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Hey. I'm thinking about getting a solidoofle, but I wanted to get some opinions about it. I want something that is around 500 dollars and is essentially plug and play. I had a printrbot and it was waaay too much fiddling. I'm debating between a solidoodle and a da Vinci 1.0. What do you think? Any other ideas as well?
The Da Vinci 1.0 is more plug and play than the Solidoodle, if the Da Vinci arrives without any shipping trauma or quality issues. My Da Vinci arrived without any issues and was printing within an hour. However, those machines with errors by any cause will strain your relationship with XYZ Printing support and the printer itself.
You will learn a bit more with the Solidoodle though by going through the full calibration series and you will have more control over slicing parameters and choices of filament. I have an SD2 and use it when I want complete control of my printing. In addition, with a bit of effort (because they are different), you can print both ABS and PLA with SD. Da Vinci has yet to print PLA.
The bottom line is that there is not a real consumer appliance 3D printer yet, however, the Da Vinci is getting close.
Hey. I'm thinking about getting a solidoofle, but I wanted to get some opinions about it. I want something that is around 500 dollars and is essentially plug and play. I had a printrbot and it was waaay too much fiddling. I'm debating between a solidoodle and a da Vinci 1.0. What do you think? Any other ideas as well?
You can't have Plug & Play for $500
You can't have Plug & Play for $500
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You can however have a lot of fun, it just depends on your perspective! 
3ddder wrote:Hey. I'm thinking about getting a solidoofle, but I wanted to get some opinions about it. I want something that is around 500 dollars and is essentially plug and play. I had a printrbot and it was waaay too much fiddling. I'm debating between a solidoodle and a da Vinci 1.0. What do you think? Any other ideas as well?
You can't have Plug & Play for $500
For $500 dollars, it is more like plug & why won't this filament stick & calibrate & check forums for a solution & glue stick & play!
Thanks for the advice. I was hoping if I spent a little more than the printrbot, I'd be good, but I guess not.
IMHO others to look at
besides the for mentioned davinci.
http://www.plasticscribbler.com/store/i … duct_id=43
similar to the SD 3 it has dual motors on the z axis. a 240 watt power supply beefier than the SD
uses the arduino ramps 1.4 main board replaceable driver chips/cards. same size print envelope.
You can get the base model for $500 but IMHO if you are going to do it pay the extra $ 60 and get the heated bed and bigger PS. You can also get on board control for and additional $100.
30 day money back warranty.
But I see few offerings for spare parts so you will likely have to shop the open market for spares.
You may want to look at the Robo 3-D $700 -$800 and the Flash forge creator $879 with dual extruders. IMHO the $ 500 price point is a tough one at this time, unless you are happy with a base model. that is why I shopped on the used market. It seems the real choices in the new market for home hobby machines are sub $1k like anything else if you want full function pay now or pay later.
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