Another great and thorough review. I appreciate that you have added print times for the printer models you are testing since it will help set expectations for how long it will take for different kinds of prints. Also, kudos to your brother for the videography and highlights during your review. It cracked me up that you both got to have some fun with the hair curlers!
Great review yet again! Apparently this printer is being marketed under more than one name. I received the Dovov S2 3D Printer Direct Drive Extruder, from Amazon for review. However, the version I have looks the same, but all of the limit switches are mechanical, even the Z. All in all, for a first time out printer, they did a good job of engineering. I enjoy your reviews! 👍
You guys are just wonderful. I truly enjoy your reviews and humor. Thank You for showing pretty darn good machines. I like all the features and extra wide bars on this new model. I thought there were some flaws in some of the surfaces but it was hard for me to pick your settings. The finish on some parts looked great and others a little rough in spots. I like the packaging of the machine parts and wiring. It was neat that you tried to add some upgrades and test them out too. Wifi to my CR 10S Pro V1 would be nice but I have Octoprint in Pi now. Thank You again for such nice video. So good to see you both laughing. Take Care, Dennis
Overall for $250, nice. I would bet the Fokoos folks will understand your comments and sort out the issues quickly even for more $$. You didn't comment on the possibilities of faster printing with the Volcano Hot End; it should offer really shorter times with faster printing rate - one would hope.
the Odin Smart debuts on Kickstarter today at 1pm EST! I have been Alpha and Beta testing it for a few weeks now. Going to be interesting to see everyone else's thoughts on it!
I have 3 of these printers; two with 3D Touch and one with BL Touch, and I've run all of them over the ribbon cables. As there are 5 unused connections going all the way from the pin headers on the hot end connection board all the way down to the signal plug on the rear left of the printers, if you're handy with JST crimp pins, you can mount an ABL sensor after printing a bracket to hold it. The most recent firmware from Fokoos (1.1.0) handles the leveling quite nicely, and there are also 3rd parties who have compiled excellent firmware as well. Too bad that Fokoos seems be on their way out as a company as of this writing.
might I suggest using an integer multiple of the z-axis lead screw pitch as your layer height? I have had great results with this. standard pitch is .04mm, so rather than .3, maybe .28(.32) layers?
Fantastic reviews, some of the best I have seen! Still new to 3D printing, and comparing a first model to buy. Really need an enclosed printer, due to my very small space with limited ventilation, and cats. Frontrunners so far are the Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro + an enclosure, and the Flashforge Adventurer 4. They came so close in specs, and are only $100 apart in Canada. I'll keep checking out your content, but any chase for a Flashforge Adventurer review?
The screws should be captive, and thumbscrews, so assembly can be toolless. Also, an interrupted screw might be nice, so you only need to turn each screw a quarter turn. I think the base should be wider, tucking under the gantry, to help protect the gantry while folded.
@@AuroraTech Maybe an upgrade to an RS485 CAN Toolhead Controller could be possible if there are some spare wires in the ribbon, there would be some modding of the CAN involved though, one would have thought they would have provided for the inclusion of a probe, this is an opening for a third party manufacturer to make a solution if Fokoos dont.
@@AuroraTech please do tutorial on adding bl touch. Big fan of your reviews. Always complete and I like that you do the same tests for each printer for fair comparison. Nice 👍
the inductive sensors seem like a waste of tech for the ways in which they are deployed. it would have been interesting to see what the hot-end looked like; is it going to be subject to a "blob of death" like my Prusa. overall, it just looks like the Ender-3 clone of the week.
As this is basically an Ender-3, if you want to print fast, you can edit the firmware robin_nano35_cfg text file, change the DEFAULT_X_MAX_ACCELERATION and DEFAULT_Y_MAX_ACCELERATION from 500 to 800 or 1000. Of course, you can do something extreme like the Anker Make M5 and set it to 2500. So, you get an Ender-3 that prints at so call 250mm/s.
@@AuroraTech I personally own only one machine. Ender 3 v2. Since Christmas 2020. But today I was printing some small parts - 9 pieces in 30 minutes. Four times. So my print time was 2 hours in total. Instead of "I don't have a clue" how much time. 😁😅
Thanks so much for review our Odin-5 F3! Have fun with it!😄
Most simple and straight-foreward video on 3d printing I have seen in a while. Thank you.
Another great and thorough review. I appreciate that you have added print times for the printer models you are testing since it will help set expectations for how long it will take for different kinds of prints. Also, kudos to your brother for the videography and highlights during your review. It cracked me up that you both got to have some fun with the hair curlers!
I always recommend your channel to my fellow engineers. We all wish we could conduct training as thoroughly and clearly as you do.
Always my go to with tech and printers! Thank you for always having honest Reviews!
I love your videos
The reviews are very elaborate and detailed 👍
It's always a pleasure to come across one of your new videos.
Keep going like that 👏
Thank you to your brother, sister, and you, Aurora.
Great review yet again! Apparently this printer is being marketed under more than one name. I received the Dovov S2 3D Printer Direct Drive Extruder, from Amazon for review. However, the version I have looks the same, but all of the limit switches are mechanical, even the Z. All in all, for a first time out printer, they did a good job of engineering.
