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CoreXY printer on the cheap end that seems to work, but not quite prime time...

Interesting. I love my little Kingroon kp3s printer. It's been plug and play, and very reliable. This might be a winner too at around $500 CDN. I really want to build a corexy printer like a Voron, but so far it's one of those "some day" projects.
 
Dan Dubeau said:
I really want to build a corexy printer like a Voron
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I imagined doing that also. But once I realized the complexity of sourcing the parts and the extreme cost - way above a bambu carbon. Even a Vezbot kit is fat pricier, and all the parts come in one kit - I realized I'd never do it.

Even if this printer needs work, it has all the parts for a screaming price. I expect more people will heat up this cofmpetition, and the price will go down as the quality improves - just like what the Ender and its clones did for bed slingers (by deriving from Prusa)...

I'm content to sit on the sidelines and get the few prints per year from friends by financing filament and offering results from my daily research - I think my price of convenience to buy is around this 500$ mark, once the quality gets better/more consistent.
 
I picked up a Bambu P1S a month or so back , and they aren't joking it really is print 15 min after opening box and rather well at that. There is still a learning curve as things crop up ( like why are some of my heavier prints pulling up form the bed?? ) but i will put my vote for the bambu so far. was going to get the p1p and add the enclosure but THe P1S current one dropped a week later with all the mods already done.
 
I think I would be more comfy with a Creality K1C for the price.
Looking to test out a Creality K1 Max soon , aiming for a July birthday present purchase.
 
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in a spirit of gathering almost any info I can, I found this review, which highlights all the shortcomings about the Kingroon printer, and not too unfairly: (there are also good points also) 1 year old---

 
gerritv said:
you can't test quality into a product. the flaws shown in that video are just too basic for my to be interested in that company. I would stay away unless you like tinkering.
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I love tinkering. But not to make a complicated 3D printer work. I gotta pick my battles. That's one I'd like to avoid till somebody makes one that is truly plug N play.
 
I am curious to see where the market heads after this generation. Clearly the Bambu marked a defined shift and forced the others to play catch up, but what's next? I'm hoping integrated dual/multi print heads as a more viable means of colour/filament change without al the purge waste start to become more mainstream. As much as I'd love to get one of these new gen models, I think I will wait a bit longer and see "what's next". Or finally get around to building a Voron like I always wanted to.....
 
I really think IDEX or 2 head tool changers can do 80% of all multi spool printing needs. The ability to go to 4 would cover at least 10% more. After that I think it is for specialty users only.

I as hoping for an IDEX printer along the lines of a Bambu P1 or QIDI PRO4 but with 2 heads. far better than a purge system:
1) little waste from purging
2) incompatible filaments (such as support material) won't cause problems
3) MUCH faster
4) Much simpler
5) debatable, but possibly cheaper to market in the 2 head version.
 
Pricey (1200 US$) but it looks very well built. All they need is an actively heated chamber and 360 degree extruder, and it would be perfect! (for perhaps $800 CAD???)
 
Dabbler said:
Pricey (1200 US$) but it looks very well built. All they need is an actively heated chamber and 360 degree extruder, and it would be perfect! (for perhaps $800 CAD???)
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And turn key. Meaning print from CAD like Fusion 3D. No other stuff needed. No parameters, no filament specs, no fine tuning, no nothing. Just print.

And no junk output. No piles of filament, no voids, no collapses, just a nice 3D model with a smooth surface.

It should work like my laser printer works on paper. Press print, then go get the finished print out.
 
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