I spent a lot of time looking at these two printers, ultimately I went with the mk2. The most likely use will be 3d gaming scenery. The review on fatdragongames.com ultimately sold me. I like when products over deliver⊠mk2 claims .05 resolution, but reports of printing with great success .025, and he isnât the only one, appeals to the overclocker in me. Dreams of warhammer quality miniature armies, not really but the possibility of, are nice if not the current reality. I have waited years to get a 3d printer, till the quality, stability, and value/$ ratio got to the present levels. I am hopeful that in two years I will be buying a new one at even greater resolution, speed, volume , and ability than the current m2 even suggests at mk2 pricing or lower.
In the mean time I will build scenery for my games, toys for my kids, and start learning 3d. 20 years ago Iâd have bought the kit version, at 50 now though, Iâd rather concentrate on learning the use for now⊠time enough to learn the build if I discover a need/ability to upgrade components going forward. If I was looking at this from a buisness stand point, the ability to have two running in case one went down would be appealing⊠dual extruders would be nice for dissolvable supports but, that is a consideration for the future. My hope now is that the mk2 system will allow implementation of multiple spools of same material on same extruded, so that as one roll ends the next can provide uninterupted material supply. Might require sensor upgrades on the feeder, but problem seems solvable in my naĂŻvetĂ© . It might not be a huge issue, but It would suck to have to have 9 or 16 pieces of scenery/ figures aborted because I ran out of material 80% of the Way through a print.
I have played the tech game on computers for almost 4 decades, Looking for the sweet spot far enough back from the bleeding edge to not waste too much money, but far enough forward to get the functionality I need to be happy. For me at least, I am going with the mk2. I understand that the m2, might be better. Like the top end $1000+ CPU is beter than a $300 CPU when I build a computer. But the demonstrable benefit to my life at this time, in a field I expect to continue developing relatively fast, is minimal.
I did appreciate the conversation I found here. For those like me who are starting out, this is where I landed. If the noise level is a problem, that will mearly determine which room this printer ends up in. Of course with three kids under 9, printer noise is likely the least of my problems there.
john
