So, I have always wanted to do multi filament printing. The thought of doing multicolor or washable supports has been such a cool idea and I tried to make that a reality all the way back when I bought my Geeetech A10M… And oh boy did I hate it. (Don’t do single extruder multi filament kids, it ain’t worth the headache.)

So, with only my trusty prusa mk2 at my side I’m thinking of finally getting an IDEX machine and trying again right this time. Then I looked at the price of the Prusa XL and died a little.

So, this is where I am gonna ask for some help.
I saw that Flashgorge is selling their Creator Pro 2 for only $400 and with a cheap upgrade for a magnetic plate seems like it would be an awesome deal even if it’s a bit small of a build size.

Or I could go 3rd party and get the JGMaker Artist D Pro IDEX 3D Printer (which I have never heard of) for the same price but with a heck of a lot more build space.

Or I could swallow my pride and a shit ton of credit card payments and do just the 2 head semi-built prusa XL for 3x the cost.

So essentially has anyone tried the Flashforge Creator Pro 2 and thinks it would be worth it for basically half off?
Have 3rd party Chinese brands gotten more trustworthy and actually able to print decent at these insanely low prices?
Or is it still one of those you pay for what you get and if you want good multi filament printing you have to pay for it?

    • automatonamaton@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I purchased a sovol sv07 and software wise it was a total trainwreck. After fighting with the company over a faulty power supply (about 3-4 weeks for them to confirm the issue, ship part and me to receive replacement), I ended up giving up on their support and using a raspi with regular klipper and the printer.cfg from the original controller to bypass their locked down version of klipper and now the machine is great, but sovol ain’t it for support. That said, they release the source for every other printer (not the sv07) and I’d recommend that you find out how much community support that sv04 has before buying.