Much BETTER than Expected - AnkerMake M5 3D Printer

[@berencam]

12:35 The cylinders are a test of the tolerance, meaning that .5 .4 .3mm of a gap is repeatable. But a .2mm gap is too tight and fuses between the 2 parts.

[@matsv201]

0.3mm is still fairly impressive

[@tdg9281]

Wait, that test is pretty rigged ! I thought it was .4,.3,.2,.1 like any test !

[@MR-vg7yn]

@@tdg9281 How is it rigged if it's clearly labelled what's being tested? And what would the point be of testing 0.1mm when 0.2mm has already fused?

[@SplicesAndCelluloid]

@@matsv201 For a modern FDM 3D printer, 0.3mm is honestly fairly disappointing. A very good number of machines can handle 0.2, and some better machines can do 0.1mm.

[@culbeda]

@@SplicesAndCelluloid Except that this is OoB experience with no tuning and running at 250mm/s with the included filament. I'd certainly like to see some additional testing, with better filament, varied temps and different speed to compare. (The overhangs showed that the filament was too hot or insufficiently cooled to print to that tight of a tolerance without fusing.)

[@zakariakhamees]

Few suggestions for future 3D printer reviews.. Include information such as Printing size, max temp of hotend and bed, drive assembly type and other important stuff. I know this is not a 3D printer channel but for a 17 minute video, i would've liked to know more about the specs and maybe more 3D prints.

[@mixedup5858]

Reviews on LTT, I think u already knew

[@kerbodynamicx472]

I wonder, why isn't any of the channels dedicated to 3D printing reviewing the Ankermake? Is it because this is just a heavily modified Ender 3?

[@tonytiger2450]

@@kerbodynamicx472 I think because they said there are only 13 beta units. So maybe not enough to get to dedicated 3d printing channels?

[@kerbodynamicx472]

​@@tonytiger2450 I think with 13 units, they should be able to send one or two to the 3D printing channels... After all, they have more authority in 3D printing than tech review channels that covers everything. I think they are afraid of them saying about the flaws of the printer. My friends on a 3D printing forum have expressed some criticism towards this machine. The screen on the gantry adds mass to moving parts, and with 1.5k mm/s^2 of max acceleration, you aren't going to get close to 250mm/s unless you are printing giant squares. Actual high-speed printers like the Voron 0 or Annex K3 often reach accelerations 10 times that when printing at 250mm/s, and up to 100k mm/s^2 if you push their limits. So I think it's pretty questionable that the AnkerMake is marketed as a high-speed printer. I'm not saying the AnkerMake is bad because it's more convenient and user-friendly compared to most other printers, and the sacrificed performance likely improves the reliability.

[@zakariakhamees]

@@kerbodynamicx472 Because Ankermake is also targeting inexperienced people (non 3d printer users) with this product. This is how the product is hyped. They know that if they gave the product to honest 3d printing channels, there won't be any hype because it is just another 3d printer with few extra software features. Basically Anker is taking advantage of people's ignorance to hype their product through non 3dp channels.

[@computer9764]

I haven't messed with any 3D printers in about 7 years... Seeing one that actually works (that a regular person can afford) is very nice.

[@porcupinebutter]

Creality makes amazing printers for half the price if you’re willing to forgo “smart” features you can add in for a couple bucks.

[@KingALLO69]

@@porcupinebutter I second this too.

[@DestinationFawked]

Ender is also well known to the community and there is lots of support from others if you run into troubles. This being a new product for Anker means support will be less from the community until they release more at a better price then MSRP. Ease of use is nice but honestly when I jumped in last year on the popular ones that pop up for cheap on woot it took me less than a day to work out everything and get good results because people post solutions to anything your going to run into on the Enders

[@thilotech]

Prusa Printers are also very reliable.

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

@@porcupinebutter do you just have to find a slicer software and upload the files to an SD card? I am a complete noob with 3d printers.

[@ernieoporto1111]

As somone who has worked with 3D Printers for years now, I'm VERY impressed. For a company that had no foot in additive manufacturing, to come in swinging this hard, they're about to make their name known!

[@UncleJessy]

Nothing wrong with shaking things up a bit ;)

[@zakariakhamees]

What is so impressive about this printer?

[@PasteurizedLettuce]

@@zakariakhamees it’s really more about how unimpressive a lot of established 3D printers are in terms of reliability

[@zakariakhamees]

@@PasteurizedLettuce We still can't call this printer reliable until more people get their hands on it and try it. I am not even sure about what makes this thing more reliable.

[@pochita6158]

@@zakariakhamees the fact that it can finish such a complex print in 2 hours right out of the box without many tweaking. I only own a 200$ budget printer and there are sooo many things that could go wrong

[@marsgizmo]

I’m also pretty impressed on the build quality for its price! Looking forward to review one 🤘😎

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Since this is preproduction I highly doubt it will be this nice but I'm looking forward to seeing how they come out.

[@bulljona11]

It's almost false endorsement to talk for many minutes on a feature that won't be implemented on the final product.

[@LordElpme]

@@bulljona11 considering they spent several minutes talking about how this is unlikely to be on the production model, it's not false endorsement.

[@millkalol]

its kickstarter i would wait for final production unit reviews

[@TheMidnightSmith]

Nah, retail is $750, not impressed for an ender 3 clone

[@Paulkjoss]

Alex has got progressively more comfortable with hosting and he is now one of my favs - he explains stuff well too and doesn’t drop stuff all the time like some other hosts 😀

[@themoongoddess1190]

He was German in a past life during WWII. I don't mean that in a bad way.

