@@scifimodelshop I 100% think you can have this opinion. However, take my 2 cents. Say this is your livelihood. Company A makes 2 printers. Company A sends you said printers. You take them into review, you leave an awful review publicly trashing it and say you should never buy from this company. Now imagine Company A turns around and their printer 3 is truly a good printer. They may no longer want to work with you despite having a good product. You lose out on a ton of money. On the other hand, you can leave a more balanced review, professionally point out the flaws, do not sensationalize the issues, give helpful feedback, and maintain a relationship with the company. Now when printer 3 comes out you can have a brand deal. It's a tough balance between how you want to present things and the relationships you want to maintain. This occurs between people too. Money or no money involved.
As a V2.4 owner, I think anyone who wants to build one at this point should just get a Sovol SV08. Replace the ABL probe to one that isn't so heat-sensitive and throw on a different hotend. Sooo much of a V2.4 is already there that it doesn't really make sense to spend 2-3x the cost to get a box of parts and still have to 3D print most of the motion system.
Ehh you're pretty damn close, but there's still a reason to buy a Voron and I absolutely will when/if I can ever afford one, but the SV08 is a decent first step into getting to know the Voron design. Sovol (even though I had heard only good things about them before this) has turned out to be an absolute shit show of a company that almost refuses to communicate with its customers. Here's a short list of examples: when placing my order I was never told that I wasn't actually buying a printer but placing a pre-order, I was not told that the enclosure and upgraded screen would not ship with the printer and would be a further delay, I was never given any sort of shipping time update once I figured out it was actually a pre-order and had to reach out multiple times and wait days to get anything, enclosure makes you lose Z height without printing a riser, "upgraded" screen is just a product bought from elsewhere with a 3D printed enclosure and a poorly chosen one with THREE freaking cables needed to connect it and from the side not the back meaning you'll always have 3 chonky wires making a mess of things. Then there's obnoxious nebulousness like not specifying if the "high flow all metal hotend" on their site is the one that comes with the printer or an upgrade, the fact that you either can buy a runout detection sensor or a tangle detection sensor but not one that does both, the fact that they literally JUST started offering build plates for sale and still only a single type, the fact that you need a UART adapter to upgrade the firmware AND SHIPPED THE FUCKING THING WITH FIRMWARE SO OUT OF DATE THE PRINTER SCREECHES AT ME 24/7 TO UPGRADE MAINSAIL, an absolute shit bet tensioning system, the build plate is mounted flat against the top of the undercarriage meaning air filters like the bento box will not fit, the fact that you can't buy hardened nozzles in anything other than .4mm, and much more. I am pretty happy with the printer overall though. My probe ended up being pretty damn accurate and I don't really like the idea of using the nozzle as a probe so I'm not quite sure whether I'll go with a Revo Voron w/ PZ probe or the same with an Eddy since it's so much faster, but the actual extruder itself seems to be pretty good. I was able to print with a 10+ year old roll of Ninjaflex that I've never gotten a single successful print out of so that was cool, but the hotend sucks so insanely bad you can't print at anything even approaching "fast" once you run out of the tiny sample of high-speed PLA the printer comes with. I already assumed the hotend would be the first thing I ended up replacing, I mean the whole concept of the printer was "taking the over-engineered Voron 2.4 design and cheaping out where the effect on the print quality will be negligible compared to the cost savings". But my list of what I personally consider "mandatory" upgrades has grown so that in addition to the hotend I plan on also changing the probe (mostly for speed but accuracy will also improve), the laughable ~4" offcentered LED strip, changing the runout sensor to a combined multi-sensor, adding a chamber heater, replacing all gantry pieces so actual tensioning is possible, the toolhead (so an endoscope can be used for a nozzle camera, a few LEDs can be added to illuminate the print area, and is designed in a way so you can actually see the nozzle and immediate print area, and potentially adding a CPAP to increase part cooling), build plate mounting setup, and probably more that I can't think of off the top of my head. I've been printing since ~1012 and before buying the SV08 was still using a CR-10v2, so I think that clarifies just how much of a massive purchase the SV08 was for my poor ass. While I am incredibly happy with what I got for the price I am pretty disappointed with the print quality I am able to achieve out of the box (and I seemed to have gotten a better machine than most). I got the most insane under-extrusion artifacts that actually look like vibration artifacts using the stock print speeds, I sincerely hope they're not vibration issues as that would mean there are much bigger issues. I guess I just spent 15 minutes saying "well, it's kind of complicated" in as long a format as I possibly could have.
If you are not connected to the Sovol SV08 Facebook users group and the chat associated with it, one of the moderators Felix is designing a high end, high flow replacement hot end that will use easily available standard nozzles including hardened, the stock heater and temp sensor, and slide into the stock cooling fins. This solves the primary issue with that printer (and the upcoming tool changer).
@@Duckferd It is possible to put any Voron toolhead on it, but you have to replace the toolhead board with an EBB36 and modify the printer.cfg The fix from Felix will be much easier for people that don't want to make such large changes to their machine.
And the key is the tool changer that will use multiple stock toolheads to do multi color printing with minimal waste. While other toolheads may work in that, the docking mechanism will be designed for this one and the slip in hot end parts will make that robust. The design uses a far better linkage between the two parts than the soldered joint that is creating issues for some people.
Nah. I dont agree that the scripted content feel forced. And he should be able to hear that this is not the only opinion from the comments. Since he has clearly seen your comment.
Same. Now and then. IDK like one video a month maybe? Frankly Resin printing seems more complex to me. Though that might not be the case, I'm just ignorant I think.
@@yobtnirp3D Yes, the FDMs should not be in your bedroom w/o an enclosure and direct ventilation. Even for PLA. If you have a window that can open you can do just about anything to clear the air.
Good way to explain a review of an item. More time on a machine can change alot of people's opinions as we tune them in. I loved quite a few machines where as time went on I started to dislike them (K1). Others I have hated out the box, tuned it and fell madly in love with over time printing with it (Neptune 4).
Hey I gotta say I loved this video. I watch most of your content and this one felt less scripted which I think I like more. Its really cool to see how many printers you keep and how many hours you've put on them.
I thought my Prusa mini+ was ok, until I got Bambu X1S. Night and day. I can't see myself using inferior printer now. I am awaiting delivery of Bambu A1 mino now to supplement my printing needs. But since I don't run a print farm and x1s is super fast I don't see the reason to look any further.
Good Afternoon Jonathan, I see you're still running an Alpha build Positron, many of the issues you have outlined have been fixed in the latest revision. We can get you the parts needed to upgrade it as needed. For context; Bed Leveling has been fixed with a Z_Endstop that makes homing more reliable. The heating issue is caused by the original alpha clip not being tight enough against the hotend, this has been fixed in release. Additionally, the Z Belt has been re-designed to be more reliable as a whole.
I'm about two weeks now into owning a Bambulab X1 Carbon with AMS. So far, it has been terrific. I hope I don't encounter the issues you did! This technology is jaw-dropping for me. I've only had one previous printer, a "Mendelmax 1.0", that I built from self-sourced parts 12 years ago. Compared to modern printers, that old bed-slinger feels like a horse-drawn wagon! I've printed PLA, PLA+, PETG, and ABS so far, all completely successful. This has made 3D printing fun again! Thanks for all of your reviews.
