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[@kerberosx5292]

Everyone: So the supplies cost more than the printer? *HP has entered the chatroom*

[@Blubb5000]

Epson enters the chatroom.

[@yeboisiggy]

Canon has entered the chatroom

[@emu071981]

Funnily enough, HP, Canon and Epson all manufacture 3D printers...

[@Kardall]

*Genius Bar has entered the chatroom* _So the issue with your screen not turning on is going to be a complete logic bard swap which is $400._

[@user-yg2up4lg3r]

*All printers enter the chatroom*

[@johnecker]

"Basic home enthusiasts " shows top of the line desk top printer

[@moclan5661]

This.

[@TheJmlaliberte]

I have 2 Ultimaked 3+ and they are no longer able to print basic models... I tried everything to fix them... I am going to buy some chinese models instead

[@DesireAnimations]

Ultimaker top of the line? No. Prusa is.

[@johnecker]

@@DesireAnimations well ulimaker is top price

[@moclan5661]

@@DesireAnimations Check the prices?

[@bzqp2]

With the results I'm seeing - you can easily tune it up to be almost perfect. Just putting a random desktop fan next to it while it prints would increase the quality dramatically.

[@xCCflierx]

yea the cool part about fdm printers is that you buy a cheap shitty one you can mod the shit out of it. Ender 3 is a community favorite and the mods just keep coming lol

[@porkins93]

Linus: speaking of swinging Me: *raises eyebrow* Linus: I'm swinging right into this sponsorship Segway Me: *silent disappointment*

[@TheFatAssCat]

@mery lopez Yup. Even though I already watched it too

[@english_chat]

@Miguel Madrazo were*, not where

[@chieflet]

@@Your_Evil_Femboy no, it’s were. “since you we are nice to me” doesn’t make sense.

[@JianCB2]

@@Your_Evil_Femboy That's... no, just no

[@dxnnvr7107]

@@Your_Evil_Femboy you couldn't of been much more wrong

[@KrakerMraker]

“ i think we can do better” LETS OVERCLOCK AND WATERCOOL THE CRAP OUT OF IT ADD RGB

[@Thomas-sw6nb]

WATERCOOLED

[@xe5433]

Get your LN2 pots ready

[@dside_ru]

It's actually a thing btw. Making it print consistently at higher print speeds. _Edit:_ and watercooling the hotend and control board (stepper drivers in particular) would help with that. Some people even RGB their printers, and I'm not even kidding.

[@kwto.]

How the hell do you have both of the top comments

[@KrakerMraker]

Ka_tto wdym

[@bradleychilds4492]

Linus: "Even relatively basic home enthusiast ones" Also Linus: shows ultimaker

[@lukasulmer7989]

Bradley Childs , i never got flexed on so hard

[@ThePurplePupUwU]

I was also thing the same thing

[@mjmjmjmj4229]

No love for the ender 3

[@YunFuriku]

Ultimaker has nothing compared to those 30X prusa machines they have hidden in their office right now (see their twitter)

[@themanwhoknew9365]

Lmao literally what i was about to say

[@leonardobassi2440]

Have you ever heard of an ender 3? It's like less that double that printer and it outperforms your ultimaker 3 out of the box lol

[@DFX2KX]

Heck, my Longer LK4 pro cost just a bit more then twice this and has a fancy UI and silent stepper drivers. That said, having something in the 'super small' form factor that isn't overpriced isn't a bad thing.

[@leonardobassi2440]

@@DFX2KX Well I'd be better off buying a Ender 3 V2 (which i already own) that has a even better ui, community firmwares and is more reliable

[@JRockThumper]

@@leonardobassi2440 or even a Voxelab Aquila for 179$, it took what the Ender V2 had and improved it and made itself cheaper

[@finmueller7827]

I have an Elegoo Mars 2 Love it for making my own models

[@mattgood2020]

@@JRockThumper I just got one and have been using it for the past 2 days. Absolutely love it. Amazing prints right out of box after leveling the bed.

[@brianfreeman5208]

I own a Easy Threed, also have a Ender 3 V2. The Easy is great for test printing, but I’ve used it for final prints. With the right settings in CURA, you can get pretty dang good quality prints! Paid $89 for mine. Nice video!

[@isaacwong3883]

what settings do you use?

[@brianfreeman5208]

@@isaacwong3883 It’s been so long, two years, that I don’t remember. I did experiment with different print speeds. For this unit, it’s best if it’s a slower speed. It’s a great “learning printer.” And a lot of fun!

[@lawbiffington143]

Says “basic home enthusiast” then shows an ultimaker. Bruh, the ender 3 is a nearly perfect entry level printer, and it cost sub 200. Don’t waste your money on any of the sub 100 printers.

[@bram2002]

law Biffington was Gonna say the same thing, in the Netherlands I can buy an ender 3 for €180 and it’s a great value for you money. Good quality printed and you learn al lot from it. Would definitely recommend it!, !!

[@brandonhowes5364]

Exactly, I can't believe it wasn't mentioned given that one of their employees has a CR-10 that was used

[@scunthorpe5513]

For some 100$ is the difference between bankruptcy and a new hobby.

