Easy RESIN QUALITY Layers on an ENTRY LEVEL FDM PRINTER! - Anycubic Kobra 2 Review

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00:00 - Intro

[andrewoldham]

Coming from a complete beginner that is still in the research stage before i even consider making a purchase all i want to say is thank you so much for the plain talking don't care review. I don't obsorb information that well at times and i have tried to watch other reviews and alls i can hear is numbers and technical talk. I realise not everyone reads there own comments but just know this newbie is grateful

[SpottedHares]

It works, it’s budget friendly at just over $100, and it can get good definition. And unlike resign you can just put in a corner and let it run, no ventilation, no cleaning, no toxic spills. It’s the little budget friendly printer that can.

[Garage]

Cool review! A lot of the 3D printing community is obsessed with speed over quality, but for stuff you actually want to use, patience is a virtue.

[brandonmcdaniel]

I think you nailed it, I'm in the same mindset and would use it for the same thing. I don't care about printing carbon-fiber laced prototype parts or having to mod my machine to hell and back just to get it working. Sounds like an excellent choice.

[mathewschau]

Just an FYI, the z resolution (layer height) is determined by the smallest step of the motor. Most printers like the one you have are clones of a popular "ender 3" frame. This means it will be 0.04mm as a minimum and you should use increments of 0.04mm to determine different layer heights. (0.04, 0.08, 0.12...)

Good video, I'm glad you're enjoying your FDM printer!

[zramirez]

I'm with you man - I'm printing for QUALITY; if the printer can shuck out minis and terrain faster than I can paint them, and I can only hobby an hour or so every day, then what difference does it make??

[rsownageXxX]

This is 100% what I wanted to see in a fdm review. I want to print mini terrain as well in as little headache to get started as possible so this has placed itself on the top of my potential printer list. Thank you!

[YoruPlayr]

this was my first printer ever i got it for Christmas and i am extremely happy with it its super fast and easy to use it is so much fun to use.

[momentomoridoth]

I have been using sunlu filament almost exclusively for years. its the right combination of quality and price, and blows away all of the other budget filaments .

[MobileDecay]

I wish more 3d printer reviews were like this.

[mikesheppard]

Great review! It was very good that you showed the quality this unit can produce instead of just benchys

[aeneasfate]

One of the biggest improvements in FDM printing for miniatures lately has been the new Variable Line Width settings in the slicer. It's almost as good as swapping out to a smaller nozzle size. 28mm is still pretty rough, but they look fine if the model was designed with FDM in mind, such as the FatDragon ones. I've been tempted to go back and try out all the old Battlemasters/Heroquest models in FDM for Oldhammer proxies, see how they turn out.

[TheGoatPC]

This is what I'm talking about. I want something I dont have to tinker with, mess with, upgrade or anything else to get working. Kind of like I've had to do with my Ender 3 V2. That thing is hot garbage and I've been looking to replace it. I just want to print. I don't want to sit and fix crap. Had my eye on the Kobra 2 and really glad the reviews have been positive.

[corty]

I have 2 x Anycubic Vypers and they have been rock solid, apart from the second one which initially had a dud cable to the hotend which once replaced has been fine. My nephew has recently gotten into 3D printing and initially I gave him one of my old printers, which he was getting inconsistant results with. I ended up buying him a Vyper a few weeks ago and set it up for him, only took about 10 minutes to setup. He has had 0 issues with it and no failed prints that I know of.

[bozinoski]

This is my first and only printer I have and I love it. It was super easy to set up, and the prints are nice quality. I got nothing to compare it to, but I’m happy with it, especially of the fact that it only cost me slightly over $200.

[Alscutte]

I agree with you 100%!!! Just give me a printer that works well. That is why I still use some of the printers I use, I can trust that they will give me good print. Great video!

[davidahn]

This is awesome! Thank you for showing what FDM can do, since I wanted resin quality but was holding back d/t the extremely long and painful workflow.

[zzetterberg]

exactly what I'm thinking. it should just work without a lot of hassle and settings. anycubic has always worked that way for me.

[Kid_illithid]

My wife got me one for Father’s Day, not knowing that they’re not ideal for minis. But I’m pretty excited.
I do dnd, can use it for bases and ork terrain. This is great

[JP-rxdn]

This channel is a breath of fresh air. Most of the time with these kinds channels the first 10-15 minutes of a 20 minute rwview is some jackoff complaining about boxing or a a screw being in the wrong place and not printing a benshi inconsequentially worse than they think it should be.