How’s the repairability of the printer? Can you get replacement parts from 3rd parties? Can you get different nozzle sizes?
I currently just use an Ender 3 Pro, and it’s comforting to know that I can easily get replacement parts and upgrades for anything on the printer. And I can trust that’ll continue for years, even if Creality goes out of business
I also use 0.2mm nozzles fairly often for smaller, more detailed prints like tabletop minis. I can get quality that almost matches SLA printers
No idea, I do not have a Snapmaker… I fell for the Bambu marketing and the lack of availability of good alternatives circa 2 years ago, and hopefully this X1C will serve me for the next two three years - but I am feeling the limitations of a single print head and the build volume.
How’s the repairability of the printer? Can you get replacement parts from 3rd parties? Can you get different nozzle sizes?
I currently just use an Ender 3 Pro, and it’s comforting to know that I can easily get replacement parts and upgrades for anything on the printer. And I can trust that’ll continue for years, even if Creality goes out of business
I also use 0.2mm nozzles fairly often for smaller, more detailed prints like tabletop minis. I can get quality that almost matches SLA printers
No idea, I do not have a Snapmaker… I fell for the Bambu marketing and the lack of availability of good alternatives circa 2 years ago, and hopefully this X1C will serve me for the next two three years - but I am feeling the limitations of a single print head and the build volume.
X1C at least has a custom 3rd party firmware. So you can keep control of your machine at the very least.
it’s not really a custom firmware, and it only works with a year old official fw.
This is not an ideal situation to begin with. I stopped upgrading my P1S firmware at 1.07.00.00 and I use OrcaSlicer in LAN mode.
At least you have control over the machine.