edit 2: Okay, I’ve made a few changes.
First, the printer’s MSRPs are listed, making it easier to compare the printers. Voron has been added to the top of the subjective ranking, I left it out completely beforehand.
Qidi has been added, they are very good actually! The SV06 ACE has been added as well as the “Plus” variant, and the SV08 is corrected as a voron CoreXY kit rather than a prusa clone. I’ve also added the Prusa Mini+, but with a note saying that Sovol, Qidi, etc. have better value printers. I’ve also got BoxTurtle as an alternative to ERCF.
If you have any other suggestions, please lmk!
edit: really sorry for cross-posting the same thing 17 times, I won’t do it again. I just wanted to share a cool project I made, but I should not have done what I did. Sorry for spamming your feeds. whoops!
I would like some feedback on bestof. Mostly relating to the 3D printing section as this is a 3D printing community, but also the site in general.
What things are missing or should be changed? How can I improve bestof?
After some comments in other communities, I’ve decided to start working on a better colour palette for higher contrast as well as adding more details to WHY I recommend the “best” things. A lot of categories don’t neccesarily have a “best” (such as software) and I definitely need to improve on that front. I might even add a “reviews” section for more in-depth information about each thing.
I would really appreciate any feedback you have, and I’m really sorry about the spam! Promise I won’t do it again!
original post:
This has taken quite a long time for me to make and now I can finally show everyone! Please lmk if you have any questions or think my picks should be changed to something else!
https://swarbler.github.io/bestof/workshop/making/3d-printing (3D printers, filament, etc.)
I’m convinced Prusa and Bambu pricing is very simular; their printers just aren’t always an apples-to-apples comparison. When considering enclosed, metal framed, coreXY printers, the Prusa Core One can be purchased as a kit for $950, but the Bambu X1C is $1150. (I highly recommend the Prusa kit options for new owners so they can get familiar with maintaining their machine.) At the mini end, you have the same $200 difference, but in the other direction. The Prusa Mini+ kit is $430 while the Bambu A1 Mini is $220. However, these Bambu prices are currently shown as discounted and I’m not sure if they ever go up to their higher MSRPs. Therefore, I don’t like how Prusa is the only printer brand in this guide with an “expensive” warning.
Edit: Perhaps it would add more clarity to instead include the MSRP in parentheses beside the individual printers listed below.
listing the MSRP is a good idea too
yep, I’ve changed it!
yeah, that makes sense. i’ll go change that soon