The button says "MALL", not "MAIL". As in, the place you go to shop 😅😂

I have a K2Max and I love mine. Facebook has a large support group already for it and they are extremely helpful. I use mine to print scale figures. In most cases I'm able to print almost an entire figure in one print with better quality than my other printers.

I don't think its "Mail" but Mall. Which is a poor translation of shop. I might be wrong but that's what it looked like to me. Great video. Keep up the good work.

Excellent video as always. Unbiased well presented.

thanks faux, this is EXACTLY what i wanted. I wanna see a big printers comparison or a Kobra 2 max vs neptune 3/4/plus/max

Needing a large format printer is just something most will need eventually IMO. I can cut things down in Orca and glue them together, but sometimes you just don't want to do that. I guess I'll just keep waiting for a good one before I buy.

I want thank you as always have a great video that tells it straight.

As someone who is relative new to 3D Printing (or more like to owning one), I can say: you're 100% right about the general consumer. It's the user experience. That's why I bought a Bambu, and not a Elegoo (which I initially was planning to) on Black Friday last year. Because I want to print - I have enough hobbies to tinker.

I find your perspective interesting, especially the limited functionality of wifi. However, I think that you should discuss print quality a little more. As an owner of a kobra 2 max, the max is the most reliable printer that I have ever used. In several months of use, it has never failed whether I print a very large lithophane, an articulated dragon, or many large objects at the same time. Bed adhesion has been great, no stringing, and no messing around with the z offset once the initial setup. I like a good user experience, but I love what so far has been an essentially bullet proof printer.

So I have used this and the kobra 2 and normal volcano nozzles work fine as long as you make sure they are tightened all the way down been using a hardened steel nozzle on this and my normal kobra 2 and a 0.6 on my max with no issues

Good video, you are not wrong about the issues

Thanks for the vid Ross 🙂

Should I wait for the max 3? Prob the end of this year?

this is a awesome review Thank you for taking time to show what this Printer can do . also I do have a Question before I purchase This Printer . Have you tried to use Cura to slice the Project for printing If not Will Cura work for this printer. If your not sure Since you do have this printer would you mind trying it before I spend the money . Thank you

Video is amazing. You have got a new subscriber ❤ I’m confused about getting cobra 2 max or ender 5s 1. What is your opinion about it. Thanks !

Thank god my Neptune worked out of the box and apart from ramming the head into the side while homing it still works no problem however I am serious what Max 5 might bring they might polish a few things and make it even better

Help! Nice review. I am a newbie that purchased a Creality CR-10S Pro V2 a few years back. Based more on the build plate size. I would like to print more but it normally takes me 2 or 3 days of 20+ hours to get a successful print. Z axes supports are a bit off. I have calibrated the best I can. Oiled the long screws. Changed the nozzle. Now I am replacing the build plate since the printing item pops off the print bed. Using Elmer's glue stick. I was researching this ANYCUBIC Kobra 2 Plus, and came upon your video. What printer would you recommend? $500 range. Wifi, works with mention Beagle V2, or better 3D camera $100 range. I print cosplay weapons for my daughter. Mostly swords. I do want to print an Ironman suit, and a Mandalorian Helmet. Please recommend a printer.

Thanks for this review, helped me decide of what not to buy

Thanks a lot for your frank feedback on the machine! You pointed out all the problems I had the impression there could be on this machine haha. For this kind of print size or larger, would you recommend another, less "closed" machine that allows more evolution and possible adjustments? Thanks!

Hi, does this model have power loss recovery? I can't find information about this feature.

Screws are labeled at the beginning of the manual complete with pics and quantities so they're easy to identify

Which plus sized printer to get... Have you tried Artillery x4 plus?

You can remote print from the anycubic slicer. Just save the file in prussa slicer and import it in anycubic, then you can remote print from there. Also I bought some Lanekegu nozzles for the 2 max (granted .2 mm, but I assume they have larger sizes as well)

Finally a KZfaq review with the "direct approach" we all want to see. Keep up the good work!

