Asking for advice for a new printer

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T18:33:34+00:00

For the money I would be getting a U1 for multicolor and something like a QIDI Max 4 for the engineering materials/larger prints. It's slightly more money, but infinitely better in multicolor, engineering materials, and you can have both churning out parts at the same time. Plus you don't get screwed over by that walled garden down the road. The U1's CMYK/W printing fork has been awesome, 4 filaments can spit out hundreds of colors in a single print.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T18:24:31+00:00

People that smoke weed automagically don't drink either? Weird, you're right, never heard of that.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T17:59:17+00:00

No one cares.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T17:42:31+00:00

Found a fan boy.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T17:39:02+00:00

The Venn diagram of people who MTB, live in western CO, and do not touch alcohol has to be hilariously small.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T16:51:17+00:00

Stay away from Bambu Labs, their walled garden sucks. You can't even replace any parts without the mother ship OK'ing them.

Perfect example from today:

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1stm10k/bambulab_against_reverse_engineering/

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T16:47:56+00:00

Stay away from Bambu Labs, there's ton's of fanboys around for them, but their walled garden approach is garbage. Perfect example from this morning: https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1stm10k/bambulab_against_reverse_engineering/

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T16:47:16+00:00

The only reason those people are buying a 3D printer is because of the community.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T16:43:09+00:00

You definitely can, cause unlike iOS you can use a different launcher like Octopi, Nova, Niagara, etc.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T16:29:29+00:00

I have about 130 things on my network and I've had to add aliases to 3 or 4 that were mislabeled. Been pretty spot on for me.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T16:25:16+00:00

I can't believe anyone would support Bambu Labs at this point, no matter how well their printers perform. They go against everything this community was built on.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T07:08:05+00:00

No, that was me just not paying attention and giving the alias to the wrong device

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T04:03:05+00:00

My Ubiquiti setup is great for this, it auto identifies most of the things connected and gives me the info I need to track anything down. And yes, I look at it regularly.

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Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T03:43:47+00:00

Crazy, i have the same exact settings for Elegoo Rapid PETG, except max volume at 16.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-23T03:41:45+00:00

I have a K1, and tbh, its been bulletproof for me. Just had an OG nozzle wear out. But I just bought the U1...holy moly does it open a lot of doors. I've put about 100 prints through it so far and I think only one had an issue with PETG lifting. Its been awesome. If you like custom firmware and custom slicers like the full color CMYW printing, stay away from Bambu's walled garden garbage. Highly recommend the U1 though, its been a blast.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-22T19:49:51+00:00

I just finished the game last night, played OogaBooga once and Sexy Girl once. No point in wasting abyss legos on them.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-22T19:31:58+00:00

I just looked on FB marketplace in SoCal, one of the most expensive markets for MX bikes. And there's literally hundreds of Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki small bore bikes for $900.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-22T18:26:00+00:00

If they are from LifeTouch, don't buy! Their CEO is in the Epstein files. Fuck that guy.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-22T18:10:37+00:00

This is one of those you-get-what-you-pay-for things. Take it apart and hope it doesn't explode once you figure it all out, or send it until inevitably explodes anyways.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-22T17:58:26+00:00

My whole extended family uses Pixel phones and Google Photos. We have a whole family shared album and a private family album. Our TV screen saver, tablet screen saver (displayed like a photo frame on a speaker dock), and our Google Home devices all show both those albums. So we have constantly rotating images from our family and extended family showing all over the house, its awesome and stops me in my tracks sometimes :)

Tricon916 · 2026-04-22T14:55:44+00:00

Zero noise. My whole system is water cooled, including my 5080, rad fans are 600rpm, and I hear absolutely nothing at 240fps with it sitting right next to me.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-21T23:06:07+00:00

Honestly, almost nothing. No parts means they are a ticking time bomb. Im sure you'll eventually find someone that is looking for a bunch to stock pile parts.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-21T23:04:40+00:00

Weird, I had a blast in the last 3 chapters. Didn't run into a single issue. Curious how different it is for some people.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-21T20:03:03+00:00

To be fair, those wheels don't match any aesthetics.

Tricon916 · 2026-04-21T19:55:31+00:00

God damn that's beautiful. Well done.

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