I see a Creality Ender 3 V3 (not SE or KE) for $130 refurbished, and also a Creality CR-10 SE for $103 refurbished on ebay. Are either or these a good choice to get into the hobby, or am I making a mistake? Should I rather buy a Bambu? My budget is around $100-$200 max. Please advise.

  • nieceandtows@programming.devOPEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    Thanks for the advice. I hadn’t considered that refurbished printers are technically used ones with inspection. Is it that important to avoid used printers for a first printer? I had no idea.

    • squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 hours ago

      “refurbished” is a word that might not mean anything either.

      When buying your first printer you should first choose what you want: Do you want to print or do you want to tinker?

      If you want to print, get a printer like the Bambulab a1 mini. If you want to tinker, an Ender 3 is ok.

      If you want to really tinker a lot, get an used one.

      But I really wouldn’t recommend getting an used printer for your first one since you don’t know how they have been treated and messed up.