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

submitted 1 day 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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[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They recently partnered with Israeli company Fillament2

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 day ago

sad to hear, prusa looked pretty good.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day 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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