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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by mineralfellow to c/3dprinting
 

Fourth try on a print. Tried to add some adhesive to the bed to get it to stick better. Watched the first two layers and went to bed. Woke up to a printer on strike.

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[–] spitfire 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

O was also thinking about that, but since Bambu is so closed, I’ve started looking into other options and Qidi looks nice too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Never heard of Qidi, thanks for sharing that! Bambu concerns me, frankly, from the "too good to be true in capitalism-land" standpoint.

They're obviously pretty quality built and do a great job off the shelf, but the closed source software is iffy to me too. I think some are suspicious they just don't want to reveal they're basically running tweaked Klipper lol. I'm lured by that temptation of not having to tweak and fiddle for weekends prospect too, but if I can't touch it at all or know how it works, my Ender3v2 still seems more appealing!

I'm concerned if other companies don't seriously step up their game, Bambu will reach market saturation and then go for the" enshittification rug pulling to impress investors" special.

Anyway don't want to be too negative, clearly people are enjoying those machines. But the maker community definitely needs to be ready to raise a riot if Bambu starts taking notes from HP / Apple / John Deere. :)

[–] spitfire 2 points 2 days ago

They’re a bit too reliant on the cloud and the event where „their” printers (that the users both and were using at their homes) re-printed last job because of some server issue was a bit concerning. And definitely the fact that if your printer does have issues you can’t fix/calibrate much without them is alarming to me. I’m using a K1 which might need some work but it’s manageable. If I were looking to upgrade I’d probably get Qidi Q1 Pro - same price ballpark as K1 or P1S, while the features it has seem to be closer to X-series