[Refurbished] Creality Ender 3 V3 3D Printer Clog-free Extrusion $127.20

VSeven

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I picked up the Plus version of this refurbished on eBay for like $220 and honestly it's been a very good printer. Plug and play, no real fiddling to get it to print well. Just have dry filament and calibrate it and you can get some nice prints.

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Ohsighrus

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I picked up the Plus version of this refurbished on eBay for like $220 and honestly it's been a very good printer. Plug and play, no real fiddling to get it to print well. Just have dry filament and calibrate it and you can get some nice prints.

I stopped drying PLA after extensive testing and watching others do the same. I print a lot of petg and TPU so obviously do a lot of drying and storing. PLA works out the roll for me regardless of company. Even the cheapest of cheapest brand when it comes to pla shows nearly zero print quality difference. Calibrating has everything to do with print quality and will always be a better use of time in my humble opinion.

Anytime I can get a prime haul for filament, I can usually get some super cheap sub $7/kg PLA that prints flawless out of all my printers in a humid north eastern city basement.

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Quote from Ohsighrus

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I stopped drying PLA after extensive testing and watching others do the same. I print a lot of petg and TPU so obviously do a lot of drying and storing. PLA works out the roll for me regardless of company. Even the cheapest of cheapest brand when it comes to pla shows nearly zero print quality difference. Calibrating has everything to do with print quality and will always be a better use of time in my humble opinion.

Keep in mind that the benefits of drying filament aren't always plainly visible. It can also affect the strength of the print as well.

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VSeven

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Quote from VSeven [IMG]https://slickdeals.net/images/misc/backlink.gif[/IMG] :
I picked up the Plus version of this refurbished on eBay for like $220 and honestly it's been a very good printer. Plug and play, no real fiddling to get it to print well. Just have dry filament and calibrate it and you can get some nice prints.
I stopped drying PLA after extensive testing and watching others do the same. I print a lot of petg and TPU so obviously do a lot of drying and storing. PLA works out the roll for me regardless of company. Even the cheapest of cheapest brand when it comes to pla shows nearly zero print quality difference. Calibrating has everything to do with print quality and will always be a better use of time in my humble opinion.

Anytime I can get a prime haul for filament, I can usually get some super cheap sub $7/kg PLA that prints flawless out of all my printers in a humid north eastern city basement.

Print some PLA thats known to be wet (50%+ humidity) and then the exact same print with dry (>20%) and you will see a difference. And if you can't then try bending them both and see which breaks first. It will print "fine" but drying definitely has a benefit even with PLA. Then with some filament you can't get a decent print until you do like Creality Soleyin PLA which isn't a great filament to begin with but when it's wet it's useless.

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