Hy everyone

I’m a tech enthiast, full time developer and looking a long time to enter in the 3D printer world.

I have been search recenlty for some sugestions on the internet, and looking the options available in my country, mostly on a local aliexpress warehouse (to avoid some unpredictable tax).

I saw some Core XY from Tronxy I saw a lot of Ender 3 and it variants (V2, S1 pro) I saw some SLA (This one i’m a litte scared beacuse of toxity of the material, is that bad ? Like print something to touch for some time) I saw a Fysetech prusa mk3 clone that i discard after watch some bad reviews from long time users I saw the sovol s06 and the sovol s07

All I look will be close to ~500/600 usd in a local wharehose.

The ender 3 v2 will be a littble bit less, and some s1 plus will be a little bit more that that.

My usage will be to make some improvements for my work setup, something that i need in home, some addons for my switch, some charctaers to put on my desk, nothing commercial or that dependes of perfections.

Looks like that the Core XY it’s on trend right now, but I think maybe it’s too much for starts with.

I tend for the sovol s07 right, but i confess that the v roller wheels looks a cheap economy

But what do you guys think about thoes options ? Maybe await to check the neptune 4 ? Worth to buy a cheap printer and made some upgrades ? Like buy a Sovol S06 and put a Klipper by myself later ?

  • @CIA_chatbotEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    A lot of people are saying Enders, but I would avoid them at this time, their quality has dropped a lot and you can get better printers for around the same price (most notably from sovol)

    Avoid tronxy, they are big, cheap and so basic you will end up spending more to upgrade them than you would have by spending the money to build a Voron.

    Personally, if you are attracted to the DIY/tinkering aspect of 3D printing, start off with building a voron. It’s open source, fast as hell and prints great.

    If you just want to print the occasional thing and want to tweak/upgrade occasionally, buy a sovol, prints great, won’t need a lot of maintenance and has some room for upgrades.

    If you want incredible prints with no fuss, get a prusa or a bambu. You’ll get great prints like a voron will give you, but you will pretty much print out of the box with little tweaking besides occasional calibration .

    Also, don’t be surprised when you look behind you and found out you have 7 printers shoved In your office. A meth addiction may be cheaper than this hobby ;)