Reminds me so much of the times when Anycubic insisted on the Photon S not being Chitu based, which conveniently explained why some older Photon mods and things didn't work, to open it and find a Chitu board anyways. Of course, it came bundled with Chitubox slicer too

Thank you

I recieved mine with a bent bed rail ✌️ I was not in the mood to go back and forth with the aliexpress seller and just fixed it with an abs spacer + silicon spacers replacing the oem ones and leveled it with a guage dial. I now get a great first layer unlike before. but had to manually do the z offset (you can do it mid print only). it's a great printer but as usual Chinese manufacturers don't have great after sales support

So I’m having trouble deciding between anycubic Kobra 2 and Elegoo Neptune 4

I own a Tronxy X5SA - 400 pro a Printer in the same class with 40x40x40cm, which is arguable weaker in Software and build quality. But it is an Core XY and i have a normal CR10 hotend on it. I run an Octoprint on an old Pi3 for it. I stiffened the Frame and it runs 200mm/s now. I have several nozzles for the Dragonfly Hotend. So i upgraded it with around 100 Bucks. I personally have a Question: What were they thinking with a Bedslinger and High Volume Printer. Those Printers often have 500g of filament on their bed, moving it extra will induce failures. My Tronxy already needed an improved bench to sit on for it's 640x670 The Anycubic Konra needs 740x735 for 2cm more Printsurface? Even the CR-M4 from creality is smaller with a bigger Build Volume. Prusa Style Printer is bad for Big Printers, Go Core XY for large volumes. those Printers were on the Table when i wanted something in the 40x40x40 Class and i chosed the Tronxy simply because of Core XY for heavy prints and less Space requirements.

Yeah I've got one of these. It's sitting under a stack of random stuff after the last time it extruded a giant wasp nest under the print head and needs to be fixed up again. The problem with my Bambus and my K1 Max is that they make it too easy to say "screw it, I'm just going to use my Bambus and my K1 Max." So for the last several weeks I've been cranking out stuff on those smaller beds because I'm still mad at my Kobra 2 for being a huge (pun intended) disappointment. Please Bambu, make a 350mm+ printer.

I currently have a couple bottles of resin to get through, but I will only be buying your resin from then on!

I hope Phrozen sends you their new FDM printer I find your reviews fresh and honest. Due to your reviews I have added a couple more resin printers and now I'm in the market for a solid fdm printer.

I appreciate your raw and unscripted review

You said this printer does not have a part cooling fan, but I thought I saw fan ducts! how does it achieve the fast speeds without part cooling?

I just used a normal volcano nozzle from microswiss on my Kobra 2 Max, no issues at all...

Thanks for this video, I'm also sick of being lied by companies, so what large size printer you would recommend? thanks again

Do you need WiFi for this printer to work? I want to use it in my garage which does not have WiFi,

Is it possible to add the AnyCubic on Cura? By using the "Custom printer" options

I got this printer months ago as my first one and I really struggle. I mainly print small stuff but I feel as if the Anyubic default settings are terrible. while it is fast I usually get many fails and poor quality at times and I'm hoping theres a way to improve this or a way for Anycubic to be more clear for a beginner like me and to get more solid settings, acceleration, speed, etc that are well balanced. Awesome tutorial by the way excellent quality video and an overall solid printer if you know how to use it right.

i want to know how to override the 3 speed settings, so i can print with the speeds i set in cura?

So which is better neptune or cobra?

The heatbrake can be swapped with one made for the ac vuclan hotend (older gen printer) it fits perfect and allows the use of standard vulcano hot ends. But one may run into moire pattern issues with higher guality nozzles. Autoleveling will work just as well as witth the standard nozzle/heatbrake. The biggest + over the elegoo one are the sg15 bearings instead of pom wheels due to better wear resistance.

