I’ve been running my Creality CR6 SE (kickstarter edition) for a few years now, and now considering an upgrade to add to the fleet. But I’m way out of the loop on what would be a good robust and reliable option these days. Would love some recommendations on what to look for in a new printer, and maybe which printers the community would agree are solid choices. I already have a good resin printer, so specifically looking at just FDM printers.
kek_w_lol ( @kek_w_lol@lemmy.one ) 3•1 year agoSovol sv06 is one of the best ones in terms of price to performance. If you want great customer support, get a Prusa. I can’t recommend bambu lab because of their closed off system and bad security practices.
ketcham1009 ( @ketcham1009@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year agoIf you want something that runs flawlessly out of the box, get a Bambu labs printer. My p1p (upgraded to p1s spec) can handle anything I throw at it. Regularly printing nylon at near perfect quality.
scotticus42 ( @scotticus42@lemmy.nz ) 7•1 year agoUnless the cloud server encounters an error again.
MangoPenguin ( @MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English3•1 year agoDon’t they have some proprietary cloud thing?
AevumDecessus ( @AevumDecessus@lm.bittervets.org ) 1•1 year agoYou can run their machines in LAN only mode that never touches the cloud
MangoPenguin ( @MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•1 year agoDoes it support normal slicers like Cura and upload over LAN, or does it have to use proprietary software?
AevumDecessus ( @AevumDecessus@lm.bittervets.org ) 1•1 year agoThe ftp credentials were reverse engineered, not sure about slicer support with regards to the AMS and filament selection
jrandomhacker ( @jrandomhacker@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year agoMy Prusa i3 Mk3 treated me quite well - it wasn’t “out of the box” printing (even accounting for the fact that I got a kit version), but once I got it dialed in, I could just keep printing without having to fix things and retune.
Most definitely not “out of the box” is a Voron 2.4, which is my current printer. It was, however, so much fun to build and get running.