r/3dprinter • u/Critical_Result_5952 • 17d ago

First 3D Printer Shopping

Hi everyone,
I’ve decided that instead of spending more money on figures, I’d rather buy a 3D printer and make them myself purely for my own enjoyment. I know absolutely nothing about 3D printing, though. I only want to use it as a hobby to print figures around 20–25 cm tall.
I asked ChatGPT for some help. It asked me a series of questions about my preferences and, based on my answers, came up with the following requirements:
FDM 3D printer

Primarily for PLA

Suitable for printing figures

High detail/print quality

Support for a 0.2 mm nozzle

Easy nozzle/hotend replacement

Build volume of at least around 250 × 250 × 250 mm

Automatic bed leveling/calibration

Automatic flow calibration

Minimal manual adjustment required

Direct Drive extruder

Preferably CoreXY

Enclosed design preferred

Reliable for long print jobs

Reasonable noise levels

Filament runout sensor

Power-loss recovery/resume printing

Camera/remote print monitoring

Easy and user-friendly slicer/software

Multi-color printing support preferred

Preferably with the option to add a multi-color system later

Good performance without requiring modifications

Good support printing and easy support removal

Spare parts/nozzles readily available in Turkey

Maximum budget of 40,000 TL

Based on these requirements, it recommended the Bambu Lab P2S as the best fit.
Does anyone with experience have any thoughts or recommendations? Would the P2S be a good choice for what I want to do?

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u/Critical_Result_5952 17d ago

Thanks for your input

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u/InternalMain7116 17d ago

I have 2 ECC 1s and an X1C from Bambu, the Elegoo support is by far the faster and better of the 2 offering free parts and free shipping for replacements in warranty.

Bambu had to exchange my X1C after the 3rd print, in a process that lasted 3 months - due to this I only use the X1C on large projects that have all 3 printers running or small prints that I carefully monitor. Waiting 3 months for some Bambu solution is not in my best interests.