ANYCUBIC KOBRA NEO 3D Printer Auto Leveling, Pre-Installed 3D Printers with Direct Drive Extruder and Double-sided PEI Spring Steel Magnetic Platform for Beginners Print Size 220x220x250mm

The media could not be loaded. **EDIT ADDED 27thFEB 23**Just wanted to put this in here so might help someone else. Not long after I wrote the review below I started suffering multiple issues. The replacement print head they sent me broke, thus needing another, that's 3 printheads in as many months including the original. The bed levelling & z-offset would randomly change causing the nozzle to crash onto the bed. I had constant blockage thus needing to take things apart to fix. More recently I started getting errors on screen & it suddenly start showing everthing in Chinese! Only way to fix was to reflash the firmware. Anycubic support are OK when they answer, usually next working day, but spares take 3 weeks from China to UK. I also had multiple printing problems with unstable temp running up & down. I contatcted Amazon about the issues & they offered me to return the machine for a refund, many thanks Amazon, saved me some headaches.Sorry if this review is rather long, but hoefully you'll find it worth it.It took me a while to choose this printer. I am brand new to 3D printing & so the choice is quite overwhelming, but having been given Amazon vouchers for Xmas & with a determination to try it out, I went ahead & plumped for the Anycubic Kobra Neo. The Neo seems like a good starting place with it's automatic levelling & all the niceties that a newbie would want. Just as some background, I am quite tech savvy having run my own computer build & repair service in the past. Anyway, the delivery came, along with a couple of different colour spools of PLA & I set to work.The unit is very well presented & packaged. I would suggest (as do Anycubic) that you unpack everything first & lay it out for ease of locating items. I would say the most awkward part is affixing the frame to the base, & although it's only 4 screws it's just holding it in place while you get an initial bite on the screws, after that, take your time & enjoy it. Everything you need is provided & I didn't need any extra tools.Once I had it all together I did the tests, like self levelling & fed in the test PLA media. Once all that was done I poped the included SD card in & told it to print the owl test print. That's where things went downhill! It did not stick to the base & got picked up with the print head & turned into a nice little mess. I realised at this point that I had made a crucial error, I had not done the paper test!! What's a paper test? Good point as altough you hear the term everywhere it's hard to get exact instructions on how to do it. In the end I found a helpful video on Youtube that showed me exactly what I was doing wrong & it was on the same model. Sadly, I cannot post that link here as I believe it's against Amazons TOS. If you search youtube for "setting z-offset on anycubic kobra neo" by Chris Jacoby you should find it & it's much easier to see the process than me trying to explain it.Now that was all done, I tried to print again. Success it seemed, the print startted nicely & stuck well (or so i thought) I decided as this would take a while to go & get a cuppa, it must have been around the moment I left the room that the problem started. The print head picked the print up from the base again & carried it on its merry way to print the model, this quickly turned into a big mess & when I came back with my cuppa I have to admit to using a few choice phrases. I cleaned everything up (again) & set to trying, while I was here to see what went wrong, but no matter what I tried I could not get the media to feed. After a while I gave up & contacted Anycubic & told them what had happened & credit where credit is due the next day they sent a reply & told me they will send a brand new printhead FOC. Wow a company with good CS. I have since learnt though that you can buy (from Amazon of course) a cleaning kit of 0.4mm stainless steel needles to clean the nozzle with, trust me, buy them. They are only a couple of quid & well worth it, also, while youre at it get some canned air & alcohol wipes, these will make the world of difference.Anyway after getting everything working again, oddly enough with a different media by eSun, the machine did not like the test media, I got things going again. I was still having issues with getting the print to stick to the bed. Apparently this is a big & very common issue & while there are various fixes, such as mixing up a PVA glue & water mixture to put on the bed, I found all of them to be ineffectual. There is a specific glue for the job, which I have since ordered from Amazon. Actually, there are a number of glues but I plumped for a Faeel 3D printer glue stick, which has some great reviews.Despite the issues I have greatly enjoyed my learning journey, so if like me you like messing around, learning new things & experimenting, you will love this machine. It seems highly adaptable & also you can buy spare parts from Anycubic, so if you break something you haven't wasted £230 quid, just the price of the part, which seems pretty reasonable to me.Hopefully by reading my story, if you made it this far, I have saved you some issues. I look forward to many experiments with future prints. I have attached a video of the machine in action, so you can hear noise levels etc. This video was taken just before the major foul up, so keep an eye on it! The machine is far from silent as it has a couple of cooling fans to keep the electronics etc cool while heating the nozzle to a potential 230 degrees & the hot bed to a potential 100 degrees, so be careful!!I heartily recommend this unit to any budding experimenters, fiddlers & those wanting to learn. If you are looking for an out of the box plug it in & print, then go elsewhere & pay significantly more. I also have to credit Anycubic for great CS who even apologised for the time difference as they are in China. Happy printing!

