frozenicecube

@frozenicecube@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What 3D printer should I buy?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no single best answer for you and it mostly depends on your preference.

  Bambu Lab are excellent, beginner friendly printers, but I would argue that lately they’re doing more harm than good. I have an A1 as part of a work print farm and it’s very reliable but I still kind of hate using it. If their business practices are a deal breaker for you, look elsewhere.

  Prusa are also rock solid. The mk4s is great and even older mk3s are still reliable (I also run one and although slower, never fails). I don’t have hands on experience with any of their CoreXY machines but they are generally reviewed well. They have the non-chinese $$ premium, so if price is a deal breaker for you, look elsewhere.

  There are many many solid smaller brands, I was partial to Elegoo for a while until recently they made some odd firmware decisions (I like Klipper). Right now my fastest and most reliable printer that’s not a frankenstein machine is my Sovol Sv06 Ace. It was a great price and with a hot end fan replacement for a noctua fan, it’s relatively quiet. Creality is still an option and some of their modern printers are also decent, they have a LOT of random models though so make sure you get solid reliable info if you go in that direction.