TL;DR: Does Geeetech's dual extruder Prusa i3 worth the money?
Hi, I'm new to 3d-printing, and I was looking to buy a 3D printer for home use. Sadly, I don't have much money so is the highest price I can pay for a printer. Because most of the American websites offer expensive printers (or printers that are out of my budget) I first took a look in eBay. By the way, I prefer to purchase a Prusa i3 because the huge documentation and the fair price. A few minutes later I've noticed Geeetech. They are chinese company which offers RepRap printers in an affordable prices.
I quickly found their dual extruder RepRap i3 (what they call "pro C"). It costs exactly which is a great price for a Prusa i3 and comes with dual extruder and a filament spool.
However, it looks a little bit too good to be true. Sadly, I have no much exprience in the 3D printing world or RepRap (thoguh I have some experience with Arduino, & RasPi).
So, my question is: Does this printer really worth my money? Does it use high quality parts though the tiny price, or the parts are low quality and tend to stop working after a few weeks or months? If you have an experience with the printer, it would help me a lot if you"ll tell me a little bit about your experience with this printer (or Geeetech's printers in general).
Here is some basic info about the printer. The full information is availabe here. If something is missing just tell me and I'll add it to the list.
Build Volume: 200200180 (7200 cm3)
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Layer Resolution: 0.1-0.3 (mm)
Filament Diameter: 1.75/3 (mm)
Filament Types: ABS/PLA
Extruders: 2 (MK8, Max Temp: ~240C)
What do you think about Geeetech's printers?
What do you think about Geeetech's printers?
Last edited by Limon1 on Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:01 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: What do you think about Geeetech's printers?
Geotech, I purchessed a new A10T printer from one of your reps on Ebay, It arrived in a timely manner. Upon opening the box sealed with one layer of tape it appeared to be a new unit. I followed instructions and set it up, connected with my computer and installed the Color Mixer software.
My first attempt at printing was a mess, hot PLA was oozing from the hotend head from above the ceramic heaters, little came out the nozzle. I clean the nozzle and the same problem, PLA oozing from the wrong points. The Ebay seller was very helpful and sent out a replacement Hotend, as of today I have not received it.
Knowing that shipping logistics shipping from China can take a long time I ordered an exact replacement from a seller in New Jersey. The product arrived and is identical to the original. Upon installation I find that the extension board is not quite right, there is glue holding wiring to the board. Carefully I replace the hotend and I am now able to print with Extruder 0 and no other 5 minutes into the print the nozzle plugs up. Inspection finds the fan is not turning, the hotend body has overheated melting all PLA in the tubes. I still have yet to make my 1st print. I heat and remove the filament. From contact with the Ebay seller and Geeetech support I order a new extension board and fans from Ebay, shipped from China. Much time passes and I receive the parts. The extension board identified for my unit GT2560 v4.1b and 2 fans. The extention board has cable input for a 12-conductor cable, my mainboard GT2560 v4.1b has a 16-conductor cable, these do not match. The fans arive witha connector much larger than the extension board connector.... this is probably why the wiring was glued in place.
I solder the new fan to the pins and now I am able to make my 1st print using full gradient, a 27mm turkey. The only eztruders that operate under the full gradient command is extruder 0 and extruder 1.
Dut to cable mismatch and the type and compound of problems I have encountered it is oblivious this printer was a return that had parts swapped out and not checked out when received.
All I did was buy your product.
$314 US dollars + $80.Us dollars + more (mainboard + whatever else comes to light)
Geeetech, this is wrong to punish a customer for buying your product, You have photos, there is a ticket history, and I am still without a working product.
Most Chinese companies and people have honor, you Geeetech appear to be the exception.
I will box this product up put it in my storage until such time i can find replacement parts or rebuild it with someone elses parts.
Im out a bunch of money and a bunch of time.
5RWM6H8I
NFPCUUWP
5RWM6H8I
My first attempt at printing was a mess, hot PLA was oozing from the hotend head from above the ceramic heaters, little came out the nozzle. I clean the nozzle and the same problem, PLA oozing from the wrong points. The Ebay seller was very helpful and sent out a replacement Hotend, as of today I have not received it.
Knowing that shipping logistics shipping from China can take a long time I ordered an exact replacement from a seller in New Jersey. The product arrived and is identical to the original. Upon installation I find that the extension board is not quite right, there is glue holding wiring to the board. Carefully I replace the hotend and I am now able to print with Extruder 0 and no other 5 minutes into the print the nozzle plugs up. Inspection finds the fan is not turning, the hotend body has overheated melting all PLA in the tubes. I still have yet to make my 1st print. I heat and remove the filament. From contact with the Ebay seller and Geeetech support I order a new extension board and fans from Ebay, shipped from China. Much time passes and I receive the parts. The extension board identified for my unit GT2560 v4.1b and 2 fans. The extention board has cable input for a 12-conductor cable, my mainboard GT2560 v4.1b has a 16-conductor cable, these do not match. The fans arive witha connector much larger than the extension board connector.... this is probably why the wiring was glued in place.
I solder the new fan to the pins and now I am able to make my 1st print using full gradient, a 27mm turkey. The only eztruders that operate under the full gradient command is extruder 0 and extruder 1.
Dut to cable mismatch and the type and compound of problems I have encountered it is oblivious this printer was a return that had parts swapped out and not checked out when received.
All I did was buy your product.
$314 US dollars + $80.Us dollars + more (mainboard + whatever else comes to light)
Geeetech, this is wrong to punish a customer for buying your product, You have photos, there is a ticket history, and I am still without a working product.
Most Chinese companies and people have honor, you Geeetech appear to be the exception.
I will box this product up put it in my storage until such time i can find replacement parts or rebuild it with someone elses parts.
Im out a bunch of money and a bunch of time.
5RWM6H8I
NFPCUUWP
5RWM6H8I