On sale for $459 as part of their anniversary sale. Take an additional $20 off using coupon ANNIV20 bringing the total to $439. You add the coupon after adding to cart, click the discount tab towards the bottom and then enter the code.
They are including 2 Basic PLA Refills (I assume 1KG each) and a filament hub.
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On sale for $459 as part of their anniversary sale. Take an additional $20 off using coupon ANNIV20 bringing the total to $439. You add the coupon after adding to cart, click the discount tab towards the bottom and then enter the code.
They are including 2 Basic PLA Refills (I assume 1KG each) and a filament hub.
I have an a1 with ams. Is this a worthy compliment to it or should I stick with bambu?
You might get some polarizing responses here, but as a former S1 owner if you're used to the Bambu you'll probably be disappointed by how much work it could take to get this printing reliably. The print area is slightly smaller, you might have to spend a lot of time adjusting the bed, and if you aren't printing anything besides PLA you probably won't really see any benefit. Anything PLA-wise that you could print on this will probably print easier, faster, and more reliably on the A1.
I have an a1 with ams. Is this a worthy compliment to it or should I stick with bambu?
I'd say it depends on what you plan on printing. Having an enclosed printer allows you to print with some materials that need temperature control. Other benefits of having an enclosed printer is you usually hear less noise as well as keep the dust out (and whatever else my kids decide to deposit there ). People with pets sometimes prefer enclosed as well. This also comes with the ACE Pro which doubles as a dryer. Most of the new printers these days are relatively easy to use. I was glad that my 1st was a P1S but my Cenaturi Carbon was also very easy to get up and running and I find myself using it more than my P1S when not printing multi-color. I added the K2 to my collection to have something bigger, but haven't opened it yet until the wife and I sort things out - just sitting behind the living room couch in it's box right now lol.
I have an a1 with ams. Is this a worthy compliment to it or should I stick with bambu?
I just bought this one refurbished on eBay and am waiting for it to ship but I bought the Kobra 3 Max with Ace Pro a couple weeks ago and have had it printing non-stop since with probably close to 200 hours already on it as I'm printing a very large model that's sliced up into multiple parts. It's been literally click print, walk away, come back a couple days later, remove, rinse and repeat. I've just been keeping the ace full of the same color filament so it moves on to the next roll when one runs out. I have 2 x creality Ender 3 v3 SE, a K1 SE, and a Cr10s pro v2 and the Kobra is by a long shut, the best quality prints I've seen.
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I have an a1 with ams. Is this a worthy compliment to it or should I stick with bambu?
I just bought this one refurbished on eBay and am waiting for it to ship but I bought the Kobra 3 Max with Ace Pro a couple weeks ago and have had it printing non-stop since with probably close to 200 hours already on it as I'm printing a very large model that's sliced up into multiple parts. It's been literally click print, walk away, come back a couple days later, remove, rinse and repeat. I've just been keeping the ace full of the same color filament so it moves on to the next roll when one runs out. I have 2 x creality Ender 3 v3 SE, a K1 SE, and a Cr10s pro v2 and the Kobra is by a long shut, the best quality prints I've seen.
How much is your Kobra 3 Max with Ace Pro?
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I bought the kobra 3 max with ace from Anycubic on eBay for $510. It was $599 and had a 15% of eBay coupon. I saw it get as low as $490 with coupon but has since gone up.
I'd say it depends on what you plan on printing. Having an enclosed printer allows you to print with some materials that need temperature control. Other benefits of having an enclosed printer is you usually hear less noise as well as keep the dust out (and whatever else my kids decide to deposit there [img]https://static.slickdealscdn.com/images/smilies/smile.gif[/img]). People with pets sometimes prefer enclosed as well. This also comes with the ACE Pro which doubles as a dryer. Most of the new printers these days are relatively easy to use. I was glad that my 1st was a P1S but my Cenaturi Carbon was also very easy to get up and running and I find myself using it more than my P1S when not printing multi-color. I added the K2 to my collection to have something bigger, but haven't opened it yet until the wife and I sort things out [img]https://static.slickdealscdn.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] - just sitting behind the living room couch in it's box right now lol.
