What a lazy 3D printer design! Anet ET4 "Pro" review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ธ.ค. 2020
- Anet has always been making cheap printers, but can they manage to go with the times and provide a reasonable user experience with the ET4 Pro?
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Of course, I realize that there is a huge community behind a lot of these printer designs, keen on fixing flaws and filling in where Anet missed out. But I can't attribute the community's work as Anet's achievement, so my reviews always focus on what the manufacturer manages to deliver - and others are doing much better, especially for the price.
Thanks thinking about buying not anymore
You just earnt another patreon with this review.
Just funny little co-incidence, the SD card hat came with SKR mini 2.0 also didn't work in it.. It was horribly corrupted and every g-code you put in it stopped around midway and was fully garbled mess of characters... which created some interesting noises and movement in the printer until the card was not recognized by the mobo at all..
The candour in your review just blew my mind. And it was absolutely justified too. Expectations are quite low from these Chinese budget players. We know that these printers entail some tinkering before they are usable, but 'revolting' is the perfect word to describe this dumpster fire.
It takes a lot of courage to put up a review like this and it is appreciated.
Then WHY? Do you review it?
Thomas. Influencers never do bad review out of fear of deterring sponsors from reaching out. That's why you don't see much bad reviews on TH-cam. This is a breathe of fresh air. You are now my favorite 3D printing TH-camr
Watch Naomi Wu "Sexy cyborg" at the livestream, where she and creality talked about the specs of the "naomi wu" 3D Printer... I think both youtubers don't spare with criticism when it is needed, I liked it!
As a former owner of a anet am8, I can tell you I had problems over and over again. The prusa mini I have now plays in a completely other league
Honestly - in place of Anet videos, can we just get more "Tom with coffee" videos?
LOL more productive, indeed
The art and habits around 3d printing maybe. Or: Toms magical morning routine: how he brews coffee and starts the day by starting a print ...
ASMR of Tom making and sipping coffee.
which did tom roast more... coffee or anet?
I see Tom is down with that idea. I'm loving it myself, I'm getting a lot of great use out of my Aeropress since I'm working from home.
I need to get a moka pot, though. True espresso/ristretto is the bomb.
This printer is so bad that a coffee sponsor ad was worth watching 😂
*Laughs in SponsorBlock*
I am absolutly sure that the cofffe its better than this Anet(and i drink tea)
"pro" because you need to be a "pro" in order to "use" it".
Though, that could be for a good many printers, not just this one...
Edit: btw, Thomas, we legit appreciate your honesty in these reviews.
Trade: Hey we want to sponsor a video with our great coffee!
Thomas: Great, you'll ship me some coffee right?!
Trade: lol....
... and I totally believe Tom when he is saying he stands behind the product! :)
@@hassosigbjoernson5738 exactly lol, I generally like this channel and I get that sponsors are necessary but come on, that just reeks of empty corpo bs
They don’t deliver to his place, and they know why. US coffee drinking habits are ... different.
2:15 i love the fdact that just as you said: "imagine it's 2014" my video quality dropped to 360p
Do a crash test... for real. Like throw it off a balcony and record the damage in slow motion. Nobody has done a 3D printer fall test.
LOL!
Hmm... How about followed with "Does It Blend?" ;D
Eh, i did. With my old ANet A6. Seeing that thing scattering into a thousand pieces have given me more pleasure then the crap that that machine used to produce.
Anet should start another business and leave 3d-printer building to companies that actual knows how to build one.
THANK YOU for being straight-forward and not sugar-coating the truth and telling it like it is. I always appreciate an honest review.
Does this Anet come complete with the burn down the house feature?
Foooooooonnnyyy!!
It's an emergency firestarter!
I think so. Though I think they market that as the "User hypothermia protection".
Yes, in a Pro version. It now makes sure your not there to put it out.
They probably even fail on that, at least when you need it (planning on renovation, and need insurance funding). But the insurance will come to investigate , and reject your claim with laughter when the figure that you used an Anet printer.
"Who sliced this? eSun?" I'm dying😂
i love how your video quality (in terms of content, i.e. how you talk and look in front of a camera) is skyrocketing every single video, keep the pace! Incredible work!