[@justinccole0990]

He's definitely my favorite host to watch. I look forward to every video he is in!

[@scarletetee]

I love how Alex and LMG explains things a way that even people with not as much knowledge with tech have a slight understanding with these videos, so thank you so flipping for pushing these videos out every day no matter the situation or the day ❤

[@ShortCircuit]

Thanks! Make sure you @ him with the kind words on Twitter.

[@scarletetee]

@@ShortCircuit will do :)

[@Sithhy]

They could do a better job of it in some videos, though

[@RandomUser2401]

@@ShortCircuit please just make him stop using nonsene inch and feet units. Pleeease. He is a mechanical and CNC engineer, for the love of god you're doing everyone a favor including yourself by going with 10ths and 100s of mm.

[@PasteurizedLettuce]

@@RandomUser2401 Americans did this, it’s their fault

[@g0ggy]

ShortCircuit has become my favorite LMG channel. Each time you show something new. A car, shoes, watches, printers, pro cameras etc. Keep it up guys.

[@ShortCircuit]

Glad you like them!

[@deepblue812]

"I know people that kept the warranty on their things... They're all dead now" might be the best one-liner LTT quote ever :)

[@davidelliott5520]

Delivered almost deadpan, as well.

[@TechyBen]

That "out of the box print" makes me want this far too much than I should. :P

[@dallin9731]

Put a preorder in for this the first day it was announced. Very excited about it and happy you guys are making a video on this one.

[@anthonykearney608]

I love anker devices and their customer service. Just sent me a new USB cable that had a lifetime warranty because my cable from years ago broke

[@WakingJoaquin]

Yes, absolutely more "makery" type videos! Maker projects would be a great addition to the company's repertoire. Think of the near-limitless creative possibilities! Thanks for this video. Makes choosing an affordable 3D printer a lot easier.

[@Teaman01]

honestly their lack of social media even though it is mentioned at the bottom of their Kickstarter is a little concerning.. Kickstarter says they are in WA but I found a Instagram that says UK is their location.. be careful this is starting to smell like a scam

[@Yavorh55]

Thank you for letting Alex do this. Last time Linus did a vid on 3d printers it was sadly uninformed, but that's understandable - let each cover their strengths

[@SetitesTechAdventures]

True. I was a little disappointed in his unfamiliarity with the torture test though.

[@sushimshah2896]

What video was it? Was it during the pandemic-making face shield stuff?

[@TheCyberSpidey]

This one isn't too useful either imo, but then LTT is hardly more than an unboxing channel. I hope that prospective buyers do their research elsewhere, 3D printing is a bliss.

[@adamboye89]

@@TheCyberSpidey what?

[@TheCyberSpidey]

@@adamboye89 3D printing can be very fun; and this video is an ad - not a review/first impression. Not a very useful or informative video, also be vary of Kickstarter campaigns.

[@thingking3440]

That’s what i love about the ShortCircuit videos they just feel so natural and improvised. For example how they always wanna take it apart and it doesn’t matter if that’s even a good idea they just yolo it.

[@danielbenda6352]

I've been doing production 3d printing for a while now, and while the speed looks great but for doing a reasonable amount of printing the biggest problem looks top be the serviceability of the print head. It is inevitable that you'll have to clear a jam, change the nozzle, etc. for me at least that would be a complete deal breaker at any price.

[@GodFist66]

Also enclosing it

[@LeftJoystick]

Prusa printers showed me the light tbh. It will be difficult to switch to anything else FDM-wise.

[@bman2827]

I've been 3D printing for 10 years and have only ever had to clean a jam once. What are you putting in there?!

[@bigfoot996]

That is just a plastic cap which can be removed easily. Also, there will be all the necessarry spare parts available for aftersales :)

[@CineZoneYT]

yeah it is way too big for servicing. Also just looks like a bmg extruder ripoff and and creality style hotend. I would like to see more of the insides.

[@tonyfweb]

This past May, I decided to purchase a 3D printer. I remembered watching this video and how good ya'll said it was that I went with this one. Not even a week later a realized that this video was two years old and Bambu Labs has entered the scene. So now I own an AnkerMake M5, a Bambu Lab X1C, AND and Bambu Lab P1S. And while the AnkerMake is good, the X1C and P1S blow it out of the water in terms of speed, quality, AND capability. Still think it was a good purchase and use it regularly. Thanks guys!

[@thetalesofdaneandco]

It's concerning that major companies using Kickstarter to fund their products has been normalized.

[@KJMcLaws]

But they aren't scams at least

[@thetalesofdaneandco]

@@KJMcLaws That is exactly the normalization that is concerning. Just because something isn't a scam doesn't mean its origins in crowdfunding are acceptable, considering that Anker clearly has the funds to make the product while also incurring the risk of production. It has simply chosen to bypass said risks and pass them on to the consumer instead and it has been so normalized that no one sees it as a problem anymore.

[@MrWizardjr9]

they said they are making it whether or not it hits the goal. its just for advertising

[@thetalesofdaneandco]

​@@MrWizardjr9 Their "goal" was setup at $50,000. Their company is worth at least $1,100,000,000 and they made over $4,000,000 on the Kickstarter alone. They are that big a company and yet, according to a comment from Short Circuit below, decided to use Kickstarter, rather than their own website, because they have chosen not to create their own e-commerce insfratructure. On the funding side of the issue, they can make any claims they want now about making the product regardless of the Kickstarter without backing up said claims. This is because they have now "proven" that their product will sell, even though in order to do so they passed on all the front-end costs of production to their customers.

