2024 the best 3d printer for beginners review

Price: $239.99
(as of Nov 15, 2024 22:17:14 UTC - Details)

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Anycubic is a famous consumer-grade 3D printing manufacturer specializing in delivering quality 3D printing products.

Featuring a professional R&D team and high-end innovation technologies, we could make 3D printing more accessible to meet the demand from 3D professionals and amateurs alike. We are passionate about providing effective 3D printing solutions to unleash your creativity and help you push the limits of what's possible.

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To meet our users' various needs, we provided multiple options. So You can always find your suitable 3D printers in our stores whether you are a 3D printing beginner or a professional.

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.69 x 6.69 x 7.48 inches; 18.74 Pounds
Item model number ‏ : ‎ Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ July 25, 2023
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ ANYCUBIC
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CCRDBH76
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ China

【5X High-Speed】More than 65% shorter time when printing the same model. The Maximum Print Speed is 250mm/s. Recommended print speed is 150mm/s ensures a great blend of precision and performance, empowering you to bring your ideas to life with unparalleled speed and accuracy.
【New Integrated Extruder】The newly upgraded extrusion system and cooling system melt filaments quickly through the 60W hot end. At the same time, it is equipped with a 7000 rpm cooling fan to ensure rapid cooling and molding of the model.
【Details Even Better】Apply the linear propulsion and input shaping functions in Marlin firmware to reduce spillage and print resonance, improve print quality and stability, and create smoother and clearer model details. Novices can also produce great works for their first print.
【LeviQ 2.0 Automatic Leveling】With the design of a unique module, the Z-axis offset is intelligently compensated after automatic leveling, and the Z-axis compensation value is supported to meet the needs of different users and usage scenarios, so as to start creation efficiently and easily, and also for novices.
【Excellent Customer Service】 Each Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo 3D Printer comes with a one-year after service (with the print head supported for 3 months and the heated bed supported for 6 months), and great technical support.
Reviewer: Michael P. Gleeson Md
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great starter printer!
Review: So this is our second 3D printer. The first one was resin and what a mess that thing is! Not only was it difficult to use, but the chemicals are seriously toxic. We decided to try this entry level filament printer and I'm blown away by how easy it was to set up and use. From the first 20 minutes out of the box we were already printing our first models (they include a few on the chip) after that, my kids started exploring with all kinds of other great models they have found online. This printer seems very well built and I have idea why it is so inexpensive?! My brother got a printer that can't print even half this size and it cost like $500. I was pleasantly surprised to discover this is a great printer! Hopefully it will last.

Reviewer: Merch girl
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of my faves
Review: I run a business and have a lot of printers (various brands and models). This is my second favorite (only behind a large enclosed pro printer). It only takes about 15-20 minutes to put together and the instructions are clear. It’s fast (so much faster than ender). I can print a large box with lid in 2 hours. Very rarely gets clogged or has any issues. Not very loud and is pretty good at self leveling (sometimes I have to adjust the z offset a bit. I love this printer so much that I actually have a few of this one.

Reviewer: Cam Y.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Quality printer at an affordable price
Review: I recently bought this for my son and I to use. The product is very high quality. I can tell from the unboxing. It's package very nicely in foam material not the cheap Styrofoam that gets all over the place. The installation is super easy and the screws, allen keys etc provided were of good quality as well. You need to download the slicer program then it's an easy step to convert 3d model to be printed. My 10 year-old son has already printed a bunch of stuffs for his friends.

Reviewer: David Swanson
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Late and non functioning
Review: I was excited to get my first 3D printer. The Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo had pretty good reviews, but mostly the internet likes how it self levels and says that is great for beginners.First it was late. It shipped from Georgia to Tennessee, then to Washington where I live. Then back to Tennessee, then back to Washington.The extra cross country trip appears to have done some damage. Cosmetically everything looked fine, but every time I attempt the first auto bed leveling the y axis motor slams the print bed so far forward that the belt skips teeth at the end of the run like it thinks it has another 5 cm to push the bed. Then the heated nozzle melts a hole in the wiring harness at the back of the bed because it is too far forward for the print head to recognize it's existence.Frustrating to wait and then get a malfunctioning product. Have not heard back from Anycubic yet. I will update if they resolve the issue.

