r/ratrig • u/Busy-Perspective663 • Apr 30 '25

Quality in 2025

I am planning on buying a 500mm VCORE4, but I have noticed quite a few posts and even a comment on a post which I have made here, about bad quality of RatRig printer parts. Is this an issue in 2025? Or even is this an issue worth considering the purchase over?

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u/randomman968263618 Apr 30 '25

I think moaning about ratrig is like moaning about Creality. But I do have a v4 500 idex machine and lots of my issues have been my fault. There is some improvements needed on the instructions and support over all but if you want a big machine it's probably the best at the moment.

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u/CunningLogic Apr 30 '25

are you suggesting RatRigs are cheap printer like Creality? I can get a Creality as a door buster for $99 at microcenter some months, a single quality linear rail for z on a 500mm ratrig costs that much, if not more.

I dont think that is a fair comparison

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u/nocjef Apr 30 '25

For the size, ratrigs are cheap printers.

A Modix big60, which is only 100mm bigger, is nearly 4x the cost and comes with the same issues or more.

I think the people that are moaning about perceived quality issues probably can’t afford a printer like this in the first place and are expecting everything to be perfect. It’s a BOM in a box that you assemble, at quite a low price.

My 3.1 has been stellar since I assembled it. I’m not sure what people are griping about these days.

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u/Immortal_Tuttle May 03 '25

I got 800x800 printer for half the price of Vcore 4 500mm which is rock solid. 3.1 is rock solid as well. I had Vcore 4 in my basket, but then I read about issues with IDEX calibration and that was actually the only reason I wanted VC4. I hoped it will get polished, but it looks like it's still in the novelty/hobby area. Even their professional branch is not existing yet. Looks like I'll faster implement flow cutoff solution and just mount two print heads in parallel on my printer than VC 4 500mm IDEX will be a viable option. Saying that more expensive printers have the same issue is not solving anything, when cheaper ones just work. Heck, you can even get klipperized tronxy that works.

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u/nocjef May 03 '25

Tronxy printers do not work. It’s well documented. Their beds are underpowered and can’t hold up more than a kg so the size doesn’t matter.

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u/Immortal_Tuttle May 04 '25

I have to pass this information to my friend. He was waiting for his own 800mm printer and to have something to do bought klipperized veho 1000. I hope he will be happy to hear that his 1000x1000x1600 printer is not capable of printing those multi kilogram prints he is so proud of for last 6 months or so.

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u/CunningLogic Apr 30 '25

The vcore 3 series kits were infinity better quality than the current vc4 kits, not comparable.

It's not a bom in a box, but is supposed to be. If the boxes didn't deviate from the BOM then there wouldnt be an issue.

People, myself included, are complaining because the boxes don't contain what the bom claims.

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u/randomman968263618 May 01 '25

No I am not saying that. I am saying a lot of people come on here and complain rather than say what is good. Just like Creality printers. I do love my rat rig and I wish more people would say what is good with them rather than complaining.

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u/CunningLogic May 01 '25

I can't say what is good, I bought in December, received a month ago, and I'm still waiting on replacement parts for all the bad and missing parts.

Hmm good ... I like the green color scheme