jayceekeys
Hey guys,
I thought I would let everyone know .... after many hours struggling to print the EZ bits with my RepRap printer, I decided to buy an amazing new printer to get the awesome prints that my new bots deserve!
I reasearched every printer I could possibly think of - the new MBI 5th generation printers, the Ultimaker 2, the Replicator 2 etc and eventually stumbled across a company that have been getting the most phenomenal reviews for print quality.
The company is called Zortrax and they were a Kickstarter team from Poland. I started posting on their forum and told them that I had been having trouble printing robot parts. I posted a couple of EZ parts and asked whether the owners theought they would be better with Zortrax M200 printer. To my amazement, their support team went and checked out the STLs and said that the printer would do a great job - but then told me that they had loaded the files (all of 3 of them - including JD's face) and were printing them to demo exactly how they would turn out. Try getting Makerbot to do that !
You have to go an check out the photo's they posted of the results - they look TOTALLY INCREDIBLE !
I thought that they really deserved a mention on here in case anyone else was looking for a new printer. From the owners themselves that I have chatted with, they are all confirming that the printer does what the development team originally promised - that the printer is capable of making dimensionally accurate parts time after time, without having to tweak millions of variables. Several have MBI Replicator 2 printers too and have said that the M200 wipes the floor with them so it must be good. Even Dell have purchsed 5000 of them for their own use (despite selling MBI printers to everyone else) so it shows what they think!
Anyway, here's the link:
BTW - I promise I have nothing to do with the company (well you will see that from my posts if you read them on there.
I was just so impressed - it's rare to find a company (other than DJ and his team) that deliver such perfect customer service so I felt they earned a mention to you guys too. Most people just complain and never say when they have a good experience with a company so I wanted to change that.
I just have to wait a couple of weeks for the delivery !
YAY !
Jay
@jay- There are tons of great printers out there, if you have the money. For me the SD2 was the best option for my budget. Out of curiosity, how much of hard earned cash will you be parting with to obtain this printer?
Nice. I'll echo what Antron007 said, how much?
The same price as a Replicator 2 - actually the same price including 8KG of filament - but I won't be limited to just PLA like the MBI printers. They have a load of materials being launched. To be honest, I agree in so far as the availability of other printers out there that will do the job - and not forgetting open source RepRap printers too. I have a RepRap, but am probably not as expert as some of you - or maybe don't have the time that others have to spend trying millions of combinations of settings, slicers, software etc. I just like to design and then print.
For others, different printers will be the right choice, but for me I really liked the printer and quality - plus they gave incredible service - which as all of you appreciate counts for so much. By the way, I linked to the EZ site on their forum so everyone could see where the parts they printed are from and I hope they will love EZ too! Maybe we will find a few new robot builders amongst them!
Cheers,
Jay
So still above the £1,000 mark which is as much as I would want to pay for a 3D printer. I can't justify paying more than that really (and ideally I'm waiting for them to drop to sub £800 - I may be in for a long wait lol)
Totally understand your view Rich
and as we're both in the UK and this is a friendly community then if you ever need anything printing whilst you wait for a printer to come along then (if you don't have access to one yet) I would print anything you need as it's obvious from reading this forum how much you yourself help others
Cheers
Jay
Customer service is a plus. Congratulations on your new printer! Dell purchased 5000 units. Look forward to hearing, how it is, after un-boxing, and have had some time with your new addition to your family.
:)
J
Cheers j
Good news Jay! thanks for sharing your info and I look forward to your real world, hands on experience ! How long will it take to get from Poland to the USA (East or West?)
Edit: Thanks for sharing the link to the Zortrax Forum and your postings! You had a lot of very good questions and well written!