Reviewer: Nunya Biznass
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Not great until you install Klipper.
Review: Updated review:Having spent time with this thing, I stand by my prior statements. However, I have since done the Klipper install, switched to Orca Slicer (highly recommended over the alternatives), and fine tuned the printer. With Klipper, Orca and some good settings, this thing can produce remarkable quality at surprising speeds; The top speed is lower than my other printer by half (still waiting to see that 500mm/s), but the acceleration is so high (thanks in part to input compensation in Klipper) this thing regularly out-paces it, and achieves similar if not higher quality on average.if you have a spare Pi sitting around, and are comfortable with Linux, and don't mind using Orca, and can find the appropriate guides online, this thing is an easy 4.5 stars for the price I paid. Out of the box, if you can't/won't/don't know how to do those things, you're gonna have a rougher time getting this thing to produce quality prints at anything beyond your typical Ender 3 speeds.Positives: Can be upgraded, works great with Klipper, great hardware for the money on sale. More compact than my other printer while having the same print area.Negatives: Needs to be upgraded to Klipper to achieve anything close to advertised speeds on anything you would actually consider a finished product (or you have to write the Marlin firmware with input compensation already dialed in, I suppose). AnyCubic's slicer is crap, and the printer seems to behave oddly with objects sliced in Cura and Prusa. Feels cheap and light. Requires maintenance more regularly than my other printer.Should you buy it?If you catch it for under $180 and don't mind a slow printer or are willing to put in the work to make it actually capable, yeah. You're gonna have a hard time beating the features for the money.If you're looking for an easy to use, high-speed printer, just be aware this one is going to take work, and you may want to look higher up in the price bracket for something that will require less tuning and modding to get satisfactory results from. Also if it's at the full list price, just wait, or pick a different printer. You have better options at that price point.Original/second review:Second 3D printer. The first one had to be returned 3 times, and gave me a bunch of trouble. Anycubic has a decent reputation, so I thought I would give the Kobra 2 Neo a shot.First, the good:Assembly was simple enough. It printed a benchy and a spider from the SD card quite nicely. It was cheap. When it is behaving, it works well enough.Now the everything else:This piece of garbage purges filament on an auto level cycle. Expect to lose around a gram of filament any time you auto level, and it doesn't even have the courtesy to do it over the board; it just extrudes a gram or so of filament during the "wipe" cycle, then moves to the back of the board.It is so cheap they didn't include bumpers on the back of the bed so you can put the build plate back in place easily. I would print them, but that would require the printer actually function.It has bed adhesion problems to the point where a print failed with a brim, 5C hotter on the bed, and PVA glue to bond it to the bed. Seriously, I don't know what this board is made out of, but no amount of cleaning, leveling or adhesive has made a difference. Which is weird, because I have seen people print PLA onto unheated glass.Adjusting the temperature at the beginning of a print has resulted in the printer's software halting about halfway through the first layer, the printer stops, the head lifts, and then it resets. This is a repeatable issue; all I have to do is start a print and adjust the temperature before the first layer starts printing.There is no fan control available during printing. You can adjust the z-offset, but not the fan speed. I could work around this with Klipper or possibly Octoprint, but then I wouldn't be judging the printer on its own merits.All attempts to print PETG have gone poorly. No amount of adjusting temperatures, nozzle pressure or retraction settings has produced a final product that isn't stringy, blobby and nasty looking. It's not the filament, I'm running the exact same roll in my other printer right now and it has printed something on the order of 60 pieces.The printer looks and feels both light and cheap. You need a rock solid surface or you're going to be printing very slow to avoid z-wobble and ghosting and layer shifting. The frame isn't solid enough to keep the thing from vibrating like a child who got into Uncle Joe's ADHD meds, so you might as well get that 250mm/s print speed out of your head unless you're going to setup input shaping to cancel out some of that vibration. So far as I can tell, you need to install Klipper firmware to do this, so it won't be happening.The webpage is annoying to navigate and appears poorly formatted. I did eventually find the firmware downloads, only to discover that no, there is no firmware update that might fix some of the issues.Their slicer is pretty basic, so I tried using their Cura profile. About 50% of the time, objects sliced with Cura (using Anycubic's profile) will cause the print bed to move all the way forward, the print head to move all the way right, and then it will extrude the full amount of filament for the model without moving.The best part of all this? I bought the printer with filament, so it's Anycubic's filament that is failing on their printer. I'm literally cranking out 60 parts to every 2 or 3 that are acceptable quality from the Anycubic. Maybe I got a bad egg, but this experience has made me appreciate how good a time I have had with my other printer, which failed to the point of being returned 3 times, killed a diamondback nozzle and sometimes drives me insane. Other printer is still going, I'm about to box the Anycubic up.Edit: I noticed a loose v-wheel during dissassembly. I tightened it on initial assembly and the printer ran for all of 3 days before it started having problems. Presumably the vibrations in the frame on the original stand (which was kinda wobbly, admittedly) worked it loose. Added 2 stars to reflect the fact that it is, in fact, functional.It is still very hands-on getting it to behave, and tall prints still have issues for.. reasons, but if you are willing to put in the work, you can get some decent quality out of this thing. Currently it prints single pieces with similar quality to my other printer doing batch prints. Since it has passed my tests (so far) I will retry my tests with PETG and update results accordingly.. I may do the Klipper install to see if I can use input shaping and pressure advance to get this thing printing at high speeds reliably.I have also been recommended to try Orca Slicer with it; I will update results accordingly when it's done.

