EDIT NOTICE: I accidentally wrote "A1 Mini" in the meme instead of just "A1" out of habit. There's no proof for the Mini to also be affected yet. My bad, sorry. It's the A1 that might burn your house down.
It’s A1, not A1 Mini, that is prone to the issue. They have different structural designs.
Anything highly advertised is always some sort of scam and/or shitty, overpriced product.
Anything you see advertised more than once is a product to avoid. Especially if you see those advertisements on youtube.
This isn't the case here. Their printers are some of the best out there. Their cost is high but not unreasonably so for what you get. The company, on the other hand, is garbage. They're breaking the law and doubling down saying they've done nothing wrong. People are pissed off about that, not their products.
So, more on the scam side than on the shitty, overpriced product side.
100% - this goes with VPNs, why would I buy that is posted everywhere, such a giant target for an attack.
I'll do my own research and come to a conclusion on how i spend my money.
This is why I'll never use NordVPN. Their ads are everywhere, which makes me not trust their product.
Besides, the most popular products are the most targeted by malware, hacking, adware/spyware, etc. Lesser known security tools are generally better, as long as the product itself is quality.
I didn't even know they advertised so much because of my adblocker at the time.
I block ads too, but a bunch of YouTube channels I follow slip in their own custom-made ads in their vids, and like 70% of them were NordVPN. I couldn't escape it for a while.
One method of escape: Sponsorblock
Oh no, mullvad started advertising a bit 😱
Only print ads though IIRC
And they do it only near their headquarters i think
Naah, I've seen them in Chicago
At the very least when the brand is sponsoring Youtubers to the degree Bambu did. It‘s a huge red flag.
I’m in the corner with my Ender 3 that barely works and is a pain in the ass but hasn’t had a recent controversy because it’s old.
I love/hate my fucking Ender 3. I love it cause I got it for free and it's my first printer. But boy have I just wanted to take a hammer to it at times. Though, I can use any software I want, no internet connection, and it's been forcing me to actually understand how that dang printer works. And fuck, when I'm ready to go down that rabbit hole, I can mod it out. I can't beat that flexibility.
You might want to try those total conversion projects. There are a few that take parts from one or two Ender 3 and turn the machine into a modern CoreXY machine.
The Ender of Theseus project.
and this is why we stan open, easy to modify hardware.
You shouldn't give a fuck of your choice of 3D printer's manufacturer is controversial.
HP and Dell suck a fat one, but I don't give it a moments thought when I'm printing out hollow Earth leaflets to hand out at the mall food court.
Ok, how am I to enter the 3d printing
Avoid
Recommend
These are my personal opinions and what I heard over the years.
I agree with your take on all of them except Anycubic, if you can get them for cheap. By that I don't mean the forever sale on their website. I started with a used anycubic that I got for less than $100.00 USD. While it does suck it let me see if I actually wanted to spend more money on this hobby or not. I'm already looking into getting a Prusa someday but for now it's enough. So there is a spot for Anycubic, it's entry level for printing curious.
Agree 100%. My first printer was a cheap Kobra 2. I had a lot of problems with it and I'm not sure if it's because of the printer or because I was changing settings without knowing what I was doing.
At any rate, I wanted something better and didn't want anycubic, but Kobra 3 with AMS was only $299 at the time so I got one. It worked great. I started on some large printing projects and ended up getting a second one for $299 to spread the workload around.
I have about 600 hours on both and they've both been great. I have a Snapmaker U1 but I'm going to keep using the Kobra 3s for basic prints as long as they last.
I have quite liked my resin anycubic. Not sure about the filament style they make but they seem to know how to make resin printers.
I follow a lot of 3d printing news and I agree with these recommendations.
What's the deal with flashforge? I can't find much except that they're integrating some kind of AI modeling software with their studio program?
Get one of those old timey sheep stomach water bladders and fill it with molten plastic, then just go to town like you're icing a cake.
Or buy a different brand
Depends on what you want, and how much you can afford. Personally I hate the idea of my printer connecting to the internet, so I'm still very happy with the Creality CR-10 that I bought 7 years ago. You can buy very similar models new for like $300. Less if you're willing to settle for less build volume, and even less if you're willing to buy used off of Craigslist or similar online marketplaces
Prusa gang rise
I'm pretty excited about blowing all my money on INDX soon :-)
Love my Prusa :)
Prusa or nothing. Just s shame they are so damn expensive, and refuse to make a Prusa Mini v.2
Just bought a used, but very well calibrated MK3S last month as my first foray into 3D printing. I love this thing so far.
And it doesn't know my wifi network or password. I save files to an SD card, plug that into the printer, and print. No apps, no printer connecting to the internet to verify registration, no sending my files somewhere outside the home when printing.
Might run it through a MK3.5 hardware upgrade in not too long, which is another cool thing they do: give you an upgrade path for older models (like mine) to use newer equipment from newer models.
Not as much relentless marketing as it was just the cheapest and easiest enter to 3D printing for me TwT
Too bad I already used it and it's outside return time anyways
Just be safe, alright? There should be info out there if it's an A1 about removing the dangerous part (seems to be optional). And make sure to take those devices offline via LAN-mode and blocking their internet access in the router.
As much as I'm distressed to see the current situation with Bambu Lab I wouldn't consider it "falling for relentless marketing". They are/were genuinely ahead of the curve.
I've owned 3 different 3D printers before my P1S in the nearly decade I've been 3D printing (I got my first in 2017) and Bambu was the first to actually deliver on being "plug and play" when compared to the competition.
I'm hopeful the situation when my P1S kicks the bucket has changed (it may already have but I'm not in the market so I haven't checked). But for now I'm just not updating the firmware.
Isn't this the Fukona Shoujo machine?
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