My first foray into 3D printing and I'm rather impressed though I still have a LOT to learn:Arrived incredibly well packaged with moulded foam inserts etc and all the expected bits and bobs, took about 15 minutes to assemble.Initial setup was a breeze but after calibration it turned the bed was offset by about 2mm side to side so I had to shim the stand-offs on one side to get it truly level as the auto levelling didn't seem to compensate for this amount of offset.Been using eSun PLA+ with fantastic results but have switched to PrusaSlicer as I could never get satisfactory base layers using the recommnded Cura.The heated bed is fantastic, obviously you won't get the smooth finish of a glass bed but adhesion is great and it's dead easy to pop finished prints of.Still a huge amount to learn but I'm happy the Kobra Neo is setup correctly and capable of fantastic results, any issues are now down to user error.Frankly blown away at what you get for the price!

Edit: customer services were great and sent a new fan so i have added a star rating for this, really it can't be a 5 star as the problems i faced would probably lead someone who isn't willing to open the printer up to just send it back.Easy to setup and had my first print going in about 15 minutes - auto levelling a great feature and once you dial in the offset first time it hasn't needed changing since.Magnetic bed is great and sticks like poo to a blanket and good to be able to bend it when the item is warm and the print pop off.General frame is plastic compared to the older I3 metal frame, decent solid quality and for the price i paid £199 i can't really complain as the prints are great.Sadly the fans are horrible and noisy after only a months worth of use, mainly the motherboard fan that buzzes and just appears not to be spinning properly at all. The hotend fan is also buzzing for at least 15 minutes of the print. Seems you do still get what you pay for in terms of quality. Sadly 3 fans buzzing and vibrating the table after only 25 days of use leaves me no option but to drop 2 stars (i may return the printer haven't decided yet will await Anycubic support to get back to me).

Seemed to be a good printer but couldnt get anything to stick to the bed, after leveling and releveling over and over, making sure start gcode was correct, making sure z offset was good and even completely dismantling and reassembling the whole machine turned out bed was warped.Edit. Anycubic got intouch with me and tried to bribe me with two rolls of pla for a five star reveiw (thought I'd play along see what happens) and even while trying to get me to change my review they were absolutely useless Taking days to respond, one person not knowing what the other had said, telling me the replacement parts i ordered for my printer (i didnt order any parts) are no longer in stock. They are an absolute joke of a company save time and look at something else. My personal recommendation is a sovol sv06 mine has been running 24/7 for the last month with only minimal (normally user related) failures.

Nachdem ich den Drucker nun seit fast 1 Jahr in Gebrauch habe, möchte ich gern meine Erfahrungen teilen.Der Anycubic Kobra Neo ist mein erster 3D Drucker und ich habe vorab viele Vergleiche angestellt und Rezensionen gelesen. Zusammenfassend kann man sagen er erweist sich als super Einstiegsdrucker und auch für fortgeschrittene Drucke ist er durchaus zu gebrauchen.Gut verpackt kam er geliefert und neben etwas Filament (Definitiv direkt weiteres Filament mitbestellen) lag auch ein kleiner Seitenschneider dabei um das Filament abschneiden zu können und eine Micro SD Karte mit Beispieldrucken.Der Zusammenbau klappt sehr zügig sodass der Drucker recht schnell und einfach einsatzbereit ist.Mithilfe von Youtube direkt mal nach Tipps geschaut zum Erstbetrieb und eine Kalibrierung durchgeführt.Mit einer Druckvorlage direkt solche Kalibrierungs-Pads gedruckt und dadurch das Druckbett zügig eingestellt. Danach einen XYZ Würfel gedruckt und da dies wunderbar geklappt hatte gleich die Testeule auf der Speicherkarte hinterhergedruckt (Ups, beiligendes Filament schon alle)Darauf folgten diverse weitere Drucke und Tests von verschiedenen Filamenten und ich kann nur eine klare Kaufempfehlung geben!+ Preis/Leistung+ Handhabung+ Verarbeitung+ Druckergebnis0 Lautstärke (Er ist schon recht leise im Vergleich zu anderen die ich gesehen/gehört habe- Kalibrierung muss nach ein paar Wochen Nutzung wiederholt werden, auch wenn das Gerät am gleichen Ort und auf fester Unterlage steht, geht aber zügig (2-5 Minuten)

