I’m pretty sure you can get the Up Mini in the EU. But it’s a little expensive.
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is it better than the m3d?
The Up! brand and printers have been around for a few years now and are pretty good. It’s in the top 4 of 3D Hubs 2016 print guide for bugdet printers. Check out the whole guide. It will allow you to make a more informed decision. https://www.3dhubs.com/best-3D-printer-guide#budget
Hi,
Well the opinions on the M3D are quite diverse if you read the forums.
I’m having a very good time printing all kind of things with it and results are pretty good. From Colorfabb wood, ABS to PLA it does all work, but there is some calibration needed. (printed a full set of chess pieces, a digital sundial and alot of toys and testprints or stuff for the printer itself)
It is a printer that says its all for beginners, but printing out-of-the box is not aways the case. (you do need to put some time in it to understand 3d printing, but for me there is the fun)
Had to pay 80 euros for it to ship to the Netherlands.
After about half a year i might be looking for a bigger printer though, but it is great to learn the basics!
I doubt that you would have much luck with Ninja Flex but yes, you can use filament other than M3D’s. I’ve used RigidInk PLA and Colorfabb PLA, and it’s fine with the Micro. I’ve moved on to a Kossel Mini now but the Micro worked well for me – it’s just very slow, with a very limited print volume and no heated bed, but great value for money.
I have one and it’s a great printer for beginners!
Ok, so a bit of a rant:
I originally bought my M3D Micro as a kickstarter backer back in 2014. I was pretty new to 3D printing at the time, and I liked the idea of a printer which I could by and use for only $300 ($90 for shipping to Australia FYI). The whole industry seemed a little daunting to me, with tons of different options, and most of them pretty expensive.
So, I decided to get it, and after 16 months, it turned up. Being my first 3D printer I was pretty starstruck to start off with. After I started using it I really began getting into 3D printing and the whole community, and I learned a lot more about what this whole thing is about.
Now as a printer, the Micro isn’t very impressive. It has a tiny print volume, meaning that you will struggle with what others would normally call a standard print. While it does do pretty high resolution, it is incredibly slow, often taking up to 35 hours to complete a large print. The software is pretty to look at but very limited in it’s functionality, in that while it is easy to use it offers very little customization of your prints. ABS and anything that would normally use a heated bed will struggle to print anything much larger than your thumb and exotics, while possible, are for now mostly out of the question.
But, it does have a redeeming feature. It’s nice. I guess that’s a bit of an arbitrary word for a 3D printer, but it’s what comes to mind when I think of my suave little green cube.
It looks pretty and finished, and the light up logo adds a nice touch. It’s very Plug-and-Play, in that you simple download the software, plug it in, and after a auto-calibration you’re ready to start printing. It’s quite smooth and nice to watch. It’s quiet and discreet. You don’t need to be a 3D printing expert, or even to know that much about 3D printing to use and run it. It’s just an enjoyable experience to use.
So, in conclusion, (in my opinion at least) if you are a beginner, or if you want a 3D printer to just taste what this world wide explosion is about, and if you want something were you don’t need to know how to enable micro-stepping on your RAMPs board just to get it moving, or if you like the idea of just being able to drag and drop a file and then press print, then THIS IS A GOOD PRINTER FOR YOU. If you have previous experience with 3D printing, or you like to be able to fiddle with the hardware and play around with the software, or if you like to be able to control the fine points of your print with open source software, the THIS IS NOT THE PRINTER FOR YOU.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy whatever printer you buy 
No I don’t think so. It does use a smaller custom 700g spool. You could print a spool that fits the spool chamber and wind on the filament you want.
M3D company only offer 3 months warranty unless you pay for more time (i know, i know, we are supposed to have 2 years according to law in EU but could be a fight to claim that.).
Anyway if you have bad luck and get troubles you could be told to send the printer back so be aware of shipping cost.
Must say that myself don´t find any hardware problems with it.