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.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I've always heard "if you want to print things, buy Bambu. If you want to fix your printer, but an ender 3"

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Wow, when did this flip happen? When I got into 3D printing, Ender 3 or any other printers based on it since it was open source was the printer to get. I've got a VoxelLab Aquila which is an Ender 3 clone and I have not had to do much fiddling with it aside from leveling the bed, and all the cool 3D printed mods that you can slap on it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Basically the moment bambu came out I think is when that whole thing started. Bambu really made 3d printing approachable for many.

    Fix probably really means tinker with, adjust or change in the context of that statement though

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I wouldn't buy Bambu. Too much of a vertical company. I don't believe they're upgradable, I don't believe they're hackable, I don't think they'll work well with random third party filament

    I like Prusa. They are upgradable, they are hackable, they work fine on any filament

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