Hi folks,

I’ve been watching too many video reviews and just want a little bit of advice before I make my purchase. I’m wanting to get into 3d printing with the most satisfying results possible for around $600 CAD .

I’m looking at the Ender 5 S1 , currently for $599 CAD on Amazon. It does what I want , I think, it gets nice and hot (300C) , can use lots of different materials, auto levels, uses.usb and wifi, is quick and has a cube frame.

I suspect I would be quite happy with it. But before I go and pull the trigger, is there anything else around this price range , say plus or minus $100 , that would be better? If so what advice can you give? What models should I investigate.

  • morbidcactus
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    1 year ago

    The prusa mini also gets a lot of solid recommendations, it does have a smaller print area though. I can’t recommend a prusa enough however as a first printer, they have solid support and they’re a tried and tested tool, I’ve got nearly 3k hours on my mk3s+ that I got I February and other than slight tweaks like swapping to abs printed parts, I’ve not had to do much to it.

    With the mk4 being out, you may be able to find people selling their used mk3s+, which I don’t know that I’d be concerned about based on my experience with their reliability. Their instructions are super detailed, you could also save a buck going for the kit but I can appreciate wanting something you can just go with, I did that too this year for the same reason, but I’d do a kit now that I have a known good printer.