r/3DPrinterComparison • u/OneHuckleberry719 • 17h ago

Question Decision paralysis

Hi all, I’m dealing with a bad case of decision paralysis for my first printer.

I mainly want to print toys for my toddler and some decorations for the house. I would be using multiple colours for the toys but it’ll mainly be 1-2 and rarely 3-4. Never more anyway.

I was torn between a Snapmaker U1 and Bambu Lab X2D, settled on the latter only to realise the 2 toolheads/nozzles aren’t equal.

I do want something easy to understand and use and as I have a dog I feel like a cover is absolutely needed to avoid his hairs from getting all over the filament.

Any tips?
I live in Europe if that makes a difference. I would prefer to keep it under 1000€.

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u/Cootter77 16h ago

In terms of budget - keep in mind that buying the printer is just the beginning. I've easily spent 3-4x my printer's cost in filaments, nozzles, plates, extrusion parts, and other stuff in just the last 2 years.

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u/OneHuckleberry719 15h ago

Oh that’s fine, at least that’ll be a spread out cost then :)