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Hello 3d printing community! I am looking to join the ranks and purchase my first 3d printer. Specifically I am looking at the a1 mini.

My use case is mostly functional, housing for electronics, hooks and jigs, that sort of thing, so I don't think I need the ams kit although the multicolor printing and support beams of different materials sounds nifty, I also hear bambu printers are really good with supports.

My biggest questions to the community are, is this a good choice? What filament should I start with? And I live in a dryer climate, is a filament dryer something I should definitely invest in, and if so what is a decent and decently cheap one you'd recommend?

Thank you for taking the time to read (and hopefully reply to) my post.

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[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Ugh I didn't even think about that, the data collecting. After some research I think I should be able to mitigate that with lan only mode or just some firewall rules or pihole blocking. Thank you for the link!

I was looking at the sunlu s1 and s2 for a filament dryer. The s2 sounds kinda glitchy but functional, and the biggest complaint of the s1 seems to be the 55C max temp.

If my humidity is usually 20% or lower where I live is it likely I can just skip a filament dryer for now?

[–] StefanT@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think I heared that lan-only mode means you need to transfer the files to print via SD card.

[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm fine with copying prints via sd card, and that's what I'm doing for the moment. A1 mini came very fast and I just did the tug boat classic first print

[–] StefanT@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'm already half a dozen prints in and loving it 😁

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