one hell of a quality product for $6. I cant believe the real one is so expensive if cheaper ones are seriously competing.
Im trying to find a seller that:
-ships cheap to canada
-hopefully fast
-accepts paypal, or VISA (but accepts CAD payment)
The earlier link for the Chinese ebay site would have probably been fine, but they dont accept PayPal
It's really confusing... some sell for $6. Some for $20. Some have the clickable ball, good joystick, and silent buttons. Others dont.
Some sell from US, some sell from China. It's all very confusing and I dont want to buy the wrong version.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/172400874296
These are the ones I got and they were the good quality ones. Every piece identical to the original.
7 bucks a piece, PayPal supported, Ships for free worldwide.
You just are going to have to wait a bit until they arrive.
I bought two and they took a few weeks to arrive here in the Netherlands, but they've held up beautifully. No wear, no weird issues.
TimeEffect
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Wow that is shocking. Are you seriously telling me its the same from the vid with the click ball and silent buttons? Amazing.
So then what are the $20 versions like? Are they just better quality, or just marked up?
And what about the official ones? Are they seriously equal?
My only complaint is my colour choice isn't available, but $7 is too good to pass.
The wait will suck, but I may as well jump on now since there is no better option
Thanks a lot by the way
Edit: oh yeah, I didn't buy from this link because there were some negative feedback about people not getting their product. I want to get the $30 one from the UK seller I posted in the video, but that seems stupidly expensive if its the same exact one
Edit 2: I am also seeing "This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available." at the top of the link you provided, despite there being a listing when I scroll down...
I posted some pictures earlier in the thread:
Rubbery buttons with two silent ones, clickable ball, great almost rubber-like finish, switch clicks reliably.
Just order a few and forget about them for a while. Your wallet surely thanks you in advance.
Edit: I didn't know about the negative feedback. Could be that people are just still waiting for the damn things to arrive.
Honest to god, I forgot I had them coming in myself.
Oh yeah, and the seller is not taking new orders until February sixth.
TimeEffect
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Thanks Hoo-do. Just to reiterate, the link says "This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available." but I am looking at a listing with 12K available and 2.9K sold. So presumably, I shouldnt worry.
I see that faster shipping is available for just $5, and I think Ill do that and hope for the best. If the quality is as good as you say, Ill buy 2.
Are you in immediate need of a fidgeting device? For 5$ shipping why not just wait the two-three weeks.
Oh and it says over here the store is not taking new orders until February sixth. So you might want to wait for that.
I'm not sure. I paid $10 for mine and the quality is great. Has solid weight to it, all the buttons are quality. Been using it for a solid month now with no problems.
https://imgur.com/a/tDFdf for a couple pictures of mine
TimeEffect
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Thanks, unfortunately the site doesn't take PayPal, so I have to use eBay. I notice your joystick seems very high, while others seem disc-like. Im under the impression the disc-like version is the one more closely resembling the real one
Yeah, I saw that, thanks. Without paying for shipping, the wait time sees to be 12-41 days, which is too huge a range.
With $5 shipping, it becomes 8-20. I dont want an error at the end of 30-40 days to have to do the process again.
Im hoping 4A is the blue/grayish one
Its markup and its the price the market has shown consumers are willing to spent, the crappiest knockoffs, the good ones and the original likely all have manufacturing costs similar to each other.
For now the market has shown people are willing to shell out $20 so that's why many are priced at $20.
Resellers are making bank on these.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/a-24-year-old-made-345000-by-beating-kickstarters-to-market.html
Nazgul_Hunter
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I'm so pissed. USPS says it was delivered but it's nowhere to be found. So annoying after such a long delay.
PeakPointMatrix
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Wait the left one feels rubberized and good? That's the one the reviewer said felt cheap. Shit. Well, I put in an order for the right one to compare to the official one. I really want one that has a rubberized grip.
TimeEffect
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No, the left one was the high quality one. The right one (black and white) was the cheap one
Kinda how I feel after messing around with mine for a day after getting it. Overall I think the concept was better than the final product.
Also, the face with the worry stone indent thing seems useless? I thought that side would have some give to it or something, but its just a thumb shaped indention.
So many different fakes. That video has the same box I got ordering from Amazon (did the $11 MGK seller listed in the description for Prime shipping and possibly better quality) after seeing this thread a few days ago, but even it has a slightly different looking wheel on it so I don't know.
Amazon one has the rubber buttons with two silent, clickable ball, rubberized textured... generally seems like decent quality. Criticisms would be the analog stick isn't smooth (plus the plastic top spins freely) and none of the gears have any resistance. I'm fine with it, decent gadget/toy to try out on a whim. No idea if I'll actually end up using it much but no regrets on giving it a shot.
Stone is they key word there! If you haven't heard of them before worry stones are small smooth stones with thumb shaped indents that are supposed to be relaxing to rub and have been around for a long time. Might be useless but it's accurate to the name anyway.
I seriously thought the worry stone side was pretty useless until I started using it on my more textured knock-off. Now it's one of my favorite things on the cube. That bit on the official one is kind of whack though.
