Plastic by itself is not a bad thing. It brings down weight on the print head ergo less artefacts on your prints. Plastic on the body is irrelevant since it doesn't impact print quality so I wouldn't actually hold that against it. I was initially interested in the M5c as well and very nearly ordered it but with the A1 Mini being announced the temptation of multi colour prints was too high - I now have both the A1 Mini and the A1 and they're really wonderful printers. After printing for 5 years on various machines, this is the first printer where I hit print & don't even bother checking the first layer.
No argument here, although all the use of plastic does mean the A1 shakes a sturdy table enough to cause other items to "walk"; the Ankermake is just so solid! Both printers are a step above the likes of Tronxy, Elegoo and other bed slingers. I think these are printers number 13 and 14 in a long list and both are excellent, they just take slightly different approaches to achieve the same result. Looking forward to printing the same filament at the same speed on each machine to see which wins. The Bambu workflow is really good but pipped by the Ankermake (at least it was until they replaced their Beta slicer with the Studio version). Both machines print flawlessly although I am already noticing an issue with prints not releasing from the bed on the Bambu. First printer was the Eaglemoss Partwork, back in 2015 which seems a lifetime ago - glad things have improved, hehe.
I just got the m5c. The sale was insane on it. I'm still trying to dial it in as most my prints are failing. Whenever I print something from the app it's fine, but when I print it from the slicer it doesn't work. it's still really solid and when the prints work they are way better than my old printer.
Are you using the old slicer or have you moved to the newer Ankermake Studio. Just set some TPu to print here. Try turning your build plate over (just in case its dirty). Yeah, really solidly built, prints just as well as the Bambu. What won't print on one machine will always print on the other!
You can tweak the settings to fix those issues. Most likely bed temperature and cooling was incorrect. Also you can use the same slicer and get similar results. I use Orca slicer, a fork of Bambu studio for Ender 3 v 2 and I get very good results. Most of the settings you can copy from prusa presets and they will work fine
Hi. It was only this print that caused an issue, wondered if there was a draft but glad ZED_gaming noted he had the same issue. Every other print comes of the M5c flawlessly.
Erm hard one, get a single colour printer for the same money as a 4 colour one, but the 4 colour one has more plastic, yes a hard one, not! 220x220x250 vs 256x256x256, even in just 1 colour guise the A1 is far better priced, only a fool would choose the Anker
HI. Disagree. In the Uk the Ankermake is often discounted to around £330, the Bambu A1 is £509 with the AMS Lite and still £369 without. If it were not for the large build plate on the Bambu it would be going back. The AnkerMake produces equal if not better prints (certainly more often) than the Bambu. It is early days for the Bambu and we have only completed about 40 hours of printing but we are not liking the vibrations the Bambu causes in everything around it - a 10kg laser printer on the same heavy duty stand is getting vibrated beyond belief. Also bambu only accept returns of boxed unused items. In short don't believe the hype of all the paid promotions out there.
@@ModelMarvels Just blown your own attempt of a response by stating the Anker is available at a discount, wonder why that is? And as for the Bambu being less reliable with finished prints, you really need to spend more time with it before giving a pathetic review, I have had my X1C for over 6 moths and it has never once let me down, as for the paid reviews, if you'd spent any time on the Bamby Lab forums you's realise what you are saying is 100% rubbish, maybe you will be ok with the Anker, enjoy
Hi@@Yorkie-9668 As with many business models manufacturers offer discounts, such as Bambu are doing with the P1p & X1 models currently. I whole heartedly agree, more time with the A1is needed, these are early days with the A1 but we can only give out honest initial impressions comparing these printers. Your X1C is a very different beast from the A1 as reflected in the price and if we could justify it an X1 would be sat here!
Plastic by itself is not a bad thing. It brings down weight on the print head ergo less artefacts on your prints. Plastic on the body is irrelevant since it doesn't impact print quality so I wouldn't actually hold that against it.
I was initially interested in the M5c as well and very nearly ordered it but with the A1 Mini being announced the temptation of multi colour prints was too high - I now have both the A1 Mini and the A1 and they're really wonderful printers. After printing for 5 years on various machines, this is the first printer where I hit print & don't even bother checking the first layer.
No argument here, although all the use of plastic does mean the A1 shakes a sturdy table enough to cause other items to "walk"; the Ankermake is just so solid! Both printers are a step above the likes of Tronxy, Elegoo and other bed slingers. I think these are printers number 13 and 14 in a long list and both are excellent, they just take slightly different approaches to achieve the same result. Looking forward to printing the same filament at the same speed on each machine to see which wins. The Bambu workflow is really good but pipped by the Ankermake (at least it was until they replaced their Beta slicer with the Studio version). Both machines print flawlessly although I am already noticing an issue with prints not releasing from the bed on the Bambu. First printer was the Eaglemoss Partwork, back in 2015 which seems a lifetime ago - glad things have improved, hehe.
I just got the m5c. The sale was insane on it. I'm still trying to dial it in as most my prints are failing. Whenever I print something from the app it's fine, but when I print it from the slicer it doesn't work. it's still really solid and when the prints work they are way better than my old printer.
Are you using the old slicer or have you moved to the newer Ankermake Studio. Just set some TPu to print here. Try turning your build plate over (just in case its dirty). Yeah, really solidly built, prints just as well as the Bambu. What won't print on one machine will always print on the other!
Understandable!! I have the exact same problem so i sent back the Ankermake M5C and ordered the Bambulab A1 2-days ago
Hi. Will eventually get around to a head to head comparison but I don't think there will be much/any difference in quality of prints.
You can tweak the settings to fix those issues. Most likely bed temperature and cooling was incorrect. Also you can use the same slicer and get similar results. I use Orca slicer, a fork of Bambu studio for Ender 3 v 2 and I get very good results. Most of the settings you can copy from prusa presets and they will work fine
Hi. It was only this print that caused an issue, wondered if there was a draft but glad ZED_gaming noted he had the same issue. Every other print comes of the M5c flawlessly.
Erm hard one, get a single colour printer for the same money as a 4 colour one, but the 4 colour one has more plastic, yes a hard one, not! 220x220x250 vs 256x256x256, even in just 1 colour guise the A1 is far better priced, only a fool would choose the Anker
HI. Disagree. In the Uk the Ankermake is often discounted to around £330, the Bambu A1 is £509 with the AMS Lite and still £369 without. If it were not for the large build plate on the Bambu it would be going back. The AnkerMake produces equal if not better prints (certainly more often) than the Bambu. It is early days for the Bambu and we have only completed about 40 hours of printing but we are not liking the vibrations the Bambu causes in everything around it - a 10kg laser printer on the same heavy duty stand is getting vibrated beyond belief. Also bambu only accept returns of boxed unused items. In short don't believe the hype of all the paid promotions out there.
@@ModelMarvels Just blown your own attempt of a response by stating the Anker is available at a discount, wonder why that is? And as for the Bambu being less reliable with finished prints, you really need to spend more time with it before giving a pathetic review, I have had my X1C for over 6 moths and it has never once let me down, as for the paid reviews, if you'd spent any time on the Bamby Lab forums you's realise what you are saying is 100% rubbish, maybe you will be ok with the Anker, enjoy
Hi@@Yorkie-9668 As with many business models manufacturers offer discounts, such as Bambu are doing with the P1p & X1 models currently. I whole heartedly agree, more time with the A1is needed, these are early days with the A1 but we can only give out honest initial impressions comparing these printers. Your X1C is a very different beast from the A1 as reflected in the price and if we could justify it an X1 would be sat here!