expired Posted by Meowssi | Staff • Feb 10, 2025
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expired Posted by Meowssi | Staff • Feb 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025 6:27 PM
Flashforge Adventurer 5M High-Speed 600 mm/s Auto Leveling WiFi 3D Printer
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Software experience is up to you to decide. Bambu is very good here.
As long as you don't bring in Mulit color into the equation. This is also much cheaper right now vs A1.
Some may also say the firmware fiasco could push some users away from Bambu though. I don't personally care and I think it's overblown and will pass
I would buy this over A1 mini at this price
It doesn't seem fair to blame the printer, unless it has trouble actually heating the nozzle.
As someone with a Bambu X1C and an old Creality Ender 3, I don't recommend Bambu for beginners. It's counterintuitive, but 3D printing really requires getting a feel for the balance of many variables. Bambu literally prevents you from making on the fly adjustments, which is essential for learning. Each print takes ~7 minutes to start (3 is you get some optimized startup routine gcode), so you can't, for instance, nudge the z offset a little while printing or tinker with the bed leveling (warped beds are not rare for Bambu printers). Instead, you'll have to adjust, wait 7 minutes, check output, cancel, adjust, wait 7 minutes, etc.
Add to that the fact that Bambu is CLEARLY aiming to lock down user choices even further (and likely go the way of Cricut and monetize every print), and I'd recommend staying away. I'll be selling my X1C once I decide of the replacement. For a beginner, I recommend checking the options around $300 from the popular brands (Creality, Anycubic, etc.) and just make sure to get one with automatic bed leveling and a good community behind it (also preferably open source and "direct drive"). Overall, I think it's important to first get something you're not afraid to take apart. It's really hard to actually ruin a printer, but semi-easy to break parts. With a cheap printer, you're out $5 and a 2-day Amazon (or 1 month AliExpress) wait for replacements.
If the goal is to start printing trinkets right away, yeah Bambu will work, but when you run into problems (and you 100% will with ANY 3D printer), you're likely to spend more time fixing them and less likely to learn why the fixes work. The field just isn't at the point where you can reasonably expect to begin from zero knowledge and have a trouble-free experience.
At least that's my $0.02.
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The only drawback, but expected at this price point, is the lack of an enclosure. I think I would have bought the 5M Pro instead if the price difference wouldn't be more than $100.
The only drawback, but expected at this price point, is the lack of an enclosure. I think I would have bought the 5M Pro instead if the price difference wouldn't be more than $100.
Enclosure hardware kit is $40. Then you print the rest of the pieces. This printer is such a workhorse.
I want to get flahsforge ad5x with AMS
The only drawback, but expected at this price point, is the lack of an enclosure. I think I would have bought the 5M Pro instead if the price difference wouldn't be more than $100.
would this be considered an upgrade from A1?
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Some might say that. Core XY and not a bed slinger.
Software experience is up to you to decide. Bambu is very good here.
As long as you don't bring in Mulit color into the equation. This is also much cheaper right now vs A1.
Some may also say the firmware fiasco could push some users away from Bambu though. I don't personally care and I think it's overblown and will pass
I would buy this over A1 mini at this price
The printable housing is nice but it costs about $60 once you pay for the kit and filament required to print it. Of course you can side your own parts (the instructions tell you what is needed) or even totally design your own.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPSZ9PGS
This listing also has a lot of not 5M reviews mixed in
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH4NYL6J
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPSZ9PGS
This listing also has a lot of not 5M reviews mixed in
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH4NYL6J
Good info thanks. Looking for a starter 3d printer and saw the 3.9/1920 reviews so scared me off a bit.
If you are new to 3d printing, I'd recommend a Bambu one tbh. I have 2 flashforge creator pros and got a Bambu this year. Very very user friendly
There's an enclosure kit available for around $40, but you have to print all the parts yourself except for the screws and plexiglass. I bought two kits, but I haven't even started printing the pieces or assembling them yet.
I've had better luck with PETG compared to other materials, but the nozzles on these printers seem really finicky, especially when swapping filaments. They clog constantly, even after trying different nozzle types and bed plates. Because of that, I often end up printing on my Bambu Lab printers instead.
That said, for the $200 price point, it's actually a decent deal when everything works. Right now, they're selling for about $237–$240, so I could pick up four for under $1,000, which is pretty tempting given the larger build plate and faster speed compared to the A1 Mini. If the reliability was just a little better, these would be an amazing bargain.
Example from Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/HIKUDIY-Fl...B0DK33FJZN
Example from Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/HIKUDIY-Fl...B0DK33FJZN
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The only drawback, but expected at this price point, is the lack of an enclosure. I think I would have bought the 5M Pro instead if the price difference wouldn't be more than $100.
What do you usually 3d print? Why do people buy these? Curious if I should get one