Holy shit, that looks like a perfectly miscalibrated resonance compensation (Input Shaping). Can you recalibrate that?

Alternatively perhaps the belts are too tight or too loose.

The issue is also present on long straight lines though.

So Orca got more features for this? I thought about moving over anyway.

It’s not just in corners.

It’s not only on the first layer and also not only around corners (indeed the first layer is perfectly fine). The perspective is a little bit misleading, this is the third or fourth layer. Happens on all layers, it’s just a little bit more common around corners and bends.

ABS is even less UV resistant. 😅

Just keep in mind PETG isn’t strictly UV resistant. A later reprint with ASA would be better.

The most trustworthy reviews are always those where the reviewers just bought the products.

So much this. One reason why there are so super few honest Bambu Lab reviews out there, they understood how to do PR through influencers and used their VC money to send thousands of devices everywhere for basically free (and keep doing so) to build an overly positive lifestyle image. Those few who do actual deep dives and get cut off from new free devices simply drown in the masses. Meanwhile their printers melt themselves and the A1 Mini apparently likes to catch fire.

Anycubic is a whole different beast, they’ve known to basically steal stuff for many years (like when they took Prusa’s first-gen MMU design and successfully patented a slightly different design). Shit like this is one of the reasons Prusa is meddling with new licenses in the first place.

Creality now went IPO and is blasting every corner of their products with AI. Elegoo also already broke licenses to close off their devices.

Pretty sure vendors like Snapmaker, Sovol or QIDI also have done a sufficient amount of shit.

Capitalism will always be a shitshow like this, and it’s annoying. Ethical or even lawful behaviour shouldn’t be something you have to be able to afford, it should be the fucking default because it’s made free and beneficial to everyone.

Good advice. I always wait until below 50°C hotend temp before I shutdown the machines. The issues I currently have also happen mid-print (after perhaps 5-10 minutes).

I chose the Fairphone for the repairability and increased openness, but it’s also 2 to 3 times the price of a more common brand cellphone

Only outside of Europe or their free-trade partners, in Europe I can get a Gen 5 for 400€ and Gen 6 for about 550€. It’s extremely annoying for most countries, but regarding the US it’s 100% their regime’s fault for not having any comparable company (they get immediately smushed by Google, Apple & Co by any means necessary) or at least low / no tariffs with the EU zone (Trump literally killed a done deal in this regard one week before ratification with his threats of invading Greenland).

For instance, my laptop is a MNT Reform: it’s a very good laptop, but it’s literally 6 times the price of a comparatively-specced laptop from a big-box store.

Now that’s really special. :D There are a lot of “normal” (x86) devices on the market that are way more affordable as well. For a while Slimbook offered a modern native Linux laptop for <500€, and there are also companies like System76 (US), NovaCustom (NL) or Star Labs (UK) with laptops running on open firmware that come with less restrictions and powerful hardware.

For people who aren’t (yet) poor it’s mostly a problem of discoverability and lack of knowledge not to go with the more sane products. We get bombarded with ads promising the best experience on the usual platforms (that are as manipulative as possible). BambuLab also plays this game perfectly, their influencer marketing paired with VC-funded undercutting prices are top notch in getting people locked into their garbage.

People who can’t imagine that should try buying a non-smart TV. It’s fucking impossible, unless 24-32 inch are enough for you (PC monitor size).

Sending it to Recyclingfabrik in Germany. Unfortunately access to high-quality filament recycling companies is very much dependent on your location.

I had a SUNLU filament dryer (never buy them, they’re cheap garbage). The power supply broke and I requested a new one. They replied once in broken english, but when I specified the issue in more detail and requested replacement they ghosted me as well.

I replaced the power supply myself. Shortly after the control board for the heater broke too. The whole thing is so bad it could be on temu.

I had issues with both SUNLU and Jayo. Jayo spools came tangled, smelly like hell (it was just PLA) and with “white” being a really dirty one (more light very bright grey), and SUNLU devices are total shit with their customer support not working at all. I’d never recommend those products.

Creality and Anycubic are fine. If you’re looking for a general low-cost manufacturer try “TINMORRY” if they’re available in your region, I’ve good experiences with those.

For really high quality take a look at extrudr.

Do yourself a favour though, don’t buy bulks of filament from those cheap AliExpress brands (like Tecbears, Geeetech and such). They’re cheap and really bad.

I really hope PrusaSlicer implements this soon as well.

Oh for fucks sake.

It was, in fact, one of those tiny bearings.

Welp, it was one of the tiny ball bearings of the extruder gear axle.

UPDATE:

It apparently was a damaged ball bearing. Upon opening the extruder once again I found some black grease littered around one of the tiny bearings that’re supporting the extruder gear axle. Replacing them solved the issue, many hours of printing with no angry cicada in my printer anymore.

Would’ve never expected such a tiny thing to make this much ruckus.