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.
Honestly I’d steer away from Elegoo nowadays. They’re not bad, but they’re hostile towards the open source community (It took a while to force them to release the code for the Centauri Carbon since they’re using a bastardized version of Klipper). I’ve only had Elegoo printers up until now, but I’d look elsewhere nowadays.