Generally agree with everything here. Am a hobbyist with a A350 and upgraded to 10W laser and 200W CNC. It 3D prints with some terrible filament I got for free. It CNC’s and lasers pretty decently for my needs with minor issues.
Biggest things I would like is an easy way to repeat a print/laser/CNC and a library of settings for Laser and CNC so I could feel more confident in quickly setting them up.
Luban sucks to me because I use graphics software like Adobe, Affinity, Blender and others all the time and so when it lacks its obvious and requires a lot of workarounds to fix something you know has been solved many times over.
Thanks for your feedback! It is especially daunting for a new user. It is very confusing, and when you’re new, you don’t exactly know what information to gather. Thank goodness for the forum, but I did waste a lot of product before I got it figured out. I’ve taken two long sabbaticals from the machine until this point, where I’m determined either to figure out at least one of the tools, or scrap it all together. All i can say is, I’m thankful for my own tenacity
If this is a poll, I have to go with “kinda hate it”.
I’ve owned an A350 for three years now, and over the past year have bought standlone replacement machines for every mode. Part of the problem is that the A350 is just unreliable (given others’ experiences, I may have got a lemon, but that just means lemons are a possibility you need to be aware of), and part is that using the A350 just takes so freaking long. I can chuck a project on the diode laser or the Bambu and just go; with the A350 I have to spend a half hour or so calibrating every time I use it. Back-to-back jobs? Yeah, that shouldn’t require recalibration, yet if I don’t do it there’s probably a 20% chance of failure. The machine is also pretty inflexible in terms of setup: it is made to work in their enclosure, and to only be accessed from the front and right-hand side for maintenance, and if that doesn’t work for you, you’re stuck pulling the machine of its setup and onto a worktable to do any troubleshooting. It gets pretty old, pretty fast.
The above posts make some good points about continued support and the nature of an all-in-one machine. Certainly the space-saving argument holds: I ended up building two large carts on casters to hold the machines that replaced the A350, which is still on a shelf (turned into an enclosure) in a wall unit.
I keep meaning to fire this thing up and use it for some interesting CNC projects, but every time I power it on and start Luban and face that set-everything-up-all-over-again moment, I just go do something else.
I have had this machine for over a year now and really enjoy it. I use all three functions but really enjoy the CNC. I have a lot of the add ons but still have the 10 W laser. My main complaint is the 3D printing. It is very slow. The prints are of high quality and have very little problems with leveling, bed adhesion or stringing. I just wish it was faster. I have an Anycubic Kobra 3 now and will use this for a lot of my prints (4 colors) but when I need a large print, I use my Snappy. This machine is great for learning about all 3 functions. The software is another area where it could be much better. Especially in the laser portion. I would like to see it where you can separate the vector files. I use lightburn now and it does everything I need it to do. When using the CNC , I use Carveco and I am very satisfied with the end product. They do enhance the machine and software with updates and modules. The modules are a bit pricey. I would buy this machine again. I do not know how their stand alone machines work because I do not have one yet.
I “like” the machine but hate the “Oh look we’ve updated this to improve your experience (linear rails and bed) and it’s going to cost you, not us, for our develop failures.”
i liked my a350t. until this morning. about a half year ago i had a hotend leak, destroying my fan duct, my probe and of course my hotend. snapmaker sent me a new hotend, duct and probe. after a few months of disappointment i installed the parts, started calibrating and last night my machine was ready to print. so i ordered some new materials i wanted to start a new projekt with and started a print for a refill spool. this morning i was excited to see how my print worked out and what i found was a wonderful piece of art - another hotend leak - with hotend that hasent been printing for 24h in total what piece of…
i really like the build quality and versatility of the machine but - i think im done with it.
I have to agree. I really hate the machine. I have the 350 with an enclosure. It takes FOREVERRRR to print the smallest project, and it is very unreliable. One project may work perfect, same filament, same settings, the next time, nope. I’ve used “cheaper” less expensive printers that provide superior builds comparatively, way less time, and no issues. this one is too fussy.
I do hate seeing people with printing issues. I wish I was able to help them through their issues.
Here I am, with a machine that was hastily torn apart, tossed in a box, and shipped several thousand miles just rattling around in pieces. Assembled (where the previous person hadn’t assembled it correctly) and I’ve yet to have a failed print from. If anyone recalls the story of Baba, my poor mystery bag machine resurrected to a scarred up, but fully functioning workhorse. (link below of that saga)
Of the 4 snapmakers I have, all have performed fine for me. Worst part about the 3d printing is just the heatup time for the bed, mostly because of how large it is on the 350 units.
It’s a matter of the patience and time you want to put into it. I started with an Ender 3 Pro, which took a lot of time (and upgrades) to just be printing PLA reliably. Didn’t even bother with other filaments. In the end I was happy with it because it was quite fast and almost completely silent.
My Snapmaker A350 (now upgraded to A350T) was significantly easier compared to my Ender. It still took a decent amount of time and patience to get it to the point where I could “fire and forget” and get a good quality print 90% of the time, albeit very slow and kind of noisy. Though eventually I was able to throw all kinds of filament at it (PLA with all sorts of wood/gloss/metal additives, PETG, TPU, ASA, etc.) with no issue.
When the vibration compensation firmware beta was released, I once again spent a lot of time on tweaking the slicer settings. Definitely worth it, because I was able to significantly reduce printing time with minimal effect on quality. Same story when I received the dual extruder module.
Now I also have two Bambu Labs printers, an X1C and an A1 Mini. These devices “just work” (better than your average 2D printer) for 3D printing. As a result I don’t really use my Snapmaker for printing anymore. Of course, the big caveat is that they can’t do laser or CNC.
Moral of the story from my end I suppose, the Snapmaker is a very capable machine. If you’re just looking for a 3D printer, you should probably look elsewhere. If you want the 3-in-1 functionality, Snapmaker is a fantastic choice, but it does require patience, time, and some TLC. Just don’t expect a plug-and-play experience. If Snapmaker could pull that off it would be amazing, but it’s understandable that there are limits to the degree you can do that for a 3-in-1 machine.
im not complaining about the printing itself. although it took me a lot of work on settings to run smooth. i have printed pla, petg, asa and tpu with success and good outcome.
i have modified the cooling with new fan ducts out of a project here on the forums and i could increase my bridging distance and overhang quality enourmosly, what i was really happy about.
i had no problem with printing pla at 100mm/s, what was ok for me.
my problem with the machine is the insanity that you destroy your print head because of the failure of 10€ part namely the hotend. this small part is responsible for me spending hours of repair time. i mean - what the heck?
if i wanted to work on the machine all the time for hours and hours i would buy some cheap tinkering machine for 150€ or i spend the same money as for my snappy for a voron like machine, where i at least get rewarded and not punished for my hours spent on the machine.
