You Don't Need an Expensive 3D Printer - Longer LK5 Pro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
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Budget 3D printers have gotten so much better over the past several years, so... do you even need an expensive 3D printer anymore? In this video I put the surprisingly capable and affordable Longer LK5 Pro to the test.
💡 Thanks to Longer for providing the LK5 Pro for review
- LK5 Pro: www.longer3d.com/products/lk5...
📚 Chapters
0:00 Do you need an expensive 3D printer?
0:47 Introducing the Longer LK5 Pro
2:42 Let's 3D print some things
4:40 Upgrading my cat
5:08 3D printing for cosplay
5:53 What I think about the LK5 Pro
6:48 Answering the question
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Wow!!! Look at that cat! 🥺
I had the LK4 Pro for 2 years and it was surprisingly reliable! In 2024 it's very slow but still a great machine for beginners!
Thanks for watching! You can check out the Longer LK5 Pro at www.longer3d.com/products/lk5-pro-fdm-3d-printer
it's cool to see how 3d printers have changed over the last couple of years! I'll have to look into 3d printing cosplay props
I am happy you have had good service out of your printer. I have spent the last 3 weeks with my LK5 Pro constantly leveling the bed. Constantly fighting the feeder wheel and stepper motor. I have wasted 3 rolls of filament trying to make it all work. I had issues with adhesion to the print bed. One print was FIFTY SIX HOURS into a 65 hour print and it just let go of the print bed. FAILED right before my eyes. There was nothing I could do but watch 3/4 of a roll of filament become trash. Last night as I went to bed the Z stepper motor stopped and 4 hours of filament caked around the nozzle. I am done with this crappy printer. I have spent more than it cost on parts to try and fix it. It is on its way back to Longer now. I hope they scrap it and not clean it up to resell. For now I need to figure out what to do with 13 rolls of filament taking up space.
Sorry to post a downer on your video but "MY" experience with the LK5 Pro is that even at a great price it was not worth the aggravation and time lost trying to make it work.
Want some new parts for it? I have 3 hot heads 3 feeder mechanisms and Bolen tubs out the wazoo.
I own a LK 5Pro, as you mentioned, some trade offs as auto level and speed, but prints reliable strong, and huge parts 😅
I got an artillery sidewinder x2 for $199 off their website while it was on sale
After maybe a little too much tweaking it will print near perfect sub-50 minute benchies on $15 filament. The only problem is the part cooling fan can’t quite keep up with the high(ish) speed, but that’s a $20 upgrade at most.
My point is that any relatively modern machine coming from any respectable brand can print good quality and fast if you’re willing to sit down and spend a few hours in your slicer to make it work.
I have the lk5 and it can print PET-G
I have an extremely cheap Prusa i3, the kind that you have to assemble piece by piece and it needs recalibration of the bed and rods every print, luckily i was able to fix it a little bit with 3d printed stabilizers, in any case i confirm that i lost my sanity a long time ago
What is the filament you used for the trays? It's a nice speckled gray.
Good review BTW.
Thanks! It's PLA+ Marble by 3DFillies
Also you could get a budget printer and upgrade it to be like a premium one over time.
I just cant in good faith recommend anyone get any printer with manual levelling in current year. This thing seems to be a relic of the past, and you can get printers with much better features in current year without spending a fortune. This one is not the bet.
Personally, I almost wish I started with a manual-leveling printer. Sure, auto-leveling saves time, but it helps you understand how the printer actually functions.
@@BurntMemoriesAlt What a ridiculous bad take.
Its like saying you wish to learn to ride the horse so you understood how transportation worked better. Makes no sense. Its just learning a skill that will be useless immediately and forever more after you start using the better options. For the vast vast amount of people you will never need to level the bed ever again for any future printer purchased unless you're buying a real pile.
@@BeefIngot There are different use cases for printers, you know.
Some people want a 3d printer purely to print fun things with. They would absolutely benefit from an auto-leveling printer. Some however want to tinker, tune and understand their printer, figuring out how each individual part works and how to implement upgrades. Many printers that fit this description have manual leveling, which means that you'd have to learn the skill to use it.
In short, some people who want a better understanding of their printer would enjoy a manual-leveling machine, as it teaches them more about the way the technology functions.
Also, people still learn to ride horses.
@@BurntMemoriesAlt That explanation is a common one I feel has been thoroughly debunked and to me is obviously incorrect.
No one enjoys the boring acts of fixing problems that have already been solved or doing reptitive tedious tuning. People who enjoy tinkering enjoy bringing new things into the world. They built custom printers and make custom addons so it makes no sense to start from a painfully outdated base that would slow your progress.
I find your explanation very harmful to beginners who are mislead into thinking what you describe is valuable and fun and end up hating 3d printing.
Also, to cover the idea that you learn by using inferior equipment, absolutely no good at all. A youtube video can teach you all the transferrable information you would learn in less time and with less pain. Learning how to fix for instance an ender 3s numerous problems wont help you at all vs a better printer where those problems dont even exist.
All that time could be used actually tinkering and building your skill sets.
@@BeefIngot Honestly, you bring up a valid point. While I still stand by my own opinion, I understand why you stand by yours, and to that I respect you. Have a fine day good sir.