Hey guys, its me CriticalCubing and today I am going to compare the Thunderclap v2 to the Weilong GTS, which is the main of many cubers.
As this is a no nonsense comparison, I won't be rating the cube like 20/20, 5/7 etc. These rating are highly biased and not representative of the actual performance at all.
Also, I won't be going too much into the basics and will mainly talk about the feel, performance and those kind of things.
Lastly, things I will talk here will be mainly kind of like a summary, so do watch reviews on them before buying.
The thunderclap v2 is the latest cube by MoFangGe Qiyi and is the bonafide successor to the previous Thunderclap
Weilong GTS on the other hand is the successor to the previous Weilong cube, which Feliks used to set the WR with
Both the cubes are 56mm cubes and the weilong GTS is a medium weighted 3x3 whereas Thunderclap v2 can be considered light weighted 3x3
As far as feel of the cubes go, the Weilong GTS has this scratchy kind of turning and isn't much smooth. The Thunderclap on the other hand screams smoothness. It also has this clicky feel to it too.
In this feel category, the GTS wins it for me because I absolutely adore the scratchy feel and in past, I mainly used Fangshi cubes, just because I like the feel so much
You can make the GTS smoother with thicker lubes like Traxxas if you don't like the scratchyness
Now the turning. The turning of the Thunderclap is light, smooth and fast. GTS is fast, loud and scratchy. The thing they both have in common is that they are both fast cubes.
But, in this turning category, the Thunderclap wins it for me. Although I like the feel of the GTS, I can control the Thunderclap much better than GTS and hence in situations when I turn fast, I don't lose control of the cube
You can control the speed with heavier lubes if its too fast for you.
Next is the corner cutting. Corner cutting of these cubes are nearly identical and in my review video, I had mentioned that the corner cutting of Thunderclap is on par with the GTS
Both of these cubes can cut most angles with ease and don't lockup like crazy. This segment is a tie as both of them are on par with each other and while solving, I don't feel a difference between them, as far as corner cutting is concerned.
Stability. When deciding on a main, the main factors I take into consideration is the stability, turning and the feel, with feel being in the minority. I can get used to the feel, but I can't get used to the others.
Weilong GTS can be unstable for me, and the Thunderclap is more stable. As far as stability goes, Thunderclap wins it. Now I will go over some minor factors.
M slices are actually better on the GTS, so when using Roux, I use the GTS. Thunderclap v2 also takes significantly more time and breaking in to be good and out of the box GTS surpasses the out of the box Thunderclap with ease. I had to do tons of solves to make TC good.
and in general, most people will rather use something else than go through that.
GTS also works good without lube. If you remember Fangshi cubes, they performed the best when dry and GTS is the same. I haven't lubed mine in over a month and it still gets me good times. Thunderclap on the other hand requires lube every 2-3 weeks
Now the flaws. The major of the GTS is that it can be flexy and unstable. Before you hate me for this, there are ways to counter this
Also, depending on your turning style, it can be something major or minor. Major flaws of the Thunderclap is the lockups for me, which I get during the last layer when I am turning fast.
However, after lubing with Traxxas and setting tensions to tight. lockups have minimized. It still lockups from time to time. Corner twisting on the v2 can also be a problem, as this can corner twist easily on loose tensions, unlike the GTS
Thunderclap had also popped on me initially. Pops have never occured to me on the GTS
As far as corner cutting and popping goes, GTS sweeps the Thunderclap over as GTS handles these things better.
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