[@VRJacky]

thats cool and all for emericans but in australia your $200 printer costs 333 dollars (before the $80-$100 shipping), the $96 costs $160 so 160+100 is 260 and 333 plus 100 is 433 so in while in more fortunate countries (ie ones that are treated like they are the top dogs just because all the youtubers come from there) 3D printing is more accessible, in waterlocked countries it is better for us to buy cheap and move to the states when we are able to

[@michaelg6223]

@@scunthorpe5513 If the difference between someone and bankruptcy is $100, that somebody probably shouldn't be looking to spend it on something non essential. Just because some have $100 dollars doesn't mean you have to spend it- especially on a printer with poor print quality and minute build.

[@existentialselkath1264]

Just being able to print anything in any quality is really cool. Especially if you're a 3d modeller and want to have something physical to show for your work

[@helplmchoking]

CMDR lJITimate totally recommend it for anyone into 3D modelling of any kind! I’d been playing around in 3D for years, but then I went to university and had access to a range of printers from low end filament ones up to fancy resin ones and it was a total game changer. Got a second hand one for home and seeing real, solid versions of my models was so amazing

[@sekazi]

Another KZbinr CHEP reviewed this printer and although it is terrible at PLA it prints flexible filaments insanely well. So much so he calls it the new creepy crawly machine.

[@SirNarax]

I think it is pretty neat for someone that does modeling like miniatures for a wargame or train set. Printing things like barrels, cleaning them up and then painting them. Hundred dollars is not a very steep price for an experimental tool and a first step though that door.

[@VincentFischer]

@@SirNarax if you want to throw away 100dollars you could paypal them to me aswell

[@ww-pw6di]

@@sekazi Anything without a cooling fan is terrible for PLA and you can install a standard cooling fan on the board. This is actually good printer for kids/school environment if there is someone with a bit of experience who can do to setup.

[@davidalvarez201]

Left this video happy knowing my ender 3 pro runs circles around that Ultimaker, lol

[@postalpacifist88]

@Fk Gooogle I picked up an ender 3 pro from amazon for $230 with free shipping but I hear it's even cheaper now. they had a deal going on for getting a basic setup for $150. so far most of my prints come out fine but I have had a few bad ones which are probably associated with my slicer program mixed with printer settings. the stock test prints on the other hand come out amazing.

[@brunofuentes3585]

@@postalpacifist88 I got a v1 for 150 and 2 spools of filament. Maybe that was the deal your buddies were talking about. But mine isn't pro 😕

[@vaanjinathanramasamy5493]

This guy would make a good "AS SEEN ON TV" host

[@jordanabendroth5568]

"Basic" 3D printer, Shows $3000 ultimaker

[@officer_baitlyn]

He even owns a prusa at home

[@EuanTodd]

@@officer_baitlyn he has like 30 of them, tho granted not all at home 😆

[@sprusedgoose162]

*Triggered*

For them, $3000 is in the "budget" category.

[@Marcel2278]

If yalls want a budget 3d printer buy an ender 3

[@seankelker2749]

"3D printers costs thousands of dollars" also has 30 Prusas

[@williamhuang8309]

so... if its an i3 mk2s which costs $600 then that will be $18K

[@h.w.m.306]

@@williamhuang8309 they cost 750 dollars as a kit now (for the mk3s) :(

[@jamesmccannon7769]

You can set a minimum layer time which stops the issue when printing on semi-molten plastic

[@bigtitmaster]

or put a fan?

[@Rice.388]

That cat model has been sitting on my desk for two years and thought my friend 3D rendered it

[@RHQ_W]

F

[@ChristoSays]

Throwing this out there along with everyone else. Ender 3 is a great bang for the buck. $175 give or take.

[@rikdenbreejen5230]

Christo Garza, listen to this man. But seriously dont go out buying on recommendations of a PC tech youtube for 3D printers. Take a look at makersmuse, chep, makeanything, and others. They are more of an authority on this subject

[@maledetto1221]

My Ender 3 printed a benchy similar(if not better) than the ultimaker shown in this video, only upgrade made was a glass bed for a total of 150€ printer

[@sLudwig]

@@maledetto1221 right? The benchy of the ultimaker was extremely underwhelming compared to results on my Ender 3. I love LTT, but this video is quite misleading and unencuraging for peoplr looking to get into 3D-printing.

[@DeFausti]

Just got an Ender 5 Pro last week, it's amazing to get into the hobby

[@danielstark8258]

I got an ender 3 pro and with a glass bed and 2kg of filament it cost $380 cad it is such an impressive unit and it has been working so well. It even came with enough filament to print most of the recommend upgrades.

[@MakersMuse]

Well this is a video I never expected to see haha, performance about expected, I don't think those tiny steppers can handle the extrusion forces in general.

[@0x933]

Maker's Muse Nice channel 👍

[@ikillfh844]

Angus beef

[@joshuamcdonald5850]

flex on linus and tune it to print a better benchy

[@Vixeneye1]

I was really hoping I would see you here in the comments!

[@wuke2488]

WOW its Angus!

[@NSNorse]

"Yeah, that Unity Engine, from Escape from Tarkov" I love the fact that EFT is mentioned in this video, considering the massive amount of other games that use the Unity Engine.

