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Meffert's Checkerboard 4x4 Meffert's Checkerboard 4x4 - Black
Meffert's Checkerboard 4x4
Meffert's Checkerboard 4x4 - Black
Meffert's Checkerboard 4x4
Meffert's Checkerboard 4x4 - Black

Meffert's Checkerboard 4x4

Meffert's

  • $24.99 USD

Black

Black
Red

Product Description

The Meffert's Checkerboard 4x4 is a puzzle with only two colors. The black and white pieces are arranged in a checkerboard pattern which is the solved state. This puzzle also has ridges! Accented in red, it is a beautiful design that can be more of a challenge than you think. Give it a try!

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Not completely satisfied with this product? We accept returns within 4 weeks (28 days) past the delivery date, for either store credit, or a full refund to the payment method — the choice is yours.

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Our Promise to You

All of our products are guaranteed to be free of defects, or we will replace and reship at no cost to you. Please contact us within 4 weeks (28 days) past the delivery date to report any issues with items you have purchased.

Please note that some new cubes when being used for the first few times may experience what is termed a "pop". This is when one or more parts of a puzzle pop out without any damage actually being done to any of the pieces. This also occurs from time to time during normal usage. Pops are typically not considered a defect if the parts which come off can be reassembled by hand.

The corners on 2x2 puzzles should not be twisted as doing so may snap the piece. Damage caused by corner twisting is not considered to be a defect.

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  • Free standard U.S. shipping (includes Hawaii, Alaska, and AFO/APO) (2-5 business days) is offered for orders with a subtotal of $55.00+. Free expedited shipping (1-3 business days) is offered at $85.00+.
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Product Specifications
Manufacturer Meffert's
Type 4x4
Added 2021-01-27
Gross Weight 184g
Dimensions 62.0mm3
Item Weight 178.0g

Customer Reviews

Based on 6 reviews
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Greg R. (United States)
Essentially non-functional

I'm giving this 2 stars simply because I'm hoping my cube was a fluke, but definitely be wary of this purchase. If I had not been satisfied with Meffert's puzzles in the past, I would not have spent the money, but I figured hey why not. In any case, it immediately locked when I tried to turn two layers -- absolutely frozen. Since this was OOTB, I thought maybe it needed broken in, lubed, etc. No dice. Essentially, my cube has a 50% chance of locking when you randomly select a two layer turn.

Discouraged but not despondent, I popped out an edge and disassembled the top layer of the cube, hoping to find some anomalous piece of plastic which might be cut off and removed... anything that would explain the superglue-kind-of-stuck I was experiencing. Nope. Instead, I found that Meffert's has filled this puzzle with (what I'll call) "spacers," or small pieces that ostensibly hold the main parts of the puzzle in the right places. I considered removing them, but it doesn't seem like it will function correctly in their absence, so I'm kind of at a loss.

Honestly, just buy a cheap stickered 4x4x4 and change the colors yourself. I have 50+ twisty puzzles, and this is the first time I've been compelled to write a review like this, but I regret my purchase 100%.

TL:DR: Twisty puzzle that doesn't twist.

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Aaron E. (United States)
I'm honestly not sure how to rate this

Turning is okay. Definitely not the worst I've had. Also, as of this writing, I've not scrambled my cube, yet.

What I will say is the picture on this page is VERY misleading. What you see pictured is a black corner and all edge pieces have the same color on each side. This is nothing like the cube I got. My cube has no solid corners, they are all 2 white/1 black, or 1 white/2 black (4 of each). The edge pieces are a mix, 8 white/black, 8 black/white, 4 black, 4 white (specifically, the 2-color pieces have parity options).

All of this makes the cube that much more evil to scramble and solve. It'll take some time. I've done some studying before-hand and that should give me a good chance to solve should I ever get around to scrambling. I'd rather not take it apart and reassemble it to solve.

If the cube were actually constructed as pictured, I'm confident it would be easier to solve, even though there would be parity options with the edges.

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Reese (United States)
Needed some loosening & lube, but good puzzle

The cube was chunky out of the box, but I loosened each screw 1/4 turn and added lube, and now it turns fine without any pops. I love that there are multiple solved states.

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Henry C. (United States)
Great puzzle

This puzzle puzzle s great! It feels a little big, but that may be because the only other 4x4 I have is the meilong.

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Justin V. (United States)
Nice cube

I love this cube it's fun to change the design of it.

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Ben B. (United States)
Works

The cube is heavy, and works well. It is loud, but has nice tiles. Any sort of corner cutting is non existent. It does feel like the outermost pieces are more sunk into the cube than the center pieces. It also looks nice on a shelf.

As for the solve, it's not a very complex puzzle, and as long as you know how to do center rotations, or creative movements, it's not any more interesting than a 4x4. You would probably have you money better spent on a more interesting mod (or multiple given the price).