I’m a total noob when it comes to 3D printing and am frankly bewildered by all the options for machines. I don’t want to buy a printer and find out it won’t smoothly handle ASA. In fact my first print will almost certainly be a custom mount so that I can put my Tempest PWS on a 5"x5" vinyl fence post.
I’d like to keep it under $800 but if I will spend more to get a better machine and a better experience if I need to.
You’re gonna get some pushback from the open source people (and to some degree, I am one of them), but frankly the Bambu Labs printers are so goddamned easy and reliable you’d be a fool not to consider them.
I know that BL has some controversy regarding lock in but I can’t even figure out which of their models would do I want in order to buy it!
I have the p1s, and don’t find the “lock in”problematic personally.
Really, it’s the Honda Accord of printers. It just works.