<div dir="ltr">Because of NZ's poor exchange rate at the moment, for that price you can buy one locally - and a known/popular brand in the hobbyist sector: <a href="https://kiwi3d.co.nz/product/ender-3-pro/">https://kiwi3d.co.nz/product/ender-3-pro/</a><div><div><div><br></div><div>The aliexpress one has a few more features (power off behaviour, autoleveling), but ender-3-pro is ranked as the best 3d printer in it's price bracket at the moment (<a href="https://all3dp.com/1/best-3d-printer-reviews-top-3d-printers-home-3-d-printer-3d/">https://all3dp.com/1/best-3d-printer-reviews-top-3d-printers-home-3-d-printer-3d/</a>), is one of the suggested ones to most people on the 3d printing reddit: (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/fbpnri/purchase_advice_megathread_what_to_buy_who_to_buy/">https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/fbpnri/purchase_advice_megathread_what_to_buy_who_to_buy/</a>), and has a whole community with knowledge about it if you have issues (plus the local support).</div><div><br></div><div>Mind you, I don't own an Ender-3-pro, but it would probably be what I would buy if I had to buy a printer at the moment.</div><div><br></div><div>Geoff</div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 11:45 PM Charles Manning <<a href="mailto:cdhmanning@gmail.com">cdhmanning@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>While my knowledge of 3d printers is very low, I think the biggest issue is this:</div><div><br></div><div>* What do you want to do? What do you want to achieve? How pretty do you want the prints to look?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Some 3D prints I have seen can be weak and can be quite ratty. However depending on what you want/expect this might or might not be acceptable.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 11:17 AM Robin Gilks <<a href="mailto:robin@gilks.org" target="_blank">robin@gilks.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Still looking for something pretty average in the 3d printer world and<br>
this one caught my eye on AliExpress.<br>
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<a href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000053110311.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000053110311.html</a><br>
<br>
It seems to tick all the boxes but since I am no judge of these things I<br>
thought it best to ask those who know better!<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Robin Gilks<br>
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