Hi, I’m sbird! I like programming and am interested in Physics. I also have a hobby of photography.

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  • I personally have a Bambu A1, but in hindsight I would not recommend Bambu’s printers, since they are going the Apple route of locking down their ecosystems, blocking things like third-party slicers and accessories. Not very nice of them. My A1 will be perpetually stuck on firmware v4.0.0.0 for this reason as I prefer using OrcaSlicer over Bambu Studio. There is no reason why they should block OrcaSlicer, it’s a fork of Bambu Studio (which itself is a fork of PrusaSlicer, rules for thee not for me?)

    The Creality Ender 3 seems to be the most recommended budget beginner printer. I have never owned one myself, but I have used one before in school, and the print quality is great. No idea how difficult it is to maintain though.

    If you can stretch your budget a bit, you might also want to look at printers from other brands (Sovol, Qidi, possibly used Prusas, and the new Elegoo Centauri Carbon + non-carbon).


  • Qidi has some good value options with an enclosure. There’s also Creality’s printers that seem pretty good, and of course Bambu (but unfortunately, they are taking the Apple route of locking down their ecosystem…)

    I print with the Bambu A1 (not the Mini, the bigger one) which has great print quality and the only downside is that I have to use the LAN only mode and keep it at firmware v4.0.0.0 since they blocked using third-party software with the newer firmware updates (such as OrcaSlicer). I have set up tailscale so I can access my local network remotely though, so it’s not all bad.