[@dogol284]

“Yeah, that Source Engine, from The Stanley Parable”

[@nikkiofthevalley]

Honestly I'm amazed it works at all. Unity is not whatsoever meant for this..

[@Topyy]

Unity isn't really meant to make games lmao

[@nikkiofthevalley]

@@Topyy Yes, it is. It's a game engine. Who told you that a _fucking game engine_ isn't meant for games?

[@Topyy]

WTF me of the past ? Am I brain dead, of course I know Unity is a game engine, I'm a fucking game dev. I think I had a stroked trying to say that Unity isn't GOOD at making games or something

[@joeyhibbard8186]

This is the printer I had when I first started. It broke in less than a month, so i switched to the Ender 3

[@Rvlo412]

Linus: “This absolutely *SUCKS* ” Also Linus: “But it is pretty good”

[@pearcomputers]

Buy an #Ender3 - period

[@mataskart9894]

@@pearcomputers heyo can you brief me on the 3d printer space? What's the best 3dprinter to get for prefferrably

[@Urbansprint5100]

@@pearcomputers Damn you beat me to it. I live by it, I'll die by it. It's cheap as far as 3d printers go and really high quality.

[@pearcomputers]

@@mataskart9894 ^^ buy an ender3, (not Pro) direct from Creality. There's nothing close, ur buying a $500 professional cnc frame for less than $200. Watch every assembly video you can (watch the left upright doesn't trap the case lid ;o) but it should take you an hour, with a coffee - the community is massive too. that's not an endorsement - lol - but there is a reason all 3dp owners should also buy an ender3 and most have. Pros: everything - Crea's support is good too. Cons: You need to be happy building stuff to own a 3dp and have some patience. But if you've ever used a screwdriver without harming nearby pets and have at least 1 working limb, or friends that do... you should buy and ender 3 :D it's not the only good printer, just the best. By far for the money... (this is my opinion not Pears -lol) xxPD

[@Kyle-ye4nj]

@@pearcomputers I wish I found you a year earlier. I went for a cheap Anet. As they say "A cheap person pays twice".

[@johnsoupir8209]

You'll get a much better experience with a $175 ender 3. Heated bed, part cooling fan, and larger build volume.

[@VincentFischer]

got mine for 130 with coupon

[@GamesJames]

micro center has the ender 3 pro for $209! you are correct the enders are amazing

[@Speedyy83]

We have a few of these at my school along with an array of CR-10s printers and i can VERY strongly recommend these

[@jensharbers6702]

Of course. In germany you'd get a Renforce RF100 (good little Printer) for around 170 bucks (take away from the store). They're expensive (got mine used for 25 bucks, Muhahaa), and to be honest: Its a uncomplicated printer. Load file in Cura, slice it, plug it, print it. The RF100 sucks (lack of part cooling) at overhangs, but the Benchy turned out waaay better than that from Linus. Twiddling around with the settings and flashing a better Marlin Version (2.0.X) and the RF100 really came alive. ^^

[@Wassermelonenbaum]

@@jensharbers6702 Check out the Tronxy XY 2 PRO. Got mine new for 150€ from eBay. It´s a essentially a improved Ender 3.

[@johnmiller2905]

Can you guys do a semi-full breakdown/review of the whole 3d printer market? Like just an overview of what quality you can expect at each price point?

[@GeneralHowToTutorials]

I bought this printer 8 months ago because of you. I have loved every second. Because of this little printer I now have an Ender 3 Pro and am an absolute maniac with printing. Thanks for the amazing hobby.

[@Shaggyfauvorite]

"Its not that impressive next to our $3500 3d printer"

[@justme002]

To be fair it's garbage compared to the Wanhao Duplicator clone I got years and years ago from Monoprice for like $200. And that Wanhao clone was garbage compared to the $750 Prusa MK3 I got last year. So this thing is beyond garbage and not even that low of a price compared to stuff you can get that works much better.

[@jakegarrett8109]

Both of those looked aweful compared to a $99 printer, haha, that expensive one was not tuned well at all, significantly worse than what my old machine will do at 150 to 200 mm/s, like that’s just extra sad... The $99 printer is the Tronxy X3 with a $0.25 upgrade. And the old machine I’m referring to is a Prusa i3 clone (Anet A8 looks like a significant upgrade over it and those are $79 currently) but heavily modified over the years and tweaked/customized to my needs.

[@justme002]

@@jakegarrett8109 Yeah, there's honestly no reason for this printer to exist except for bored enthusiasts with extra who want something different and new to play with. Him pushing this as a good intro printer is just setting a ton of people up for failure.

[@joejoe4games]

"How bad is a $100 3D Printer??" *refresh* "How bad is a $95 3D Printer??" Hmmmm... F5 F5 F5 F5

[@epicreplays1595]

at fist I saw "how good can a $100 DC printer be??"

[@gabexyz.]

roast me

[@DavidMines]

hmmm

[@runicevan5624]

@@gabexyz. r/whoosh

[@gateopssss]

@@gabexyz. please tell me that you are joking, please please PLEASE.... make me believe theres some hope in humanity and that our IQ didn't drop.

[@MarketMonkey2]

It looks like they 3D printed the plastic on the 3D printer lmao

[@pratherat]

I've been using the original Ultimaker that came in kit form since 2011. Still an awesome and reliable printer. UltiMachine PLA filament purchased almost that long ago is still performing well.