I enjoy your reviews! 👍
Hope Older Sister Lung is doing OK with the driving! Another great vid by Team Lung!
You guys are just wonderful. I truly enjoy your reviews and humor. Thank You for showing pretty darn good machines. I like all the features and extra wide bars on this new model. I thought there were some flaws in some of the surfaces but it was hard for me to pick your settings. The finish on some parts looked great and others a little rough in spots. I like the packaging of the machine parts and wiring. It was neat that you tried to add some upgrades and test them out too. Wifi to my CR 10S Pro V1 would be nice but I have Octoprint in Pi now. Thank You again for such nice video. So good to see you both laughing. Take Care, Dennis
Overall for $250, nice. I would bet the Fokoos folks will understand your comments and sort out the issues quickly even for more $$. You didn't comment on the possibilities of faster printing with the Volcano Hot End; it should offer really shorter times with faster printing rate - one would hope.
Excellent review. You do a great job of keeping me up to date on new products. Thanks! 👍
awesome! the curlers and student driver prints/jokes was a really nice addition to your video! keep it up!
the Odin Smart debuts on Kickstarter today at 1pm EST! I have been Alpha and Beta testing it for a few weeks now. Going to be interesting to see everyone else's thoughts on it!
I have been contemplating between the Fokoos Odin-5 or the Neptune 3 as my first FDM printer.
Interesting printer.
Great review as always
Thanks for sharing
I have 3 of these printers; two with 3D Touch and one with BL Touch, and I've run all of them over the ribbon cables. As there are 5 unused connections going all the way from the pin headers on the hot end connection board all the way down to the signal plug on the rear left of the printers, if you're handy with JST crimp pins, you can mount an ABL sensor after printing a bracket to hold it. The most recent firmware from Fokoos (1.1.0) handles the leveling quite nicely, and there are also 3rd parties who have compiled excellent firmware as well. Too bad that Fokoos seems be on their way out as a company as of this writing.
might I suggest using an integer multiple of the z-axis lead screw pitch as your layer height? I have had great results with this. standard pitch is .04mm, so rather than .3, maybe .28(.32) layers?
Just found your channel after buying a Fokoos, great review, please show more on the bltouch programming thru marlin config for better control
great and thorough review.
Fantastic reviews, some of the best I have seen! Still new to 3D printing, and comparing a first model to buy. Really need an enclosed printer, due to my very small space with limited ventilation, and cats. Frontrunners so far are the Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro + an enclosure, and the Flashforge Adventurer 4. They came so close in specs, and are only $100 apart in Canada. I'll keep checking out your content, but any chase for a Flashforge Adventurer review?
The screws should be captive, and thumbscrews, so assembly can be toolless. Also, an interrupted screw might be nice, so you only need to turn each screw a quarter turn.
I think the base should be wider, tucking under the gantry, to help protect the gantry while folded.
I picked up it's clone/beta, the Dovov S2 for about $125, it's a good unit for the price.
Love your reviews!
great review!! how could I change max temp parameters in this printer? whit a all metal hotend I mean
Thanks, another good review. 👍👍
Is the hotend PCB an in house model, or off the shelf, and does it have any spare connections that maybe the probe could connect to?
It's a very simple PCB and I believe it's an in house model. There is no spare connections for anything else.
@@AuroraTech Maybe an upgrade to an RS485 CAN Toolhead Controller could be possible if there are some spare wires in the ribbon, there would be some modding of the CAN involved though, one would have thought they would have provided for the inclusion of a probe, this is an opening for a third party manufacturer to make a solution if Fokoos dont.
@@AuroraTech please do tutorial on adding bl touch. Big fan of your reviews. Always complete and I like that you do the same tests for each printer for fair comparison. Nice 👍
Please do detail tutorial on how to add BL touch.
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Great video very detailed. thank you
the inductive sensors seem like a waste of tech for the ways in which they are deployed.
it would have been interesting to see what the hot-end looked like; is it going to be subject to a "blob of death" like my Prusa.
overall, it just looks like the Ender-3 clone of the week.
So much time spent printing. Have you tried CHEP Cura 5 profiles? There aren't some really fast profiles without much sacrifice
As this is basically an Ender-3, if you want to print fast, you can edit the firmware robin_nano35_cfg text file, change the DEFAULT_X_MAX_ACCELERATION and DEFAULT_Y_MAX_ACCELERATION from 500 to 800 or 1000. Of course, you can do something extreme like the Anker Make M5 and set it to 2500. So, you get an Ender-3 that prints at so call 250mm/s.
@@AuroraTech I personally own only one machine. Ender 3 v2. Since Christmas 2020. But today I was printing some small parts - 9 pieces in 30 minutes. Four times. So my print time was 2 hours in total. Instead of "I don't have a clue" how much time. 😁😅
Nice review. 👍
looks nice
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Fokoos please XD
Do you still think the Bambu X1 is the best 3d printer on the market in the sub $1500 range?
Yes, I can't see any other printer at this price point is better than the Bambu X1.
@@AuroraTech I'd love to see that castle printed on the X1. Would be really interesting to see how long it takes and what the quality is like.
Nice review ~ and you are super cute😎😎~!
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