I have had my Creality Ender 3 Pro for a while now and I have upgraded it quite a lot. Lately I have been thinking about wether I should put in some more money (better hotend, maybe new steppers, maybe enclosure, maybe part cooling fan) or if I should buy a new printer that is a more of complete package. A bit more build volume would be nice as well.

I am intrigued by the Bambu Labs printers but I don’t like their somewhat proprietary approach. So I have been looking around for competitors and I saw that Creality has shown their new K2 Plus with an AMS. I wonder if it’s worth waiting for that. The specs sound good. Is the K1 good now? I heard it had some problems in the beginning.

  • nous@programming.devEnglish
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    1 month ago

    You might want to check out the sovol V8 that came out not too long ago. It is based on the voran v2.4 but comes mostly prebuilt with mass manufactured parts to lower cost. But still holds true to the open nature of the voran. And is quite cheap for what it is at $579 for the base open frame model.

    Only down side is it does not have an automatic filiment changer though I don’t really care for that feature.

  • VinS@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Two printers will always beat one printer. Upgrading your ender 3 will be a money pit if you want something that does same as last generations printers.

    An designed enclosed printer will let you use ABS that is to my mind one of the best plastics I use.

    I don’t know for Creality K1/K2 though.

    • chris@l.roofo.ccOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I don’t have the space for two printers. But I think too that at some point upgrading makes sense. The Ender 3 is nice to tinker but I want something that just works.

      • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Honestly, I don’t think there are any creality printers that “just work”.

        I know you threw Bambu out as an option, but man, I love my P1P. The thing just prints with no drama, fuss, or headaches.

        Print 24/7 for a week? 100% success rate.

        Don’t print for 3 months? Printer levels the bed and immediately makes a successful print.

        Yes, closed source bad, and propritary bad, and cloud bad, but in terms of pushing a button and a thing gets printed without even thinking about having to fuck with it? Pretty much unbeatable. (Or, at least, light years ahead of any of the other printers I’ve ever had.) It’s so good and reliable I don’t even sit there watching the first layer to make sure it’s going to print successfully because of course it is.