[@cameronjuresich3239]

I would do the same thing in their position. It makes sense to gauge the demand for a product before you start to produce it.

[@TheNumbersPerson]

I love content like this, I'd enjoy more maker style things being covered.

[@TheUallis]

The build construction looks pretty solid (Hard to tell with all the unneeded plastic in the way!), which would help with speed, but I'm most concerned with the closed slicer and the promises of advanced AI that is supposed to work from a fixed position. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out

[@andywillis9701]

the editor is probably new, young and just finished the probation period and i absolutely LOVE how he/she edited this. thank you! :)

[@thunderturbine8860]

Jolly good show guys @ShortCircuit Alex's presentation style and in depth knowledge on the subject of 3D printing makes the video informative and entertaining. Seems like something I'm likely to get into sooner or later. Keep up the awesome work guys 🙂

[@ShortCircuit]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dark88reaper78]

What I am realy hoping for is that the final version will also perform as well as this unit. What would also be nice is if they would have an encoder as a Filament Sensor. Not only would it detect if filament is running out, but also if the extruder is jammed. What would also be important to me is that you can easily tension the belts and do basic maintenance without tearing down the whole machine.

[@Metallica4Life1995]

Can we all just agree that almost everything Anker makes is great? I have had their powerbanks, cables, chargers, heck even their audio stuff under their sub-brand soundcore. All of it has been seriously good for the price. Edit: Forgot to include their security stuff from Eufy (Anker sub-brand), also great stuff

[@NightOwlPal]

Absolutely agree! Their security cameras are great too!

[@rasp0000]

I love shopping and finding the best products at specific price points and no brand does this better than Anker. I've bound hundreds of their items at the office for my staff.

[@Metallica4Life1995]

@@NightOwlPal I have their Eufy cameras as well, completely forgot to mention them, also a great product

[@tylerdean3489]

Im watching this while using the Anker Soundcore wireless headphones. They were 60 bucks and sound really good.

[@Metallica4Life1995]

@@tylerdean3489 I have their soundcore life P3's, fantastic earbuds, got all the bells and whistles for literally a 1/3rd of the price of the big names

[@MrKnoppersesser]

The biggest question is if the acceleration also scales with the multiplier. I guess in reality the printhead won't even reach 100 mm/s cause it can't accelerate to this point.

[@StevenSSmith]

you'd be surprised how short of a line it takes to get to full speed at a modest setting of say jerk set to 10.

[@eideticex]

If it's running Marlin with hardware acceleration curves, then no. If using software acceleration, which is an option in the popular slicers, then it will affect it. However 100mm/s is absolutely doable just after a corner. Mine is currently set to make travels moves at 120mm/s which slows rapidly to 80mm/s as it approaches the part until it slows again to the print speed. Even cheap NEMA knockoffs have got really good, good enough to rock the table the printer is on if you go too aggressive.

[@MrKnoppersesser]

@@eideticex Will be interesting, how solid the motion System actually will be. And if something like pressure advance like in Klipper or at least linear advance will be in place so parts still look good.

[@simonl7784]

at msrp of 760$ it has very little to offer. This printer uses well known open source software features that can be implemented on pretty much any printer with an added computer. Basically, this is an ender3 with Klipper firmware and a 20$ webcam

[@TacohMann]

760 is a bargain imo compared to the time required to set all of those features up + all the "polish" you get from a all in one solution like what they're offering. I don't know if there are others in the space who offer similar features for better prices, but I'm blown away by the quality and ease of printing demonstrated. It also prints incredibly fast. All in all I think you could get here with an ender but it would probably end up being fairly close in price and you would waste so much time troubleshooting and setting things up.

[@1310up]

What the advantage of using Klipper on a ender 3 ?

[@Blooest]

It's not even using input shaping, I don't think. They've got a glorified Spaghetti Detective for their "AI". It's just a reasonably well-built Cartesian but yeah, not offering anything new.

[@HorizonMakes]

​@@Blooest you're paying more for the thing to work than for pure value. ender 3s really like to stop working for no good reason, and this is honestly a much more idiot-proof design. Bed leveling is painfully slow, though, the cooling kinda sucks and i'm willing to bet the advertised 250mm/s is just the travels. probably doing walls and such at something like 80-100mm/s, since there's absolutely no way that their creality-style hotend can push material fast enough to keep up with 250mm/s.

[@solarbirdyz]

Mmm.... I'm a little more generous? But not much. I don't think it's price competitive - my 3V2 printed about that well out of the box, too, and that's without auto-levelling. But I brought some knowledge with me that had to help, plus I did a couple of immediate upgrades (bed springs, bowden tube clamps, the basics) and that probably helped too, and while those things aren't expensive, they aren't free either. Plus it comes with an auto-leveller and is clearly a hell of a lot easier to put together. That's legitimate value. Not enough for the price, but meaningful. My main disappointment is that at $760 it should have a hell of a lot larger bed. When I saw the base I was ready to pay attention, but a print area that small? At $760? C'mon. That's bullshit.

[@imskyrcheez]

In the time lapse you can see the printer is actually shaking (most likely the table or maybe the machine it's self) and I think that impacted the "spires" that were produced.