I was almost expecting you to end this video by somehow managing to set the Anet on fire due to some construction issue but then I remembered you actually care about the environment and wouldn't do so intentionally
There is always CGI! :P
Always appreciate your honesty. You kicked the heck out my my favorite printer (Sidewinder X1) but its nice to see you still give an honest review on the unit that came to you.
I bought a Labists ET4 as my first 3D printer, which is a rebranded Anet ET4 Pro (Labists is black and green), and I've been quite happy with it for the price (~$300 CAD). There was a bit of a learning curve getting it levelled out, and the firmware could be better in terms of having a more intuitive UI. But since hooking it up to Octoprint it's been a pretty decent printer.
When i bought my Anet A8 for 170$ i knew it would suck at some point and show its blatant flaws, but i also knew that no 3d printer machine worth 170$ in 2018 was going to be anything more than a 170$ machine (stating the obvious here). And so as i got more into 3d printing and used more and more my A8 i did some needed upgrades to it. First was the 2 power mosfets for the bed and extruder, then a proper 12V power supply, forced convection cooling on the mainboard aka a 80mm fan, then a full V-slot metal frame, added a glass bed, replaced the linear bearings for the IGUS polymer bearing, rubber/glass fiber belt and finally an arduino uno "nanny" that monitors the print status, temps, power consumption and has an IR receiver so i can control the A8 with my TV remote from a far. By now i have invested 150$ in this machine in the span of 2 years and it prints like a brand new 500$ machine. My takeaway is that Anet is a brand meant for people who know their stuff, (sort of a Caterham Car company) but can't afford to "pork over" the price of a fully functioning machine from the start. You get a working machine that will get you started in the hobby and then if you want to do complex projects you have to spend time and invest in some parts that the Anet has left missing in their products. I have nothing against your review or experience, i'm just telling you mine and that you can't expect the performance of a 500$ machine, out of a 170$ machine, from the start. Certainly that ET4 would perform better than a prusa if you give it some love and care.
Always love your videos and you always say it the way it is. Looking forward to the next video.
Beautiful. I bought myself A6 back in the days and after assembly first thing I noticed that this friggin bed can't have constant/linear motion because of huge offset in belt drive at travel ends. Not surprised a bit that they still haven't figured that out. One bought, never again. Good review Thomas and thanks for bringing out the truth 👍
Found you when I purchased my PrintrBot Simple Metal for $600, such a solid printer. Now running an E3D v6 and a Duetwifi, running like a champ!!
Fantastic review Tom, always loved your honesty.
Terrific review Tom! It was honest but not harsh. You gave them what credit was due but really explained why they fell short.
I've never seen a good printer come from Anet. With companies like Creality and Prusa, why would anyone waste their hard-earned money on the junk that they consistently put out? I don't get it. I'd rather buy a used, 5 year old printer than anything new from Anet.
And, good on you, Tom! So many get a free printer sent to them for testing and they are all to happy to show how great it is. I'm glad we have people like you and Angus to consistently give us honest reviews and save people from wasting their money on junk.
This is why I watch your reviews. Well done
Tom, you put serious work into every video, and you give it to us straight. Never stop being awesome.
And I'm gonna try out some of that online order coffee, since it's not exactly safe to hit up my favorite source (Sprouts) these days.
That was so much fun to watch! I wish I could be this honest in few areas in my life.
Like your videos because you always make honest reviews, thanks a lot
Tom's best thumbnail image ever! Hilarious! 🤣
Years and years ago, I bought an A8 on sale. It was delivered at some crazy low price. I knew nothing about 3d printing and wanted to tinker. I learned so much with that printer and the whole journey in upgrades, frame replacement, mosfets, marlin, bowden feed system, etc. I still have that printer. Actually proud of how it came out and it was very functional. But it's long since been put on a shelf. However the lessons learned were priceless. Would I consider recommending an Anet to anyone else, "not bloody likely"! No way, not going to happen. Thank you very much for calling this what it is. Junk in a box. Return to sender. Although I do like the idea of an Anet bounce test. Thanks again!
