Is the Flashforge Adventurer 3 still worth it in 2023?

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[soggynode]

My family's first introduction to 3d printing was on this printer's little brother, the Flashforge Finder. The kids and I purchased it for my wife back in 2018 as a Christmas present. No heated bed and a small build volume but it printed a nice benchy right out of the box. Like Daniel's friend's experience with the Adventurer, it was a good introduction to 3d printing. My wife still uses that little printer all the time. She prints lots of things for her classroom and her robotics teams and it never fails. I haven't upgraded anything or repaired anything and haven't leveled the bed in 3 yrs. Then there's my three Creality printers... lol.

[BenitoraSan]

Got one for christmas this year from my parents.
It's my first 3D printer, and so far I've been having a blast trying to figure out the different settings, fills and shapes and sizes it can do.
It's been running near non-stop since christmas, and so far have had only one model that turned into strings when I wasn't watching.

[roscoepatternworks]

I bought the adventurer 3 light a couple of months ago, it's great. Just ordered the pro version this week. For me these printers are just the right size. And haven't had any problems.

[Heneling]

This is my first printer and maybe I’ll upgrade one day. I got it second hand for only $200. I don’t get much layer shift but bed levelling can be a pain sometimes.

[davidborg]

The flex bed will move a little in the X and Y axis I have found with mine unless you add a bit of flat plastic at the back of the build plate to stop the Y axis movement and the same for the X axis.

[djdarien]

Got one last year, been using almost at least a few times every month and it's worked great . Plenty of trial and error but it comes with learning the ropes lol and I'm still newbie but love my adventurer 3 ! Now the software seems to be built to make it work better seemingly but I'm switching to cura in the new year

[gy]

I’ve been using my adventurer 3 for maybe 3 years now. It’s great! For me anyways. I’ve upgraded the build plate and nozzle over the years. And yes for filament you definitely need to retrofit some way to attach regular rolls.

It’ll even print TPU which has been impressive. It’s got to print a bit slower but it’s printed some pretty complex shapes with no issues. I’ll definitely upgrade eventually but the adventure 3 hasn’t given me much reason to.

[notastreamer]

Just picked this up for $150 used in what looks like immaculate condition. Hope it was a good buy

[genericusername]

What I like about this printer is that it just works out of the box mostly. Only thing one needs to do is recalibrate the Z axis because it is a little too low. But the small print bed and printing speed is a downside.

[bruceyoung]

Daniel thank you for that and I also want to wish you and your family a merry merry Christmas and a happy new year and again thank you for what you do

[raerae]

This was my first printer. My kids (and I) like how easy it is to use.

[isidroandlauralanda]

I really like this 3D printer. My main complain is the fact that I cannot find spools of material that I can load inside the printer. Everything is too big!
Are you aware of anyone selling the correct size? I noticed you had a spool holder outside of the machine. Honestly, I wouldn't purchase it again for that reason.

[joshbennett]

Mine will be here tomorrow. Had to send ender 3 back because the z axis screw was binding badly and was pretty pissed that I didn't even get it together before I started having serious problems.

[eltonus]

I started in 2017 with an Ender 1 (yes one !) while the Ender 3 is a much different and more capable printer than this. I tuned and adjustet it so well that it was better than an ender 3 out of the box. But since 2019 i am on the Adventurer 3 and got a second Adventurer 3 in 2022... and i'm really happy. while this is not the fastest one on the marked the quality and stability is remarkable so wouldnt say one hast to "upgrade" to an ender 3 or prusa .. If you really dial in the materal the print results from either pruse nor Ender 3 machines ar e any better, . I thing the comperison between a heaviiely tweaked Ender 3 and a stock Adventurer is lacking somehow... If you would compare the other printers to a tweaked and mechanicly well maintaind (wich is kind of hard to do because nothing is acessible easily)Adventuerer 3 you would be suprised how good the quality is.. Even by todays satndarts the Board is very quick and pumping more G Code instructions per minute than any other printer in a remotely similar pricerange(It is in fact AS FAST AS a Prusa MK4 )...Compared to the moderate movment and print speeds means taht the Board is never o Bottleneck . REGARDELESS of how complex a model is... If you have ervery thing right you can even see this in the print geometry .

[NighthawkNZ]

I am thinking of getting one to start to learn about 3d printing... but unsure... how fast I may or may not out grow it...

[Paul_______]

its basically my crude abs functional part printer. the main reason i expanded to other printer is because of the ad3 nozzles.

[lanah]

Nice review, thanks! Newbie interested in starting....Where does one get files to print. What are the extensions (name) of print files?

[naterivers]

I got mine recently but I don’t know how connect it to my computer or what program to use

[daurdeh]

Some how using cura slicer show filament error

[JW-tihb]

Would you still recommend the Flashforge 4? I’m thinking of ordering it yet the reviews on it are mostly from 2021 so I wanted to know if any of the issues have been resolved.