Review on 🌩️ Morpilot Storm G1 220x220x250mm Removable by John Floyd

Item arrived undamaged and well packaged. Assembly was very quick and easy, I didn't even look at the instructions until I put everything together out of curiosity. lol It's built about 95% out of the box. To be honest I've built a few printers, some from scratch and some heavily modified. It had a few minor issues that could have been avoided, but overall it was one of the easiest "builds" I've ever done. Pros: - Pretty decent design and quality hardware - Quality electronics with some potential - Excellent cable management, clean and tidy out of the box - Quiet stepper drivers (Trinamic 2208s, soldered directly to motherboard, non-replaceable) - Fans are all smooth and quiet out of the box - 24V power supply, heats up the bed quickly - Fairly simple and intuitive touch interface, easy to use yet simple. - Platform was flat, no ups and downs, printing interface works well with PLACons so far: - Some quality control issues, could be better, see below - Simple user interface, can be for or against, but limited in features and "customizability"". - Detail cooling could be better, but probably fine for most prints. Basic is a good starting point, but you'll want more if you've had multiple printers before. There's no ABL, no way to manually align the grid, the Z -Adjust offset in firmware, make a small step, etc. The firmware does little more than the bare minimum, you can preheat, but you have to set the temperature manually each time, you can't save it, you can move each axis, but You can't reset them one by one It's possible to load and unload the filament but you have to set the nozzle temperature manually and then there Manually move the filament in or out different distances set for each button each time, and they are not adjustable. Of course, these are all limitations of the standard firmware. The good news is that the board inside is the same as other current offerings from Anet and Marlin 2.0 perfectly supported. However, you need ST Link to flash the new bootloader, so it's a bit more complicated and requires a few extra steps compared to some other 32-bit boards. Once you've got the new bootloader and Marlin working, you can update directly from the SD card as usual. Also, I had some issues that probably should have been picked up during quality control. One of the fixed pulleys under the platform was loose and required disassembling the Y-axis and removing the platform to access the pulleys and tighten them. I found that one of the bolts through the eccentric nuts was also loose. Simple solution, it only required a few extra minutes of work and someone new to printers might be disappointed. I also found that the bottom roller on the X-axis (hot end carriage) was loose. This has an eccentric nut and tightening this bolt makes it impossible to adjust the wheel on the track. Simply turning the eccentric nut loosens the entire screw again. The screw was not long enough to hook the nylon portion of the nylon nut. To fix this I had to put a washer under the nut and reverse the nut so the nylon part threads onto the bolt first. Hold tight, let the eccentric nut turn, problem solved. The biggest and most noticeable problem was the LCD screen. It was knocked out and crooked under the front metal cover. To be honest this probably happened during shipping and I can't imagine anyone missing this during build/testing. It was easy to remove the bottom cover, remove the display circuit board, and then glue the screen back into place where it should have been on the circuit board. Everything was fine, no problems, so nothing damaged. When the lid was removed it gave me a glimpse of the innards. The wiring and board quality was better than I expected. The 24V power supply appears to be a generic unbranded generic power supply commonly found in cheaper printers. Probably enough and certainly heats up the platform and nozzle quickly. I printed some of the files included on the SD card (rocket and cat) using the supplied PLA roll. Both printed without problems, but the print quality was not convincing. There was some inconsistent extrusion and tension. After that I set up a quick profile in S3D based on one of my other similar machines and loaded a few PLAs that I know print fine on my other printers. I printed the obligatory benchy, which printed pretty well without spending time fine-tuning the slicer profile or changing anything in the firmware (not that we could, lol). The only real issue is inconsistent extrusion, but this is still acceptable. I think in the future I'll take the hot end apart and check their work, check the extruder etc and see how well I get on stock firmware, then boot Marlin later and start fine tuning. I think this machine has a lot of potential to unleash given its solid physical design and good electronics. I just wish it was priced more competitively than its closest competitors.