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Hello! I have been on the fence about getting a printer for years. Now my wife is getting interested too, and I feel that now it's the time.

What are the recommendations nowadays? I am trying to steer clear of Bambi Labs due to their controversies (I'm also a supporter of open source software).

I've seen a few mentions of Prusa in this community. Would that be a good start? I don't want to get in at an extremely basic level and then need to upgrade in half a year.

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[–] esc@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Prusa is a choice, alternative would be a more modern and cheap machines. Elegoo CC (2) or Snapmaker U1 or Sovol SV 08. They are relatively open (very open compared to bbl) reliable machines.

[–] Knossos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thank you for the names, I'll have a research, they are all new to me.