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This is my second personal 3D and I've worked with more than a half dozen more, including ones that cost well over $20,000. For less than $400, I doubt you could do significantly better. It is not perfect, but it's ridiculously easy to assemble and operate. It had a few fits and starts in the beginning, mostly because the AnyCubic i3 Mega cannot maintain a hotbed temperature above 100 in my heated office (usually at 24 degrees Celsius / 75 degrees Fahrenheit thanks to all the equipment) See first picture. Fortunately, a $1.67 HomeDepot cardboard box (2 foot on side) with some cut outs for the filament and cords, a side-door cut out, and a rectangle to view and operate the touch screen), and it could hold 110 just fine. Picture included. Even with the high-end enclosing above, not expect to use the full 210mm square printing surface without ABS juice. The prints will not stay adhered to the surface. I suspect this is mostly again due to the ultrabase not maintaining heat on the edges. With ABS (it came with PLA), I find that creating the gcode files in Cura 3.1.x they worked best with an extruder temp of 240c and a bed temp of 102c makes consistent prints. Others have more to say about PLA. Am going to try PETG soon.Read full review
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In Short the answer is YES!! This is the Third 3D printer I've bought and out of the box this has beaten my other printers in most every aspect A Wifi connnection would be nice but that is my one and only issues. I was up and printing in less than 20 minutes. The print quality is fantastic and the features can not be beat at this price point. This printer was purchased to test if it could handle the demands for my company PM Gaming Systems. We desing and print game terrain for tabletop gaming. Our customers expect quality and the Anycubic i3 Mega Delivers on every front.If you are new to 3D print I can say with all honesty this is a fantastic system to start with. IF you are a seasoned vet then this is a great system to add to your stable. We will be buying at least 10 more of these for our company. Well do Anycubic Read full review
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This is the second I3 Mega that I bought - the first one has been running for over a year pretty much 24x7 and the only problem with that was the surface of the print bed falling apart (they sent a replacement, installation was easy). I also replaced one hotend (my fault, did not realize it was ABS on the spool and tried to print with PLA settings and thought it was clogged...). The print quality is really good (compared to the Microcenter Flashforge clones I had before) and even though the out of material sensor is pretty much standard today, it is a very nice feature to have and saved me on quite a few prints now. Bottom line, even after over one year extensive use, it prints like on the first day and I would highly recommend this printer. There may be better ones and ones with a larger print volume, but for me, this is the best bang for the buck...Read full review
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11I'm have owned other fdm printers and they can be very finicky. Customer support for those old printers was c virtually nonexistent. I decided to try the i3 mega mostly because of the glowing customer support reviews. I am glad I did! My printer seemed doa at first. I shot off an email and to my surprise, I got a reply within an hour...mostly due to time difference. After a string if simple debugging we figured out that a pc board had dislodged itself just enough so the unit would not power up, then when I got it to turn on it did not accept any commands on the lcd. I resealed the board and have been printing almost nonstop ever since! Excellent customer service and wonderful printing experience as well as quality of print! PLA prints without issue. I have had problems trying to print with abs, won't stink to bed...but I heard an enclosure of sorts to maintain the higher temp may help. Using curio slicing software and solidworks or thingiverse downloaded stl files have all worked beautifully! I did have a broken bracket (3d printed, for filament sensir) but that is being sent via mail. Now my only problem is how addictive this stuff is.Read full review
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This was my first foray into home 3D printing, having used larger industrial machines in their infancy. I was up and printing in a remarkably short amount of time. The instruction manual is thorough and clear. The i3 Mega heated bed surface is incredible. I haven't had adhesion issues as long as the filament temp is set properly and when the bed cools, parts don't even seem attached. No prying, scraping or cursing- just an easy release. I am using the latest version of Cura as a slicer and this machine can do everything I expected and more. It represents an excellent value and prints PLA like a champ. I haven't tried any other materials yet as I haven't had a need but ABS will be next. Stop waffling- just buy it!
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