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Now that Bambu is off the table, which budget-friendly 3D printer would you recommend?

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I used to recommend the Bambulab A1 (Mini), because they are amazing, really cheap printers. But Bambulab in the meantime Bambulab is pulling an Apple in a very bad way, so can't recommend them anymore.

I have a Snapmaker U1, a decidedly not-budget printer, but I can totally recommend that one for anyone who's seriously into 3D printing. What an awesome machine!

[–] RacerX@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Really wish I had backed the Kickstarter. Definitely in for the next one if they keep this up.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Seriously, amazing piece of kit and pretty open and hackable at that.

Way fun to use.

Only downside: the reverse bowden tubes make printing with PLA annoying because it keeps breaking in the tubes if you leave it in there for a few days without printing.

The upside: it prints PETG just as well as PLA, so I just stopped using PLA alltogether.