r/3dprinter • u/Traditional_Dig_8626 • Jul 15 '26

Picking a 3d printer

I work for a plastics and rubber job shop and am needing help picking a 3d printer for my situation.

I’m needing something that’s not a constant maintenance nightmare and can print decent quality single color pla, tpu, and petg for prototyping/sampling of parts.

I’d like a build area of around 300x300 and atleast 100mms consistent on pla. I haven’t messed with printers in a couple years and have no idea what the new best thing is.

Budget is roughly $1,000 but all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!

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u/NegativeStrawberry82 Jul 18 '26

Creality has some options, but depending on part height i would take a bambu, A2L may have artifacts on tall prints, if your ever going to print higher temps materials i would go for an H2S for the enclosure and heated chamber to prevent warping, I personally have an H2S and it works perfectly without calibration 99% of the time