The X1 C is my first printer. I did a bunch of research. Since the Additive Manufacturing Lab at Blue Origin Rocket Park at KSC, where I work, has over 20 of them, I figured I couldn’t go wrong. It has not disappointed me yet.
I've had mine for a few years now. All that's broken has been the toolhead board, and since I had an early model, I also had to upgrade to the new lidar. But you get a free new lidar with the board if you have the old one, since the old version is discontinued, so turned out better than new
That is interesting that you dislike the “proprietary” nature of Anycubic but have no problem with Bambu Lab. I guess it really comes down to ease of use and Bambu Lab has really done that.
Please don't take offense, just a little constructive criticism. I definitely prefer the unscripted Jonathan. I thoroughly enjoy your channel, but mostly for the info, rather than the delivery. Sorry, but the attempts at irony, or hipness, or whatever are not my cup of tea. Just me. I cringed at the attempt at some 'adult' humor in one of your recent videos, and I almost unsubscribed. I hope you stick to your honest opinions, reviews, and other useful info, and leave the clever sidebar stuff on the table. Just my opinion.
Thanks. I appreciate the feedback. I’ll try to do more like these, but if it’s not info from the top of my head (like I need to recount exact details), a script helps a lot. I’ll try to find a balance!!
Thank you for being honest about the Bambu, but how can you say it's great and then quote all the issues you have had with it and the AMS? Sounds a little fanboyish. It may be time to open your eyes and ears and to other options and listen to your own words.....
Your tone and off the cuff style of speaking in this is SO GOOD. These are the kinds of videos I really like. Even if you script something, the way this was just more laid back was awesome.
At 27:24 You lost me as a viewer of your content. "I did some sponsored content around this, which meant that I wasn't really, uh, able to share kind of my raw opinions." Let me say what you just said in an easier to follow format. I had a sponsor and I couldn't share with you what I really thought. So disappointed that you chose money over integrity.
I specified in that video 5X that it was sponsored content, but also, criticized them for not having the software ready in that video, too. If the printer had been trash, I wouldn’t have done a video… but, because it was sponsored content, I had talking points they wanted in there, and that didn’t include a tirade on them shipping printers before the software is ready. I wouldn’t say anything I don’t believe to be true in my videos, but when it’s a sponsored video, i don’t get to be as comprehensive. Anyways you don’t have much to worry about, people asked me not to do such videos again, and I likely won’t do them again. But, also? It costs money to make these videos, and RUclips Adsense doesn’t cover it.
He's always looking for brand sponsorships in the community, even if he's attending a exhibition, he wants a brand to sponsor their family's airfare. So I also think he would choose money between money and integrity.😅
I have been using a sidewinder x1 for the past 4 years. Its been incredibly reliable. BUT its showing its age. I mean it prints at the old 60mm/s standard all these old bed slingers do but I see everyone else using klipper and printing at 200mm/s+ and im jealous. Also having to manually level the bed also the wear is starting to show with minor layer shifts just not as good as it could be. I could build a voron since I like to print ABS some what often but I dont wanna mess with it. So I ordered an A1 with the AMS. I figure if I can get my sidewinder to print ABS I can get the A1 to do it as well with an enclosure (which is a large trash bag). The reason I went with the A1 is simple. Its price and the fact I see it everywhere. If someone has a print farm that prints PLA primarily then I usually see them using an A1. My sidewinder doesn't take much messing about to get it to print but changing filament can be a hassle and when it does jam its a REAL pain to fix. Also it seems like the bambu printers have good resale value so there is that is I dont like it.
Great content, Sir. Personally I'm not interested in Resin printing as I won't be doing it at home. Btw.: Just got myself the second RatRig printer. A V-Core 4 - 300. Haven't started the build yet and would love to see content about it. For me my RatRig V-Core 3 is what the Voron 2.4 is for you. A highly a reliable, fast workhorse that I'm emotionally attached to.
@@thenextlayer nah its not pathethic, its still a lot of time print, you just sad it like it was something almost impossible to do and it made me laugh 🙃, just yesterday i found some dude have almost 690 days on his Prusa , damn that is almost ancient 🤣
I hope in my 3d printing journey and content creation , I hope to have your problem of too many printers lol...TikTok is growing fast but its slower here on the tube.
Yeah I'm annoyed enough at the little bits of proprietary BS in my SV08 which I've barely used because of the 0.4 (and why should I when my X1C with a 0.6 is so much faster). With my X1C I tolerate the proprietary bits because most of them are either totally out of the way and they work. That Anycubic machine sounds like it needs to be dumpstered publicly as an example.
Hello everyone! can anyone help me about how i can update the values of X, Y and Z axis's dimensions for dimensionally accurate prints, I have Kobra 2 Neo 3D printer. Please help!!!!!
Its really great that you share your printer profiles on patreon. I dont have the same printers as you (yet) but when I buy something you use I will definitely give them a try. Keep up the great content ❤
There are primarily resin channels - so I don't see why it wouldn't do well :D It is it's own area though :D What I see rarely with resin are functional prints. They print quite precises stuff but personally I have tons of issues with warping and breakage on resin prints. I'd love content that prints functional stuff in resin, that would normally be better on FDM. I have recently had a commission for airsoft parts - and my FDM was not yet in the office. So I ended up printing it in resin only to hear it broke while screwing together by the client.... I had to reprint that about 4 times by the end of it the profit was about 10 bucks before tax :D And had to do it on FDM. So it would be positively lovely to see functional prints in resin
i wouldn't buy anything from anycubic. i have a kobra neo that was my first printer i have had nothing but trouble with the bed thermistor and their probe. customer service has been good but still its sits more then it prints. i wish i could find a aftermarket bed for it to solve it problem with thermistor wire breaking . [bed 4 in a year].
Follow up videos are some of my favorite. I do the same with my printers in regard to having each one for a purpose. Loved the video, and it shows how much you enjoy each printer and why. Great job! Resin and laser stuff as mentioned isn’t of much interest to me. FDM is great because the part can be done when it’s finished. Resin is messy, stinks, and has more steps after printing than my adhd wants to do after every print.
I would love to send you one of my machines or at least one of my motion systems that i license /sell to other oems . We have our own extruder,hotends,servos,full billet 6061t6 components and we have voron compatible gantry systems but as far as i nkow i am one of the smallest companies to have vertical integration vs using ots parts.
I emailed Microswiss and they are planning on a NG/flowtech upgrade for the SV-08. Once they have the unit they ordered. 😊 I think the SV-08 is destined to become the new Ender 3.
The Ender 3 made waves because of how accessible it is; almost everyone has enough space on their desk for one and $150. The SV-08 is more than twice the size and more than 3x the price. It’s not nearly as accessible. Sure it’s more accessible than a X1C, but it’s larger and about the same price as a P1S. Don’t get me wrong, the SV-08 is a significantly better printer than an Ender 3
@@TheOfficialOriginalChad I meant as in mods by the community. One person put it as the poor man’s voron 2.4. Which is not a bad thing I think it will put a more than capable machine in the hands of lots of creative people.