[@MidnightBloomDev]

"Just like I need to tell you about..." Let me 3D skip that

[@bekirbrahimi748]

I laughed so much at this comment

[@rikdenbreejen5230]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

[@Aturixios]

Press the L key once to skip 10 seconds forward :P

[@freemansfreedom8595]

"Basic enthusiast ones" and puts the ultimaker on screen instead of an Ender 3. Off to a great start

[@officer_baitlyn]

@oscar francis he even owns a mk3 himself

[@LOCOsnakeBITES]

I3 mega is amazing for the price. I like it even better than my ender 3. But not by much

[@skyebedard2148]

Yeah, it is kind of weird to consider a $5000 machine as a close cousin of this printer. As a more-or-less gold standard, sure. But this would have been way better if they included a printer in the few hundred dollar range.

[@ssmodk]

I think I spent 150 for my ender 3 and it prints better than his ultimaker.

[@Outofthedust]

@oscar francis I Laugh. Linus Owns a Prusa Mk3 You can see it in the video where he sets up 100 BT speakers in his house.

[@OMGWHATTHEJANK]

a lot of the problems they were having were probably because the print bed wasn't leveled. I made some adjustments to mine following labist's video and i'm getting much better prints

[@robco1727]

Lit

[@janmuller2542]

Also, e steps

[@brianfreeman5208]

I started with this little printer and after a short while I had the settings just right to 3D print all kinds of items for modeling trains. I used this printer to learn 3D printing methods and upgraded to an Ender 3 v2.

[@Gold63Beast]

You should really do a full length video of these 3D printers every price point; $100, $300, $700, then the ones that cost thousands and go through all the pros and cons of each. Or do a series of all the printers below $500. Then another above $500. Then the same for the $1000+ ones.

[@Vlican]

indeed! i'm in the market for one around $500, but would be interesting to know what i'm gaining over $200 printers and what i'm losing over $3000 printers...

[@utakubeta8311]

Much as I love LTT there are entire channels dedicated to 3D printers. 3D Nerd is a pretty good one

[@Vlican]

Thanks for the recommendation

[@3DPrintTechDesign]

To be honest, you can find many other more experienced channels that already has done that (not me), and has credibility with 3d printers. Some of those channels you find are still pushing affiliate links down your throat, but some aren't.

[@3DPrintTechDesign]

@@Vlican then you should talk to your local resellers to find their arguments, then look at us KZbinrs for our experience, the truth is often in-between 😁

[@gk2011]

"Good entry level printer." My Ender 3 behind me: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@benjaminchaves6047]

also there's the ender 2 which is even cheaper

[@nstadsnes]

@@benjaminchaves6047 but ender 3 its so bad. and the Ender 3 is so good for the $$

[@thescandalchannel]

My i3 mega do a better job then linus his ultimaker....

[@WitchieNL]

Ender 3 works perfectly for me, took some tinkering and tweeking the slicer settings (cura) but it works brilliantly good now. Near flawless Benchy with clear salmon skin tone's due to the lack of TL steppers. And that for twice the price of this piece of garbage. Can advice on printing alot of improvements tho :p. (fan directors, fillament guides, fillament roll holder, vertical axis stabalizer, cable reels/holder and some other stuff for the looks.)

[@andrewhinh8922]

So we're not going to talk about Anet A8

[@jesseerven4859]

I love how the price shot up right after this video was posted

[@Shaggyfauvorite]

last night it was $79, sadly didn't have enough to buy it, but I wanted to since it's so cheap

[@Flyingboots1]

@@Shaggyfauvorite didn't have $75?! Poor ass bitch lmao!

[@cwalke32477]

@@Flyingboots1 some people have higher priorities than throwing money at a printer, on a whim. Like, I dunno rent/mortgage, food, car payments, etc. Perhaps they already spent their "play budget"

[@Flyingboots1]

@@cwalke32477 like I said, "poor ass bitch"

[@circuit10]

@@Flyingboots1 Rude

[@MasterBaker2020]

I just bought the Monoprice MP Select V2 and I have to say I’m very impressed by the print quality and accuracy!

[@assumingctrl]

The price keeps dropping! Tomorrows title - "How bad is a $50 3D Printer??"

[@nusiel]

How bad is a dollar 3d printer?

[@avramitra]

@@nusiel how bad is a free 3d printer?

[@nathanhamman418]

@@avramitra was great until it fell apart

[@AryaCashOut]

@Maddox McCarthy Yes this.

[@raphilyes5327]

lmao

[@Gagliano17]

should've went with an ender 3, cost 175$ and it can do insanely good prints. on par with your ultimaker with an pi + klipper on it

[@Sandwich4321]

It's also very good for modding

[@lacucaracha111111]

*add a glass bed, the aluminum warp is a pain to level

[@lungshenli]

I recently got ANYCUBIC I3 for 150€, works like a charm

[@m1r198]

agreed

[@graysonharris4230]

I had a ender 3 with a factory defect and a buddy of mine had the same issue... figured out it's worth the extra money for the ender 5

[@first-thoughtgiver-of-will2456]

you can put a delay between layers if you don't have a fan using minimum extrusion length option in your slicer. It's not a great option because it will take much longer but is an option. Also retraction should be possible if the filament tolerance is dialed in for the stringing.