[@bushidobrown9857]

Between this and today's LTT video, the editors have been pretty sassy and I love it 😂😂

[@antesaric1741]

For the Mega roll, try flipping over the wire holder, so that the roller bar faces away from the aluminum columns that were getting in the way of the roll

[@thezachdrake]

I love Anker. It's like a company full of people that look at outrageously priced tech and go "nahhhhhh we can do that better"

[@beau2418]

Except power bricks and batteries... They're like "nahhhhhh we can do that pricier"

[@G0rg81]

@@beau2418 my experiance cheaping out on power is a bad idea so I usually go with anker for peace of mind

[@TheMidnightSmith]

Retail price is $750, more than double an ender 3

[@G0rg81]

@@TheMidnightSmith yeah but it has way more features. However it isn't open source.

[@TheMidnightSmith]

@@G0rg81 nope, and at that price, you're in prusa competition tier.

[@pkucmus]

Yes! More makery type content, help us promote maker thingies and push the world forward a bit - cool things happen in the maker space. Thank you!

[@andrewjc13]

It's great that Anker is getting into 3D Printers. I'd love to see y'all review the Prusa Mini.

[@PabzRoz]

I auto level every print as well. adds a little more time to each print but it's worth it to make sure i get perfect first layer everytime.

[@GuusKlaas]

Overclocking 3D printers is totally a thing. It involves 48V steppers, there's high end mainboards for it all, and it also involves a lot of (sometimes unorthodox) temperature management. There's even benchmarks. Such as the speedboat. I'd totally challenge LTT team to tackle the speedboat challenge.

[@hellterminator]

Yup, I still remember my jaw hitting the floor when I saw a sub 2 minute Benchy on an overclocked Voron Zero.

[@cotycollins6302]

Agreed, the mainboard on my voron supports 48v to the x and y steppers. But i would need a 48v psu for it, so i just run 24v to everything.

[@GuusKlaas]

@@cotycollins6302 Same on the RatRig. I already have 2 dedicated PSU's in there (I am aware I could technically use 5V of the board). The Pi has its own mains > 5v brick. I am tempted however for a 48v tertiary system, just to learn. 3D printing to me is the same as PC overclocking: nice to get great results, but in the end you want it to be everyday useable as well. Those LDO mofo's can be a pain to acquire (not expensive, just a pain to get, esp in a mainly amazon-free country). And drivers are perhaps even harder, though 3DJake carries those as well now.

[@getrektposeidon8041]

The editing on this video is just hilarious, all these little comments andthe editor's name in the outro 😂😂

[@vPeteWalker]

$429 is no longer available, to save the rest of you some time. Current price as of 4/11/22 is $599. Damn, I was about to pull the trigger and YOLO this because I love Anker so much, even though I can barely justify a 3D printer! :) Thanks for the vid team!

[@way2tired2]

they had that in the video, but not in the audio.. so if you weren't watching closely, you would have missed it. I'm debating and since this video went up, I might have to debate faster.

[@anthonycastanon6281]

Alex has the best job at LMG. Between the car reviews, the 3d printing, and machining... I really wish I could have that role

[@ericbaker8807]

While I have a Neptune 2 and am pretty happy with it for the money I spent... This thing looks absolutely sick. My ONE FEATURE that will absolutely be a make or break for me in a future buy is auto bed leveling.

[@mistaecco]

Grab a Prusa mini, then. Auto leveling, costs less than this one, more liability than a Kickstarter, and vendor support if something doesn't work. They're worth the hype. Oh, and gummy bears! Can't forget the gummy bears.

[@rocket7241]

Alex is definitely my favorite member of the LTT crew. He’s super like-able and funny. Not to mention smart.

[@kennyw7033]

This editor is amazing and I love them.

[@elnahir]

YES!!!!!!

[@noxious_nights]

The little build tray thingy built into the packaging is GENIUS.

[@jonmayer]

I bought an Ender 3 Pro from microcenter for $100 recently. Added ABL sensor and I love how it prints. It's no where as fast, but it's so much cheaper. 3D printers are getting easier to use if you know what you are doing. This machine is probably best suited for a first timer or kid.

[@williammiller3277]

I was gonna get some of the $99 pros but decided to go $350 s1's. After abl, better motherboard, direct extruder and such it was easier to get it all out of the box.

[@simonl7784]

actually, your ender3 is just as fast, it just doesn't have as much decoration on it.

[@logancrosier3298]

I recently got an FLSUN SR Delta printer, and compared to the first printer I got in 2015, the difference is staggering. Set up was easy, Cura is a breath of fresh air, bed leveling is so fast and only needed to be done once, and it prints so fast and cleanly. Only issue I've had to tinker with here and there is bed adhesion of smaller parts.

[@Akkbar21]

3:30 this is why you shouldn’t say something unless you’re sure. You end up being wrong and sometimes you have no opportunity to make a correction.

[@LeeMooEez]

Unless you watch the entire video and paying attention for the confirmed information LOL

[@bbuullyyjnr]

Crazy how far it's all come, I just backed the project, can't wait

[@reddcube]

Based on their price, it looks like they are trying to compete with Prusa. I wish Anker luck in getting the same reliability as Prusa

[@dubious6718]

Prusa who? Most people have heard about Anker.

[@reddcube]

@@dubious6718 Prusa Research makes 3D printers that are excellent quality for the price. The same printer used in LTT video “3D Printing 300 Face Shields… PER DAY”

[@eyeborg3148]

It looks much nicer and the build quality seems much better than a Prusa. The Prusa i3 Mk3 is a design that has been around for a long time, and through iterations and strong community support is relatively solid but IMO Prusa has gotten complacent and it’s not really as great a value proposition anymore. This Anker product looks really promising but time will tell how reliable it is.

