Ultimaker 2+ 3D Printer Review

Thanks to Matterhackers I've had the Ultimaker 2+ for a few months now, and I've been printing a number of models with it. Now it's time for my review of the Ultimaker 2+ and I have a few things to say about the printer.

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[HiroCreates]

Thanks, I know this is an old review, but one of these just arrived at my makespace so I appreciated your summary.

[iamporto]

Hi Joel!! Pretty spot on review. I was happy to get a closer look at it again at the meet up. It's such a solid machine, dependable and worth the money. hi5!!

[ElieWar]

Nice! We would like to hear a bit about using PVA as support material, plz.

[rosebuddesign]

I finally got my hand on the Ultimaker 2+ and I'm blown away by the quality, the ease of use and the reliability of this machine. No automatic calibration, no dual extruder, a bit on the expensive side but at the end it just work.

[DogsBAwesome]

Buildtak sticks great but it is a bugger to get short and flat prints off the bed.

[fntsmn]

Really nice video Joel! Ultimaker i think is one of my favorite, i call Ultimaker the Apple of smartphone a bit overprice but work well and easy to use 3d printer!

[joejia]

You know in China you can get a true ultimaker 2 and 2 extended for 400-500 dollars. (I have one its original with ultimaker parts)

[D_Printing]

Tweeted, added to play lists great High Five video's

[lwag]

This is the first review I have watched where I call Shenanigans' . I have this printer because of you and Jerry. Your review seemed more of a "sponsored review" than your typical review. Just my opinion. I don't know how else to explain my point of view. But those of you who follow, you might know what I mean. I'm not dissing you at all, I love your content. Keep up the good content, and don't succumb to the High Five man.

[dpicks]

I've been thinking of getting one for a while.

[WoodG]

Why does the nozzle not feed through the material?
What should I change to prepare a decent thing?

Pls help

[tikishark]

I have a Prusa i3 Mk3 on order, but won't have it in hand until March (or April, or May, or ????). I've been thinking on cancelling my order and moving over to the Ultimaker 2+ or 3. What are your thoughts? Will I get more bang for my buck by just waiting for the Prusa, or will I have just as many features and upgradability with the Ultimaker? I know that Ultimaker is almost 3 times as much as the Prusa. TY....

[TheWanouu]

How does it compare versus the zortrax M200 ?

[letstrend]

nothing bad to report huh? What about the fact that its a manually leveling bed? Most printers these days are automatic. Don't you think manual bed level printers are kinda lame? Especially for a 2k printer. Gettin better joel.

[cine_motard]

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on and off

[artdestination]

i've always wanted an ultimaker, i just have a makerbot replicator 5th generation.
JOEL RULES

[S....]

Onviously price is a downside - you can buy two 3D printers that print just a bit slower and worse, for the same cash.

[Salrous]

I had this printer for about 6 month also, I want to add to what you said few things:
its a really good printer one of the top however its been out for a while now, recent technology printers have touch screen, Auto calibration and WiFi. so none of that is available to Ultimaker 2+, so what does it add?
Reliability and Quality and the nozzle change.
its easy and great printer for PLA just print without an issue and the glass bed is self release when it cool down.
ABS on the other hand is a bit tricky and depend on the shape it might warp without raft or proper adhesion.
Support on this printer is great, its easy to fix and adjust.
the worse about this printer is the filament, its 2.85mm and that being said this size mostly available in Europe so its really expensive in the USA, you can't use any filament without having problems, only few limited brand names like colorfabb and matterhacker brands and those are expensive, so the advertise for this printer that its open filament is not 100% true.
slicer: Cura is a great free slicer probably the best in the market and work with this printer very well it actually created for this printer, that being said many seasoned users like Simplify3d and it works with this printer but require some tweaking and adjusting to get the same quality as Cura give you on this printer.
does it worth $2500, I don't know, I love this printer I just have newer brands that give me better quality and resolutions with same price.

[thomashenderson]

Liked just for the - On and off - On, and off...

[Argonaut]

You should do a comparison between ultimaker and the prusa i3. I am curious to know which achieves better quality at best settings!
You would for sure be the first one to do such an apples to apples with this two machines...