I've never had a 3D printer, what would be recommended for a beginner? Help

[MentaL]

I've never owned one, never used one nor do I know anything about them. If I was in the market for one, to learn and to have fun with, what 3d printer would you recommend?

Cheers,
MentaL.

 

[Spikey]

I've never owned one, never used one nor do I know anything about them. If I was in the market for one, to learn and to have fun with, what 3d printer would you recommend?

Cheers,
MentaL.

I use a filament 3D printer EleGoo Neptune 4 its great for beginners, uses Pla 1.75 filament comes with multiple nozzles to use diferent size material. I would recomend this one.

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[GohanSSJ]

I have a Neptune 4 Plus, which is both bigger and has some extra's, I'm not dissatisfied, but I will not recommend it to new people.

My first printer was an Ender 3 S1, and it required loads and loads of work to make it run properly. At a certain point I upgraded to the Neptune 4 Plus for large prints, and the Bambulabs A1 Mini with AMS for colour prints.

The A1 Mini is by far the superior printer. It needs some technical skill if things get stuck or whatever, but I know you got that.
I also know that you would get the Neptune running. The thing is though, the Bambulabs printers are so much easier to run, with virtually no hassle.

My shortlist would be the A1 (with AMS if you want colour), unlike the mini, it has a 256mm build plate, which is quite a good size. Pretty much all files you can find fits on there.
Or the P1P, also from Bambulabs. The difference is that the A1 is a bed slinger, meaning the bed moves forwards and backwards. The P1P is a CoreXY, which means the bed only goes up and down. The advantage is that this is much more stable, and you can enclose it if you want to print tougher filaments that need a controlled temperature. The P1P is more expensive though. Of course the A1 costs more than the Neptune 4 as well.

Both can be upgraded with an AMS for colour prints/filament swap.

If my house burned down right now, I would buy a P1P myself, but I know I love this hobby. If you are not sure or want to keep it affordable, you can't go wrong with the A1.

 

[Spikey]

I have a Neptune 4 Plus, which is both bigger and has some extra's, I'm not dissatisfied, but I will not recommend it to new people.

My first printer was an Ender 3 S1, and it required loads and loads of work to make it run properly. At a certain point I upgraded to the Neptune 4 Plus for large prints, and the Bambulabs A1 Mini with AMS for colour prints.

The A1 Mini is by far the superior printer. It needs some technical skill if things get stuck or whatever, but I know you got that.
I also know that you would get the Neptune running. The thing is though, the Bambulabs printers are so much easier to run, with virtually no hassle.

My shortlist would be the A1 (with AMS if you want colour), unlike the mini, it has a 256mm build plate, which is quite a good size. Pretty much all files you can find fits on there.
Or the P1P, also from Bambulabs. The difference is that the A1 is a bed slinger, meaning the bed moves forwards and backwards. The P1P is a CoreXY, which means the bed only goes up and down. The advantage is that this is much more stable, and you can enclose it if you want to print tougher filaments that need a controlled temperature. The P1P is more expensive though. Of course the A1 costs more than the Neptune 4 as well.

Both can be upgraded with an AMS for colour prints/filament swap.

If my house burned down right now, I would buy a P1P myself, but I know I love this hobby. If you are not sure or want to keep it affordable, you can't go wrong with the A1.

Your on your second I'm still using my Elegoo Neptune 4 I had no experience of 3D printers learned alot using this one as it worked right out of the box, can't imagin one any easier than this but then again like I said this being the only one I have owned. looking at the Bambulabs A1 Mini it certainly looks cool without side rails nice design.

 

[cinus]

I've never owned one, never used one nor do I know anything about them. If I was in the market for one, to learn and to have fun with, what 3d printer would you recommend?

Cheers,
MentaL.

Definitely creality ender 3 v3 se for beginner at low cost its best choice .
PS:I already say before in old post That Bambu lab is best but not really low cost one and definitely not for very beginners .
MentaL can this post be update with this one ?

 

[Liam]

I suppose it ultimately depends on the specific requirements - if you're only just getting started, and want to tinker around, then you'd probably be best looking at something small, within your particular budget.

