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.

  • Zomg@piefed.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’ve always heard “if you want to print things, buy Bambu. If you want to fix your printer, but an ender 3”

    • B0rax@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I don’t know if bambulab should be recommended. With the cloud issues and the very closed nature of it. Better recommend Prusa.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Wow, when did this flip happen? When I got into 3D printing, Ender 3 or any other printers based on it since it was open source was the printer to get. I’ve got a VoxelLab Aquila which is an Ender 3 clone and I have not had to do much fiddling with it aside from leveling the bed, and all the cool 3D printed mods that you can slap on it.

      • Zomg@piefed.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Basically the moment bambu came out I think is when that whole thing started. Bambu really made 3d printing approachable for many.

        Fix probably really means tinker with, adjust or change in the context of that statement though