Love the video, great insight into what goes into owning too many printers lol. Really makes me want to build a Voron V0 and V2, opposite ends of the spectrum but both super useful. Also makes me glad I went with Bambu's P1S rather than the X1C, mine's been damn near perfect (except for the AMS getting full of cardboard spool dust), seems like they've got the P1 series way more dialed in than the X1 series
I’ve only needed to call on them a couple of times and had great experiences. One time they were a little slow, but they were knowledgeable, patient and dealt with my problems completely.
I agree I used to think creality was bad, then I got a Bambu..... now I know Creality support is actually decent at least compared to the non support from Bambu and run around/refusal to warranty issues.
I just wanted to reply and let you know that I am speaking with Sovol about this. You're the second person who's made a comment like this in the last 2 months, and I will make sure to hold them accountable and ensure that they make some changes. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
I've got an A1 Mini arriving in two days. I'm quite excited, it's my first 3D printer. It was on sale (I think?) for $249 CAD (equivalent to $185 USD), it was hard to say no as a jumping-in point. I regret not ordering the AMS Lite, though. It's like $100 more expensive if you don't order it with the printer. I didn't think I'd use it, but then I realized that it would have been quite convenient even if I didn't want to do multi-colour prints. Oh well! I can always pick one up in the future at the non-bundle price.
Can I ask where you got the Build Plate for your SV07 Plus? I recently bought one but I don't like the textured plate and I can't really find anything that is a smooth plate Thanks
I'd suggest looking into a print that changes where the filament loads into the ptfe tube, it's on the x,z normally but at the start of a print when the machine does its thing it'll pull some filament from the roll then go back down causing a tangle. Unless you got the ams lite then ignore all that lol
@@kostis_pro so there are printer profiles which exist which set rules for stuff such as what is the space that the printer will try to print in, as well as speed, acceleration, retracting. People with experience may make their own modifications from the preset profiles to optimize the machine.
Hey Jonathan, can you plz help me out to choose between creality K1C and bambu lab A1..? I want to take it for my personal work which is bit of engineering and bit of hobby work.
Do you need to print engineering materials? If so, K1C. If not, and you’ll only print PLA and occasional PETG, or you want multicolor, A1. Feel free to use my links
I gotta apologize, a few videos I had said I hadn't heard you be critical of products, especially provided products. It's clear my memory and perception was wrong. Of course it would be impossible for anyone to prove there is no influence because of free products and relationships, but I definitely underestimated the number of times you fairly criticized products. On a separate note, I am really interested in the slunaz ff1r filament joiner. It looks like besides making sure you can use remainders of filament, you can produce some really cool aesthetic effects. And the video coverage of that device is very limited.
Hey might i ASK do you think printing your second printer IS a good choice/ IS IT even possible are there any companys that sell parts Kits and you Print the other stuff?
I'm surprised the Qidi with the heated chamber didn't make it after receiving so much hype on RUclips and a lot of praise for listening to feedback and fixing so many issue, basically doing a relaunch. Did it turn out to be not that great after all?
I've got one; it's a good general purpose printer, but unless you're routinely printing stuff which needs the heated chamber, the Voron 2.4 does just as well, and requires less maintenance.
Electronics failed randomly and I didn’t want to pay out of pocket to replace the board so I ditched it. I did a short updating people not to bother with the machine
Always liked 3d printing since a few friends got Ender 3s from Microcenter when they did their $99 deal. Would ask them to print stuff for me I used in some of my content. Then my brother-in-law who lives with me came home with a Ankermake M5 about a year ago. Really liked that printer, but it wasn't the easy-button of printing I was looking for, though it was VERY close. Between FT job, daily responsibilities, content creation, and other stuff that takes up my time...i really dont have time for tinkering on printers. Then the A1 came out and the rest is history. Even my brother in-law hopped on the Bambu Lab train and bought a X1 Carbon. So now my studio/office has an Ankermake M5, Bambu Lab A1, and X1 Carbon all lined up on one of the desks in there. Its awesome to see them all running. Brother-in-law also has an SV06 Plus he's hot rodded with mods, and added Klipper to, that his school provided (fabrication school, currently in the digital design courses). Ever play around with the Ankermake M5? Any thoughts? There doesnt seem to be alot of confidence in Anker's 3d printing business going forward since the cancellation of their multi-color thing. Comments of "Bambu Lab is what Ankermake was supposed to be" that I see has me feeling that Bambu Lab might buy their 3d printing business out...but thats just speculation. I think Anker is too big to let that happen lol.
Q. Among all these printers, which gives us the good speed and the best no compromising print quality to start a multicolor 3d printing business. *note- For the business i wanna do, i need the high quality prints with atleast a good sharpness and detailing with multicolor or multi material prints.
@@thenextlayer can i consider bambulab A1 combo in my starting budget, will it give me the good quality, speed & detailed prints being bed slinger instead of core xy ? Or can i use voron and use ERCF kit for multicolor (only if it gives me better results than bambu?)
sv07 reliable? to be honest i had more hussle than printtime on mine , maybe reliable: if your lucky to get a proper working model in first( mine came with broken extruder, ripped of cable on the thermistor and few other problems and i know other ppl with same issues) , 2nd you know klipper ( what i didn´t had only marlins befor). so if it runs it prints well "IF"...... sold my sv07 and bought A1
@@thenextlayer maybe ? dunno xd i mean your sponsort by sovol can think of that they would give you a garbage machine to promote them. but to a good point sovols customer support provided me spare parts and a completely new toolhead for free. BUT that took almost 4 weeks. the completely wrong calibrated klipper config which my machine had was not provided i had to fiddle myself or better sayd got one working from github
@@thenextlayer maybe xd wouldnt make sense to sponsor ppl and give them not working machines to promote them ^^ but to a good point , sovol provided me all spare parts i needed and a completely new toolhead etc for free but that took almost 4 weeks
AND im STILL voting for build yourself printers like the Voron😤😅 Again great video mate ! and it will for sure help some newbies choosing their path ... just have to warn all newbies to be aware of - Vorons lead down a deep deep rabbit hole 🤣💀
hi, im 15 i also live in israel and I want to get into 3d printing but the prices here are not the same as in the us so when outher RUclipsrs says that some printer is a budget 3d printer it may be very expensive and not worth it so what 3d printer would you recommend me to buy at a good price here I care about size but also speed ...and if you intend to sell some... tell me.......
Great video! It's interesting to me you've had so much success with your A1 minis. Mine has been a nonstop string of problems. Especally on AMS prints. Massive layer shifts on all axis, the AMS purging system is abysmal, the toolhead smacks things off the print bed constantly because the Z offset calibrates itself and then is too low... probably 20-25% of my prints fail on that machine. Especally multi color prints. My friend has a full sized A1 that works great, and now hearing about your X1 Carbon issues, I wonder if Bambu Labs just has really bad QC and sends out a lot of lemons.
@@thenextlayer weird. The link in your comment works but the link in the description still gives me a 404. I can’t see any difference in the two links. Anyway your patron is easy to find so not a big issue
Do you have any experience and/or thoughts on RatRig V-Core models? I like your honesty and value your experience. I am very interested in a large format printer, but I'm on a limited budget so buying a printer I don't like would be a big problem.
I have 5100 hours on my X1C...80% of the issues I've had are either caused by or actually the AMS. I'm getting good at predicting the things that will cause it issues.
