I didn't have very high expectations for this puzzle. The Sengso Pillowed line up has been hit or miss in terms of performance. My Meilong NxN's perform better other than the 9x9. Sengso's 9x9 is great, the inner layers are the best I've ever felt out of the 3 9x9's I own which includes the YLM, Meilong, and the Sengso. The 3x3 layer turns great, but may lock up sometimes, but that's to be expected of big cubes. It took 3 solves to break in which surprised me, it usually takes 5-6 solves on bigger cubes from my experience. With all that said, my expectations for this puzzle were blown out of the water. To anyone who is considering a 9x9 in the $40 range, this 9x9 is it. You can't go wrong with the Meilong either, its a little smaller and performs almost as good. It was hard to decide which was better, if you like bigger cubes I'd recommend the Yuxin Little Magic 9x9, the performance is great, but its massive compared to the other 2 9x9's.

When I got the cube there was a plastic wrap around filled with something like water?🫥
The cube itselve has great turning, nice colors and super much fun to solve! Even with this watery thing inside the package I give the cube 5 stars for performance.

Turns smooth, like the feeling of it. Haven't exploded it yet haha.

This is a fun cube and smooth turning but, doesn't turn efficient during speed cubing.

Son says the SengSo 9x9 works great. A little tough starting, but loosened up after a while & after lubricant added. Don't expect to be able to use it for high speed competitions like a 3x3, as the inner rows & columns get stuck occasionally. Other than that, this is a great 9x9 for price & size!

I have been very happy with this cube. It has a similar feel to the other Sengso cubes. Love the pillowed shape on the larger cubes. Ive found with this 9x9 in particular, any time there is a catch of the pieces during turns it easily recovers. This was not the case with an older cube of the same size I have.

I have been very happy with 8, 9, 10 and 11 of this Sengso product line, I very much so look forward to getting the larger sizes some day.

SengSo Pillowed 9x9

This is my first 9x9 and it feels like a good introduction. The pillowing is nice and comfortable to turn. There's a bit of popping, but it happens fairly infrequently and doesn't take away from the enjoyment. It was greasy out of the box, but after a few scrambles and solves, it was clean and still moves nicely.

It is a great 9x9 and it is pre lubed, and it felt a bit dry and greasy, but the grease was from the lube and once you break it in, it’s great!

The shape gives a satisfying turn feel and with lube, it feels even smoother in the insides.