[@opeope12]

I think the extruder needs to be calibrated because I had some issues with under extrusion due to the ESteps being trash. Also the best 3d printer for starting out might be an ender 3. You can buy them for like 150 new.

[@PulsefiredGaming]

I can’t believe that the ender 3 wasn’t mentioned.

[@gardenguy357]

ender 3 is bae

[@PulsefiredGaming]

@@gardenguy357 BAE!

[@CaptSumTingWong1]

these guys dont know much about the printing world lol

[@flyingbanana2436]

Because it's crap compared to prusa. Compared to this $100 one it's better but it's pretty easy to hear

[@ROCKLEECR7]

Just buy the Ender 3 for 140€, it has 10 times the printing volume, much nicer, has a big community etc. Just do researches.

[@Vanilla_Wh0op]

Another cultured person, you have my respect "crealitygang"

[@mintynuggets]

Can I get a link at that price point?

[@mckazzer]

Or an Ender 2 for £90/$110

[@snesguy9176]

@@mintynuggets watch for sales. I've never seen it quite that cheap, But I just checked a price charting site and it bounces around between $180-$200 on gearbest. Add to that you can sometimes come up with coupons for those sites $175 wouldn't be out of the question. right now it's $199 with free shipping on gearbest, $189 on banggood. (140€ is about $150 US)

[@ROCKLEECR7]

@@mintynuggetsJust type Ender 3 on google, search on gear best, ali express, amazon and so on. www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=ender+3 This is the printer

[@davidi1629]

I love when linus does the sponsor part with so much enthusiasm!

[@dimagass7801]

There should definitely be an update series of this too

[@nemirai8500]

Ender 3, huge community, lots of mods, works great out of box, decent build volume. $200

[@XxTWMLxX]

Just bought mine hope I can set it up no issues. First time setting up and using one

[@cleden506]

2:16 when you leave the jacuzzi after staying for 3 hours

[@klorinator]

I stared at the thumbnail for a while trying to figure out what he printed before I realized I was looking at the printer.

[@LachanceM]

I was trying to take a short break from EFT then you mentioned it. Back to it.

[@thexevion6570]

Just spend twice as much and get the Ender 3, Linus.

[@ArthursHD]

Or get a used one or DIY One.

[@ThomySTB]

I know someone who got ahold of one through Banggood for 110 bucks. That's only 20 more than this crap.

[@Becky5205]

The Ender 3 is absolutely perfect, have it myself. Prints better than our Uktimaker 2+ in my old school with its uneven printbed.

[@joshuamcdonald5850]

linus already has a prusa at his house

[@asicdathens]

I bought an Ender 3 for my sister's son for $120 when it was in offer

[@iKingRPG]

10% comments: it's cheap Linus shut up complaining 90% of comments: BUY AN ENDER 3 Seriously it is amazing

[@realcartoongirl]

shut up complaining

[@icui4cu891]

my first printer was the MP mini v2

[@williamhuang8309]

Wait... IT'S FROM CREALITY!?!?!?!??!?!??

[@BlackSlimShady]

@@ItsMavicBrah Love how he said "Basic Home Enthusiast ones" and showed an Ultimaker 3. Like yeah that aint basic. Ive noticed LTT really likes the use the Slight of hand technique and slighty lie in every argument to make the entire situation seem greatly different to what it truly is.

[@williamrogers5367]

My Ender 3 Pro is smiling lol

[@somerandomdragon4655]

6:30 this problem can be fixed by printing 2 or 3 benchies at once, so while its printing one smokestack it can give it time to cool by moving on to the other model

[@mazhiveevihzam1829]

you can fix the smoke pipe (6:20) by using pause for one or two seconds every layer if you dont have a part cooler , you can do this in prusa slicer.

[@josephhacker6508]

We got the Creality Ender 3 printer a few days ago and its been really really good! Its like $180 right now also.

[@iKingRPG]

I have it too, it is great

[@benjaminchaves6047]

also there's the ender 2 which is even cheaper

[@charkey7643]

Ender 3 is great. I haven't had problems with mine

[@rafayahmed3626]

That's cool!!

[@shottysteve]

Creality?? Why even say Prusa it’s like twice the price

[@andypandy5781]

I think prusa used to be cheap but once it started getting sales it went up in price

[@xl000]

I'm very happy with my CR 10 Max, considering all of the problems everyone seems to have with their printer.

[@ized88]

@@andypandy5781 original prusa never where cheap, but they are one of the best end user printers out there. They are part of the community nearly since the start of diy 3D printer and they have a great support and manual as they know what they are doing. You pay that much as you pay for the inovations they do, too. Everyone else just uses their design and know how and sell it cheaper. Sure an ender-3 can print as good as an prusa mk3s, but the qc is a lot worse from creality, support can be hit or miss and you never know when they make changes and tell no one about it. A ender-3 needs a silent board of some kind, and theirs is overpriced. Creality machines are only that good, because they have a giant community behind them since the cr-10 and "implemented" the core addons and safety changes the community made, mostly without even credit to the original designer of them. And there was a giant battle till they made the stuff public, as they are required to as the designs and software they use are open source. We have Sexycyborg to thank for that.

