BIGGER 3D Printer for LESS $$?! - Elegoo Neptune 3 Max Review

Do you want a BIG printer at a relatively LITTLE Price Point? Well check out this review of the Elegoo Neptune 3 MAX 3D Printer! Over a 400mm build volume at less than $500? YEP! Is the Elegoo Neptune 3 Max worth it? How does the Neptune 3 Max compare to the Anycubic Kobra Max? Are there any trade offs at the cheaper price of $470? We will answer these questions and more in this review of the @ElegooOfficial Neptune 3 Max!

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Review Disclosure
0:53 - Specifications
4:04 - The Touchscreen
5:00 - BIG Prints
7:00 - Patreon Shout-Out
7:29 - Prints Cont.
10:00 - Pros
11:32 - Cons
12:31 - The BIG Problem!
14:50 - V. the AnyCubic Kobra MAX!
16:23 - Supply Issues
16:50 - Is it worth it?
17:18 - Who is it for?
18:25 - Outro

The opinions expressed in this video are my own, from my personal experience. This is not a paid product advertisement. Please feel free to let me know what you think of this tool, or suggest alternatives I should check out. Disclaimer: This is not a paid advertisement. This video is solely my opinions from the use of these products and based on the specifications of them. Some of the links provided are AMAZON AFFILIATE LINKS or others. Affiliate links give the MandicReally a small advertising fee for every purchase made via those links. This does not cost you anything more than if you purchased them normally.

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[hausofhomeaux]

I just got my Neptune 3 Max on Wednesday. I severely underestimated its size and am now rearranging my entire office to accommodate it. It's is both a thing of beauty, and also a beast. I should be getting it up and running today and am very excited to do so.

Thanks for the great review! I had been going back and forth between the Neptune 3 Max and the Kobra Max for weeks and almost bought the Kobra since the Neptune 3 was generally out of stock. I'm glad I waited and checked Elegoo's site directly to order.

[WhereNerdyisCool]

Thank you for a great run down on that machine. So many “review videos” don’t even show it printing! I wondered how weak that heater cartridge was for larger nozzles and no one could answer that. That machine looks like a great candidate for a Bondtech / Slice DDX upgrade to really push big beads. And replace that sensor with a BL Touch. Great video.

[ThePrintHouse]

Only had time to watch 10 Mins right now but I'm impressed by your video quality here. Great video. Hope to finish it this evening

[MrGerhardGrobler]

Okay, so I watched my downloaded version without the streeks accross the screen. Bodacious verbal linguistics dude.
Great review.
my 1st encounter with direct drive is my Ender 3 S1 printers. Running TPU on PLA settings has totally changed the way I view TPU, and printers.
As someone who prints cosplay props, bigger is better. Printing a Darth Vader chest amour piece 400mm wide in 1 go on my CR-10s was a dream. But it is smaller than these mega machines.
So your review is on point. Also your point of view. Everyone doesn't see the world the same way.
Enjoying your content, hope you can keep it up.

[damnson]

Came for your Bambu vids, stayed for the rest of your content. Great videos, love your style!

[pekonipilvi]

about the features...its running straight up marlin and can enable more features if u are tech savy like for example inputshaper for those ringing effects and it does make lot of difference in quality. copper block, bimetal heatbreak with screw in thermistor with 0.6mm CHT nozzle and temp limit pumped up to 300c does wonders for this device...(heck even elegoos support sent me straight up hand to hand manual/tutorial how to customize it for higher temps and stuff on marlin and that suprised me in good way) also over 1000h printing and auto bedleveling has worked wonders. Its inductive sensor and seems pretty repeatable and accurate ...ofc it leaves bed little high and needs little z offset tune for that contactless leveling. as long as its not thicc glassbed swap it should work fine and even that has gotten mods to get working...Also with all those upgrades (incl bimetal cht and boron nitrate paste) combined would cost like 60bucks and after that i could get it upto 19mm/s whitout problems and 21mm/s whit little more heat than i normally do. I also pumped prints accelerations up way beyond what its original marlin had in and it printed fine in 4-5k accelerations thx to the z rods helping with stability

[thenextlayer]

I'm a simple man. I see a Mandic Really video, I watch and upvote.

[leesmithsworkshop]

really good review, you just don't see many that print so much before pushing out a video. I have two big 400x400x400 printers and they both have spring steel pei, Hemera direct extruders and SKT 1.4 Turbo boards to fix so many initial problems. So it's good to see these features as standard on this Neptune 3 max printer. Even with the issues I would consider this if I needed a 3rd big format printer. I also really do not like glass beds the Anycubic Chiron glass bed was just awful to use especially with a big flat first layer and it just will not release. My upgrade path for this would be replacing the hotend extruder with something custom perhaps the Orbiter Apogee, it would be a massive performance increase and then Klipper.

[pangaijin]

Thanks a lot, just bought same printer and yes, same problem with cable:)) thanks for share link:::))

[Phantmwolf-Productions]

Thank You for the in depth review.

Caught this big boy on a sale so now I am just waitin for it

[slappynutsphd]

I got mine the other day and put in a .8mm nozzle and am printing a mockup engine block for my first print LOL. Much nicer machine than I expected.

[ColinWithaT]

I was looking to install a vintage air kit on my challenger and realized the host of the video I found seemed extremely familiar haha. Awesome to see people who share more than a couple of the same hobbies. Love your work man.

[ronlan]

And Now we need a video vs the neptune 4 max

[themikeypass]

@mandicreally thank you so much for the free bracket file! Super helpful!

[randyd]

bought a neptune 3 max from your link based on your review

[Enjoymentboy]

Three things I wish we could see more of in reviews: 1. Honest and unbiased after sales support and 2. Long term (6-8 month) usage. 3 Longer terms firmware support. Fast speeds and quality prints out of the box are nice but how does it hold up after a good deal of usage? How does the company step in to help if you have a problem even if you have no warranty left? Will you still get reliable firmware updates once they release a new model? Based on my own personal experience with anycubic the kobra 2 max is completely out of the question. I loved my kobra 2 once I got it dialed in. But once I had problems anycubic went silent, zero firmware updates 7 months later (with known bugs in the current version) and parts no longer available from anycubic (mainboard died). Sadly we never seem to see this stuff in these reviews which is why I think they are only 50% complete if there isn't a follow-up 10-12 months later.

[twowetnuns]

Love that intro! I watched your unboxing first print stream of this and it seemed too good to be true.

[orangefrolf]

An amazing product review. Great break downs and analysis!

[alexandrealbergaria]

Getting my Pro delivered tmrw!! So excited!

[warel]

Would love to see some upgrade options for the hotend and the probe - how about some short about it? Like the review btw!