If you had $3K and wanted a printer next week what would you get?

@Chris_Rennie Good to know, thanks!

One of my co-workers just purchased the aluminum flash forge, he is really happy with it,

@Camerin_hahn Hey that looks like a good option actually. Thanks. Interested in learning more. Ordered from Amazon seems like a good easy way to get it too.

I generally would recommend something that is in the community, helping development of new technology, but most of those are kits, not assembled units. or out of your price range.

If I were buying for just my own purposes, I think I’d get a kit as well. But I’d like to provide some capability for the guys I work with as well and we’re more interested in just getting up and running at the moment.

the guy that just got one had his first successful print in a matter of hours from opening the box. and it was decent quality.

I decided I’d be willing to tinker a bit in the interest of not having to wait 3 months so we went ahead and ordered a Flashforge creator X. Guess we can always upgrade at a future date. Seems like the rate things are changing by the time the Ultimaker stops having a 10 week lead time something better will be available and for likely cheaper anyway.