The Creality SPARKX i7 Color Combo can currently be preordered for $334 using the coupon code i7Exclusive, which is listed on the
Creality blog [creality.com]. That price includes one year of extended warranty and one year of Creality Cloud Premium and two spools of Hyper RFID filament are for free orders placed not after January 12 (PST), but this is marked as "subscribers only" which probably means users who are subscribed to their newsletter. Shipping is supposed to start at the end of January.
Based on the reviews that are available on YouTube already, the SPARKX i7 seems to be a beginner-focused 3D printer, easy to set up and minimal setup or tuning required.
Compared to the BambuLab A1 Combo, which is the most obvious competitor, the main practical difference is the filament system. The i7 uses the CFS Lite, which is enclosed and uses desiccant, so filament storage during printing should be better, also according to the specs it supports flexible filaments like TPU from the CFS Lite.
Specs:
- Build volume: 10.2 x 10.2 x 10in (260 x 260 x 255mm)
- Four color printing with CFS Lite (single unit, not expandable)
- Enclosed filament storage with desiccant
- Rated print speeds up to 500 mm/s
- Automatic bed leveling and calibration before printing
- Max nozzle temperature: 300°C
- Heated bed up to 100°C
- Dual sided textured PEI build plate
- Built-in camera for basic failure detection
- Wi-Fi and USB file transfer
- AI-based detection for print issues and CubeMe AI photo-to-3D
- RGB status light bar for print state indication
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Looks like it the CFS mini that doesn't support multicolor, but the printer along with CFS lite does.
This looks like great competition to the Bambulabs a1, much bigger, and with the opensource nature I'd personally prefer this one; if you are new to 3d printing and want less hassle of setting things up then bambu.
That being said, I choose a 1 color printer because I knew there was a lot of waste with. multicolor prints, waiting till the printers with multiple hot ends or nozzles get to a reasonable price range before I switch to an AMS system
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This looks like great competition to the Bambulabs a1, much bigger, and with the opensource nature I'd personally prefer this one; if you are new to 3d printing and want less hassle of setting things up then bambu.
That being said, I choose a 1 color printer because I knew there was a lot of waste with. multicolor prints, waiting till the printers with multiple hot ends or nozzles get to a reasonable price range before I switch to an AMS system
Seems like they suppose to be an upgrade but it's a new designed machine.
Bambu gets love because it is for the the incompetent crowd; I'm in the facebook groups and the most basic questions about 3d print problems usually have those Bambu printers in the pictures. The theory is you just print it and really don't understand what you are doing; but that is not what this hobby is about. If you don't think you can deal with some basic trouble shooting, you will inevitably hit a problem with a Bambu and your inability to problem solve will come back to get you.
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