Kobra S1 Combo

Just my .02 so take it as you will. Buy an enclosed coreXY printer - the print quality difference versus "open-air" bedslingers is vast, more exotic filaments can be used without so much worry as well. For what it's worth I have an Anycubic Kobra S1 with an Ace Pro and it serves me quite well. The p

I got a couple Anycubic Kobra 3 V2s combos from AliExpress for ~$200 each. Have about 1500 hours on each one and have had minimal issues and maintenance required. I recently got a refurbished Anycubic Kobra S1 combo on eBay and it appeared brand new. Had a few initial issues, but support is very hel

We love our 3d printers. Definitely helps owning 3 to speed up the printing process. Springtrap was started last year and at the time took about a month or two to print due to speed and time. Adding two more printers helped reduce the print time for Golden Freddy down to a couple weeks (including ad

Fwiw I love mine, minor grumbles and all - my first FDM so it's been a learning experience. If I had any advice, it would be the common issues I've seen popping up here and experienced myself: - Be wary when changing/removing/replacing hotends - be sure to seat the hotend all the way up when you pul

I love my anycubic kobra s1 combo & you can self repair every part I’ve needed to & the parts aren’t expensive at all.

Personally I'd go for a CoreXY enclosed if possible, for a few more $. A bit more complex, but better print quality in general, enclosed can help as you get beyond PLA and PETG for filaments, etc. A few that are decent options at mid-level price ranges: AD5X: https://amzn.to/4tfYNXi Q2C: https://amz

Here's some general options. Of course, also Prusa, e.g. Core One, but depends on price range you're trying to stick to. And yeah, I went Prusa instead of BL for some of the listed reasons. Plus really, the INDX will be better than the H2C/Vortex, although it's still neat. AD5X: https://amzn.to/4tfY

Personally, if you can stretch it, I'd stay far away from an Ender, and prefer a COreXY machine over the bedslingers today- they're a bit more complex, but faster, generally better print quality, and are or can be enclosed to print more advanced materials. Between those two, I'd probably do the A1 m

The only thing I wish it had was a contained filament system, like my AnyCubic Kobra S1 where it can dry the filament and store all 4 spools. That was a real steal, I got the S1 Combo for about $450 at the time. It’s been a great machine, I have about 800 hours on it so far. My ATF is still my Flash

Technical differences on paper aside, I can only speak from my individual experience. I have the Kobra S1 Combo with over 1000 printing hours. Nothing is perfect, but it has been a great printer for me and Anycubic has always responded well to any problems.