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Amazing - but with Limits - Elegoo Centauri Carbon Review
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Apr 24, 2025
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you know what i like this printer I
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don't love it but for what it says it is
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and what it actually does at the price
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it's at it's pretty damn special Is it
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perfect hell no Far from it Do I have a
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working one mostly But we'll get to all
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that as we have a look at the very
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affordable Centuri Carbon copy of the
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Bamboo X1 Hi I'm Ross and this is Fammer
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Videos Now when Eligu sent me this they
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actually asked me if I'd do it as a
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Centuri Carbon versus X1 video And my
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plan was to do that separately from this
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review But in retrospect why waste our
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collective time i'll point out some of
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the differences in my conclusions
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because for me as a basic printer user
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who does little more than make props and
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toys out of PLA there's really very
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little difference in terms of user
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experience So this is an enclosed core
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XY printer with a build volume of 256 mm
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cubed matching bamboo directly Unboxing
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is as simple as taking it out of the box
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removing some screws retaining the bed
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in place for shipping unclipping the
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cable ties around the hotend and that's
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almost it Now speaking of that hotend it
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is nice to see an easily removable face
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plate that gives you access to change
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the nozzle easily And even the extruder
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gear is only four extra screws in case
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you have clogs though Thankfully I
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haven't had any clogs yet in the few
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hundred hours that I've spent printing
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probably between 2 and 300 hours The
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rest of the setup includes attaching the
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filament reel holder which I've got to
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thank Eligu for putting on the side
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which is far easier to access for
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replacing filament than many similar
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machines who idiotically put it on the
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back And speaking of easy access the USB
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port is right in the front in the center
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The last thing to do is simply attach
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the screen and remove its protective
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film That's it Turn it on run through
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the out of-box experience in the UI
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stick some filament in when it tells you
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to Let it run through its calibration
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and so long as you haven't gotten a
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douff printer which can happen or missed
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a setup step you're ready to print An
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extra feature this includes is the
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camera which will let you monitor the
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prints from the slicer or via the web UI
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that I'll explain shortly It can also
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create a time-lapse video of all your
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prints though these are pretty poor
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quality at only 640x360 resolution you
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can still see everything So do you as a
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viewer even care if this is higher
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resolution now it does matter to me but
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I make videos for the internet and
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YouTube But aside from that use case I
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understand from viewer feedback I've had
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on other videos these are mostly just
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fun to watch occasionally right i mean
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maybe the occasional postprint diagnosis
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but other than that do you even care
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about a webcam anyway moving on to
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printing with it My first print was
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easily selected It was a centator
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carbon-shaped bin which was actually on
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the printer and this attached below the
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purge shoot on the back And yes screws
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are included with the printer And this
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is to catch the waste for when you're
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changing reels of filament There's
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currently no color changing or anything
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Again we'll come back to that But
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honestly in the time I've been using it
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I genuinely can't believe that this
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printer is from the same company that
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created the Neptune series But in
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fairness they have done what they always
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do here or at least they've done what
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they do in resin They've just copied
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other 3D printers and have made it
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cheaper And I'll expect many people will
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be happy to take that I would Now again
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as somebody who just wants a basic and
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stable printer in order to print PLA and
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occasionally PETG G stuff in order to
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just have stuff around my house where
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this is cheaper isn't immediately
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noticeable for me At least well the
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things where it is cheaper are mostly
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unimportant There are a couple of cheap
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elements In my case the lid didn't fit
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flush with the upper housing so it had
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to be forced into place and often popped
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out which I was a little uncomfortable
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with And I also noticed the PTFE tube
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which connects the runout sensor to the
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hotend often scratches against the
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sharpish inner housing which I'm
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expecting could lead to some wear after
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time And yes like a few other people
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I've had issues with it too Now the main
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one for me was the first time I had a
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filament run out which happened
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overnight The printer actually told me
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when I came down the following morning
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so I swapped the reel But when it
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continued the print it was actually
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slightly offset from that point on But
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that was the only time this happened The