I bought a QIDI XMAX-3 which I saw flash by in the voron section in your video. Saw the comments below about why it wasn't included in your LTR. I think mine is fantastic, best performance of all my printers. I even have a MAKERBOT T.O.M. from 2010 (Sailfish and Replicator G USB connect) that still works and a MAKERFARM i3 12" (300mm Marlin with Slic3r and Pronterface for control USB connect) with an itty bitty dual flexstruder upgrade I put on myself. Both use 3mm filament and I have never used an SD card or USB to print a file. The QIDI is by far the easiest to use of my 5 printers and the highest quality, not to mention the speed and huge build volume. I print most of my objects with ABS so need the heated chamber. There are cool spots in the chamber but I just move the model around to avoid them. Klipper is great with the network connect. I especially like the "IRON" feature in the QIDI slicer version of slic3r. Have not noticed any maintenance issues yet - other than the fact that those 1.75mm reels seem to get eaten up quickly.
The Bambulabs are incredible machines, but for me that love having a printer that is both high performance AND highly modular/upgradable, a Voron is the better option. But if you just want an excellent tool, yeah Bambu all the way.
I think Anycubic made a lot of missteps with the Kobra 2, even though the hardware was technically solid. The things they've done with the Kobra 3 makes me think they've realized where they went wrong but that part of them still struggles with the sunk cost fallacy
I love my MK3S+ with MMU2s. About your comments about this printer. I also replaced the nozzle with an E3D Revo. Furthermore I run it with Octoprint. But main thing: slow? I have my MK3S+ running not so slow at all. My Revo has a 0.6mm nozzle most of the time. But also I just use the pre installed settings for filaments to eventually run the prints at 200% speed with no problems at all (sometimes increasing nozzle temperature). Slow? It can print twice as fast. And with a 0.6 nozzle instead of 0.4....... even faster
@@thenextlayer my country average is 8% higher than yours :s maybe cz I buy the cheapest PETG it's cut with other random stuff? When not in use I store it with 100G fresh silica per spool in a dry bag - could that mitigate issues?
A problem I'm having with my Bambu P1S. Let's take a cube for instance. Now lets put a couple holes in it that do not go all the way through. They are not directly on top of each other but are slightly offset and separated by a 1mm wall. When I try to slice it I get a warning that there are floating areas and if I try to print it, it doesn't stick to the plate. If I enable supports it changes the object. It gets all kinds of stryations and puts supports underneath the object. What am I doing wrong and how do I correct this? I can send pics if neeced.
Shalom. I’m totally new to 3d printing. I noticed your filaments are out in the open behind you but I heard so much about keeping them in a bin at certain humidity so I’m wondering how you’re able to just keep it out and not have issues ?
I have around 6000h on my Voron 2.4 R2 350mm. Added Tap, chamber heater and a ERCF 1.0. But my go to is my X1C now. I comes down to the AMS, Spaghetti detection and automatic lidar pressure advance. I recently bought a Snapmaker J1 as well to bet able to print 2 colors a LOT faster. 5-7s instead of 90s filament change time and to be able to print TPU and ABS together or use a second material as support material.
I don’t mind resin stuff. I don’t have one but I think they’re interesting. I'd also like to hear about your laser cutters. I just got an xTool M1 and it’s kinda cool.
Make a whole video on those discarded printers. I love the knowledge that you share with us (especially the pros & cons of a printer/filament/mod)
lol I don’t wanna burn bridges with manufacturers so I put it behind a Patreon pay wall where I tell people the good the bad and the ugly
@@thenextlayer this very reason why I do not trust there "Honest" review because it not you are just hiding the true to get more free stuff
@@scifimodelshop I 100% think you can have this opinion. However, take my 2 cents.
Say this is your livelihood. Company A makes 2 printers. Company A sends you said printers. You take them into review, you leave an awful review publicly trashing it and say you should never buy from this company. Now imagine Company A turns around and their printer 3 is truly a good printer. They may no longer want to work with you despite having a good product. You lose out on a ton of money.
On the other hand, you can leave a more balanced review, professionally point out the flaws, do not sensationalize the issues, give helpful feedback, and maintain a relationship with the company. Now when printer 3 comes out you can have a brand deal. It's a tough balance between how you want to present things and the relationships you want to maintain. This occurs between people too. Money or no money involved.
As a V2.4 owner, I think anyone who wants to build one at this point should just get a Sovol SV08. Replace the ABL probe to one that isn't so heat-sensitive and throw on a different hotend. Sooo much of a V2.4 is already there that it doesn't really make sense to spend 2-3x the cost to get a box of parts and still have to 3D print most of the motion system.
Ehh you're pretty damn close, but there's still a reason to buy a Voron and I absolutely will when/if I can ever afford one, but the SV08 is a decent first step into getting to know the Voron design. Sovol (even though I had heard only good things about them before this) has turned out to be an absolute shit show of a company that almost refuses to communicate with its customers. Here's a short list of examples: when placing my order I was never told that I wasn't actually buying a printer but placing a pre-order, I was not told that the enclosure and upgraded screen would not ship with the printer and would be a further delay, I was never given any sort of shipping time update once I figured out it was actually a pre-order and had to reach out multiple times and wait days to get anything, enclosure makes you lose Z height without printing a riser, "upgraded" screen is just a product bought from elsewhere with a 3D printed enclosure and a poorly chosen one with THREE freaking cables needed to connect it and from the side not the back meaning you'll always have 3 chonky wires making a mess of things. Then there's obnoxious nebulousness like not specifying if the "high flow all metal hotend" on their site is the one that comes with the printer or an upgrade, the fact that you either can buy a runout detection sensor or a tangle detection sensor but not one that does both, the fact that they literally JUST started offering build plates for sale and still only a single type, the fact that you need a UART adapter to upgrade the firmware AND SHIPPED THE FUCKING THING WITH FIRMWARE SO OUT OF DATE THE PRINTER SCREECHES AT ME 24/7 TO UPGRADE MAINSAIL, an absolute shit bet tensioning system, the build plate is mounted flat against the top of the undercarriage meaning air filters like the bento box will not fit, the fact that you can't buy hardened nozzles in anything other than .4mm, and much more.
I am pretty happy with the printer overall though. My probe ended up being pretty damn accurate and I don't really like the idea of using the nozzle as a probe so I'm not quite sure whether I'll go with a Revo Voron w/ PZ probe or the same with an Eddy since it's so much faster, but the actual extruder itself seems to be pretty good. I was able to print with a 10+ year old roll of Ninjaflex that I've never gotten a single successful print out of so that was cool, but the hotend sucks so insanely bad you can't print at anything even approaching "fast" once you run out of the tiny sample of high-speed PLA the printer comes with. I already assumed the hotend would be the first thing I ended up replacing, I mean the whole concept of the printer was "taking the over-engineered Voron 2.4 design and cheaping out where the effect on the print quality will be negligible compared to the cost savings". But my list of what I personally consider "mandatory" upgrades has grown so that in addition to the hotend I plan on also changing the probe (mostly for speed but accuracy will also improve), the laughable ~4" offcentered LED strip, changing the runout sensor to a combined multi-sensor, adding a chamber heater, replacing all gantry pieces so actual tensioning is possible, the toolhead (so an endoscope can be used for a nozzle camera, a few LEDs can be added to illuminate the print area, and is designed in a way so you can actually see the nozzle and immediate print area, and potentially adding a CPAP to increase part cooling), build plate mounting setup, and probably more that I can't think of off the top of my head.