However, if you're like me, and just go balls to the wall, the Bambu X1 Carbon printer is amazing.

I did a bit of research, and ultimately decided on the Bambu printer simply because of its all-inclusive functionality. While it is expensive, I'll admit, I've been enjoying it and printing things that would otherwise cost $15+ each in-store (for less than $1 of PETG filament). I've printed 30 of these so far, thus saving me $400. I've also printed some articulating 3D toys to throw in little gift bags for my daughter's birthday party coming up.

The Bambu range has entry-level printers, such as the A1 Mini, which could be a good starting point. I don't have hands-on experience or recommendations for other brands, so I can't comment, sadly.

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It'd help to know what budget you've got to work with, because you can pickup printers ranging in price.

On a side note, you could always look on Facebook Marketplace or another buy/swap/sell platform for a second-hand printer, that could kick-start your 3D printing addiction..... Join the dark side.

 

[Spikey]

Yeah GohanSSJ all so reccemended this brand of printer as for me I am intriged with these might be my next one we shall see.

 

[iGaming]

Bambu A1 because they offer the multicolor thing for cheap with their printers, but there are other options if you want to print engineering grade stuff like carbon fiber reinforced parts for cars which can be printed with even an entry level printer like Qidi Q1 Pro ($550)

 

[Spikey]

Yeah I've see those I have also looked at metal printers its a deep rabbit hole if you want to go all in lol

 

[GohanSSJ]

I suppose it ultimately depends on the specific requirements - if you're only just getting started, and want to tinker around, then you'd probably be best looking at something small, within your particular budget.

However, if you're like me, and just go balls to the wall, the Bambu X1 Carbon printer is amazing.

I did a bit of research, and ultimately decided on the Bambu printer simply because of its all-inclusive functionality. While it is expensive, I'll admit, I've been enjoying it and printing things that would otherwise cost $15+ each in-store (for less than $1 of PETG filament). I've printed 30 of these so far, thus saving me $400. I've also printed some articulating 3D toys to throw in little gift bags for my daughter's birthday party coming up.

The Bambu range has entry-level printers, such as the A1 Mini, which could be a good starting point. I don't have hands-on experience or recommendations for other brands, so I can't comment, sadly.

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It'd help to know what budget you've got to work with, because you can pickup printers ranging in price.

On a side note, you could always look on Facebook Marketplace or another buy/swap/sell platform for a second-hand printer, that could kick-start your 3D printing addiction..... Join the dark side.

The X1C is definitely balls to the wall, but also only needed for extremely specific stuff. Personally I've only printed PLA, TPU and PETG, which can all be done without an enclosure and more expensive hot ends. That said though, I do have an enclosure for more stable printing in which my A1 Mini sits, and I have the right hot end for ABS printing. I just never needed to print ABS.

When we look at the X1C, we are going pretty exotic territory to make use of that advantage. Considering it's double/triple the cost of the other Bambu printers, I wouldn't recommend it unless you want to print those specific materials, or if you are just swimming in cash.
Generally though, if you are/become a big 3D printing person, it's generally not a bad thing to have multiple printers.

Personally I'm waiting for Bambu to release their larger printers, I've also been keeping my eye on Qidi Plus 4, I'm still missing sufficient info on whether they are at Bambu's level, or worse/better, but it's a large scale CoreXY for a reasonable price, and they got an MMS (multi material system - so for colour and using different filaments) coming out next year, which is what I'm looking for.
With Bambu I'm kinda worried that their big printer is gonna cost a lot, like 1500 or something. We will see though. But yeah I pretty much want to replace my Neptune 4 Plus.


Btw for those wondering why I want MMS on a large scale printer, I used to think it was madness, because doing a lot of colours on a large print, would be super expensive, and it is. Here is the thing though, using an MMS allows for the best supports ever.
What you basically do is use for example PLA and PETG. Now these 2 plastics don't adhere well to each other at all. So in your slicer you can tell it to use a different material for the top layer of your support. So instead of a PLA support getting stuck to your PLA print, you get a PLA print with a mostly PLA support, but the layer between your support and print, will bet PETG, and will snap off with just a breeze, and leaves such an incredibly smooth print.