Those toothpaste topped posts really just sum up the kind of people behind Anet. They copy others, they barely complete what they put out and they could care less to help people. It's like the group project where the nerd they relied on abandoned them.
I bought one, mainly because it is small enough for the place where I wanted it to be. The other one which is small enough would be the Artillery Sidewinder. Since I already have a well-working A8, I was not expecting that it would work out of the box (which it didn't 😒). But I knew that I can get it running.
Now it works fine, including auto-leveling, pause/resume and filament detection, using the Ender 3 settings in Simplify 3D.
I bought this printer (before I saw this review), but I haven't had any problems with cura: I just installed it on Manjaro and there was a profile for the printer which works well. Now that it's setup I can get good results. The setup instructions and the support model are atrocious and Anet really needs to be called out on this so well done, but the printer itself seems to produce good results. My calibration cube is within a 1/10th mm. The review is more about Anet as a company than the printer's actual capabilities, but Anet really needs to learn this lesson and stop this bullshit they are going on with.
You can not be blamed for making an honest review. For the consumer that’s rly wanting to research and get the best product for their hard earned cash makers to be depend on it. It is appreciated sir Tom ty
The only experience I had with Anet printers is from a colleague that bought an A8. It's an awesome printer that produces extremely good prints... after he modified/replaced almost every part of it. It's like a 3D printer of Theseus now XD
Love the dophin noises during the CE listing update. Deserved review for the flaws they have. Always enjoy and honest review.
Thomas sanladerer can you please tell me should i purchase this anet et4pro for profesional use or not ?
Hey Tom, I love seeing reviews being critical when they need be and not when they don’t. One thing you called out that is also a complaint I have is the belt path. I see the same thing on every Creality printer and it’s just not good design. We know that tying the carriage and bed, which only move linear to a power transmission using a belt that’s not parallel to the motion causes error as the carriage/bed gets closer or further to the extremes of the movement. I completely understand it’s the design they come up with that lets them offer the cheapest price. But all it would take is a little more thought, it wouldn’t cost anything to do it right. I posted it to Creality’s Official Facebook Group and got completely destroyed with insults by users who don’t understand the problem, or were quick to dismiss it because they’re cheap printers. I was wondering if you might also point this out. Maybe printer makers will take note.
Hi Thomas, what about making a video on what mods have to be done to a printer to print filaments that need 280-300°C? I have a cr-10 that I love, but I would like to use filaments that need higher nozzle temperature.
Wow, awesome review and honest👍🏻
I still own A8 and its still working for my backup needs after my PRO repairs for sure.. Lol,
but I wont even recommend selling it anymore to my customers.
Hello from 2.5 years in the future. Thanks for this video. I'm a beginner with 3D printing, but a highly qualified software engineer and electronics hobbiest. I have the opportunity to pick this printer up for $75 used or $175 new - and I can see I would have been so pissed off. I also watched your primer series of videos. Thanks for all your work. You've saved me time and money. I'm subscribed and will join your Patreon. Many thanks.
Honest review. Well done. A shame for Anet, but they have brought it on themselves.
I love seeing you fold the coffee filter the same way I do 😉
Hey Thomas I recently got a Ender 3 v2 do you have a good profile for the ender 3 v2?
I am loving the thumbnails on your videos lately 😂
Thanks for the honest review
glad I bought a Prusa when I did because I knew I wouldn't have these sort of problems, and they're still improving the firmware and slicer to this day
I got one of the Anet printers back in the beginning of 3d printing. It was one of those with weird brown paper covered pieces that were made of some plastic or something. Both of them maybe not the same brand, came with broken frame bits. The top piece that held the little screen. Neither ever made it to printing. I sent them back, and didn't try to do anything until last year, when I got my Ender 3 Pro...
Finally a video with a sponsored product I'm interested in buying
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Sad Italian noises...
Surely Italian coffee is superior?!
To be fair, you likely have better coffee over there anyways.
@@williamforbes6919 I also enjoy a good filter or French pressed coffee sometimes, which is impossible to find in Italy.
What are you complaining about?! Here in Germany we pay 3€ for an effing espresso!
