Flashforge Finder 3D Printer with Cloud, Wi-Fi, USB for Education and Family Use

Relativly easy to use even for a beginner

i bought this 2 years back, today it occurred to me that its the most reliable printer i have ever owned, yeah that includes 2D printers. Tell it to print and it prints, that's it no messing with settings it just does what it should. Set i to highest quality and you get highest quality. I'm really happy with it

Delivered on time. Amazon did amazing job here.However, seems that parts used to build these units are very cheap. Saying this because one of the fans showed symptoms of the bearings being worn off already and printer worked for less than 10 hours so far.Extruder fan failed to operate after first 140hours.If you never come across fan bearing issues - trust me, it is annoying. It makes very loud noise that everyone can hear. Even dogs barking towards my house when I'm trying to print something.Easy to replace. However there is a warranty. Therefore I've contacted flashforge. Did receive reply from them and advise to email specific email address, but that's it.Flashforge finally replied to my email but it seems that only half of my email was read (most of the things are getting ignored).In the meantime, apart from fan issues I've discovered build area plate was uneven (out the box, but realised after few prints). Could not print anything in one of the corners. Customer service dragged me through long list of repetitive tests and once they run out their options? They've started asking me to repeat them again. Dragged me through many hours of filament waste (1.5kg in total) but bed remained warped. At some point they've gave up and tried to convince me that something what was considered as quality issue is now acceptable and simply start to ignore it. Another manufacturing issue that could not be solved via email and customer service ignorance.Quality control of their units is non existent.Keep that in mind if you are not holding basic technical knowledge to deal with the internal components. They seems to have very short lifespan and once item is paid and delivered that is all that matters. However, some parts should be checked on the printer so it is fit for the purpose and they were not.Item is now returned back.

It's a aries with a direct drive I have a finder was going to replace my finder and creator pro 2s with these not going to now very unhappy was expecting better

Although I've used 3D printers for a while, this is the first time I've actually bought one for myself - having recently started a business that could benefit from 3D-printed objects, this is a way of testing the water before I move on to something bigger/better/more expensive.I wasn't familiar with Flashforge so I was a bit cagey despite all of the good reviews I've seen, however these fears were unfounded - the unit arrived _extremely_ well packaged and was pretty much ready to go out of the box. The machine comes with a 600g spool of filament (but see below), a bunch of tools and a USB stick containing test files, some manuals written in amusingly fractured Engrish and installation packages for their FlashPrint software - Linux users can rejoice because amongst the installation packages are 32-bit and 64-bit .deb files which are Ubuntu/Debian friendly.Size-wise, consider it to be a cube approximately 18 inches on a side - this means it'll stow away in a corner quite nicely and the enclosure makes it look rather more presentable than the cheaper DIY jobs. The printer will talk to the outside world via USB or WiFi, the latter being a snap to set up. In operation, it's quiet ... apart from the fan on the extruder unit which seems to run non-stop whilst printing is in progress; I'm hoping it might quieten down a bit in use, but even so it's bearable - it's quiet, but not silent.Now for the gotchas:- Levelling the print bed can be a real faff, but stick with it. Flashforge seem to be aware of this and have a couple of useful guides on their website.- Whilst the filament caddy is very handy, it is _not_ big enough to take 1kg spools; 600g is the max - fortunately, some bright sparks on Thingiverse have made an external spool holder for the Finder so if you plan to use larger spools it's well worth your while printing it out (will take about 6hrs altogether but the result is worth it)- Since the print bed isn't heated, you _will_ need tape/glue/whatever to hold large prints down. Fortunately, a purple Pritt stick was supplied(!) although I had to provide my own tape for the print bed.TL;DR - for a 'first' 3D printer this is unbeatable for the price - easy to use, relatively quiet in operation and it won't blow a hole in your bank balance. Like everything else, it'll take a few goes to get all the settings dialled in but once you have the results are worth it.