[@alphastratus6623]

@@eyeborg3148 Prusa are reliable af. It's the same with cars: BMW and Mercedes are nice, but if you want something that works you go to Toyota. We will see how Anker will make it.

[@TrueThanny]

@@eyeborg3148 Just based on this video I can say that the filament feed system and filament detection are considerably inferior to a Prusa MK3S. I also don't think your notion of complacency holds any water. You can buy a $50 kit from Prusa right now to turn a MK3 into a MK3S+. So not only is the design being refined, but you can take advantage of those refinements without buying a whole new machine. You don't buy a Prusa if you just want a "value" machine. You buy a cheap Ender 3D clone for that. You get a Prusa to avoid the headaches that going for "value" inevitably procures for you.

[@darkogrozdanovski]

I own a prusa i3mk2, and have been 3d printing and designing my own parts for a long time now. I like Anker a lot, I have bought pretty much all the powerbanks and chargers i have from them and they are amazing. But... LTT doing a paid promotion here for the "next big thing" in 3d printers based on a kickstarter campaign, for an early prototype unit not showing the full feature set.... boy... you must have a huge trust in Anker to deliver on this fully and even exceed expectations... most of these kickstarter campaigns have proven to be just scams, or not delivering anything near to the quality of what they promoted. I sure want to understand better why you made this video and risk your reputation. I also respect taking the leap of faith here and hope it works out! Will keep an eye on this. I would hope that everyone watching waits for the final product launch and not jump on the hype train...

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

Good points.

[@Neoxon619]

Is this the 3-D printer that Alex was excited about during the recent sleeper build video? Either way, this looks awesome.

[@nolanmanning3749]

I think he was excited about the 8,000$ one he mentioned, but not the one featured

[@bigtitmaster]

That one was the Phanteon

[@Fejszi]

No it doesn’t look awsome, this is a low effort Ender 3 clone

[@areazaft1970]

@@Fejszi would you mind explaining? I have it backed at the $499 price but bought the Ender 3 S1 pro on sale figuring that one would be better in the long term. What’s your reasoning?

[@Fejszi]

@@areazaft1970 The Ender is the original design (even though it loosely copies a RepRap/Prusa Mendel) it uses Aluminium extrusions and V-rollers for movement, uses a bowden extruder. Since its open source, many companies just made clones, with little changes to the core design… As for your purchase; its a decent one, infinitely better than the piece of crap reviewed in the video, but its not as high quality as something like a Prusa…

[@zapl80]

'Overclocking' a printer by increasing the voltage does work to some extent. Stepper motors have more torque and can run faster on higher voltage. Most other components in a 3d printer won't survive this though.

[@Mike-ud6yg]

Sitting here looking at my 2017 ender 3. This thing is doing what took my printer 400 dollars in mods to do, but it does it out of the box.

[@griminc6548]

I've had an Ender 3 for years have spent very little on upgrades glass bed, bowden tube, motor dampers, quieter fan, and aluminum extruder assembly maybe $50 total and a few 3D printed mods. Most were not even to upgrade print quality, but qol, to make it quieter, or just because I felt like it. The Ender 3 can print just as good as this overpriced printer out the box with no upgrades so not sure what your talking about needing $400 of extras for that's totally untrue.

[@MisterMakerNL]

So they send you a golden prototype too promote, grabs popcorn because this gonna be a wild ride.

[@maximusoakley]

I'd love to see a budget 3D printing video - taking a budget printer, then upgrading parts until it rivals a much more expensive printer.

[@griminc6548]

an Ender 3 rivals way higher priced printer out the box and is only $200

[@mikeyp5130]

"Supposed to put it together but sometimes things just go the wrong way"🤣The curiosity killed the cat!

[@jajajas5251]

You can raise the output voltage and overclock it!

[@ted_van_loon]

a nice pro of autoleveling is that the beds are often slightly warped or bend with often a sink in the middle. with autoleveling it can make up for that, without you get serious problems in some cases. my 3d printer for example couldn't print small circles close to the center, lines where fine, but circles became poop, to fix it it needs to be levelled differently but that way it wouldn't work for larger objects due to it hitting the heated bed on the edges if it was at least somewhat close enough to it in the center.

[@UncleJessy]

🤘🤘 haha nicely done tearing it open 🤣 prints really dang great

[@chrismajewski4884]

I’m curious if it also had the aluminum on the inside of yours, if they let you keep it or if you still have it, I’m a little curious to see if you got a more current model

[@UncleJessy]

@@chrismajewski4884 I’m assuming mine does because the machine weighs about 25lbs

[@iainburgess8577]

*editor, don't judge. Physical assembly of equipment like that is more about specific unit practice & experience than anyone not in a repair role has the experience to realise. Former Paslode repair tech in Australia- there are specific ways to hold, brace, clamp, apply force to each specific tool, depending on specific size, shape, weight, task & worker physiology. So everyone figures it out themselves in general - that foam assembly assistance was Unusual as general a rule outside of that experience, as well.

