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Good luck and have fun. I am new to 3d printing as of Christmas 2025. My 1st machine was a adventurer 5m pro. I have been having a blast with it. Very user friendly. Not sure the differences with software etc but I use mainline orca slicer and have been having a blast. Some failed prints but mostly

MMUs with a single extruder increase print duration and poop a lot. That's just how it is unfortunately. You can tune purge profiles manually but the only real way to mitigate this is to print multiple objects to bring down the per-object total time. I use orca exclusively. The only drawback to it i

I am still about to buy my first printer. I only used printer in classes or at a friend. If you want the most ease of use, choose Bambu Lab, but you will also receive the most locked down 3D printer and technically a spyware. Think like this... If it's too good to be true and isn't, YOU are the prod

That's tough on the pricing honestly. Personally, I'd go for a CoreXY printer over the bedslingers (e.g. Ender, Neptune, A1 on your list). CoreXY is a bit more complicated but in general better print quality and faster. You don't get too much into expected usage, but are you going to want or 'need'

Honestly it depends on the person but for me the best mid range 3D printer is between the Qidi Q2 (if you don't care too much about multicolor but still want the option, and if you want to do engineering materials) and the Snapmaker U1 if you care about multicolor.

They both are excellent printers. I had the same goals- targeting specifically the higher end/higher temp engineering filaments and at the time the Qidi Plus 4 was the best option hands down. It has been a unbeleivably good printer to that end. It virtually eliminated the entire learning curve for h

Coming from the Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo (my first ever 3D printer) i only have problems cause of the awful Bed. Its currently on Sale and im looking for an alternativ with which i can Print ABS, PLA and PETG. ABS for Car Stuff. Sometimes Multicolor but i have the Snapmaker U1 for that. I am torn bet

I got the N4Pro as my first printer about 18 months ago. Out of the box it printed PLA just fine, but over time the print quality declined. I had the same z-offset resetting issue you describe, and it seemed to be because my printer was also on the original firmware. I purchased mine through a resel

I own a Prusa (Core One L) and am quite happy with it. Someone will be around shortly to recommend a Bambulab A1. Note that once you step into multi-color or multi-material, single toolhead/nozzle printers waste a LOT of filament, often more than what's used for the printed object(s) in color change

Other than the multicolor capability, the P1S won’t add to your current capabilities really. Only you can tell how valuable the multicolor is for you. But it’s worth noting that it’s not a very capable multi-material machine, which is what I’m more interested in. If you’ve dialed in your other machi