Hello there,

after a few years of being out of the hobby I am starting to get interested again after seeing that a lot of budget printers now are having all the features that my old one were missing. Direct extruder, auto bed leveling, dual z axis, stuff like that. So which one of the budget printers around 300€ would you guys suggest one should get to get started again? Elegoo Neptune 4? Creality Ender 3 V3? Anycubic Kobra 2? Sovol S06? There are so many good looking options that I am interested in your experiences and opinions. Thanks!

  • Kuro@feddit.deOPEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    That’s one option and the one I was also thinking about. But it is triple the price for a few of the budget options.

    • mark3748@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      You buy a budget printer if you want to get into 3d printers. You buy a prusa if you want to get into 3d printing.

      If you want to learn how everything works, you should get a kit. After it’s assembled you should be able to print nearly endlessly with nothing more than basic maintenance.

    • Landless2029@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Speaking as someone who wetn cheap and got an ender 3. I’ve spent 90% of my time with printer maintenance and calibration. Not printing…

    • PlasticExistence@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      If you value your time more than you like to tinker with your printer, then the cost makes sense.

      If you like to do more maintenance and prefer to save the money up front, then the budget printers make sense.