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Creality Ender 3 V3 SE 3D Printer 250mm/s Print Speed & Auto Leveling (Refurbished) on sale for $116.10 - 15% when you apply code
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Product Details:
- Includes 1 year Allstate limited warranty
- Printing Technology : Fused Deposition Modeling
- Product Dimensions : 349*364*490mm
- Build Volume :220*220*250mm
- Typical Printing Speed :180mm/s
- Max. Printing Speed :250mm/s (Data from printing test with CR-PLA.)
- Acceleration : 2500mm/s2
- Layer Height :0.1-0.35mm
- Printing Accuracy :+0.1mm
- Leveling Mode :Auto Leveling
- Nozzle Temperature : <260°C
- Heatbed Temperature :<100°C
- Mainboard Type :32-bit Silent Mainboard
- Build Surface :PC Spring Steel
- Display Screen :3.2" Color Knob Screen
- Supported Filaments :PLA, PETG,TPU(95A)
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It prints great and consistently and I've had no problems other than the filament runout sensor not working one time (turns out, you need to plug it in!). I did replace the build plate as the one it came with delaminated after like the 3rd print (yr boy got stuff a lil hot).
It does level the bed prior to every single print (sets an offset) which adds a small amount of time to each print, but the massive increase in quality from my previous printer I could care less. Also all the aftermarket stuff for this printer is cheap as hell. I got the lil camera for 10 bucks just because wtf it was 10 bucks.
I use orcaslicer and just send the files to the printer over the network and then command the printer to print the file from it's own crumbum web interface.
There's a small group of nerds tinkering with this, but if you're looking for MASSIVE aftermarket support like the previous enders, its kinda there, but not really. This guy rocks a k1 hotend and I've had no issues at all. Haven't even had to replace or touch the nozzle more than cleaning it.
If you're okay with a "top of the line" consumer grade bedslinger, that is what this model is "going for." I was also dead set on a bambu but they started getting sketchy with open source.
Best advice I got was to just go ahead and spend an extra $10 on a PEI plate upgrade right away. That will save you a lot of hassles with build plate adhesion.
I've had a Bambu before but I can't recommend them to new buyers anymore due to the recent software shenanigans and the company suggesting more.
The real trick with all of these cheap 3D printers is to buy it from the right seller so that, if you take it out of the box and it has problems, you put it back in the box and ship it right back. If you keep a janky printer and try to get it working, especially as a beginner, it's on you. None of these companies have very good QC (including Bambu) so there's always some odds of a lemon.
If you want a tool that creates objects, get something modern, like a Bambu.
Is it really that bad? I've had an Ender 3 V2 for years and it hasn't required much maintenance. Hard to imagine the Ender 3 V3 SE would be worse.
$99 is a great price if you're just going to be printing PLA and are willing to tinker (or happen to get lucky with good out of the box prints).
Personally, I'd rather spend my time designing in Fusion than tinkering with my 3d printer.
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i've never owned one - and i am well aware that problems do get solved over time - but when tech things are donated in bulk it appears that they -at least at some point- let consumers buy a substandard product
taking the conspiracy theory to extremes there. the centauri carbon has locked down single source software and no one's crying about that🤣
it's no different than apple disallowing randos to send software to iphones and ipads... complain as you may they always work
i've never owned one - and i am well aware that problems do get solved over time - but when tech things are donated in bulk it appears that they -at least at some point- let consumers buy a substandard product
The home printer market changed a lot over the last few years. Hardware that was $300+ a few years back has been recently selling for $100 (see the recent Ender 3 S1 deals). Also, the new stuff is a lot better than what we had 3-4 years back. A few years back (say just 2022) it was amazing that for around $200 you could get any type of 3D printer and people were really excited about it. However, things have moved forward quickly. Print speeds are much faster, auto bed leveling and auto z-offset are basically standard now. PEI build plates (easily added to older printers) are again, the new norm.
I gave away a large 300x300x400mm printer that had done great work in the past. However, I didn't need the size and really, it was so much slower than my FF 5M. If I didn't have a printer (say a teen with limited funds but interest) then they likely could do great work even with a printer that is obsolete by today's standards. Just like a 2012 laptop can still work really well for writing papers and doing spreadsheets even though a $200 laptop is likely much more powerful. I guess we can say the same thing applies to all those old phones too!