Hey everyone Today I need some help from the community.

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Hey everyone

Today I need some help from the community.

Some colleges from a different department are searching for a reliable plug and play 3d printer with a relatively big build volume.
And even though I’ve told them that there is basically no 100% reliable and easy to use (out of the box foolproof) 3d printer available (under 10k€) they close to the decision to go with the CubePro duo.

I’ve tried to find some information’s (experiences) about this printer, but this is not very easy.

Do you have any experience with this printer?
Or do you know any other plug and play printer with a big build volume and and (ideally) a dual head that would be a better decision?

To be honest, I’ve not a lot of experience with plug and play printer’s. And if I had the chance to gain some experience with “ready to print” systems its almost always bad experience (except the ultimaker printer). Especially with printers that are like the cubepro :

  • Forced to use their software
  • forced to use their (hilarious expensive) filament
  • no chance to adjust or optimise things
    -…

Thanks for your help/input :wink:

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I saw this list of reviews on 3dhubs. May give you some direction where to look. https://www.3dhubs.com/3d-printers#plugnplay

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I have no idea how good they are in this aspect, but you may want to ask how good their support is, given the premium.

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I agree with you, there are no 100% reliable printers until you move to the commercial/industrial sized ones.

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@Michael_AtOz ​
Yes, support is also a very important question. Specially for a “plug and play” printer.

Even though @Mark_Rehorst ​ said that his machine is OK and reliable I found a lot of posts in some forum’s where they experience clogging and problems to maintain the machine without making the warranty void.
I’ve also seen some post regrading misalignment of the 2 nozzles.

Any info in this direction?

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I’m not sure that large commercial printers are without trouble. I think the difference is they het sold with expensive sla’s (service level agreements) that has a technical support person on standby.

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Actually yeah, what @Michael_Scholtz said. They probably need to be serviced as well.

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For plug and play I’d suggest Ultimaker 2. Good speed, great quality, and fantastic community.