MoYu TangLong Review

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So this is the newest cube to come out from MoYu and it is looking a lot like many of the other newer cubes.  You have the square corners and the curved edges and centers.  Many people are comparing this to a Gans 356 for good reason but I feel it is more appropriate to compare it to the Congs Design MeiYing.  Yes this has caps like the Gans but the MeiYing is around the same price and produced in the same factory.  To get the basics out of the way, yes this can cut well in both directions like the MeiYing it is near impossible to corner twist and hard to pop, although not as much as other cubes on the market.  Out of the box it was dry and scratchy.  After setting up and lubing the pieces it became very smooth.  

The edges are very similar to the MeiYing.  There is the torpedo to prevent popping and the track to lessen the amount of friction on the pieces.  The corners are very basic but hold one major difference between it and the MeiYing.  While the MeiYing is open and hollow the caps on the TangLong keep it feeling more like one solid piece.  It is still a very hollow feeling cube compared to that of the 356 or older cubes like the WeiLong.  

The smaller 56mm size feels nice and the pieces are a bit more rounded.  Is it a perfect cube, no.  I tend to get small catches but nothing that cause solve ruining lock-ups.  

Many people who liked the MeiYing just wished for corners that were not hollow.  Here is your answer.  If you have a MeiYing already than you probably won't find this to be any better or worse, but just slightly different feeling.  If I really had to break it down in comparison between cube I would say it has the controllability of the YueYing with the speed of the MeiYing.  This sits in between making it a decent choice for someone that wants a fast cube but one that is a bit easier to control.  For someone that has never tried a MeiYing of a Gans 356 before this will feel like a game changing cube, but if you have tried those before and like them this might not seem like any big step forward.