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What 3D Printer should I buy as my first? (piefed.social)
submitted 18 hours 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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[-] RealisticBroccoli@piefed.social 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

we have a prusa mini for several years at work. i am printing quite a lot and had zero issues so far. if you buy the mini: order the wifi module.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -5 points 14 hours ago

Prusa is ran by Zionists so I'd definitely avoid that.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 hours ago

i never heard about that. is that something prusa said?

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

They recently partnered with Israeli company Fillament2

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 hours ago

sad to hear, prusa looked pretty good.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

Yeah very sad development from Prusa indeed, but it is what it is. Chinese companies like Sovol and Qidi provide good open-source alternatives.

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