Reviewer: Cat Jenkins
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I love this thing!!
Review: Be sure to use supports for taller items. It's very easy to add them in the app/software. It'll help improve the quality of your print. Other than that Prints came out really smooth. I like that it is Big so I can make bigger prints and it self-levels and aligns itself. It was very easy to put together and the prints stick to the bed well. Sometimes a little too well and I need a scraper to scrape them off. I also love how easy it is to feed the filament in. Small projects take less than 20 minutes bigger projects take a few hours. Overall a lot faster than other printers I've used. And I love how you can pause the print and it knows exactly where to go back to.

Reviewer: F. Angel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Me gustaron muchas características de esta impresora empezando con la rapidéz de armado. El sistema automático de nivelación, cama que mantiene bien adherido el objeto impreso y la calidad de impresión. Realmente estoy no solo satisfecho, sino encantado.

Reviewer: Jamie
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: We bought from them, put the printer together and it didn’t work. We then packed it back and returned it for a refund and they say as it was opened they will refund 50 percent ! Absolute joke of a business ! Should not be allowed to operate on Amazon if they behave like this

Reviewer: Carlos Vasquez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Mi segunda impresora, estoy sumamente contento con esta adquisición, hago ingeniería, piezas. La uso con PETG muy buena adherencia, sencillo de montar, con un toque robótico, llegó en excelentes condiciones, si llegase haber algo negativo lo comentaré pero comparándola con la anterior que tuve esta es muchas veces mejor.

Reviewer: Jesús Reú Flores Osorio
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Es la primera impresora que tengo y me encantó!

Reviewer: David Salgado
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Hace una semana compré está impresora y resultó ser muy buena, es facil de ensamblar. La recomiendo si necesitas una impresora que trabaje de manera rápida y eficaz, tiene buen diseño y está fácil de entender. En cuestión de la entrega fue rápida para ser de importación y llegó completa por si tienen desconfianza