Which printer to buy

[Edward Hyde]

Hello everyone!

I'm looking to get myself a printer which is fitting for printing props, household item, general stuff and things I can build and print with my 7 year old son.
The technology has developed extremely fast and doesn't seem to stop, even though we seem to have hit a plateau for the time being, but I haven't been watching very close for the past 6 month.

I'd like to get one for myself for the mentioned reasons around Christsmas this year. It can be one or more printers and budget is 2000€ max (with a little bit of wiggle room).
AI suggests Creality K1 Max + Bambu Lab A1 Mini.
Another option would be to start with the Mini and the move on to the PS1.

Both would land me below 2000€. Both would give me the option to start with a small printer to measure whether I like it or not. But the few friends I have who have a printer never stopped using theirs.


So I'm looking for recommendations.

Best,
Edward

 

[SgtSaint]

"What's your printer?" thread on the 405th forum:
What's Your Printer?

I wish I knew this about printers before buying discussion:
"I wish I knew" Tips When Starting to 3d Print

• My favorite section of any YouTuber's channels is the recent post by Frankly Built who is well regarded in this genre - about taking some time to learn before doing:

• He also just added this one about sanding and smoothing where it leans in to the same thing I keep saying: Just sand it (as opposed to the 'slather with thinned bondo magic shell' approach).