PaulExcellent
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Been using my bootleg one on my bus rides to the secondary campus. Works well. I'll try to get one of the new bootlegs with texture and silent buttons for class, tho.
I also gave away the Kickstarter order to a friend. It's seriously a really good gift and he's been using it non-stop for the past two days.
I also gave away the Kickstarter order to a friend. It's seriously a really good gift and he's been using it non-stop for the past two days.
Daniel Jackson
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Finally received shipment notification today (a kickstarter one), should take a few days. Can't wait!
EroticSushi
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Received my Gamer edition today. Not a fan of how loud some of the buttons are.
Any recommendations for one of the bootlegs? Would like to have grab a second one to see if it's more quiet.
Any recommendations for one of the bootlegs? Would like to have grab a second one to see if it's more quiet.
TimeEffect
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I literally JUST ordered from this buyer, at the recommendation of a Gaffer
http://www.ebay.com/itm/172400874296
Note that the listing is over, but click on the seller's username to find his store, and you can see he sells it in another listing.
I made sure to look for the word "High quality" in the description, as I suspect the really cheap bootlegs (no clicking ball or silent buttons) are not marked as such, while the higher quality bootlegs are marked as higher quality.
Im hoping mine doesn't get lost in the mail since I dont have a tracking address :/
TimeEffect
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKWrBe3_7cs&t=404s
Another vid comparing low quality vs high quality fakes.
Seems the good quality ones come in a 2-piece box while the low quality one comes in a one-piece.
Edit: Screw it, bought the $20 version from the link in the video too because its on sale.
So, $30 for two cubes. Im a little anxious about the Chinese purchase because of the distance and no tracking info, but I should get the one from the US much earlier.
Another vid comparing low quality vs high quality fakes.
Seems the good quality ones come in a 2-piece box while the low quality one comes in a one-piece.
Edit: Screw it, bought the $20 version from the link in the video too because its on sale.
So, $30 for two cubes. Im a little anxious about the Chinese purchase because of the distance and no tracking info, but I should get the one from the US much earlier.
broncobuster
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I guess I got lucky getting a decent fake one for around $7. Usual difference from the official is the smooth spinner and more of an analog stick rather than a PSP/3DS slider, which is nice because it can be pulled up with a springy snap back.
TimeEffect
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Yeah it seems as if the good quality fakes are clear to tell and some people just dont do the research
On ebay look for the word "high quality"
Hoo-do's seller seems like the cheapest "good quality" option
I decided to buy a $30 version because the dark gray color is too sexy
Im guessing the white ones will yellow in time right? Id get one of those but it seems it will yellow like all whites
On ebay look for the word "high quality"
Hoo-do's seller seems like the cheapest "good quality" option
I decided to buy a $30 version because the dark gray color is too sexy
Im guessing the white ones will yellow in time right? Id get one of those but it seems it will yellow like all whites
Had forgotten I had ordered a third knock off to tear apart and it showed up yesterday.
Curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back but its not bringing back my third gear cause that thing went flying when I pried it open.
The ball bearing isn't clickable like the real one is but the joystick is which I actually enjoy a lot more.
And the switch is so firm and crisp to use compared to the mushy switch on the real one.
No play or rocking in the 5 buttons or the ball bearing on the clone while my real one does.
Honestly if I didn't know anything about fidget cubes and was handed this clone and a real one I'd think the clone was the original and the real one a knock off.
The knock offs rushed onto the market months earlier than the real thing feel higher quality.
I think this is a first for me where the real thing has been relegated to a shelf and I'm carrying around a clone in my pocket instead.
Curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back but its not bringing back my third gear cause that thing went flying when I pried it open.
Its the non-slippery plastic and to me it is so much more fidgetable than the real thing even without that missing gear.
The ball bearing isn't clickable like the real one is but the joystick is which I actually enjoy a lot more.
And the switch is so firm and crisp to use compared to the mushy switch on the real one.
No play or rocking in the 5 buttons or the ball bearing on the clone while my real one does.
Honestly if I didn't know anything about fidget cubes and was handed this clone and a real one I'd think the clone was the original and the real one a knock off.
The knock offs rushed onto the market months earlier than the real thing feel higher quality.
I think this is a first for me where the real thing has been relegated to a shelf and I'm carrying around a clone in my pocket instead.
TimeEffect
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^ Interesting! Where'd you get it??
Because last I checked, the ones without the depressible steel ball/silent buttons were poor quality fakes.
These are the same ones with analog stick that presses down.
I recall the switch being quite poor, yet you're telling me its all better than the original?
Because last I checked, the ones without the depressible steel ball/silent buttons were poor quality fakes.
These are the same ones with analog stick that presses down.
I recall the switch being quite poor, yet you're telling me its all better than the original?
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
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Also interested in the source for the knock off. I've got a KS one on the way... I have no idea when. I find all of this annoying since Antsy insisted that theirs was a cut above the knockoffs when reception towards the real McCoy has been polarizing at best.
After watching the Fidget Cube video Jim Sterling just put out I was like "why didn't I back this", and went to their website and saw why, $19 of shipping?! So I just ordered a knockoff one, I'm still going to buy the real deal once it gets more spread and doesn't have such stupid shipping price.
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