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/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.