I've been printing since ~1012 and before buying the SV08 was still using a CR-10v2, so I think that clarifies just how much of a massive purchase the SV08 was for my poor ass. While I am incredibly happy with what I got for the price I am pretty disappointed with the print quality I am able to achieve out of the box (and I seemed to have gotten a better machine than most). I got the most insane under-extrusion artifacts that actually look like vibration artifacts using the stock print speeds, I sincerely hope they're not vibration issues as that would mean there are much bigger issues. I guess I just spent 15 minutes saying "well, it's kind of complicated" in as long a format as I possibly could have.
I don't dislike resin content, it's just got less going for it after "wow look at the detail that you can achieve with resin"
If you are not connected to the Sovol SV08 Facebook users group and the chat associated with it, one of the moderators Felix is designing a high end, high flow replacement hot end that will use easily available standard nozzles including hardened, the stock heater and temp sensor, and slide into the stock cooling fins. This solves the primary issue with that printer (and the upcoming tool changer).
Why not just a new toolhead? Is it not possible or difficult to use a different toolhead PCB?
@@Duckferd It is possible to put any Voron toolhead on it, but you have to replace the toolhead board with an EBB36 and modify the printer.cfg
The fix from Felix will be much easier for people that don't want to make such large changes to their machine.
And the key is the tool changer that will use multiple stock toolheads to do multi color printing with minimal waste. While other toolheads may work in that, the docking mechanism will be designed for this one and the slip in hot end parts will make that robust. The design uses a far better linkage between the two parts than the soldered joint that is creating issues for some people.
I’m gonna do a 7 tool changer. Not stock tool heads. Stay tuned.
@@thenextlayer I thought your video showed several Sovol tool heads, that was why I made that comment. But plans change I guess.
I much prefer the less scripted style of this video compared to your normal stuff your scripted stuff sometimes just feels very forced
I disagree.
@@Kepusu cool keep it to yourself
Nah. I dont agree that the scripted content feel forced. And he should be able to hear that this is not the only opinion from the comments. Since he has clearly seen your comment.
I just simply disagree to your opinion. Why even write a comment if you dont expect a response that dont align with your thoughts.
I'm with you. It's more sepfie than info about the printer and actually seeing it. While talking I'd prefer a screen with showing the printer itself.
I like resin content as a curiosity every now and then. Things like "hey, you could definitely not print this in FDM"
Same. Now and then. IDK like one video a month maybe? Frankly Resin printing seems more complex to me. Though that might not be the case, I'm just ignorant I think.
I love the quality of resin prints but i have the printer in my bedroom so i am not able to vent it and have a dedicated space for it.
You really shouldn’t have a 3D printer in your bedroom.
@@customlegoworks I have two fdm printers in my room, I would never have a resin printer though
@@yobtnirp3D Yes, the FDMs should not be in your bedroom w/o an enclosure and direct ventilation. Even for PLA. If you have a window that can open you can do just about anything to clear the air.
Good way to explain a review of an item. More time on a machine can change alot of people's opinions as we tune them in. I loved quite a few machines where as time went on I started to dislike them (K1). Others I have hated out the box, tuned it and fell madly in love with over time printing with it (Neptune 4).
Great point!
Hey I gotta say I loved this video. I watch most of your content and this one felt less scripted which I think I like more. Its really cool to see how many printers you keep and how many hours you've put on them.
Do you have your X1C 0.6mm profiles posted anywhere? The stock profiles for 0.6mm seem very lackluster compared to 0.4mm.
If you want to learn and like to tinker with electrical, software, and mechanical engineering. Get a voron. If not? Just buy a bambuu
I thought my Prusa mini+ was ok, until I got Bambu X1S. Night and day. I can't see myself using inferior printer now. I am awaiting delivery of Bambu A1 mino now to supplement my printing needs. But since I don't run a print farm and x1s is super fast I don't see the reason to look any further.
Good Afternoon Jonathan, I see you're still running an Alpha build Positron, many of the issues you have outlined have been fixed in the latest revision. We can get you the parts needed to upgrade it as needed.
For context; Bed Leveling has been fixed with a Z_Endstop that makes homing more reliable. The heating issue is caused by the original alpha clip not being tight enough against the hotend, this has been fixed in release. Additionally, the Z Belt has been re-designed to be more reliable as a whole.
Nice!!! I’d love replacement parts. Ping me on discord
I'm about two weeks now into owning a Bambulab X1 Carbon with AMS. So far, it has been terrific. I hope I don't encounter the issues you did! This technology is jaw-dropping for me. I've only had one previous printer, a "Mendelmax 1.0", that I built from self-sourced parts 12 years ago. Compared to modern printers, that old bed-slinger feels like a horse-drawn wagon! I've printed PLA, PLA+, PETG, and ABS so far, all completely successful. This has made 3D printing fun again!
Thanks for all of your reviews.
Welcome to the Bambu family :)
The X1 C is my first printer. I did a bunch of research. Since the Additive Manufacturing Lab at Blue Origin Rocket Park at KSC, where I work, has over 20 of them, I figured I couldn’t go wrong. It has not disappointed me yet.
I've had mine for a few years now. All that's broken has been the toolhead board, and since I had an early model, I also had to upgrade to the new lidar. But you get a free new lidar with the board if you have the old one, since the old version is discontinued, so turned out better than new
That is interesting that you dislike the “proprietary” nature of Anycubic but have no problem with Bambu Lab. I guess it really comes down to ease of use and Bambu Lab has really done that.
Bingo. If the walled garden has everything you need, there’s no reason to want to leave.
Please don't take offense, just a little constructive criticism. I definitely prefer the unscripted Jonathan. I thoroughly enjoy your channel, but mostly for the info, rather than the delivery. Sorry, but the attempts at irony, or hipness, or whatever are not my cup of tea. Just me. I cringed at the attempt at some 'adult' humor in one of your recent videos, and I almost unsubscribed. I hope you stick to your honest opinions, reviews, and other useful info, and leave the clever sidebar stuff on the table. Just my opinion.
Thanks. I appreciate the feedback. I’ll try to do more like these, but if it’s not info from the top of my head (like I need to recount exact details), a script helps a lot. I’ll try to find a balance!!
Thank you for being honest about the Bambu, but how can you say it's great and then quote all the issues you have had with it and the AMS? Sounds a little fanboyish. It may be time to open your eyes and ears and to other options and listen to your own words.....
One out of 5 of my printers have given me problems…
How about QIDI Q1 Pro, it is a nice fully enclosed CoreXY printer with a gooood price.
Kind of surprised the X1C only has ~1800 hours on it in a year and a half. I have 1200+ since March 19th. My Voron 2.4r2 is getting less and less now.
I have had 35 printers… I’m always testing new ones then getting rid of them
Your tone and off the cuff style of speaking in this is SO GOOD. These are the kinds of videos I really like. Even if you script something, the way this was just more laid back was awesome.
Yep. I need to get better at keeping it casual even if I script… thanks for the feedback
I like this more chill style of video
Ah interesting thanks for the feedback. This is way less work lol.