I watched a 3D printing nerd video as well with a trade ad, and I tried to order as well xD
Do you guys know if this printer uses the same hotend module as the one for the cr-10/ender 3? Are they interchangeable?
Is there any kind of all metal hotend unit for this printer?
Thanks for all you do. Love your vids.. Your awesome! Peace
video quality is great.. what is your main camera? & lens?
Well said! I've been contacted by a school that bought Anet. At first I was sure there was some documentation or stuff missing. But sadly no and I could not get any of them to work somewhat ok within a reasonable time frame. They loaned my Czech made printer and could print right away with amazing results. These crappy printers flooding the market gives all printers a bad reputation and people tend to stay away from 3d printing in general. Not everyone wants to buy themself into a new hobby and in 2020 they shouldn't have to.
Now a year later I would hope, that saw this first. Anet ET5 for the first printer, yes it does the job, but man - it has been a frustrating year ! I've been wondering why my friends keep gettin good results so easily out-of-the-box with their Enders. Its been a struggle, but finally after thinking about every darn thing could go/be wrong - starting to get some prints :D Thumbs up Thomas, keep up the good work - even tough your advices are not always solved my Anet problems :DD (this is ultimate how to set up you printer challenge stuff)
Is it posible you will review duet 3 mainbord?
Thank you for this very helpful video
I had an et4 for about 2 days. It was shipped to me in place of a ender3. I couldnt get that paperwight to get a good print, not even a temp tower or cube. It went back right quick.
I really liked that one, might want to rewatch it with a coffee :D
Hey man you're being too tough on them. If it doesn't burn down the house anymore that's an improvement.
Gotta love that 2014 throwback...
Your coffee sponsorship was the best part of this episode.
Brutal, but true!
I've been struggling with an Anet A6 for the last 3 years. After heavily modifying I had some reasonable results, then it died with a hot end failure that destroyed it.
I bought and Ender 3 pro - what a difference! It just worked!
RIP Anet, may I never hear your name again
I can feel rage in your voice, Tom, lol.
Wow. What a review. Good work Thomas and I hope that what you have to say about this monstrosity of a printer makes Anet sit up and listen. If in the future this does actually become a good printer then I am sure this review will be one of the main causes of Anet getting their act together.
I'm still messing around with my A8 I bought a few years back, but now I'm genuinely considering just scrapping the whole thing and buying one of the many good-but-affordable printers that are around now. Anyone have any good ideas what to do with the rather large amount of "upgrade" parts I've bought for it?
has someone tried to upgrade the et4 with a prusa controller? could that work?
Thanks for the video Tom! Great video as always, not so great Anet as always.
bought an Anet A8 few years ago. thought anything would be better than my old mendel/prusa i2 with bits of upgrades here and there... i was wrong. i took the thing apart and just used the steppers rods and screws in another build.
Creality builds their own slicer? I always thought they put Cura on the provided sd card (atlast on my creality printers that was the case)
I have a question for anybody. If bed is 300mm x 300mm can you print to full 300mm in either direction in x and y and if I printed at a 45° will I be able to print bigger than 300mm depending of coarse the width of project
Does this one ship with a fire extinguisher?
do you have a top10 list of 3d printer you heve tested?
Somewhat unrelated, but It's funny to see the Anet name for me. I actually started 3D printing with a black acylic Anet A8 that I got from some sketchy site for 200 bucks. Spent 6 grueling hours putting the thing together, and 6 more hours figuring out how the heck to make it print right. I made a bunch of stuff with that printer including an E3D hotend upgrade. I wasn't satisfied, so I bought some square 1" aluminum tubing, and built an entire CoreXY printer using parts that I printed with the Anet beforehand. I'm still using the guts of that printer to this day, including the electronics board, and motors. I never even installed the X and Y limit switches in my contraption, I just push the hotend to the bed corner to home it, and it returns to that point after it's finished. I've been running it for over a year like this. I'm actually surprised the electronics still work. Props to Anet for that!
The profile and software was just the same with the Anycubic Chiron. The included cura was so old and they only include written profile details in the manual. I tried using the default profile in cura 4.7 and it printed so fast because the cura profile was using print speeds at least twice as fast as the chiron actually needs. I found it so strange they went to the time to make a nice graphical interface to adjust the 5 x 5 probe points on the touch screen, but couldn't be bothered to include a tuned profile.
