I see a Creality Ender 3 V3 (not SE or KE) for $130 refurbished, and also a Creality CR-10 SE for $103 refurbished on ebay. Are either or these a good choice to get into the hobby, or am I making a mistake? Should I rather buy a Bambu? My budget is around $100-$200 max. Please advise.
Quickly. 180 is pretty small. I’d get a 250 at the least. Ender isn’t bad, whatever people seem to want to say here, if you get it with the autobedleveling kit. The Bambu is proprietary and wants to lock you into their cloud BS.
@ikidd @nieceandtows
Creality also want to lock you into the cloud. The soft is open source, but you won’t really work on the soft…
I have an Ender 3 v1 and a Creality Hi.
Since the Hi is on the market, the e3v3 won’t be maintained (Just have a look at the prices).
If you wan’t something bigger than a A1 mini, can you add 50€ for an A1 or a Creality Hi ? You’ll have both very good printers.
I’ve had an Ender 3 v1 and v2, and enjoyed them. They were perfectly fine for what I did, but I spent a good percentage of time with them printing parts to make them better. Recently bought a Hi with the CFS, and have had almost no problems. The only problems I’ve had would be non-existent if I’d clean the bed more often. I personally think the Hi would be a good starter printer.
@cmlael67
Totally OK. 0 problem after 400 hours printing with the Hi.
But the budget is 200$, that’s why I was spotting the A1 mini.
I’m seeing FLASHFORGE 3D Printer Adventurer 5M new for $200 after coupons. Would you recommend the A1 mini or the 5M?
@nieceandtows
I don’t know the 5M.
But if you can translate french, the feedback are good. One of them is transforming it into a 5m pro :
https://www.lesimprimantes3d.fr/forum/topic/60026-review-flashforge-5m/
It’s a reliable source, full of passionnates #makers.