At 27:24 You lost me as a viewer of your content. "I did some sponsored content around this, which meant that I wasn't really, uh, able to share kind of my raw opinions." Let me say what you just said in an easier to follow format. I had a sponsor and I couldn't share with you what I really thought. So disappointed that you chose money over integrity.
I specified in that video 5X that it was sponsored content, but also, criticized them for not having the software ready in that video, too. If the printer had been trash, I wouldn’t have done a video… but, because it was sponsored content, I had talking points they wanted in there, and that didn’t include a tirade on them shipping printers before the software is ready. I wouldn’t say anything I don’t believe to be true in my videos, but when it’s a sponsored video, i don’t get to be as comprehensive. Anyways you don’t have much to worry about, people asked me not to do such videos again, and I likely won’t do them again. But, also? It costs money to make these videos, and RUclips Adsense doesn’t cover it.
He's always looking for brand sponsorships in the community, even if he's attending a exhibition, he wants a brand to sponsor their family's airfare. So I also think he would choose money between money and integrity.😅
Ok, this is more like a normal person talks than other vids you made overall.
Yeah, it’s not scripted because I can do it from the top of my head. But not every video is that way
I have been using a sidewinder x1 for the past 4 years. Its been incredibly reliable. BUT its showing its age. I mean it prints at the old 60mm/s standard all these old bed slingers do but I see everyone else using klipper and printing at 200mm/s+ and im jealous. Also having to manually level the bed also the wear is starting to show with minor layer shifts just not as good as it could be. I could build a voron since I like to print ABS some what often but I dont wanna mess with it. So I ordered an A1 with the AMS. I figure if I can get my sidewinder to print ABS I can get the A1 to do it as well with an enclosure (which is a large trash bag). The reason I went with the A1 is simple. Its price and the fact I see it everywhere. If someone has a print farm that prints PLA primarily then I usually see them using an A1. My sidewinder doesn't take much messing about to get it to print but changing filament can be a hassle and when it does jam its a REAL pain to fix. Also it seems like the bambu printers have good resale value so there is that is I dont like it.
Great content, Sir.
Personally I'm not interested in Resin printing as I won't be doing it at home.
Btw.: Just got myself the second RatRig printer. A V-Core 4 - 300. Haven't started the build yet and would love to see content about it. For me my RatRig V-Core 3 is what the Voron 2.4 is for you. A highly a reliable, fast workhorse that I'm emotionally attached to.
Working on getting one myself…
4:30 me laughing like a mad man on my Prusa MK3S+ with 305 days on it 🤣
Meanwhile....2200 hours on my Voron 2.4 350 R2 LDO kit of my own LOL.
lol yeah my hours are distributed across the 35 printers I’ve had so they are pathetic to some
@@thenextlayer nah its not pathethic, its still a lot of time print, you just sad it like it was something almost impossible to do and it made me laugh 🙃, just yesterday i found some dude have almost 690 days on his Prusa , damn that is almost ancient 🤣
I hope in my 3d printing journey and content creation , I hope to have your problem of too many printers lol...TikTok is growing fast but its slower here on the tube.
Yeah I'm annoyed enough at the little bits of proprietary BS in my SV08 which I've barely used because of the 0.4 (and why should I when my X1C with a 0.6 is so much faster). With my X1C I tolerate the proprietary bits because most of them are either totally out of the way and they work. That Anycubic machine sounds like it needs to be dumpstered publicly as an example.
Hello everyone! can anyone help me about how i can update the values of X, Y and Z axis's dimensions for dimensionally accurate prints, I have Kobra 2 Neo 3D printer.
Please help!!!!!
Its really great that you share your printer profiles on patreon. I dont have the same printers as you (yet) but when I buy something you use I will definitely give them a try. Keep up the great content ❤
My Bambu Lab X1C baby!!! ALL DAY!!! ...My Elegoo Neptune 3 Plus is nice too. 😑😑
There are primarily resin channels - so I don't see why it wouldn't do well :D It is it's own area though :D
What I see rarely with resin are functional prints. They print quite precises stuff but personally I have tons of issues with warping and breakage on resin prints. I'd love content that prints functional stuff in resin, that would normally be better on FDM. I have recently had a commission for airsoft parts - and my FDM was not yet in the office. So I ended up printing it in resin only to hear it broke while screwing together by the client.... I had to reprint that about 4 times by the end of it the profit was about 10 bucks before tax :D And had to do it on FDM. So it would be positively lovely to see functional prints in resin
Don't like resin content?
What?
I've a creality halot one alongside my FDM printers. I really appreciate it's differences. Very complimentary.
i wouldn't buy anything from anycubic. i have a kobra neo that was my first printer i have had nothing but trouble with the bed thermistor and their probe. customer service has been good but still its sits more then it prints. i wish i could find a aftermarket bed for it to solve it problem with thermistor wire breaking . [bed 4 in a year].
A1 mini is great. How did u get the hours. I can’t find it band Bambu said u can’t. So curious how u did?
It was on the screen deep in the menus actually
Follow up videos are some of my favorite. I do the same with my printers in regard to having each one for a purpose. Loved the video, and it shows how much you enjoy each printer and why. Great job!
Resin and laser stuff as mentioned isn’t of much interest to me. FDM is great because the part can be done when it’s finished. Resin is messy, stinks, and has more steps after printing than my adhd wants to do after every print.
I would love to send you one of my machines or at least one of my motion systems that i license /sell to other oems . We have our own extruder,hotends,servos,full billet 6061t6 components and we have voron compatible gantry systems but as far as i nkow i am one of the smallest companies to have vertical integration vs using ots parts.
Great video, a lot of useful information!!! Thank you so much for mentioning me and my channel!!!
You are so welcome!
I have only the Ender 3 S1 Pro, but I've gotten over 1,700 hours on it and I'm a month behind logging hours.
Nice variety! There seem to be a lot of printers within a common price range, so it's becoming harder to decide!
I like resin printers but the mess to clean up and the post processing and the relatability just isn’t the same as press print and get a part like FDM
I suffer from the reverse IKEA effect. Anything I do, I have a nagging feeling anyone else could do it better. Not a joke.
I emailed Microswiss and they are planning on a NG/flowtech upgrade for the SV-08. Once they have the unit they ordered. 😊 I think the SV-08 is destined to become the new Ender 3.
The Ender 3 made waves because of how accessible it is; almost everyone has enough space on their desk for one and $150.
The SV-08 is more than twice the size and more than 3x the price. It’s not nearly as accessible. Sure it’s more accessible than a X1C, but it’s larger and about the same price as a P1S.
Don’t get me wrong, the SV-08 is a significantly better printer than an Ender 3
@@TheOfficialOriginalChad I meant as in mods by the community. One person put it as the poor man’s voron 2.4. Which is not a bad thing I think it will put a more than capable machine in the hands of lots of creative people.
Siiiiick
I like resin for the parts that eventually come out, but I absolutely hate the process of resin printing, at least on my photon mono.
Love the video, great insight into what goes into owning too many printers lol. Really makes me want to build a Voron V0 and V2, opposite ends of the spectrum but both super useful.
Also makes me glad I went with Bambu's P1S rather than the X1C, mine's been damn near perfect (except for the AMS getting full of cardboard spool dust), seems like they've got the P1 series way more dialed in than the X1 series
Resin content is good too. I have two resij printers and two fdm printers. I use resin for artistic detailed stuff.