Auto bad levelling
thanks for the honest review....am now a new subscriber..I have had a CR10 mini for 2.5 years and it has worked great & I have done all the silencing mods and upgrades etc and many prints but I am now wanting to treat myself to something that takes up less workspace than it's separate control box and spaghetti bundle of cables and has a touch screen and auto bed leveling ...small build volume would be fine...don't need anything big
This ET4 pro seemed to tick all the right boxes but glad now I didn't go for it... the more reviews I watch there seems to be little in my price bracket £400 tops without big faults ...also looked at your Artillery and some other reviews on other sites
I don't mind certain tweaks and maintenance etc as am a retired engineer (gas) but just want reliability and easy to update firmware etc...any pointers would be great....am searching through your site now.
EDIT to above...(am prepared to get chastised for this :) ) but even after watching 2 of your other vids I have just bought and received a CR6 SE. I realise there were some issues with early ones but after reading and watching many recent reviews I believe the current crop are ok ...I certainly am pleased with mine....I have done 4 prints so far, (2 off the included SD card ...only got it 2 days ago) and am really pleased...they have all come out absolutely fantastic.
You cant really see any layer lines and they look almost injection moulded....certainly the best results I have ever had and so far its working great....the power switch feels clicky and there is no smoke or sparks The power board is a later black one :)
I paid a bit more... £365 and got it from Amazon with a 2 day delivery...could have got a bit cheaper from Bangood etc but have only had good experiences with Amazon's return process so that gives me peace of mind.....so far so good....if its as reliable as my MINI has been I will be well chuffed.
i love your sweater 💕
i have to say i own a AnetA8 plus, and i really like it... but its my first printer, and it does what its suposed to to... but maybe not good enough? i dont know, i have no reference...
i got the ET4+ wich is the same as the pro version but without silent drivers, worked great for about 3 weeks and then the zstop stopped working and crashed the bed on z home, customer support send a mainboard and sensor replacement, it took over a moth to arrive, it fixed it and worked for 2 small prints and died again, by this time i was out of warranty so its just a paperweight now, i tried replacing the board with a ramps 1.4 and while testing the power supply died out so my guess its that it was causing all the issues, i cant fix it now because im broke and i cant afford an electronics kit so it will have to wait a while.
I really like that sweater. And was "no cats involved" a reference to kopi luwak coffee beans?
Wow, interesting ! I'm goint to buy it and try it ! 😎🤘
Thx for honesty
Best ever thumbnail
Hi iam using anet et 4pro how can i connet wifi to my printer
Thank you i was literally about to buy this exact printer
I just bought it couple weeks ago. It differs from what Thomas is showing: printed a dog directly from the box and has logo on that black printing sheet. Maybe it's me messing with slicer settings and bed levelling, maybe it's an old plastic I bought in 2014 when I tried to build my own printer (and failed), but there is no tolerance: heart print-in-place box does not rotate. Iris box does though, after some prying.
So, that printer was not that bad for 160eur I payed.
@@beepboop8184 Are you still happy with it? I found one on my local classifieds for 80 euros, is the same as a new inkjet printer. I ended up on this review because I was looking for feedback.
@@MrPlayboy28 hey! Yes, I think it did worth €160 spent on it. I bought 3 more rolls of Sunlu silk PLA and it is almost half way empty. Also bought one kg of PETG of same brand, but printed only ~50-70g of it.
It does not print horribly well on speeds above 60m/s, I am using 40m/s most of the time, but does it’s job.
Oh, and with new plastic and right cura settings I managed to print this heart-shaped print-in-place box. Only with 0.3 tolerance though, but hey, if that machine can be aqcuired for €80 - go for it.
Someone was hard defending the A8 on a Facebook group I’m in the other day, saying that “every printer is going to need some tweaking and proper upgrading” when I advised a beginner who said they have no clue what they’re doing with printers to not get one because when I started (with an A8 I got as a present) it almost burned my house down 3 times. I was amazed that someone would consider that an “every printer” standard.
