Review on 🔺 Enhanced Upgradable Pyramid Mainboard Printing by Robert Gilbert

First of all I am a real person, do not work for a 'review farm' and have not received any compensation for this review. Best value for money for a large printer. I would not recommend it for a beginner. You may or may not be lucky. I really enjoy diagnosing and fixing problems. But maybe not. I feel like I should get better print quality right out of the box. Don't get me wrong, the printer works, but the first results could have been a lot better. This is my third 3D printer. I took my time during assembly and used tools to make sure everything was level/aligned/etc. It's not my first rodeo, but it's not my 100th either. I came across the following: - The POM wheels for the Y-axis had flats, either due to storage/shipping or defective from the start. All lanes are good. I will disassemble and fix it, maybe with new POM wheels. I look at the POM across all axes. If the rails are bad I will replace them. Portal, bed, and hot-end wiring are all present. Wires can easily get caught and cause problems. Wires in cable boxes repeatedly rub against the surface or can easily interfere with operation. Out of the box, I would never leave it unattended for long prints. Too easy for wires to cause problems. I used some zip ties to hold the wires in place, but I'll probably print the cable chains people made for the Enders/CR-10 and I'll probably have to change the design. Great fun if you enjoy doing it. nightmare if not. Something strange with the temperature of the nozzle. Filament that prints well on other printers appears to be too hot on this printer at the same settings. We need to lower the temperature by 15 degrees and it's still doubtful. I am investigating the effect of an extruder/thermistor/heater/etc. It requires disassembly, measurements and possibly parts replacement/upgrading. Or maybe I need to know something about this extruder/hotend. Again, enjoy if you enjoy it. nightmare if not. I have trouble staying in bed. Maybe I'm spoiled because my FLSUN Q5 bed works great with PLA and I'm new to using a glass bed. I played around a lot and finally got some acceptable results. Out of the box and after aligning, I feel like I can print the first layer more reliably using PLA and I don't have to fiddle around as much. Maybe this is where the issues I mentioned come into play? I have ordered the best bed surface and I am 90% sure that my problems will go away. But glass beds seem to be the norm for such printers, so I'm sure it's just a lack of knowledge on how to use a glass bed? I suspect glass is great for some materials (like ABS?) but not others. The time will show. If you are looking for a deal on a large format CR-10 clone and are modifying/tinkering/diagnosing/tweaking/etc. then I would say this printer is great. It seems to have everything a good printer needs, it just needs a bit of TLC. But if you're a beginner and want to print great detail right away, I wouldn't recommend this printer. I would suggest using FLSUN Q5. This is an excellent printer. I've had very little maintenance on mine and it's still working (just over 1 year). I have not received a refund for this FLSUN fork either. I just think it really raised my bar for what a printer should be doing out of the box.