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I see a Creality Ender 3 V3 (not SE or KE) for $130 refurbished, and also a Creality CR-10 SE for $103 refurbished on ebay. Are either or these a good choice to get into the hobby, or am I making a mistake? Should I rather buy a Bambu? My budget is around $100-$200 max. Please advise.

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[–] philpo@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

To be honest: For that money I would rather go for another 50- 100$ if you can somehow afford them and consider a centauri carbon 1.

They are decent, work out of the box, now offer a open source firmware and you are set to print basicay everything beside automatic multicolor (which might or might not come...very likely not ). But they are good for all technical filaments, they are fully endclosed,etc.

Don't get a refurbished printer. Never.

And stay away from Bambu unless you are aware of the walled garden.