Looking for a new, beginner friendly printer
Ima keep it short.
What Im looking for is a small printer. A print bed of 100x100 or smaller is fine by me.
It should work out of the box and not require any additional add ons, especially nothing that takes up extra space (like all these Bambu Lab A1 pictures I see, with gigantic filament holders that take up more space than the printer itself).
I really do not have much space so that part is not negotiable. (The Ender 3D Pro from years ago is already kind of too big).
Im primarily going to print with mono color PLA since that is what I have. Most of the things Im going to print are small (50x50 or less). I have no intentions of printing metal or multiple colors.
And and it would be great if it wasnt one of those where you need to buy a billion after market parts after a year and know 10000 things from the back of your head.
I want to unbox it, assemble it, set it up once, adjust the bed level...and be done with it.
Its why I threw out my Ender 3D Pro today. It constantly needed re-tightening of the screws (even with thread lock), constantly needed lube, constantly needed to have its SD cards formated and a thousand other things.
The budget does not matter for now, since I want to see whats on the market and then decide which budget is necessary.
Posted Oct 13, 2025, 4:20 PM UTC