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first time it told me it had run out
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Every other time it didn't happen on any
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of the following several reels that I
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put through it For those several reels I
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was pretty much sat next to it when it
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ran out so I changed it straight away
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I'm not sure if it was or why it would
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be the delay in its run out and me
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coming to change it hours later would
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have caused that offset issue but yeah
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only happened once so I'll accept it But
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the odd thing and I'm sure this is a
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software problem and I hope they'll fix
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it is I had a couple of prints just stop
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And I mean just stop No error no warning
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absolutely fine when I printed the same
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sliced files again but twice in the
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hours that I used it for for no
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discernable reason the printer did just
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stop printing and sit idle until I told
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it to properly stop the job on the UI
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and then cleaned the plate off and
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started it again But honestly that's all
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I've had go wrong And from a budget
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machine I think this alone is saying
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something Though and I'll repeat this
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for those who skip through the video I'm
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having to stress this more and more in
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my reviews The one thing I can't test in
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a few weeks playing with any machine is
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how they'll fare in the long run So if
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you've got one of these please share
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your experience in the comments below
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How many print hours have you had on it
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because other viewers will use your
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experiences in their decision-making All
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I can do is estimate how reliable these
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things are going to be based on the
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history of the brand And well I've got
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to be honest the history of these
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cheaper brands is that they're just not
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quite as reliable as some of the more
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flagshipy expensive ones I don't know if
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I'm right but anyway please make your
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opinion count and help others by
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commenting below if you've got
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experience with one of these There are
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some things I found a little bit weird
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Like one odd thing is that where many
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brands have moved the filament runout
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sensor into the hotend which means
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reducing waste Elgu have seemingly left
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theirs on the side of the machine You
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can see it You have to push filament
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through it But every time I've had a
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runout I haven't had to manually remove
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any waste of filament from between that
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sensor and the actual hotend head unit
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When it runs out I just manually feed
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more filament through the sensor down
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the PTFE tube to the hotend which
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immediately grabs it and feeds it
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through the nozzle ready to continue the
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print rather than having to force it in
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as you extrude it like on older machines
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Now I genuinely can't believe that the
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way they do this is by math by working
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out the distance between those two
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components because I've just never
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really known this brand to be wise
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enough to do that So have they got a
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runout sensor in the hotend and I just
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can't find any information about it
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online If you know how they do this
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please tell me Anyway moving on Now I'd
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talk about the UI more but I've got to
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be honest there's nothing really more to
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say than this is just solid It's
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intuitive and it's in the same layout as
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the X1 the Any Cubic S1 and the Creity
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K1 This seems to be the standard layout
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now that everyone's using And well it's
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great I honestly wish resin printers
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would pick a standard And there are a
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couple of preferences I have with this
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printer over the X and P series of
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bamboo printers Here where Eligu have
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probably aimed to save money by using
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far less plastic covering inside for all
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the cables and motors This actually
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gives us more access to components like
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rails and screws which is incredibly
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handy for cleaning and maintenance Now
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as I mentioned in my S1 review another
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Bamboo X1 clone if you haven't seen it
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I've been printing a ton of bolters for
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Element game stores in the UK Well I say
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a ton I've printed six but there's a lot
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of components and I've printed some more
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bolters beyond that Anyway you'll be
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able to soon go into an element games in
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the UK and get your hands or a pick with
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one of these props that I printed Yay if
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that matters to you cuz to be fair if
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you're watching this you're probably
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likely into 3D printers Maybe you have
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one and could probably just print one
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yourself Anyway that's just another
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shout out to Element Games for all of
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our hobby stuff Link to their web store
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in the description Right moving on
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During this small project I actually had
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three printers churning out parts which
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are the aforementioned X1 the S1 and
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this Centuri Carbon Now no word of a lie
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I went back to this printer more often
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than the others because well as you'll
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see in that video for the S1 I had
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issues with it And my X1 well mostly
