Personal choice, I skipped on the ender 3 pro because it didn’t have auto bed leveling. I also grabbed a kobra 3 combo. It’s super nice having the auto bed leveling run before every print. Similar in price too.
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Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks agoI nearly pulled the trigger on a refurbed i3 Mega S but spare parts seemed to be nonexistent. How’s the support for the Kobra?
yaroto98@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
Interesting. Where I am the Kobra 3 seems to be either out of stock or ~160% the price of the Ender. Unless I’m missing a bargain somewhere.
I see auto-leveling as a nice-to-have. It’s not a deal breaker for me at this point because pretty much anything is going to be an upgrade from the K7.
yaroto98@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Are you looking on the anycubic site?
kobra 3 v2 - $230
store.anycubic.com/products/kobra-3-v2
The combo will add ~$100, but that’s just to add the dryer. Nice to have but not needed.
Ender 3 pro- $210
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Thanks for doing the research but I’m not in the States. They’re out of stock at Anycubic here and significantly more expensive at resellers.
The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I haven’t had to check, it’s worked great right out of the box and just prints. I helped a friend with a Kobra Max 1 that wouldn’t level. Turned out to be a damaged ribbon cable and I just trimmed it back and put a new end on it. He got that second hand, and I don’t think he even tried to contact support.
I did preorder mine, and they were not very communicative about shipping times, but everything arrived eventually.