I kind of agree with what you’re saying on creality, but if you look at their core xy machines compared to other manufacturers of a similar price point, it’s just not worth it (K1).

To your point about larger size, Qidi XMAX3 is where it’s at. It’s rock solid and customer support is amazing. They’ve sent me free parts due to clogs and helped diagnose issues on the printer (this is what Creality lacks, support). It runs on Klipper and is easily modified, and it’s fully enclosed with a heater.

I also think a “beginner” machine has shifted. Most people want to print, not maintain. And now we have plenty of machines that need little maintenance.

Creality machines do excel at tinkering, swapping parts, and doing fun mods. But you need to know that’s what you want when going in. Even then for a beginner I’d say get something rock solid for your first printer, and get a tinkering machine for your second.

I agree with everything you’re saying about filament. The only thing to use CF with is Nylon if you need it to be a little more rigid, but it will eat your nozzle.

ASA and ABS won’t only smell, it will poison you. Do not hang out if you can smell it.

As per Amazon and their return policy, totally true. If you’re not buying there make sure they have a solid customer support, like Qidi and Bambu. Creality wouldn’t take a return for the world.

Bambu has community firmware.

I don’t think so. It looks like it lacks ABL, and the time savings from a core XY with ABL or auto first layer are MASSIVE. Also your print quality increases exponentially.

Take a look at the FlashForge 5M if you want a budget auto first layer printer, or the Qidi line for a slightly more robust printer (but needs more manual intervention).

And if you’d like to focus on printing and not tinkering forever, get a Bambu. Any of them.

Avoid creality.

Qidi has been fantastic for me. Amazing customer support. They’ve sent replacement parts as well.

For screenshots look at Greenshot.

It’s not a death trap it’s just not to code. Possible fire risk? Sure. But there’s a lot of things that are too code that are fire risk as well.

Mainly it needs a disclaimer that it’s not to code for the US and for low voltage projects only.

Devils advocate here - you do need to print these to make them dangerous. They’re not items that are being given to children without parent consent.

And creality won’t support you if you buy their printer anyway!

Wow. Thats very impressive!

I’ve heard nothing but trouble from the K1M. Thats what pushed me towards a Qidi Xmax 3, I wanted that build volume. Still, my next printer will be Bambu.

How does it have a large attack surface? I thought being immutable reduced the surface.

You’re going to love Bazzite.

Ah yes. I’m on X11 due to Nvidia and some remote applications for the foreseeable future.

It’s not that bad. I run Davinci resolve in a Distrobox.

Edit: and when I say it’s not that bad it’s basically flawless

I feel like every time I blink there’s a better and easier way to do things.

If this could connect to Oogabooga for LLM control, that would be pretty cool.

Use home assistant.

I was definitely suspicious, but now that they’re partnering to create community firmwares, it feels like all that suspicion is unwarranted. I think people just couldn’t believe a printer could work so well (and of course there’s the xenophobia).

Oh good to know. I do think as a toy printer for your kids, the A1 mini looks great. And assuming you have kids, then you don’t have time, making the premium price more attractive.

I hear you on that. I ended up getting a Qidi Max 3 for that reason.