edit 2: Okay, I've made a few changes.
First, the printer's MSRPs are listed, making it easier to compare the printers. Voron has been added to the top of the subjective ranking, I left it out completely beforehand.
Qidi has been added, they are very good actually! The SV06 ACE has been added as well as the "Plus" variant, and the SV08 is corrected as a voron CoreXY kit rather than a prusa clone. I've also added the Prusa Mini+, but with a note saying that Sovol, Qidi, etc. have better value printers. I've also got BoxTurtle as an alternative to ERCF.
If you have any other suggestions, please lmk!
edit: really sorry for cross-posting the same thing 17 times, I won't do it again. I just wanted to share a cool project I made, but I should not have done what I did. Sorry for spamming your feeds. whoops!
I would like some feedback on bestof. Mostly relating to the 3D printing section as this is a 3D printing community, but also the site in general.
What things are missing or should be changed? How can I improve bestof?
After some comments in other communities, I've decided to start working on a better colour palette for higher contrast as well as adding more details to WHY I recommend the "best" things. A lot of categories don't neccesarily have a "best" (such as software) and I definitely need to improve on that front. I might even add a "reviews" section for more in-depth information about each thing.
I would really appreciate any feedback you have, and I'm really sorry about the spam! Promise I won't do it again!
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This has taken quite a long time for me to make and now I can finally show everyone! Please lmk if you have any questions or think my picks should be changed to something else!
https://swarbler.github.io/bestof/workshop/making/3d-printing (3D printers, filament, etc.)
Seconding kit Vorons. While they certainly aren't the cheapest option, they aren't that much more expensive than other higher end core XY machines. Fabreeko* has the 250/300mm Trident kit at 1.2k and 350mm 2.4 at 1.4k + an extra $150 or so for printed parts. Compared to the new Core One at between 950 - 1.2k or the X1C also at 1.2k you're looking at an extra $150 to 350, but that also comes with build volume increases (both the Prusa and Bambu are at roughly 250 mm³). Definitely wouldn't recommend them as a first printer, but Vorons are shining examples of what's possible with open source (and they're absolute workhorses too).
* Highly recommend them with glowing praise for being all around fantastic (they also run sales on the regular, though kit deals are usually reserved for special occasions like black Friday, or Clee day)
definitely will mention the capability of voron printers!