Cubic Technology are having a boxing day sale of 20% off all filaments & resins. They're a great source of eSun filaments & resins. E.g. $20.76 for 1kg of eSun PLA+, $23.95 for 1kg of PETG, $23.96 for 500g of general purpose or bio-based resin.
Unfortunately it seems they've struggled with their supply chain, so a lot of colours are out of stock.
Shipping is very reasonable at $7.95 Australia wide (excluding NT), or free for orders over $149.
Depending on what you want to do
Ender 3 v2 or voxelab aquila x2
Elegoo Neptune 2 may be a better option than the Aquila X2. Essentially the same printer, both Ender clones, but Elegoo's quality control is better
Ender 3 v2 is the default recommendation; decent size, relatively cheap, great quality. Unless you know you'll be printing large things and want a bigger build volume, the Ender 3 will be the perfect place to start.
If you are starting now Ender3-V2 all the way.
You will spend $50-60 and have a solid and cheap printer.
Don't rush to assemble it, get everything calibrated and it is fun.
Now, if you want a 3D printer that doesn't require tweaking here and there, and print as easy as I open my fridge to check for snacks, Prusa MK3S+ all the way.
Prototyping on it, 3D printing with a Prusa printer is a whole another level.
But we are talking about a $380 vs a $1.2k-$1.5k printer. With tweaks, it can print as good as Prusa.
Everything I know now was thanks to that Ender, got a Prusa now.
I would give an E3V2 as a gift or buy another one any time, lovely printer.
If you wanna go cheaper, Ender 3. I believe it is also known as Ender 3 Pro.
YouTubers into prototyping, robots, AI have this printer, solid printer.
Agree to these. Personally I also got a BLtouch as it helps a lot with getting a perfect first layer everytime.
On this deal, I literally just bought $200 worth of filament last week :(
I got used to manual bed levelling, with the PEI sheet and spring I mentioned I would spend a month without touching the calibration.
I sold my printer with a free sealed BLT box.
I saw too many users having problems with it so why.
Wow thank you all for sharing your learning with me! Is there a good place to buy the replacements for the stock bed, extruder kit, and bed spring - is there a good brand for these replacement parts?
Against the grain imma say prusa if you want reliability and a quality product. But ender 3 series are good but temperamental and sold incomplete in a sense (for one most have a fire starting issue that you need to fix and then there's a bunch of other parts you can buy to make printing consistent/ not cause the printer to auto destruct).
"fire starting issue that you need to fix and then there's a bunch of other parts you can buy to make printing consistent/ not cause the printer to auto destruct"
You are definitely not talking about Ender. Sure, its quality control isn't a Prusa but it is not even close to what you just said.
Prusa isn't any God either, it does have its own problems and a user burned down his home coz his Prusa printer.
Josef got involved to understand what went wrong.
I had both, Ender and now Prusa. I am yet to see an Ender self-destructing.
What I see on Reddit is a bunch of kids expecting the printers to make miracles without understanding how it works, without spending time to LEARN.
Sorry, it isn't the printer faulty.
Thermal runaway disabled.
I wished I had seen this before, eSUN is my new favourite filament :(
By the time of this comment, these are the only PLA options left:
Light Blue
Peak Green
Skin Beige
Light Brown
Natural
Clear
I don't think you missed out on the sale, their stock has been really low for quite sometime now.
I've been keeping an eye on them but still no pink of orange PLA.
I just want black eSun PLA+ and they haven't had it for months :(
Damn, I mainly print PLA+ Silver. It was gone as well. I got some fancy PLA/PETG colours to try out.
Worth noting warehouse is closed till 4 Jan so nothing will ship until then. Got some PETG and TPU as both print amazingly on my Prusa.
Worth everything. If you are after a bargain you should know by now that bargain + fast delivery doesn't always walk together. Even worse now during holidays.
Very recently I started using eSUN, it is greener than other brands I have been using. Amazon AU brand was making me cough, my MK3S+ printer eSUN just like any other brand really but the Air Quality meter no long go wild with the TVOC and HCHO levels. I am sticking with eSUN from now on.
Esun PLA+ is good but i found even the cheap PLA from ebay to work quite well since PLA is so easy to work with
Keep in mind tho price is not everything. PLA is known for being fume friendly but some brands use crappy chemicals. Read my comment above regarding TVOC and HCHO levels
All 3KG 1.75 PLA is gone, all cheap ABS gone. :(
I buy my eSun CF nylon from here,
Damn, I've had silver and purple in my cart for the past week, but never got around to ordering. Now they're sold out. Snooze you lose
What would be 1 or 2 recommendations for a good versatile 3d printer?