What 3D Printer should I buy as my first? (piefed.social)

submitted 7 months ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/3dprinting@lemmy.ml

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So the Bambu labs A1 looks like the perfect starting point.

One problem, it uses proprietary firmware and software, I'm a big advocate for owning the things you buy, and not supporting companies that don't allow you to do that as much as I reasonably can. So yea I can't buy Bambu.

The Creality SparkX i7 seems nice, it looks like a straight up clone of the A1
https://store.creality.com/eu/products/sparkx-i7-3d-printer

I've heard a lot of people complain about Creality though, so unsure. I'm a bit stuck and getting decision fatigue.

My budget is ~500 Euro.

Help.

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[-] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 7 points 7 months ago

I live in a tiny apartment, so it might end up in my living room, so ascetics is also a factor, I really like the A1, but yea fuck Bambu

[-] Mike_The_TV@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

You can put custom firmware on the x1c and use whatever the hell you want. Make sure you put it somewhere you can vent outside, so not in the living room.

[-] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

bambu x1c ?
I don't want to support companies that lock down their firmware. The more Open-Source the better.

[-] depressed_lemon@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

If you don't want to go down the e.g. "Voron route" nor that I could recommend for the first 3D-Printer, Prusa or partially Sovol Printers would be good. For what I can say Prusa MK4S would be a solid option, although more costly than the Mini.

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