[@ydid687]

very excited to see the 6th generation aircrafts utilizing 3d printing tech for unmanned hyper-sonic flight maneuvering

[@2nd-place]

I’m an old school Anker fan and I was super excited about this when I got an email about it a couple months ago. They are a great company that makes affordable tech that is solid and if you have a problem they make it more than right. I’ve had them give me free gear because of an issue. I’ve wanted my own 3D printer for years and finally decided to get one for my birthday and then this came out so I did! I got the early bird deal and even though I have to wait until later this year I’m patient. It seems way better than the Prusa Mini I was gonna get and the price wasn’t far off either in early bird. This will be an excellent first 3D printer and I believe this device will kickstart (heh) a 3D printer revolution in the consumer space over the coming decade.

[@nickchamp]

I don't need another printer... I don't need another printer... I DONT NEED ANOTHER PRINTER!!!

[@brycesstuff]

Watching this because I found one of these cheap, hahaha I don't need another printer either😂 I have 3 fdms and a resin printer and two parts printers for that one😅

[@JeremyShay]

I’ll be interested to see a comparison of pre-production units sent to reviewers vs what customers actually receive later in the year. If it checks out come that time I’ll happily pay full price.

[@emilyshabang]

I love Anker products, they always work great and are offered at super reasonable prices

[@pirobot668beta]

If GCODE tells the tool-head to make two lines 40mm aprt, you gotta remember that those lines have a width. The error you were reading is the width of the line, mostly.

[@mikazeo15]

I think this is great for people who just want a printer to 'work' right from the get go. And while this is very nice, I worry about the aftermarket stuff when things break. The good thing about 3d printers is that it's made to be tinkered with and while not everyone wants to tinker and waste their time trying to problem solve what went wrong, to me it's a good learning experience and you can help others out too.

[@ShortCircuit]

Great point!

[@hiabst]

I backed in the first few hours, glad they sent out a few more units for review so i can get more informations that way. Thanks for the nice review Alex

[@oliverfong418]

This is an extremely impressive result given the speed it is running on, 250mm/s is way faster than what I am comfortable running my printer on (with my modded i3 mega s from anycubic, I usually run it on 70mm/s), and the quality of the test print wows me as well, that is not an easy print to pull off, especially not on that speed

[@androiduberalles]

I guarantee you that is not 250mm/s. You can set the max speed to 3000mm/s. If your acceleration is not set appropriately, it could never go above 10mm/s (for example). If you want to see what 250mm/s looks like, go take a look at vez3d.

[@oliverfong418]

@@androiduberalles True, I wonder what the acceleration on this machine is set to too. I have actually subbed to vez3d for quite some time now, that speed he is able to achieve, with that quality (except the speed boat challenge of course lol) just amazes me.

[@cynic5581]

It scares me the amount of detail left out for a sponsored video…. What are the build dimensions? Max hotend and bed temps? Standard nozzle? How do you access the nozzle? Does it come with a brass nozzle or anti wear? That box the filament enters is just a run out sensor? This is direct drive? Is there USB access for a computer or OctoPi server? All I’m seeing is an Ender 3 S1 (Pro) with a locked down slicer and no 3rd party support for a lot more money….it does look pretty…

[@oliversdouglas]

dang this looks cool - I feel like 3D printers are actually starting to become approachable consumer gadgets now? this is the first time I've seen one that looks genuinely super user friendly thought idk if this is the kind of printer I'd want if I wanted to print minis for TTRPGs

[@Ferro512]

I'm not sure if FDM would be a good choice for minis. While resin printers have more headache to it, they still will give more details and quality on small things like minis. And I'm interested in seeing if there will be a nieche for 3d artists specifically comissioning print ready models, as 3d printing actually starts becoming more "approachable consumer thing" instead of a niche. Because some people forget that to print something, you must have the 3d model of it. (Yes, there are a lot of free stuff tho)

[@drew4324]

Just a heads up, went to their page to back at 439. They have closed that pricing or stretch goal and now the new price is 639 and they are stating that is still discounted from what msrp will be. At 439 I agree it felt like a no brainer, but a 200 dollar hike for the kickstarter has me hesitating.

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

Might as well wait for the reviews of the production units and shop around for the best price if they turn out to be any good.

[@RedWhiteBlueGamin]

More 3D-printing videos! :)

[@hellnawnaw]

This is exactly the kind of printer I wish were available when I bought mine 3 years ago

[@Nightfieldzop]

Looks awesome, wish I could have gotten in on the kickstarter

[@nolankeilty3732]

Still can, it's just 599 instead of 429 or 499,

[@nolankeilty3732]

Still like 200 bucks off the msrp

[@ashvanes484]

I have been printing nonstop, but only for a few months, with an Ender 3. 8 bit board. Loud. Alum extruder + better bowden, everything else still stock. I considered this, the Ender S1 Pro, Sidewinder Genius Pro, Mingda Magician X, for a follow on 2nd printer which will become my R&D box. All roughly comparable feature wise, with this one being the Cadillac since it will have video and wireless built in. However, of all the things I can do myself, the video and the wireless (via Octoprint) seemed the most like something I could figure out. So, I repurposed my almost too old Raspberry Pi (turns out it is very easy now) to check out how well it worked with my Ender 3. Given the Anker has a lot of unknowns (like, what will be the parts replacement options, what upgrade paths might exist, what slicers will work, overall longer term durability, where are the belt tensioners), that ruled out this machine for me. The Mingda's build quality from what I have seen is a little rough. The Sidewinder looks like a solid option, at a nice price point. I'd be hard pressed to find worthwhile flaws with it... however between the Sidewinder and S1/S1 Pro, I tipped to the Pro since I will have an all metal hotend, and can print just about anything, plus a PEI surface out of the gate. I got the S1 Pro during a sale, so it came in $300 cheaper than this one's list price. Also, Creality has a laser engraver that works on the S1, and hopefully also on the S1 Pro. Anyway, this looks like a great printer for someone who wants to have it just print, and not be a fuss about machine. There will be a steep learning curve still, but it'll be *less* steep to first successful print. Which, frankly, keeps a *lot* of people out of the hobby and/or from progressing. The anecdotes I've heard about abandonment of 3d printing suggest that this could fill a very nice niche among higher income, time strapped people.