[@michaelbujaki2462]

@@xl000 I'm waiting for the White Knight project to roll out the CR-30 conversion kit.

[@raxador]

Play cs, stop watching 3d print vids nerd

[@wage4598]

Having done 3d printing for a few months most of these issues are super easy fixes. I.e set a few thing and set your nozzle temp properly

[@jermsworms9800]

Printing multiple of the same object at once can help with smaller areas on the top

[@jamesfreeman9049]

Going to be honest, I've been printing for about 3 going on 4 years now and the ender 3 basic model is perfect, just got to make sure that it's all tightened so there's no wobbles

[@Swole_Gecko]

Same i have been using my ender 3 for the last 2 years still going strong my first and only 3d printer and still dont feel the need to upgrade yet and have learned prety mutch everything about this printer. Its almost like when you own a car for a long time and know everything about it and dont want to replace it lol

[@keegansherwood6249]

I have also had an ender 3 since launch and recently got an ultimaker S5 and in all honesty the ender 3 has a better print quality on the same settings

[@orinmcdonogh]

Linus, you should look into the Ender 3, it's slightly more expensive (on sale ~140$) but it's quality is amazing. For the extra 40$ compared to the X1 it is a lot more capable as it has a heated bed. Fan to cool the part and a much larger print volume. I would recommend it to anyone looking to get into the 3D printing world not just for the reasons mentioned but aswel it has a huge online community to solve any issues you have

[@YunFuriku]

They actually bought 30x prusa mk3s , and are using them in their office right now to make face masks. (See their twitter for clips :) )

[@calebkaiser5769]

i got an ender 3 pro for sale for 180

[@AA-gl1dr]

I love my ender 3

[@ayuchanayuko]

I'm still waiting for as 3D printer where I can just melt the damn coke bottles to get my filaments from.

[@ioqid8440]

YAS QUEEN, it's the best budget printer, after 1 year, upgrades and different nozzles, it still runs like a dream

[@ak_painting528o]

It’s amazing how far 3D printing has come just since this video came out!

[@aledwards6787]

I love my resin printer. The technology is insane for such a low price compared to a few years ago

[@murphyisadog]

Im planning to get this with a mini fan to help cool the filament coming out, maybe the quality will be better?

[@AmbroseyAmber]

This printer looks like someone buy a 3D printer, print out a 3D printer and refund the one he bought.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

it does & that's adorable

[@frenchgeek1306]

@white To make the same part in steel, You'd need the molds, a milling machine, steel sheets and a hydraulic press. So at least 4 persons for it all, and hours to make a full set. In plastic, you need the molds, one guy to check it all, and you make tens of them in minutes.

[@Incurafy]

@white Actually, some do. The first of the two printers they recommended at the end, the Monoprice MP Select Mini, uses a sheet metal frame. The company they've cloned it from, Wanhao, uses sheet metal to construct all of their printers and it does indeed make for a more rigid, better printer. Prusa also uses sheet metal for the frame of their i3 printers. If you're interested, check out 3D Printing Nerd, Maker's Muse, or Thomas Sanladerer. They're maker channels that actually know what they're talking about when it comes to 3D printers.

[@frenchgeek1306]

@white For 5mm steel plate, it's still going to be orders of magnitude slower than plastic parts. Deburring alone would take a while.

[@hotdognr12323]

"I mean, we can't recommend PLA for anything structural..." Just plain wrong. It is a bit brittle, yes, but it is significantly stronger than ABS or PETG for instance. The use of solid infill also shows a lack of experience with the medium, as it is wasteful in both print time and material, contributes very little to strength compared to more perimiters for instance, and will likely cause inaccuracies and warping in the finished part, as it is detrimental for part cooling and will amplify even the tiniest of flow calibration issues. I think the results could be far better if there was someone that knows what they're doing turning the knobs, I would even say the results could be better than the Benchie from their ultimaker, just by tuning the settings in a sensible way.

[@ikillfh844]

Petg and abs are actually both stronger than typical blends of pla. However that does not mean pla can't be used for anything structural, quite the contrary.

[@hotdognr12323]

@@ikillfh844 actually not. Watch some of CNC Kitchen's videos comparing material strength, regular PLA is consistently significantly stronger than ABS and PETG. It is more brittle, yes but it takes more energy to break PLA parts.

[@ikillfh844]

@@hotdognr12323 this is true on paper but from personal experience Petg handles shear and tensile stresses better than pla, although this could be down to the adhesion provided by my printer.

[@hotdognr12323]

@@ikillfh844 It is probably due to the different properties, it feels different to handle, and ABS and PETG can in some cases survive being overloaded to some extent, where PLA would break due to its brittle nature. But my point was that it is factually correct to say that PLA is stronger, and that LTT doesn't really know how to use a printer properly.

[@cooperlappe931]

Omg thank you so much for saving me the time to type this like that benchi 🤮🤮🤮 it is such a shame how mis used that fine machine is (the ultimat maker ) honestly I feel like he should not do these videos well unless he actually knows what he is talking about

[@pawelszczyrek7510]

Great videos!!! Can't wait to watch more

[@rorydack2913]

My X1 mini has had no dragging issues at all with the included filament. It's really good quality, and mine looked almost as good as the Ultimaker 3's print

[@weichen4686]

Is it still working as good as when you first bought it?

