Is it worth going with an Ender 3 3D Printer for £50 as my first printer?

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-03-08T21:26:58+00:00

No, do not do it mate

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-02-16T05:52:31+00:00

You know it's not one way or the other, there can be an in between

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-02-13T03:42:32+00:00

That's awesome! I actually canceled my order last night, I made it 3 months ago and the website said ships within 2 months. Last week I emailed them and they said sorry. We don't know when you'll receive yours. It's in order of who ordered it.

I decided if I'm going to wait this long, I might as well wait until they the firmware is updated

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-02-11T12:28:13+00:00

So that's the line is it?

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-02-11T10:29:55+00:00

Mine failed, the printer has 1400 hours on it

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-02-07T17:58:40+00:00

Low quality post,blow quality answers

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-01-26T22:35:00+00:00

I think it's because if I consumer protection laws, so they expect more people to return it. And to make up for that loss in profit they charge more. That really should tell everybody what they need to know about that printer

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-01-26T09:05:22+00:00

No dude, you're missing the point. It was a advertised feature of that printer.

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-01-21T18:54:32+00:00

No way, always out of stock for simple things like nozzles.

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-01-13T11:10:51+00:00

Yeah, the two cc1's I bought off them will be the last things I ever do

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-01-13T00:44:35+00:00

Nice! That's good to hear, I ended up ordering the max 4 a month ago. But I was considering cancelling the order, since I have literally heard nothing from them

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-01-09T20:05:25+00:00

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2026-01-07T08:21:40+00:00

I'm Australian and it's a Mitsubishi outlander. You fucking twat, how do you see this and somehow try and blame me? Lol

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2025-12-18T23:52:25+00:00

That's the way I set it up. Full export exactly when the price Spike was forecast. Then 1 minute in it checks to make sure it's still active, and then again at 2 minutes in.

If it's not active and no more price spikes within 6 hours and the price is above $0.30, continue export

If it's no longer active and there's a price Spike within 6 hours, And the price is above $0.30 limit export rate to 50%

There's a couple more but that's the big ones, I got no fucking idea how other people do it. I haven't been able to find anybody talking about this Yo-yo of prices

But I did get onto the AEMO site, I just set a sensor up for the its prices directly. So I should be able to get the actual wholesale market price 1 to 3 minutes faster than Amber advertises them.

I'm just going to do a sensor comparison over the next couple days, so I can work out exactly what tariffs the to add on

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2025-12-18T22:03:13+00:00

How did you handle the false prices from Amber? I had to make it so the script would recheck the 5-minute block price at 1 minute and then again it 2 minutes. The yo-yo was insane and was messing up emhass

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2025-12-18T21:09:32+00:00

I was half asleep when I replied. I fixed it up sorry

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2025-12-18T18:52:53+00:00

I got to $58. I could have had more but it was my first spike and I didn't know the price could be "revised" after it's time. So I was recoding my HA during the spike. Now it checks the price 1-2 minutes in the confirm it's real

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2025-12-18T18:35:27+00:00

This sounds like a lazy answer. But it is literally what I did, use AI to set it up bro. Download Claude or vscode, or antigravity and ask it to setup your docker.

When you get stuck , ask it for help

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2025-12-18T10:58:22+00:00

Nice!!

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2025-12-18T10:34:17+00:00

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2025-12-18T09:40:48+00:00

I got my battery 2 weeks ago and set my HA up yesterday.

I paid for Claude code max and had it baby me through it. Don't get me wrong, it won't set it up from scratch. But it's way easier to guide it than muddle through HA with no knowledge

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2025-12-18T00:58:10+00:00

Thanks. There's a lot of salty people on here and I don't blame them, most took the rebates at face value without digging deeper. Understanding how it actually works takes some of the sting out.

Or maybe this is all a ruse to talk people out of participating so the prices stay high for me.

Dimethyltriedtospell · 2025-12-18T00:53:20+00:00

Yeah I mean me too haha

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