I just did the math and I also have over 1,200 hours on my first Ender 3 S1 😆
LOVE my Bambu p1p, but the customer service is possibly some of the worst EVER of any company I have had the pleasure to deal with.
I’ve only needed to call on them a couple of times and had great experiences. One time they were a little slow, but they were knowledgeable, patient and dealt with my problems completely.
I agree I used to think creality was bad, then I got a Bambu..... now I know Creality support is actually decent at least compared to the non support from Bambu and run around/refusal to warranty issues.
Seems like a hit or miss with the customer service though after a short stint in customer service, sometimes the customer is the problem.
After dealing with Sovol's customer support, Bambu's support feels amazingly good.
I just wanted to reply and let you know that I am speaking with Sovol about this. You're the second person who's made a comment like this in the last 2 months, and I will make sure to hold them accountable and ensure that they make some changes. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
I have a resin printer I have never used. Would welcome some content so I know how to use it.
ha a lot of 3d printers over the years. and i just got the k1 max. it looks really good.
Definitely would have enjoyed more commentary on your resin printers.
I was shocked by the A1 Mini as an X1 Carbon owner. It's been so great.
I've got an A1 Mini arriving in two days. I'm quite excited, it's my first 3D printer. It was on sale (I think?) for $249 CAD (equivalent to $185 USD), it was hard to say no as a jumping-in point. I regret not ordering the AMS Lite, though. It's like $100 more expensive if you don't order it with the printer. I didn't think I'd use it, but then I realized that it would have been quite convenient even if I didn't want to do multi-colour prints. Oh well! I can always pick one up in the future at the non-bundle price.
Can I ask where you got the Build Plate for your SV07 Plus? I recently bought one but I don't like the textured plate and I can't really find anything that is a smooth plate Thanks
Check out jle.vi/whambam
is there a reason why you no longer have a bambu affiliate account?
all printers are interesting to me, tho It will be a long while before I get into resin
Why do you not have a Bambu Lab affiliate account anymore?
Really good video! Tomorrow my first 3d printer the a1 mini arrives. Any tips?
I'd suggest looking into a print that changes where the filament loads into the ptfe tube, it's on the x,z normally but at the start of a print when the machine does its thing it'll pull some filament from the roll then go back down causing a tangle. Unless you got the ams lite then ignore all that lol
@@Yaup_ I didn't get the ams lite
One of the first prints to do should be some sort of poop box for the a1 mini
@@U1TR4F0RCE OK, will do. Also, may I ask a question? How print profile work and what I need to use and change?
@@kostis_pro so there are printer profiles which exist which set rules for stuff such as what is the space that the printer will try to print in, as well as speed, acceleration, retracting. People with experience may make their own modifications from the preset profiles to optimize the machine.
Irbis in TNL video😅 Nice to here that you know each other👍
Hey Jonathan, can you plz help me out to choose between creality K1C and bambu lab A1..? I want to take it for my personal work which is bit of engineering and bit of hobby work.
Do you need to print engineering materials? If so, K1C. If not, and you’ll only print PLA and occasional PETG, or you want multicolor, A1. Feel free to use my links
yeah, no resin for me.
Luv this kind of 'hindsight review'. Much more valuable than open-box or first-use reviews. thx
Glad it was helpful! I’ll try to do more
I gotta apologize, a few videos I had said I hadn't heard you be critical of products, especially provided products. It's clear my memory and perception was wrong. Of course it would be impossible for anyone to prove there is no influence because of free products and relationships, but I definitely underestimated the number of times you fairly criticized products.
On a separate note, I am really interested in the slunaz ff1r filament joiner. It looks like besides making sure you can use remainders of filament, you can produce some really cool aesthetic effects. And the video coverage of that device is very limited.
Thanks, but I heard your feedback and agreed with it. I’m going to try to be more comfortable criticizing products without sugar coating.
I do like resin content . I have FDM and Resin printers
The ERCF V2 is an interesting topic for a video
Hey might i ASK do you think printing your second printer IS a good choice/ IS IT even possible are there any companys that sell parts Kits and you Print the other stuff?
Yeah buddy look into VORON… I’ve built 3 on this channel. Https://jle.vi/voronkits
I'm surprised the Qidi with the heated chamber didn't make it after receiving so much hype on RUclips and a lot of praise for listening to feedback and fixing so many issue, basically doing a relaunch. Did it turn out to be not that great after all?
I've got one; it's a good general purpose printer, but unless you're routinely printing stuff which needs the heated chamber, the Voron 2.4 does just as well, and requires less maintenance.
Electronics failed randomly and I didn’t want to pay out of pocket to replace the board so I ditched it. I did a short updating people not to bother with the machine
Probably because he broke the machine himself and then qidi couldn't offer him a free warranty. So he started smearing qidi.😅😅
Hi. Would you like to test my design for K1. Basically it is new hinge door system to make life easier.
K1 is gone :)
Awesome video, would you recommend for a small print farm(10-20 printers) to use A1 mini over the regular A1 or a mix?
A1 probably for a farm
I was actually interested in the Resin printers a bit
Always liked 3d printing since a few friends got Ender 3s from Microcenter when they did their $99 deal. Would ask them to print stuff for me I used in some of my content. Then my brother-in-law who lives with me came home with a Ankermake M5 about a year ago. Really liked that printer, but it wasn't the easy-button of printing I was looking for, though it was VERY close. Between FT job, daily responsibilities, content creation, and other stuff that takes up my time...i really dont have time for tinkering on printers. Then the A1 came out and the rest is history. Even my brother in-law hopped on the Bambu Lab train and bought a X1 Carbon. So now my studio/office has an Ankermake M5, Bambu Lab A1, and X1 Carbon all lined up on one of the desks in there. Its awesome to see them all running. Brother-in-law also has an SV06 Plus he's hot rodded with mods, and added Klipper to, that his school provided (fabrication school, currently in the digital design courses).
Ever play around with the Ankermake M5? Any thoughts? There doesnt seem to be alot of confidence in Anker's 3d printing business going forward since the cancellation of their multi-color thing. Comments of "Bambu Lab is what Ankermake was supposed to be" that I see has me feeling that Bambu Lab might buy their 3d printing business out...but thats just speculation. I think Anker is too big to let that happen lol.
Jonathan,
How can one reach u?
Your LinkedIn is unreachable and the contact form at your website doesn't work
Join our discord! Message me there.
Nothing about creality printers here?
Fabreeko is making a kit for the prusa mk3 to convert them to core xy, that would be a nice upgrade for it
You have my attention…
Surprised you dont have an MK4
Q. Among all these printers, which gives us the good speed and the best no compromising print quality to start a multicolor 3d printing business.
*note- For the business i wanna do, i need the high quality prints with atleast a good sharpness and detailing with multicolor or multi material prints.
Anything from Bambu lab if you want multicolor
@@thenextlayer can i consider bambulab A1 combo in my starting budget, will it give me the good quality, speed & detailed prints being bed slinger instead of core xy ?
Or can i use voron and use ERCF kit for multicolor (only if it gives me better results than bambu?)
Would be great if every 3D printing youtuber made a video like that once every 1 or 2 years.
On it!
1100 hours onnn my X1C, not a single problem. You got unlucky.