[@AppleDevicePro]

I recommend getting an Ender 3 to start with. It’s less than $200 and it has pretty good quality after you fine tune it

[@CRCinAU]

... and after some upgrades that you'll learn over time, you can do ABS, Carbon Fibre and other goodies....

[@CC-vv2ne]

yep if you want to dedicate time and effort to tweak stuff and reprint parts ~100 euro printers are nice. I started with Tronxy P802M a clone of a clone. and now the quality of prints puts a lot of name brand ones to shame. i did replace a lot of parts and even added auto leveling and a server running on ubuntu that works flawlessly. now thinking of rebuilding the whole chassis and adding heated chamber. And then maybe il add RAMPS board. but at that point it will be mostly custom printer and cant really be called a tronxy/anet

[@CC-vv2ne]

if you dont have the willpower to read and to learn how to customize hardware and firmware etc. then i would not recommend printers bellow 200$. buy some prebuilt and properly calibrated one

[@Etacovda63]

C C why the hell would you bother with a ramps board, get an skr

[@kwaai101]

"speaking of swinging" - Yvonne dies a little for a second

[@WigglyWings]

'Dies' or get excited? Wink wink

[@sparkyenergia]

@@WigglyWings After the small penis comments at Linus' roast, maybe a glimmer of excitement.

[@MostafaElSakari]

sparkyenergia she was just kidding we all know Linus packs an 11 incher

[@ivanhfrd]

yk you can just open up the controller (the external thing with switches) and plug a 12 volt fan for cooling, the board the controller uses has a lot of room for expansion

[@JZM006]

3:26 it's funny how other than stringing the easythreed looks better than the ultimate

[@StevenIngram]

I remember the early days of 3D printing when a printer this small and simple would be considered a "repstrap." Just enough of a 3D printer with just enough volume to print the parts to build a better 3D printer. LOL

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

I kinda miss the repstrap days. Slap together enough of a gantry out of erector set, lego and your wife's cosmetic tools to squirt out the parts of a Mendel.

[@utakubeta8311]

I actually did that when I was building my AM8 kit

[@ChronicNOTAG]

Oh god, I remember that. The articles were hilarious.

[@StevenIngram]

Yeah, the more I think about the "bootstrap" nature of this little printer, its easily worth the $100. If you were to try to build a repstrap to get started, I doubt you could beat that price by much, if at all.

[@devbloggs]

never thought i'd see that day that LTT would review this little guy side note: works good this TPU

[@krukhlis]

The printer that costs like 3 coils of 1kg of decent filament. This world is crazy... :)

[@Debbiebabe69]

Would glueing a couple of old pc fans to a post, positioning the post to face the model just far enough away the printer does not hit it, and feeding the fans icy air, help with the cooling problem?

[@jackconnely6048]

Nobody gonna mention the Ender 3 for $200? I’ve had one for two years and haven’t had a major issue yet

[@DitF]

I saw one other comment about it

[@EragoEntertainment]

Or my Ender clone the Geeetech A10. Got it for 160€ and is running perfectly for a few months now.

[@garybettinson2486]

Literally every other comment mentions the Ender 3

[@8thlvlMage]

Nobody else gonna mention how every other comment mentions the Ender 3? Anyone?

[@xXTheBl4ckC4tXx]

5:20 their 5000$ printer is not as good as my 140€ Ender-3 wtf. Do they have any idea how to print?

[@maxh2755]

Ikr, wtf?? I never got such bad print on an ender 3.

[@pugboi4078]

Ender 3 xs is great comes with several nozzles and a glass print bed

[@xXTheBl4ckC4tXx]

@xd pperfect What tuning? Ender 3 is just readying a plane buildplate use cura and go. what tuning? the stringing ect. tuning I never did and I print miniatures for tabletop

[@pixel_arc8550]

@@xXTheBl4ckC4tXx Yeah Cura is just awesome with the creawsome mod now integrated without any tuning, even with magic numbers, thats why so much of the discussion about hardware is just plain stupid, My Ender 3 with only a simple metal extruder kit I had to buy because the old platic one broke, bad luck I guess, produces benchys that are running over even good calibrated, multi-grand expensive machines. Even back when I didnt use the mod at all und just had a pretty much stock profile from Cura, it has done amazing things.

[@akira3871]

Maybe they do, maybe they don't but, the only thing we can be sure of is that you don't know which side of the number to put the dollar sign on. Does that man we should try to shame you as well?

[@shyamdevadas6099]

Today (8/7/23), this printer is regularly priced on TEMU for $13.48.

[@indoorkite651]

You may be able to get over the going with a smaller nozzle so that the plastic cools faster. And maybe a small desk fan or something

[@dontcallmebrave]

There's already a v2 with a part cooling fan and an absolutely tiny lcd display w/control knob

[@jbtesla3581]

amazing

[@anirvana]

sugoi

[@TheThunderwars]

The fact that this exists is just mindblowing. I've been 3D printing for a few years now, and my current printer is cheapass Alfawise U20 that I bought for circa 250 buckes, with 30*30*40cm volume, which is frankly enough for nearly anything you could want to print. This technology is very easy to use, fun and pretty cheap nowadays. Let's remember the early days when it was science fiction ... Insane, really.

