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Stay safe folks (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
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[–] 94 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I've really watched Bambu go from darling of the 3d printer community, to "yeah there's some issues but the results are just so good I still recommend them" to "Bambu is literally Satan"

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    What's amazing is it was fast. Like I was playing with my mk3s when they where first a thing, and now I'm thinking of retiring it for a core xy and bamboo has done the entire story arc.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Build a Voron!

    • rabbid Voron owner

    Dig through my comment history and you'll see pros and cons of choosing to do so. If you like building and modding it's hard to beat. The build is pretty long, but you'll learn a lot.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    I'll be honest. If it was me 7-10 years ago I would do it. Current me however gives away 3d printers to people (first one is free...) that don't fit my current needs. So for the next FDM printer it's probably going to be a Prusa Core One.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    used to love building printers. hated printing parts for printers. It's all ABS/ASA and those are hard to print, what with the warping and bed/layer adhesion and toxic fumes. I print on a Railcore, which is an absolute beast of a printer and probably more sturdy than your average Voron, but it really wasn't designed to be fully sealed so anything other than PLA has been a struggle for me.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I totally get printing and/or sourcing parts as another barrier on entry. I was able to print my own parts with my wanhao i3 plus under a very large cardboard box. Vorons are popular enough that you can buy pre-printed and/or CNC parts now, but their print it forward program has been around for years. But all of those come with some form of cost.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    They where never the Darling the hard cores I was here first crowd always hated them.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Hardcore users don't get to pick the darling. Revenue does.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    Revenue isn't what defines a darling; it's about being universally loved and a popular choice. The one who is always topping youtube review lists as a best-buy. And especially when they started small and are still growing.

    Yes - that might in turn lead to becoming the dominant player with the most revenue, but the revenue is the result, not the cause.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    the results are just so good I still recommend them

    It helps that other brands have become much more competitive in terms of feature set, pricing, and customer support! Perhaps they were ahead of the game in the past, but brands like Prusa, Qidi, Elegoo, Snapmaker, etc. are leapfrogging Bambu nowadays!

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