CubeStyle Carbon Fiber Penrose 3x3

Gift

Hello, I ordered this as a Christmas gift so there's not much to say except the ordering online was easy and it arrived on time.

a nice set of challenges

This is good value for the price. It turns quite well for how inexpensive it is. (There's some occasional spring noise.) The carbon fiber pattern makes it possible to distinguish the otherwise identical pieces (triplets of two-colored edge pieces), but basically turns it into a supercube if you want to align the carbon fiber pattern. It's a toss-up whether that makes it harder or easier to solve. Yes, the stickers aren't perfectly centered on mine. If you like, you can take that as an additional solving challenge, because otherwise indistinguishable 180 degree rotations are sometimes distinguishable. (The stickers in a row of pieces are generally aligned with each other, even if the row isn't centered.)

Have Faith!

I had read another review before buying that said this cube took some time to break in but felt great after. I was not convinced when I started using it as it was VERY stiff and clunky, but it broke in substantially more than other cubes I've used and really does have a very smooth, dry feeling to it now. Cornering isn't fantastic, and due to the nature of a cube with only 3 colors it occasionally won't solve due to two of the identical pieces being in each others' spaces, but it is a very good cube for the money and a wicked cool addition to my (rapidly growing) shelf!