[@ArkAngelHFB]

Hey I've got a Longer LK4 which I think might just be a kinda clone of the U30

[@ccricers]

How is the U20? I would like to have something with that print volume as I would be making mostly structural parts

[@TheThunderwars]

@@ccricers I can recommend it. I print in PLA, ABS and PETG and it works well (of course for ABS you need an enclosure). I do mostly fast prototyping for my cars and motorcycles (the last one I did is yesterday, I 3D printed a caliper mount for my CB Twin in order to adapt a modern hydraulic brake). I printed Linus' test bed for PCs, I printed parts for car interiors, replacement parts for home .... The big volume is definitely a plus.

[@user-vr4wz5eb3i]

Can you print a pp ?

[@MictianHybris1]

you should have used the settings for cura in the sd card, I just bought it, printed a bunch of stuff with that settings and it works pretty good!

[@owenadair8893]

WE NEED AN UPDATED $95 PRINTER VIDEO

[@robb8246]

"yo dawg, we heard you like 3D printers... So we printed you a 3D printer from a 3D printer!!"

[@michal_c9007]

CREALITY ENDER-3 160$ Best cheap 3D printer

[@BeeWhere]

And that has a huge community available for support, modifications, and inspiration.

[@rikdenbreejen5230]

MICHAL_C900, indeed... listen to this guy

[@InfernosReaper]

Out the box? No. With the right mods? Yeah. Hell, I still haven't gotten the autolevel mod situated and regret not just doing the mod that speeds up adjusting the bed instead.

[@michal_c9007]

@@InfernosReaper I own ender 3 and i changed only two things glass bed for around 15$ and the stock tensioning arm for a 3d printed from thingiverse

[@InfernosReaper]

@@michal_c9007 Auto-level mod is why I couldn't afford the glass bed. I though not having to be *as precise* with leveling the bed would've been the better move. It wasn't and now I'm just kinda stuck making do until things get to where I can order what I *should* have. Once I get that to work and get the other upgrades, it should be a pretty sweet setup

[@gman1342]

Y’all should check out the 3D printer called the snap maker. It’s a 3 in one machine that can 3D print (obviously), be used as a CNC machine, and has laser engraving capability. It’s kind of expensive though but it’s a great machine from what I hear

[@joshmister101]

I have one and I love it for the odd little models and such that I print with it it does the job and does it well for the price

[@johnwest6083]

Imagine these videos 10 years from now. "Best budget 3d printer under 50$"

[@bGronkt]

“How good is a $100 3D printer” 1min later “How BAD is a $95 3D printer” Everyone just clicks when the title changes because they think it will be better

[@morpheas768]

Actually, I clicked today because I didnt have time to watch yesterday when it was uploaded.

[@3DPrintTechDesign]

They still let users believe it works if you tweak it more

[@awake_live]

No wonder something was off when I clicked the video, before I clicked it had one title, when I started watching it was different.

[@fuzzytech3846]

That cat STL file is called CaliCat and like the name suggest you are supposedto use it to calibrate your printer. I printed a one foot tall CaliCat because I love the design.

[@keithsimpson2685]

This would be good to try out a bit and see if you want to go all in or for a kid to learn the stff around 3d printing with. Like a chemistry set

[@kyledowling3484]

"Speaking of swinging..." I was genuinely concerned for what would follow this segway.

[@beluv]

Some solutions to the melty smoke stack: You could set a minimum layer time in the slicing software so the hot end dwells somewhere for a set time before beginning the next layer. You could insert some small tower off to the side to force the hot end to travel and thus add more time to the layer. If the print bed is big enough or the part is small enough you could just print more than one at a time.

[@OmegaCarrot]

Ah yes, escape from tarkov, the only unity game anyone might be familiar with.

[@timliefferink]

Would this be able to print shotgun Shells for nerf darts? I want to make custom ammo for some of my Shell guns

[@lacucaracha111111]

6:30 Minimum layer time and waiting off print

[@rikdenbreejen5230]

Kai Sörensen, yes. And maybe also a lower print temp if you are already going with minimum layers time and slowing down the printer

[@adriangunnarlauterer4254]

True thought about the same here.

[@midnightgadget3459]

Ender 3 + Cura Slicer + Creawesome Mod = Profit

[@mexxes01]

Would have been nice to see the result if you would point a fan at the model to test if it would improve the print

[@isaacerwin9402]

This reminds me of those first, monster sized printers I first saw at south by southwest over 10 years ago. The prints looked like this.

[@demonkiller3418]

Linus: speaking of swinging Me: oh God don't do it Linus: I'm swinging into the sponsor Segway! Me: (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[@Kalomoises]

hahahha

[@AveryDelMiller]

I had a Monoprice (select) mini once. I got it replaced 2 times because it kept having issues, and I ended up returning the 3rd printer because it overheated the filament and started smoking. Can't say I recommend

[@TheDarkerCharizard]

Would you say this is good for making D&D figurines? I'd use a file to smooth it out and such, but I'd love your input! Thanks ❤️

[@imst4722]

Your ultimaker seems to have some ghosting issues. I'd recommend a belt tensioner and or turning down the speed a little