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.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Quickly. 180 is pretty small. I’d get a 250 at the least. Ender isn’t bad, whatever people seem to want to say here, if you get it with the autobedleveling kit. The Bambu is proprietary and wants to lock you into their cloud BS.

    • LautreJojo@mastodon.xyz
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      8 hours ago

      @ikidd @nieceandtows

      Creality also want to lock you into the cloud. The soft is open source, but you won’t really work on the soft…

      I have an Ender 3 v1 and a Creality Hi.
      Since the Hi is on the market, the e3v3 won’t be maintained (Just have a look at the prices).

      If you wan’t something bigger than a A1 mini, can you add 50€ for an A1 or a Creality Hi ? You’ll have both very good printers.

      • Chris L@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        I’ve had an Ender 3 v1 and v2, and enjoyed them. They were perfectly fine for what I did, but I spent a good percentage of time with them printing parts to make them better. Recently bought a Hi with the CFS, and have had almost no problems. The only problems I’ve had would be non-existent if I’d clean the bed more often. I personally think the Hi would be a good starter printer.