You're going to get biased answers on this list. We should instead focus on making sure you have the facts and can make an informed decision. What negatives were you seeing? They may be from older revisions that aren't an issue for new ones.
I have narrowed down my search for a 3D printer to just a few of which the M2 is one of the front runners. I have seen may opinions spread across the web on the M2 many good and some bad but it seems as though a certain amount of them are from people who have no practical experience with the printer. I am looking for actual users to help me decide. Can you please tell me what made you choose the M2 and your thoughts after purchase both good and bad. Thanks
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2. customer support / company reputation: The customer support is great if there is a problem they have the solution even the warranty is great.
7. features: There only two things I would like to get first is Dual Extruder MG is working on it already should be released soon, second feature is the heated chamber but that will take another few years.
10. amount and frequency of "tweaking": It may take awhile until you get the M2 tweaked in for perfect prints like the once below. But good and nice looking prints is what you get as soon as you assembled the M2. At least in my case.
11. components: MG makes it really affordable to stay updated even the new Dual Extruder will be compatible with the actual Hot End.
The below pictures show the M2 filament drive on the left printed on a FORTUS250 on the right printed on M2 as far as I can tell the quality is fabulous.
Cheers Michael
Thanks for your response...
My second printer, which I still own, was a Lulzbot TAZ. It is much better than the CubeX but I still had a much higher failure rate than I was willing to accept. Print quality is good for some parts and very poor for others. Better but still not good enough.
I bought the M2 after reading a couple raving reviews. I was also drawn to the higher quality components like the steel frame and recirculating ball linear guides. When it came I was so happy to see that I could have a print fail rate under 20% and the print quality was better than I expected. I've been very pleased with this printer. So much so that I'm letting a friend use my TAZ because I found myself using the M2 100% of the time.
That said, there are several very good machines out now. I don't know which one I would choose if I were going to buy a new printer today.
I will say that the support in this forum is outstanding. I think it's safe to say that 90% of the issues posted get resolved within a day or two. I feel comfortable exploring any mods I care to dream up for my M2 because I know I can get whatever support I need to pull them off.
I always tell people to read the forums for any printer they are considering buying. The really bad machines and companies with poor support will have a lot of posts that reflect these things.
So far, Makergear has been excellent to work with. They have gone beyond my expectations and that is pretty uncommon in my experience.
I don't think you will find any printers that have as good of an overall support system as the M2.
Dual extruders and self leveling systems are the two advanced features you don't get with the M2 but it's pretty easy to manually level the bed and I rarely see anyone post two material or two color prints. My guess is that the print failure rate might be much higher when trying dual heads.
Read through a few of the threads on this forum and I think you will see that this support system may be a deciding factor.
Good luck with your search!
if i had something additional to add to tony, dale and everyone elses review i would but its basically all been covered. i cant agree with what everyone else said anymore.