Go for it, don't spend a lot of money though on the first one. If you enjoy it then figure out the next one to spend the money on.

The big issue for me right now is that a lot of the smaller bed printers can't really do some of the larger projects I want to do like wall hanging systems or drawer organization systems.

Also Bambu the company mostly is fine, but there's some worry that they'll eventually lock people into using only their filament, but doesn't seem to have happened yet. So buyer beware.

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xoxxala 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Also Bambu the company mostly is fine, but there's some worry that they'll eventually lock people into using only their filament, but doesn't seem to have happened yet. So buyer beware.

I'm not sure how Bambu could actually do that. They use RFID tags to identify their filament type/color. I taped a tag from a used roll to some prusa filament and the printer couldn't tell the difference.

Just in case, my Bambus are LAN only and don't get updated. I use Orca Slicer instead of the Bambu slicer.

	▲	devsda 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Go the HP way. May be throw annoying errors based on the expected amount of printing a filament with a particular tag is supposed to last.
	▲	bb88 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		If corporations can put a chip in a tooth brush head... https://www.reddit.com/r/hacking/comments/145fsx6/just_finis...
	▲	_flux 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They could write to the RFID how much filament "it has left".

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rblatz 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Bambu can't even keep their filament in stock, plus they ship the printers with multiple preloaded profiles for other filament vendors. I don't foresee them making that change any time soon.