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Era da tempo volevo prendere una 3D ma leggevo commenti e recensioni tragici e comunque costavano. Ora meno di 200 euro, manco una laser, ho preso questa. Si monta in 15 minuti (seguite le istruzioni alla lettera, ci sono anche i video su amazon) - 10 minuti per regolare lo z-offset (a mano con lo strumentino dato in dotazione oppure a tentativi) alla fine con -1,98 stampa perfettamente ed il filamento aderisce al piano. Non è plug e play un po' di tarature e tentativi all'inizio ma poi va come un treno. Al momento soddisfatto poi si vedrà....

The media could not be loaded. Stampante eccezionale, facile da montare ma con le dovute attenzioni essendo comunque prodotti molto delicati cosa che non tutti capiscono.Lavora in maniera perfetta SOLO se impostata bene sia tramite programma PC CURA che come allineamento asse Z.In dotazione c'è una chiavetta con tutto ciò che serve, ovvero programmi PC, software, e 2 test da stampare.Chi dice che la stampante NON FUNZIONA è solo perché non ha alcuna competenza, non basta fare autolivellamento e allora è pronta.IMPORTANTE.Prima di stampare fare i seguenti passaggi:1 autolivellamento,2 impostare preparazione di stampa con il materia scelto per far riscaldare piatto ed estrusore,3 mettere il classico foglio A4 e tramite la regolazione manuale sul display abbassare l'asse Z fino a quando il foglio strofina con l'estrusore, nel mio caso -1.128° ( varia da stampante a stampante anche stesso modello) QUINDI NON IMPOSTATE IL MIO, IL VOSTRO SARÀ DIVERSO.4 controllare che le temperature siano consone al vostro materiale ed a questo punto è possibile iniziare a stampare.Se non si fanno questi passaggi l'estrusore non passa raso al piatto e la stampa non attacca, quindi succede quello che un cliente ha commentato mettendo una recensione negativa con tanto di foto solo perché incompetente dicendo la stampante non funziona.. Peccato che il problema non è la stampante.Spero di esservi stato di aiuto.

The media could not be loaded. Meine erste Erfahrung mit 3D-Druck.Lieferung: schnell und ohne Schaden. Das Paket selber hatte eine Delle, aber der Drucker war innen sehr geschützt.Aufbau: Der Aufbau war einfach durch die beiliegende Anleitung, dennoch würde ich empfehlen sich Videos zum ersten Aufbau anzuschauen, da noch einzelne Tipps gezeigt werden.Justierung: Wie zuvor erwähnt empfehle ich sich nicht nur auf die Anleitung zu beschrenken. In Videos, auch von Anycubic support, werden wichtige Kniffe gezeigt.Die erste Justierung war etwas Aufwendiger als erwartet. Ein Aufbau-Autolevel-Drucken, war bei mir nicht direkt möglich. Mit etwas Geduld und probieren hat es aber geklappt.Druck: Der Druck ist noch nicht optimal, aber durch das Einstellen der richtigen Parameter im gcode, wird es besser. Mit anderen Worten, der Drucker erfüllt seinen Zweck und arbeitet präzise, wie angegeben.Meine Meinung: Für mich als Anfänger und Technik-affine Person genau richtig. Die 3D Druck Szene hat einen neuen Jünger gefunden.Fazit: Man bekommt viel für geringe Kosten und hat somit einen guten Start um zu schauen ob der 3D Druck ein ernsthaftes Hobby für einen ist.