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just because it's been in need of some
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overdue maintenance Now for this one I
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just kept going back to it because well
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cuz it just kept working And every
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single print I did every single print
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was turned up to ludicrous speed mode
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And whilst yes this does slightly reduce
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the print quality over normal speed mode
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it really has very little impact on
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these props because they're going to be
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painted and finished anyway as I've
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shown in my balter video from last year
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Now slicer wise Elu like everyone else
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have made what many of us feel is an
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unnecessary branch of Orca Slicer Now
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I'm not sure why brands do this It might
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be because the deadline on these
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printers is so tight that working with
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Orca could delay them But in testing
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this I used Elgu Slicer which I've got
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to say well it's fine Mostly because
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Eligu have changed very little visually
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in Orca But what is nice to see already
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since my testing is that Elgu themselves
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have already released profiles for the
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Centuri Carbon into the main branch of
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Orca So by the time you watch this they
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may already be present They probably are
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but if not I know they're already in the
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latest beta version of Orca Where we are
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currently limited here though there's a
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couple of things I wish this had There
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are vents on the back that would have
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been nice to see Eligu use some scents
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and actually use one of these to vent
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cool air into the chamber rather than
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having to leave the lid off when
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printing lower temp materials to stop
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them warping because with the lid off
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this is a lot louder I'd also like to
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see and I've said this for Elgus resin
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printers too is an Eligu phone app It's
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nice that I can monitor my print
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progress from the slicer but in my
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personal use case my printer's in the
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same office as my computer I can just
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look to the left and see the printer
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because it's that close to my desk Now
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you can access the web UI on your phone
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by just using the browser and the
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printer's IP address But I personally
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see great benefit with an app that sends
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me progress notifications And I've got
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to ask am I alone on that i've seen very
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few commenters say that they've got no
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use in a phone app but very few people
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with a view like me I'm quite eager for
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one And the thing I don't think I'm
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alone on is I would obviously like to
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see Eligu's approach to a multiaterial
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system Maybe they could be the one who
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gives us a five reel unit Now yes I've
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said many times and I'm not changing my
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mind I'm not the biggest fan of
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multiolor single prints due to the waste
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of filament and time But I am really
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keen on the simple convenience of having
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one spool of filament run out and the
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printer automatically handle the
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changeover Now according to an Elu
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support rep such a system is coming but
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I still wouldn't expect we'll see one
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until the back end of 2025 at the
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earliest But otherwise for this price I
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think many of us would be willing to
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accept that yeah it's going to have a
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few issues Some software issues maybe
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the hardware is not that great We don't
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know It is cheap but it's also cheap but
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it works And in my case for me it's
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worked fantastic Having known Eligu for
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years now in the resin market their
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business model seems to be one which
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gives us the minimal viable product we
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want targeting the more affordable price
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Now previously in FDM printing I'd say
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they were trading off no more than their
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name alone I genuinely thought the
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Neptune 4 was workable for some people
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but incredibly rushed But now yeah
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whilst pretty much walking down the road
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Bamboo and Orca paved for them I'd say
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Alu have delivered here Sure they
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haven't pushed beyond what we've seen
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before they will always likely be a step
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or a few behind bamboo in terms of next
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generation technology but if you're
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after a budget FDM printer and you can
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accept that this is relatively and
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figuratively cheap it could be an
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excellent starter machine to potentially
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take a chance on I half expect a good
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few print farms out there to be powered
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by these kinds of units in the coming
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months However and I want to stress this
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again to cover my ass As I said the only
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thing I don't know yet and can't know is
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how well these will stand the test of
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time and the longevity of the parts So
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again please if you've got one of these
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share your experience down in the
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comments and give us an idea of how many
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print hours you've got on it so it's
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relative and we can understand it At
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least then potential buyers can get an
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idea of how this is performing in mass
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But as I said I am super happy with mine
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But mostly I'm amazed that we've got so
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much of a machine at this price I want
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