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Printer recommendations (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by cynar@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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Hi all.

My venerable ender 3 has likely printed it's last benchy. Plus side, the tech has advanced significantly since I bought it. Down side, I've not kept track of the newer options.

Can anyone give me a rundown of which are worth looking at, and which to avoid?

I'm mostly concerned with reliability, but a speed boost would definitely be welcome. A heated chamber and/or multi material would also be very nice to have.

I would like to keep the costs closer to £500 ($680) but can stretch that, if there is a machine worth it.

I also have a complete no on bamboo printers. I don't like what they've done regarding abuse of the open source movement.

Thanks all!

Edit to add. I'm not against non open source printers. I just have an issue with companies trying to burn the ladder behind them and lock their customers into a bubble.

Double edit: The snapmaker U1 seems like my best option. Ticks all the boxes, while remaining well in budget.

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[–] Jo4ted@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I have an Ender 3 V3 Plus. Huge upgrade from my Ender 3 V2, but either print locally or flash custom firmware before connecting it to the internet. The app/website is so locked down I had to publish a private model to my account before printing anything not on Creality Cloud.

Edit to add: flashing custom firmware can be dangerous and brick your printer's mobo, please exercise caution. I can't provide any advice, as I have not flashed mine yet, but it's on my to-do list.

[–] ivan@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I've had Ender 3 V3-SE, which had been an upgrade from basic Ender 3 Pro, which, funnily enough, got glitchy from firmware flashing gone wrong.

And on topic of Creality Cloud - I've just used Octoprint on RPi as the latter was simply cheaper at that moment. 🌚

[–] Jo4ted@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

OctoPrints what I'm also looking towards. Had a friend deploy it with his Ender 3 Pro, and it was so smooth compared to CC.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Octoprint is amazing. I've used it for years with my old ender 3.