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Are there any reviewers on YouTube/Rumble/etc. or independent blogs that don't post affiliate links, aren't sponsored by the printer company, or had one sent out by the company? Those to me all seem like a conflict of interest.

Yes people need to make money, I'm not blind to that, but they can advertise other things that aren't a direct conflict of interest.

I'm looking to get my first printer and would like to get info from an unbiased source. I just don't know enough to weed through the million 3D printer channels.

The Sovol SV06 Ace seems nice with little research as it is large enough to print the project I have in mind and uses open source firmware (Klipper) which is a must for me.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Its a 3d printer, it does not need to be networked (often can't be networked, without octoprint etc), so no real potential for spyware. Safety features being turned off causing fires is about the worst that can happen.

Its worth considering if you want to do 3d printing for producing prints, or tinkering with the printer itself. A lot of the cheap kit printers are very bare bones, so you'll end up spending lots more time tinkering and upgrading. If you just want to make items, spend more on a higher end printer.

Cheap first and upgrade later is pretty reasonable though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Good points. I'll definitely ponder them and see if maybe I don't want to network it