Reply To: Anycubic 3D printer – it's not bad at all

[warzanKeymaster 31125xp 0]

There has been a tremendous improvement in 3D printers over the last 12 to 18 months.

I was running a Creality CR10s Pro for FDM and a Elegoo Mars 2 Pro for Resin. Both were ok, the crality was difficult to dial in bed level wise even with a bed leveling sensor so it felt a bit gimmiky to be honest. The mars was ok but print failures were common (but i think resin has improved dramatically in recent months too as the failures are less frequent)

BUT NOW…

My current setup is a Bambu Labs A1 Combo for FDM and a Elegoo Saturn 3 Ultra for Resin.

First the speed increase is exceptional, the bambu labs printer has a full suite of self checks it does and self levels etc it literally is a machine with the capiability to just work. My favourite feature is on the smart phone app you can pick induvidual models on the build plate to stop printing (if one starts to fail it can then be ignored for the rest of the print saving the others). It is simply superb and I think home manufacture is now on a really strong path with the quality of this machine and its ease of use.

The Saturn Ultra still requires a bit of setup but the plate is rock solid and rarely need re leveled. I added a magnetic build plate so I never really remove the full build plate ever. The prints are very very fast and the 12k screen gives superb results on the large bed. However I have already had a screen failure and a small leak that despite having screen protectors on still seemed to work its way into the screen (difficult to tell). I love the results of resin printing, and I use it regularly now to print monsters to enterain the kids in heroquest, but its still on the 3d printer hobby end of the scale for me. If your not printing minis and happy for beautiful larger prints for terrain etc, the Bambu and FDM market are making the cross over into mainstream now.

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I think both have auto resume. the A1 Combo can print in upto 4 colours but I actually load it with pairs so when one reel runs out it automatically uses the matching reel to finish the print.