[@330Prophet]

I would love a full review on this when its official released.

[@timnerenberg]

Well overvolting your 3D Printer actually does work. My crappy Anet A8 runs on 14V instead of 12V for about 2 Years now. My Mainboard (20$) died ones but I think that was another issue. Of course the printer doesn´t print faster or something but it heats up way faster. And well it will probably die faster...

[@grinchyface]

That base is very clearly die cast aluminum, and therefore isn't quite as expensive. It's finish machined obviously but they already have 1 setup to drill and tap so undoubtedly wasn't a big deal to mill some of the other features

[@Mindbulletz]

What's the tip-off for it being die cast? I don't see any surfaces that aren't machined. Die casting is also prohibitively expensive for prototypes. Maybe sand casting?

[@MM-qt6yn]

Also, theres no chance in hell it would cost them over $100 in Aluminium +labour. Aluminium is one of the most recyclable materials and is about scrap $1 per kilo where im from (recycled Aluminium is used in most electronic devices) . All it requires is simply smelting. I am sure a company like Anker can get their cost to or under $50 per unit (just in making the face plate) Give me $100 and a couple hours and ill make you polished faceplate at my workshop.

[@Psychoticgamer94]

2:18 That satisfying *Click* made me want that screwdriver.

[@hapcot]

According to their Kickstarter, the $429 is a special early price, and that reward is no longer available. The MSRP is $759. This is clearly not a machine for beginners, which is weird considering the features make it much easier to use

[@cloudyview]

Guessing this video caused those options to sell out immediately. Big brain Anker, using a sponsored video while they're still filling Kickstarter orders...

[@markhargrave9938]

I'm in Aus and i can see it for US$629. I wonder if different regions are seeing different pages...?

[@naunau311]

This is absolutely a machine for beginners. Beginner doesn't mean "broke" you know. They're going for a "just turn it on and start printing" kind of deal I think trying to reach a community of people who would like to get into 3D printing but get scared away because every review I've ever watched of a 3D printer in those price range is "If you do X or Y and use Z mod it's a really good printer" whereas this is marketed as "Put it together, plug into the wall, use the app and start printing"

[@AzarelHoward]

Beginner friendly is a different definition to cheap. Beginners will pay for ease of use and will prioritise options that "just work" over those with more features that require tinkering.

[@hapcot]

@@naunau311 But a high price tag is often a turn off for beginners. Lots of people want something cheap, but not as good, to try out, then upgrade in the future. This may not be high end, but it's priced like a mid range printer

[@STARLITFOX117]

Backed up the Kickstarter before this video was out. Glad to see it function as intended

[@TheGoodDoctor453]

Me who will never own a 3D printer - watches a 3D printer reiview / unboxing

[@ShortCircuit]

I was in the same boat, but after watching this... I want one for myself. - Jono

[@northernseeker1822]

I hate when KZbinrs and journalist promote the ultra limited early bird deal first then says the RRP. RRP is 759. Early bird is currently $629. Previous was 429 and 499, all gone.

[@LazyBunnyKiera]

At $430, that's a yes, but at $700+ that's a hard no from me dawg. At that price, i'd probably go for a large scale 4k or 8k resin printer. But my use cases would be very different than many other people's. I'd be more interested in making custom TTRPG minis and stuff like that.

[@FoolOfATuque]

Can you save the ABL mesh? Seems like this would be a much better approach as opposed to probing the bed everytime

[@androiduberalles]

There is no way that is actually 250mm/s. Sure, you can set the max speed to 250 but if your acceleration isn't set high enough it'll never hit it. Take a look at hevort/vez3d/voron speed runs. That thing ain't doing 250mm/s.

[@AlecBersch]

Yeah, I've got a creality CR20 pro, and I've extensively upgraded and switched out parts to make as high quality of a build as I possibly can - and I still only get a fraction of that. And It's still a great printer featuring work I'm super proud of! At the same time though, I personally feel like reaching the fastest possible speeds isn't always necessary, since in that type of range you will absolutely be trading speed for quality - there are times when you need to test a part, and you don't care how it looks so long it's done quickly, and other times when the quality is by far the most important factor. In any case, that just shows how incredible those voron and rat-rig style printers are, and the sheer achievements of the people who build them. When you watch clips of those printers running, the footage is so insane, it just doesn't seem real.

[@jonathan__g]

I did see some ads pop up for this printer on instagram and wonder if it was gonna be any good. Glad to see that it is!

[@YOEL_44]

Dude, discounted units have instantly disapeared, I was really sold on this one for an easy to use, non DIY, first printer, damn...

[@SirDragonClaw]

Yeah some people bought 20-30 of the discounted ones. I only got 2, it's a crazy printer for the money.

[@Steph.98114]

Check out a prusa mini, prusa is really popular in the printing community and the mini is a great beginner printer

[@YOEL_44]

@@Steph.98114 I don't want a toy just because I'm starting, that one is way too small. To be honest I've already used and old Ender that we had in work and my main issues where the bed leveling and the poor maintenance that the machine received in the past. I want something with a decent size, easy to maintain, and that just lets me go directly to printing, of course without going bankrupt.