The issue with these is that the bed warps horribly when you try to print the types of materials that benefit from an enclosure, after replaces the bed twice on my pair of these I had to spend $80 each to get an aluminum aftermarket bed support so I could print ASA/ABS with them. As well as modify the strain gauge and run non-factory firmware. I have a ton of printers and these have been by far the worst, so many bad firmware updates that fix one thing and break two. If you only run PLA or PETG you might be OK, but if that's the case you don't really need an enclosed printer. The drying AMS is great when its not jamming, taking it apart gets old fast though.
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I'd say it depends on what you plan on printing. Having an enclosed printer allows you to print with some materials that need temperature control. Other benefits of having an enclosed printer is you usually hear less noise as well as keep the dust out (and whatever else my kids decide to deposit there [img]https://static.slickdealscdn.com/images/smilies/smile.gif[/img]). People with pets sometimes prefer enclosed as well. This also comes with the ACE Pro which doubles as a dryer. Most of the new printers these days are relatively easy to use. I was glad that my 1st was a P1S but my Cenaturi Carbon was also very easy to get up and running and I find myself using it more than my P1S when not printing multi-color. I added the K2 to my collection to have something bigger, but haven't opened it yet until the wife and I sort things out [img]https://static.slickdealscdn.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] - just sitting behind the living room couch in it's box right now lol.
The issue with these is that the bed warps horribly when you try to print the types of materials that benefit from an enclosure, after replaces the bed twice on my pair of these I had to spend $80 each to get an aluminum aftermarket bed support so I could print ASA/ABS with them. As well as modify the strain gauge and run non-factory firmware. I have a ton of printers and these have been by far the worst, so many bad firmware updates that fix one thing and break two. If you only run PLA or PETG you might be OK, but if that's the case you don't really need an enclosed printer. The drying AMS is great when its not jamming, taking it apart gets old fast though.
Umm they are not enclosed by the manufacturer and they don't claim it can do ASA/ABS. Why would you fault them for something that YOU want it to do but the manufacturer knows it can't do without a bunch of mods?
If you want an enclosed large printer, look to SOVOL SV08MAX. You can even get a klipper color module and get color for it.
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I have an a1 with ams. Is this a worthy compliment to it or should I stick with bambu?
I just bought this one refurbished on eBay and am waiting for it to ship but I bought the Kobra 3 Max with Ace Pro a couple weeks ago and have had it printing non-stop since with probably close to 200 hours already on it as I'm printing a very large model that's sliced up into multiple parts. It's been literally click print, walk away, come back a couple days later, remove, rinse and repeat. I've just been keeping the ace full of the same color filament so it moves on to the next roll when one runs out. I have 2 x creality Ender 3 v3 SE, a K1 SE, and a Cr10s pro v2 and the Kobra is by a long shut, the best quality prints I've seen.
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I'd say it depends on what you plan on printing. Having an enclosed printer allows you to print with some materials that need temperature control. Other benefits of having an enclosed printer is you usually hear less noise as well as keep the dust out (and whatever else my kids decide to deposit there [img]https://static.slickdealscdn.com/images/smilies/smile.gif[/img]). People with pets sometimes prefer enclosed as well. This also comes with the ACE Pro which doubles as a dryer. Most of the new printers these days are relatively easy to use. I was glad that my 1st was a P1S but my Cenaturi Carbon was also very easy to get up and running and I find myself using it more than my P1S when not printing multi-color. I added the K2 to my collection to have something bigger, but haven't opened it yet until the wife and I sort things out [img]https://static.slickdealscdn.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] - just sitting behind the living room couch in it's box right now lol.
The issue with these is that the bed warps horribly when you try to print the types of materials that benefit from an enclosure, after replaces the bed twice on my pair of these I had to spend $80 each to get an aluminum aftermarket bed support so I could print ASA/ABS with them. As well as modify the strain gauge and run non-factory firmware. I have a ton of printers and these have been by far the worst, so many bad firmware updates that fix one thing and break two. If you only run PLA or PETG you might be OK, but if that's the case you don't really need an enclosed printer. The drying AMS is great when its not jamming, taking it apart gets old fast though.
If you want an enclosed large printer, look to SOVOL SV08MAX. You can even get a klipper color module and get color for it.
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