Monoprice 121666 Compact Delta 3D Printer for Professional-Grade Printing

Honest reviews: The touch screen is simple but maybe too simple. I was really hoping to change the steps per mm one of the axis as the calibration cube was slightly out of dimension. It does print and is very quiet comparing to other printers. If we need to change the z axis g code offset flat off the bat, i question why this isnt done in the first place when uploading the firmware at the factory. Either way it prints and does a decent job doing so for miniatures and trinkets but since the steps per mm has to be changed with a a splicer and not on board firmware i have to give printer a small wrap on the wrist.

Canada on Dec 15, 2019

T K: Pros: Amazing print quality, Fast prints, Large print area, Great UI, Great finish, Solid construction

Cons: No wireless printing, Finding a Cura profile is tricky, Pricey, Non removable print bed.

Setting up this printer was seamless, I loved the USB stick option which is located beside the screen. The power button is also very conveniently located. The auto leveling probe works great. I have no real complaints

Canada on Oct 06, 2019

vicu9mx: hay muy poca información para hacer funcionar la impresora, como principiante esperas conectarla a tu pc y listo, pero no, hay que leer y leer y leer para llegar a la conclusión que fueron los 4mil pesos peor gastados, porque no hay 1 solo tutorial que te diga como hacer funcionar la impresora con diseños ya hechos, solo imprime el gato que trae de ejemplo

Mexico on Aug 07, 2019

S. A. Wilson: I've bought four of these so far. The first time it was because I wanted to print miniatures and knew very little about 3d printers. Then I kept it because it did such amazing work on small stuff, and was great for making small parts. Then I did little upgrades and now I have a formula where I use a hardened steel 0.2mm nozzle with a cheap BMG clone extruder and a capricorn tube with ugpraded fittings, and I upgrade the cooling a little bit with a duct. The build plate on the newest one is a little better, but not by much. You are still going to have problems with hotter filaments. The extruder is decent but an easy upgrade since the firmware can be tweaked in octoprint. The OMG V2 is a great pick for it, or any BMG clone. I love the cheap Haldis see-through one. They all work pretty much identical once you get the gears lining up and a clean path. See-through should just be default for extruders.

So why this printer? Well, it's packed by a genius. My last one to arrive (today) showed up in a box that wasn't a cube anymore. All four corners had been kicked in. It literally had bootprints on it. And I didn't care. I didn't even hesitate opening it. Someone is going to break...

United States on Jul 27, 2019

Lord Humungus: Excelente calidad y precio. Es una buena elección para principiantes o para iniciar a un niño en el mu. Do de la impresión 3D. Se necesita un poco de tiempo para configurarla ya que es open source y la version de Cura que viene incluida es antigua.
Las instrucciones incluidas son muy limitadas pero en línea existen muchos Foros y Wikis que pueden ayudar.
Igualmente la impresión por WiFi es poco confiable pero imprimir por MicroSD es facil y rápido.
Y hablando de la MicroSD, esta es un formato especial. El lector no es compatible con las nuevas generaciones (HC, XD, etc.) deberás de utilizar una MicroSD de primera generación las cuales son algo costosas, $1000 por 1GB. Pero la MicroSD que está incluida es de 128MB y me ha sido suficiente.
Como extras les sugiero comprar un base de cristal (con pegamento de barra) o usar masking tape, esto hace más facil remover las impresiones sin necesidad de usar un Raft en el objeto.

Mexico on Feb 20, 2019

Amazon Customer: Update: I'd like to update my review. It is still a genuinely terrible machine. I think what gets me most, in hindsight, is the deceptive marketing. The ad says, "Auto calibration: the delta design style continuously self-calibrates, so you will never have to struggle with bed leveling." Not only is this completely inaccurate, as calibration is probably the biggest struggle with this machine, it is fundamentally deceptive and predatory to people new to the hobby who think, "Oh, neato, a printer that won't require much fiddling..." Talk about a bait and switch.

First of all you don't even know what version of the printer you are buying. Some come with different actual hardware (step controllers). The print bed is loose from the factory with no way to keep it still during printing without additional hardware.
The auto bed leveling feature is a gimmick and does not function, as sometimes the print head will just randomly dive into the build plate, causing damage to both.
With about 1kg of filament through the machine, the LCD screen is failing. The printer is unreliable to an extreme, with many more failed prints than successes. Even with the great support group on...

Canada on Oct 15, 2018

Gavin and AliceGavin and Alice: Very happy so far. Ordered from Monoprice through Amazon here and the printer arrived the next day.

It's not perfect, but you can't beat it for the price!

There's a Reddit mpminidelta group, and a Wiki at mpminidelta.com which have good resources. There's an active FB group apparently but I have not looked at that.

Printed a couple cats perfectly. I put blue painter's tape on the bed to keep the bed clean and make removing the print easier. Have not needed glue-stick or anything else for PLA. I did have one cat fail when I forgot to heat the bed and it came loose from the bed about halfway through the print, so a little glue would probably have prevented that but keeping the bed warm seems to generally do it too.

I have now set up Cura and successfully printed a "Low poly fox" model from Thingiverse. It takes some fiddling around to get Cura configured properly. I used the Start and End Gcode from the Cat sample file. Cura by default wanted to print at 150mm/s which is ridiculously fast and just didn't stick to the bed. Changing the speed to something around 40mm/s in Cura made it about the same as the Cat print and I was successful getting the fox to...

United States on Jul 01, 2018