[@Steph.98114]

@@YOEL_44 it's not a toy lol, it's their budget option that still has all the benefits the mk3 including auto leveling. It's got a 180x180x180 which isn't much smaller then the standard 200x200x200 and is super robust

[@YOEL_44]

@@Steph.98114 I'll look more into it, but 400 for the Mini seems like too much after what I've been teased with.

[@jiehfeng]

The balls on the manufacturer to provide an accuracy stress test gcode with the printer. Just shows how good they know the product is. 👌🏻

[@craazyy22]

I am slightly skeptical, This seems to be to good to be true. I would rater like to see a production version and see if that's up to par with all the cost cutting.

[@elchavode6479]

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[@spacecowboy07723]

As someone who has 3d printed before I can't imagine buying a printer with a moving print bed. You are just asking for failed prints but this did really well kudos

[@thetoasterisonfire2080]

All of the 3d printers i've used have been easier and more reliable than normal printers

[@R0B711]

and at least you can easily find out what's the problem... and fix it yourself.

[@F1fanatic21]

Seeing that aluminum housing made me think of the Juicero video from AvE, although not nearly as absurd

[@samohrescak687]

Great vid guys!

[@ShortCircuit]

Thanks!

[@cleverclever2317]

@@ShortCircuit why reply to this comment specifically ? lol

[@ShortCircuit]

@@cleverclever2317 cause it came up and it's nice to reply back with some positive vibes. - Jono

[@okaydetar821]

@@ShortCircuit Why reply to that reply specifically?

[@iAmTheSquidThing]

This looks really impressive. Its beautiful, and seems functional with no configuration needed.

[@xalex7923]

I dont know. My Ender 3 Pro has been working perfectly for a couple years now. The only issues i got with it was using cheap and old PLA. BUT I know the feeling of a 3D printer just REFUSING TO WORK like my first 3D Printer Tevo Tarantula.

[@Steph.98114]

That was my first one as well, god how far we have come lol

[@deepblue812]

still rockin' the Tevo Black Widow here, though it's one of those ship of Theseus situations where pretty much every part has been changed at some point other than the frame... lol

[@FrijoleBlanco]

The editor added text is sooooo good.

[@MacMeaties]

The advertised print speeds are a bit of a "well technically but not really" thing; with the acceleration the machine is capable of it will only hit those speeds for fractions of a second during long travel moves and during actual printing will be much lower. Look up videos of something like a VzBoT or Annex Engineering machine to see printers actually hitting 250mm/s during regular operation and compare to this. Significant difference. Now I'm not saying this is a bad printer, or even a slow one, as I believe it's a compelling and more modern alternative to a Prusa... it's just throwing out a bit of marketing BS.

[@androiduberalles]

That thing would launch the bed across the room doing 250mm/s 😂

[@Dangineering]

I was looking at prusias because I am getting tired of my Ender being and Ender, so if this is around the price and better I would 100% consider this a viable option. I am super impressed by this machine.

[@carlosrodrigues6863]

Just buy the Prusa, 0 problems, just press print and go to sleep.

[@gasper5223]

Which ender do you have? I have an ender 3 V2 is 1/3 the price of this one on Kickstarter currently and with some (expensive) upgrades you can get pretty good results (BL touch, Microswiss hotend, double Z axis spindle, raspberry pi with Octoprint for remote management)

[@Dangineering]

@@carlosrodrigues6863 I have recently been hearing some horror stories about Prusa as well, but they are all from people who operated them at a school, so I think that has something to do with their early demise.

[@Dangineering]

@@gasper5223 I have the Ender 3V2 as well, I also got the microswiss and BL touch which has made printing easier, but not what I would call consistent or smooth. The biggest problem I am running into is that I need a higher temp for my hot end for printing Nylon, but the Ender simply stops you at 260, which has led to some stupid weak parts from an otherwise really durable filament.

[@Steph.98114]

Get the prusa

[@SeanLinsley]

3D printers are finally getting reliable? great, looking forward to buying my first one in a decade or so when they're idiot-proof

[@gopherguts2183]

They already are, this printer is extremely overpriced because it's marketed to people who know nothing about 3D printers.

[@KilianGosewisch]

they will never get idiot proof. even normal printers never got idiot proof in my opinion

[@Lenduya]

@@gopherguts2183 which one would be good bang for the buck then?

[@gopherguts2183]

@@Lenduya depends on the price level. For about the same price as this you can get a Prusa MK3S+. You have to assemble it, but that isn't too hard. It makes better and faster prints than this machine and has more useful features. Also, almost every part is either 3D printed itself or widely available. Something goes wrong? You aren't shelling out big bucks for proprietary Anker parts. It's also open source, meaning it has thousands of upgrades and a ton of user support.

[@MrWizardjr9]

@@chy4e431 is it really idiot proof though? i thought ender was the one where you have to do extensive mods/tinkering just to get it to work

[@ADF_Cable]

Would love the stl for their test print!

[@kylelongstaff]

It looks like a good machine i got nothing against it. But I think ill stick to my Vorons and RatRigs. CoreXY is the future these cartesian printers are so 2015.

[@McTroyd]

Great looking unit! I'll wait for the production version though -- hate the "early adopter" issues. 😁 The editor's comments were hilarious, BTW. 👍️