I see a Creality Ender 3 V3 (not SE or KE) for $130 refurbished, and also a Creality CR-10 SE for $103 refurbished on ebay. Are either or these a good choice to get into the hobby, or am I making a mistake? Should I rather buy a Bambu? My budget is around $100-$200 max. Please advise.


I’ve always heard “if you want to print thinks, buy Bambu. If you want to fix your printer, but an ender 3”
I don’t know if bambulab should be recommended. With the cloud issues and the very closed nature of it. Better recommend Prusa.
Wow, when did this flip happen? When I got into 3D printing, Ender 3 or any other printers based on it since it was open source was the printer to get. I’ve got a VoxelLab Aquila which is an Ender 3 clone and I have not had to do much fiddling with it aside from leveling the bed, and all the cool 3D printed mods that you can slap on it.