Thanks for saving our cash again Tom, you are a legend and your don't give a shit honesty is exactly what we all need to hear.
Bought one of these for my first printer along with 7kg of filament as I was unsure how much I would need. It was terrible, the prints were trash but I was excited and didn’t care. Left it for a few months and then thought I’d get back into it. Managed to improve print quality, but then the extruder broke, and then the filament loader broke. Then the heat nozzle broke. (I’m still not very good at this so I’m not sure if these terms are correct) it started leaving massive blobs over my prints so decided to give up. Want to sell it but because I have heaps of filament it would cost so much to ship to someone.
Hi!
I know how such reviews are frustrating for you, but without those more and more people will actually buy those printers from them.
So by not-reviewing these printers you're allowing them for getting away with these kind of practices.
I balieve that your effort with such reviews is genuinely making 3d printing market better.
Thanks Tom, I hope that you weren't serious about not making any other Anet 3d printer reviews. :)
Kudos!
Tom you have a bit of lens aberration
It's 2020 and Anet bashing is still alive and well. There was no useful transfer of knowledge in this review. I would never have got into 3d printing without my A8. The knowledge I gained from my first printer being a seemingly hopeless Anet A8 Acme Roadrunner DIY kit was invaluable. I no longer look at any manufacturers offerings. I have now enough knowledge to select the parts myself and build what I need. 3d printing is not like buying an injet printer at Wal-Mart and I doubt that it ever will be. I wouldn't have $1,000 + to spend for a name brand printer, even if I did.
Sooooo... Does it have thermal runaway protection or did they manage to fsck that up once again as well? 😬
I have an Anet a8, the great thing was it's price. You need a lot of tuning (changed heat bed, fan, added bed sensor, printed cable chains, changed fans etc) but in the end it prints ok.
Mandalorian: This is the way:D
I still have my A8. It had a new bed cable in the first two weeks (wasn't taking any chances). And now it has a Ratrig frame, 32 bit board, BMG clone and V6 clone hotend and mini UPS. It doesn't resemble the printer I bought. But that's not necessarily a bad thing seeing as it was my first printer. And now I have a Biqu B1 which has taken over as the main printer. Great review Tom.
My Anet ET4 is awesome, don't know what are your issues, it just works straight out of the box, there's an updated profile on their website to the latest cura.
Awesome printer for little money.
I have managed the st-link to upgrade to marlin, gheto rigged a momentary switch to work as a z-max limit switch, configured cura with the ultimaker cura defaults for the et4, and modified start and end gcodes, to functional results. I do use it for practical solutions adound the home and office, and I do have a degree in computer engineering. So it can be functional, i would not recommend this for anyone that is not a tinkerer, and would not qualify to be a member of geek squad(yes, i am that too).
I do have one (unfortunately).
- Nothing sticks to the glass bed, unless there is a tube full of glue (PVA glue stick). To put things into perspective, even PLA prints warp!!
- When trying to print fine details the extruder (gear) makes a knocking sound that progressively increases (not heat creep nor due to filament getting blocked due to lower temperature).
- it took me about 3-4 months and few failed attempts to figure out that the 'black sticky back sticker" is useless.
- the cherry on top? badly configured cura profiles. (Machine works okay with latest Cura (4.7.0+) though)
Before someone comments about inexperience, I work at a makerspace, where I'm in charge of 3D design and printing. We do have a few 3D printers - cheap ones to expensive ones - never are any of them a headache..
So....do you recommend this printer?
Did I just see you using a 3D printed V60 drip filter ... I think a dedicated video on that is required. Please share Thomas.
Nope, just an adapter to make the base wider!
1:06 Look how happy he is with that segue haha
That was so good. A genuine chuckle was elicited.
Hey, if you're planning to use this as a base to be heavily modified, it's probably cheaper than sourcing your own parts... Right?
You, Joel, and Angus. I trust you guys. When you all agree, I listen. Thank you for providing honest reviews.
0:55 Anet A8 left the chat.
My Anet A6 I bought years ago gave me better quality right out of the box, than what I can see at 8:00.
They really seem to have dropped in quality since then.