Is the Voxelab Aquila X2 the Best VALUE 3D Printer Available?

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[@aaronstestlab]

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[@trjblq]

Great video thanks for sharing. Looking at purchasing this for my 3rd machine. Probably shouldnt turn the printer off so soon after printing, let the fans cool everything down a bit more, should help prevent bed warping.

[@brightdestiny6022]

About to buy a tronxy crux 1 this changed my life. I was going through depression try to find a 3f printer and this was the one that cured my look for a 3D printer. In fact I was in the North Korean and South Korean War and a mortar flew across my head and head me on the back and it killed me. since then, I was stuck at home looking for a printer and here I am now 🎉❤ Thank you for this.

[@markrainford1219]

Wow. Glad you came back to life.

[@pablonie]

I bought this printer a little over a year ago and I assure you that it is wonderful. If you manage to calibrate it well, it will cost you the same as a €400-€500 printer! I love this brand and the reliability it provides.

[@occamraiser]

I bought one of these in 2022. It worked very well, but adhesion was always a struggle.... I always use brims and often rafts to minimise warping as corners lifted. Last month I bought an Aquila X3 with built in bed levelling. I was disappointed in the total lack of a manual to explain how to use the levelling and levelling data. Having to set manual Z offset invalidates auto-levelling in my book, so IT WENT BACK to Amazon. This month (Feb 2024) I bought a (very slightly more expensive) Ender 3 v3 SE. It is great (TBH I don't like the post-loading extrude menu option extruding straight onto the build plate from 15mm high - welding a splat of plastic onto the plate.) Auto levelling includes z offset and the adhesion problem is that I can't get print OFF the plate.... a far nicer issue to have to deal with. Buy an Ender V3 SE instead of an Aquila - you are unlikely to regret it.

[@aaronstestlab]

I would honestly stay that in 2024 you should skip both and just go straight for something like a Flashforge 5M or Qidi xSmart. The former is down to like $299. I purchased back in Oct and it's be fantastic ever since. Nearly plug and play.

[@brandieddy5012]

The set up is so intimidating

[@aaronstestlab]

There's a lot to it. But honestly, I didn't have any experience assembling a 3d printer beforehand but still managed.

[@BuilderTrevinMC]

If im not mistaken, your sticker means you can add your own lcd display graphics and custom menu's.

[@BuilderTrevinMC]

The sticker with the letter and numbers

[@Linna_LxA]

My 3d printer of this same model, prints but the filament doesnt stay in place and then it just starts to bug out

[@jenniferkaradidhodgson8634]

I can’t seem to get mine to work 😒

[@DhjhHdind]

Same😂

[@QuietWind01]

I got one just to see how it would do. I'm going to be honest, it does really decent for the price but I have two Creality Ender 3 S1 Pros at work (school tech specialist, also i have many more than those 2 at work but) and the S1 Pros for $100-$200 extra seem more 'worth it'. The Aquilla even when tuned a LOT has to be re-leveled every one or two prints. For an Ender 3 knockoff the Ender 3 series seems to be better per dollar. I rarely have to fight them meanwhile I spend more time fighting my Aquilla X2 than actually printing.

[@aaronstestlab]

It does seem to need a re-level quite often. I purchased some upgraded springs and added a CR Touch which took care of most of that though.

[@QuietWind01]

@aaronstestlab What firmware did you use for your CR touch? I was thinking about it, because the majority of issues seem to be from leveling. I tuned the crap out of my Cura profile for it over the last few days, and if I level it before a print, it seems to do decent for at least basic prints. At home I don't need super high quality prints but it would also be cool to figure out this major stringing issue... I've tweaked retraction settings but it doesn't seem to be very good at actually performing retraction, so I am not sure if it's the extruder driver or the extruder or my PLA, or all of the above. I ordered some higher quality PLA to test.

[@aaronstestlab]

Just using Alex's firmware with a 4x4 grid. Works great, even though it's no longer supported.

[@QuietWind01]

@aaronstestlab That's so weird. What was your firmware update process with it? I tried by just formatting my SD card and placing the 4x4.bin file inside of a 'firmware' folder and it totally messed up my GUI. I ended up having to flash it with Voxelab firmware that was current to fix it again.

[@aaronstestlab]

You have to update the board and display firmware separately

[@pharmZey]

Do you still use this printer??? ive had one for while and just got back into it, printed perfect after a year with no use

[@aaronstestlab]

Sometimes, I've moved on to a Flashforge Adventurer 5M though.

[@vengeance2082]

I got one and it won’t load the filament

[@cosminpetrila252]

What slicing profile do you use? I've found some for the Ender v2 and they seem to work, but they're a bit off

[@aaronstestlab]

Basically just started with the stock PLA ones and customized via lots of trial and error.

[@Outware0]

Does this include a filament holder?

[@aaronstestlab]

Yes

[@jenniferkaradidhodgson8634]

Any advice it keeps stopping when I try to print the test model help

[@aaronstestlab]

TBH, that's a super vague question

[@follyscrolly1345]

its crazy how lucky you Americans are it costs $179 for you and $259 for me in Australia

[@madderall_dot_com]

Why don't start by googling "currency conversion" first and follow that up with "sales tax in the US".

[@follyscrolly1345]

@@madderall_dot_com I’m too dumb to know what that means

[@madderall_dot_com]

@@follyscrolly1345 It means you're a kangaroo. Just kidding. Australian dollar is worth about two thirds of the US dollar and your sales tax is already included in the price where ours is added at the time of sale so $179 + 10%. Basically it means this printer is actually cheaper for you.

[@follyscrolly1345]

@@madderall_dot_com oh ok that makes sense

[@flyinscotsmans]

is there an SD car slot

[@aaronstestlab]

micro SD

[@flyinscotsmans]

so there is a slot @@aaronstestlab

[@GrayHatChannel]

can print 1/35?

[@aaronstestlab]

I don't know what that means

[@5doolar]

voxelab aquila c2 vs x2?

[@ianwade8499]

Looking for this too

[@dmugas4989]

does this has hot bed?

[@aaronstestlab]

yes

[@GlowingEraser]

@@aaronstestlab what does the hot bed do?

[@travian821]

@@GlowingEraser Helps with sticking the molten plastic to the bed with some materials afaik

[@GlowingEraser]

@@travian821 Ty!

[@bigdogkmc]

Couple of hours? It took me just 45 minutes to assemble.

[@aaronstestlab]

Congrats

[@cfneskii9193]

Who else here tryna see if you can use this to 3d print Glock frames