Only on one of them!
As much as i would like a bamboo, i don’t like my printer connected to the internet
i thought there was a workaround for that? May be I’m mistaken.
Do you think that the reviewers not having space is the reason we never get any large printer content?
Part of it, yeah. But then again look how many took the orange storm Giga…
sv07 reliable? to be honest i had more hussle than printtime on mine , maybe reliable: if your lucky to get a proper working model in first( mine came with broken extruder, ripped of cable on the thermistor and few other problems and i know other ppl with same issues) , 2nd you know klipper ( what i didn´t had only marlins befor).
so if it runs it prints well "IF"......
sold my sv07 and bought A1
Sorry to hear that. Mine was awesome. Maybe they cherry pick…?
@@thenextlayer maybe ? dunno xd i mean your sponsort by sovol can think of that they would give you a garbage machine to promote them.
but to a good point sovols customer support provided me spare parts and a completely new toolhead for free. BUT that took almost 4 weeks.
the completely wrong calibrated klipper config which my machine had was not provided i had to fiddle myself or better sayd got one working from github
@@thenextlayer maybe xd wouldnt make sense to sponsor ppl and give them not working machines to promote them ^^
but to a good point , sovol provided me all spare parts i needed and a completely new toolhead etc for free but that took almost 4 weeks
AND im STILL voting for build yourself printers like the Voron😤😅
Again great video mate ! and it will for sure help some newbies choosing their path ... just have to warn all newbies to be aware of - Vorons lead down a deep deep rabbit hole 🤣💀
I built two printers. Never again. I enjoy designing, not tinkering with the printers.
@@arturdobrzynski6531 😅 what happened if i may ask ?
Great video, really like this type of videos 😀
Now I know I will buy another P1S next time not the X1C
I got x1s. Super happy with my choice only because I had disposable extra money to spend on extra UX features . P1S is great, so no need to get X1S.
hi, im 15 i also live in israel and I want to get into 3d printing but the prices here are not the same as in the us so when outher RUclipsrs says that some printer is a budget 3d printer it may be very expensive and not worth it so what 3d printer would you recommend me to buy at a good price here I care about size but also speed ...and if you intend to sell some... tell me.......
Great video!
It's interesting to me you've had so much success with your A1 minis. Mine has been a nonstop string of problems. Especally on AMS prints. Massive layer shifts on all axis, the AMS purging system is abysmal, the toolhead smacks things off the print bed constantly because the Z offset calibrates itself and then is too low... probably 20-25% of my prints fail on that machine. Especally multi color prints.
My friend has a full sized A1 that works great, and now hearing about your X1 Carbon issues, I wonder if Bambu Labs just has really bad QC and sends out a lot of lemons.
GREAT channel!! The Patron link in the description does not work (at least from DK) it returns a 404.
Works for me?? patreon.com/thenextlayer
@@thenextlayer weird. The link in your comment works but the link in the description still gives me a 404. I can’t see any difference in the two links. Anyway your patron is easy to find so not a big issue
Do you have any experience and/or thoughts on RatRig V-Core models?
I like your honesty and value your experience. I am very interested in a large format printer, but I'm on a limited budget so buying a printer I don't like would be a big problem.
I have 5100 hours on my X1C...80% of the issues I've had are either caused by or actually the AMS. I'm getting good at predicting the things that will cause it issues.
I bought a QIDI XMAX-3 which I saw flash by in the voron section in your video. Saw the comments below about why it wasn't included in your LTR. I think mine is fantastic, best performance of all my printers. I even have a MAKERBOT T.O.M. from 2010 (Sailfish and Replicator G USB connect) that still works and a MAKERFARM i3 12" (300mm Marlin with Slic3r and Pronterface for control USB connect) with an itty bitty dual flexstruder upgrade I put on myself. Both use 3mm filament and I have never used an SD card or USB to print a file. The QIDI is by far the easiest to use of my 5 printers and the highest quality, not to mention the speed and huge build volume. I print most of my objects with ABS so need the heated chamber. There are cool spots in the chamber but I just move the model around to avoid them. Klipper is great with the network connect. I especially like the "IRON" feature in the QIDI slicer version of slic3r. Have not noticed any maintenance issues yet - other than the fact that those 1.75mm reels seem to get eaten up quickly.
0:20 best 3D REVIEW KNOW ABOUT IT SINCE 2000 but you confirmed a lot of the expenses involved!
The Bambulabs are incredible machines, but for me that love having a printer that is both high performance AND highly modular/upgradable, a Voron is the better option. But if you just want an excellent tool, yeah Bambu all the way.
How can I find out how many hours my printer has on it?
Depends which one
I think Anycubic made a lot of missteps with the Kobra 2, even though the hardware was technically solid. The things they've done with the Kobra 3 makes me think they've realized where they went wrong but that part of them still struggles with the sunk cost fallacy
I love my MK3S+ with MMU2s. About your comments about this printer.
I also replaced the nozzle with an E3D Revo. Furthermore I run it with Octoprint.
But main thing: slow? I have my MK3S+ running not so slow at all.
My Revo has a 0.6mm nozzle most of the time. But also I just use the pre installed settings for filaments to eventually run the prints at 200% speed with no problems at all (sometimes increasing nozzle temperature).
Slow? It can print twice as fast. And with a 0.6 nozzle instead of 0.4....... even faster
I have 1600 hours on my 300mm 2.4. Last week I had to convert from drag chains to canbus due to the harness failing
? Petg prints fine on my A1mini - tho you may mention not all spools fit on the ams lite, as the centre is not always big enough
In my climate I can’t leave PETG out in the open for more than an hour
@@thenextlayer my country average is 8% higher than yours :s maybe cz I buy the cheapest PETG it's cut with other random stuff? When not in use I store it with 100G fresh silica per spool in a dry bag - could that mitigate issues?
A problem I'm having with my Bambu P1S. Let's take a cube for instance. Now lets put a couple holes in it that do not go all the way through. They are not directly on top of each other but are slightly offset and separated by a 1mm wall. When I try to slice it I get a warning that there are floating areas and if I try to print it, it doesn't stick to the plate. If I enable supports it changes the object. It gets all kinds of stryations and puts supports underneath the object. What am I doing wrong and how do I correct this? I can send pics if neeced.
Shalom. I’m totally new to 3d printing. I noticed your filaments are out in the open behind you but I heard so much about keeping them in a bin at certain humidity so I’m wondering how you’re able to just keep it out and not have issues ?
I had a Prusa MK3S+, BambuLab X1 Carbon and Voron Trident 300.
Sold the Prusa and the BambuLab and kept the Voron. It's just so damn good.
How can I find out how much hours my P1S has?
It’s in the menu system on the device
I have around 6000h on my Voron 2.4 R2 350mm. Added Tap, chamber heater and a ERCF 1.0. But my go to is my X1C now.
I comes down to the AMS, Spaghetti detection and automatic lidar pressure advance.
I recently bought a Snapmaker J1 as well to bet able to print 2 colors a LOT faster. 5-7s instead of 90s filament change time and to be able to print TPU and ABS together or use a second material as support material.
I don’t mind resin stuff. I don’t have one but I think they’re interesting. I'd also like to hear about your laser cutters. I just got an xTool M1 and it’s kinda cool.