We're a small design firm & we are in the market for a 3d printer. Looking at some reviews, it came down to either the Makerbot Replicator or the Ultimaker 2. The former seems to be very user friendly, the latter prints twice as high while both cost the same.
Which 3d printers do you guys use/ recommend?
archiwutm8
Oct 16, 15 3:03 am
Ultimaker 2 has good user reviews however it's easy to get makerbot parts and help cause more people have them. Although I dislike makerbot with a passion.
James Petty
Jan 29, 16 6:36 pm
bump!
@M+, what printer did you guys go with?
What printers are people using in offices? The Ultimaker 2+ looks very nice, but I have not yet seen one in action.
Dangermouse
Jan 29, 16 7:40 pm
MakerBot is inexpensive to buy and to run. We've had better luck with it than with our 60k stratasys machine, which likes to eat its aluminum bearings.
The only thing I dislike is that you cannot print cantilever elements beyond a certain slope. But for ease of use its pretty great
jctiusanen
Feb 10, 17 4:32 am
From my personal experience, if you have to choose between the two, always go for an Ultimaker.
Makerbot used to be good 5 years ago, not anymore. All they have is a big brand, and bad quality equipment. You can have a look here at a blog post we wrote about the experience of an architecture firm in Finland with Makerbot.
If you want to buy a good printer for architectural purposes, buy an Ultimaker or even a Zortrax M200 :)
Hey guys,
We're a small design firm & we are in the market for a 3d printer. Looking at some reviews, it came down to either the Makerbot Replicator or the Ultimaker 2. The former seems to be very user friendly, the latter prints twice as high while both cost the same.
Which 3d printers do you guys use/ recommend?
Ultimaker 2 has good user reviews however it's easy to get makerbot parts and help cause more people have them. Although I dislike makerbot with a passion.
bump!
@M+, what printer did you guys go with?
What printers are people using in offices? The Ultimaker 2+ looks very nice, but I have not yet seen one in action.
MakerBot is inexpensive to buy and to run. We've had better luck with it than with our 60k stratasys machine, which likes to eat its aluminum bearings.
The only thing I dislike is that you cannot print cantilever elements beyond a certain slope. But for ease of use its pretty great
From my personal experience, if you have to choose between the two, always go for an Ultimaker.
Makerbot used to be good 5 years ago, not anymore. All they have is a big brand, and bad quality equipment. You can have a look here at a blog post we wrote about the experience of an architecture firm in Finland with Makerbot.
If you want to buy a good printer for architectural purposes, buy an Ultimaker or even a Zortrax M200 :)