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I'm in the market for my first non-resin printer and the 3 pro seems pretty popular. The 4's are now out and available and I was wondering what the community verdict on them is?

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[–] kek_w_lol@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the best first printers right now is sovol sv06. It is basically a prusa mk3s but without the customer support and filament sensor. If you want a printer with lots of possible community mods, get yourself an ender 3(/pro/v2/s1/neo whatever) and mod away.

[–] Jtskywalker@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The sv06 is my only printer and I really like it. Did have to take it apart to lubricate the bearings but that's not too hard

I have had really good prints with PLA, PETG and TPU

[–] rambos@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its not bad to take apart rods and bearings, clean and relube, but its usually enough to just drop tiny amount of oil on rods and just move your axis back and forth. I do it once a month

[–] kek_w_lol@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Technically, you're supposed to pack bearings with grease before installation (put grease inside bearing, plug opposite end with thumb and shove steel rod into the open side), but cheap printer manufacturers rarely do it, so that would be the first thing to do after you get the sv06. After that, your lubrication method is sufficient. But it is still better to repack bearings after a while and clean the rods.

[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've not been paying attention to the Neptune 4 reviews, but my 3 Pro is awesome and Elegoo have really great customer support

[–] roller@twit.social 2 points 1 year ago

@parallax I can vouch for the Mars 3. To some extent it depends on what you are printing but 28mm miniatures are great.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just got the n4p and it's been pretty good. I'm still new to this hobby so I'm still tinkering to get perfect prints but all the tools and toys I've printed out have been functional and look good.

[–] parallax@local106.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is the volume on it? I know the 3p can run pretty quite (in terms of printers)

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

225225265mm it's been able to print everything I've thrown at it. I'm printing a bag clip right now and I rotated it diagonally and it's going at it pretty well.