8:03 The Bambu app is really good. Most of the time I’m printing files from the app instead of slicing them because the given print profile usually always work, and adjust to whatever filament you select automatically

Your video is relatively informative. I appreciate your viewpoints, and this video is largely responsible for my deciding against this printer. Primarily this is because of the proprietary app, wireless uselessness, and slicer choices (or lack thereof). But, I really....REALLY...despise all the flashes to random people making gestures of disgust/surprise/disapproval. You neither need these clips, or improve your video by including them. IMO, it makes them borderline unwatchable.

BrotDasBernd is a comic bread from the Kids channel "KiKa" (Kinderkanal) in Germany which is originally "Bernd das Brot" (Bernd the bread) 😉I really like your pronunciation. By the way: Very good and clear video 👍 I am running the Kobra 2 Pro and at the moment I am struggeling with cloggind and I have no clue what's going on. I think he does not like every Filament.

I bought the elegoo neptune 4 max as I was looking for a large bed slinger for prop items and quicker prints been using an i3 mega for last 7 years and have a good working knowledge of printing. Sadly I'm having to send the neptune back as It wouldn't level no matter what I did or tryed. Was hoping this might have been a potential option to explore.

I mean I would like to see if they come out with a .6 nozzle even though i don't think they will but you can get a .6 mm nozzle of of almost any aliexpress type of site for like .50 cents. I own the kobra 2 pro and for the entire part I've had a wonderful experience. It took 15 minutes to put together and with in another 20 i was starting my test print. Its pretty much worked flawlessly since except for when i changed slicers and had to adjust the z offset. which you can do on the printer mid print if need be. I can reliably print rapid pla at 250mm perimeters and 175mm infill every other layer at .2 layer thickness with a .4 nozzle and have no to very few issues. I think the Kobra 2 series and i atleast know for sure the kobra 2 pro are very good printers especially for the fact that you can get the kobra 2 pro for 250 usd on amazon as of the time of this post. I do think the fact they went with the nipple nozzle was a bit silly but i have upgraded my nozzle and heat brake for the grand total of like 5 dollars and it should help me print a bit faster too since its a bi-metal heatbrake instead of the ptfe lined one the send with it. Also you can get around having to use their slicer but just exporting the g-code from lets say prusa slicer to anycubics slicer with literally 4 extra button clicks. That means that you have a basically ready to go out of the box, a printer that puts out very solid quality prints at upwards of 500mm speeds(print quality does suffer a bit at this speed), has basically its own version of input shaping, auto leveling, a dual gear direct drive extruder and a solid but all be it unfortunately kind of loud fan for $250. Thats only $80 more that an ender 3 v2 and its $850 less than a prusa mark 4.

We need a 10 point scale, price, quality, benefits, where is your professional view? we want to see a list!

Cool and informative Video, thank you! The stock footage is annoying...

Pretty sure the App Store tab says “mall” not “mail”.

Wish you would have had this up before I bought one :) Mine I have to change the speed on the printer to STABLE or any print with a bit of z height has massive layer shifts and fails. Also another problem is if you print something say 300mm high then go to print something else without re-homing the z, it will cause the filament to back off the spool and wrap around whatever it can find...so annoying! I did find other nozzles on amazon but the fact that I can print fast with a supposedly fast printer just irks me ;)

They just needed to put in a little more work to make this a great printer. There any cubic slicer prints remotely but it doesn't have a TPU profile. There isn't enough configuration to even make your own profile I don't think. When I use the webcam with my Kobra 2 pro, the frame rate was so abysmal that it wasn't worth it. I do love the app for being able to monitor progress, pause prints, change temperatures and cancel prints. You can also adjust the z offset after you start a print and it saves it for future prints.

I've had an Anycubic chiron for about 5 years now. The one thing I can say is it a good cheap large printer once you've made a few upgrades like octoprint and making your own auto spool loader. This seems like they could have made those improvements but meh it's fine as is.

I love my kobra max the first generation but I do use prusa slicer and a good profile to be fair. And that button on the phone says MALL not mail like in shopping mall. I knew the kobra max 2 had these problems thats why I wouldnt buy it. Thank you for the video

What do you mean the Kobra 2 Pro is not beginner friendly? I bought one, assembled it, and printed things fast, without tinkering with anything. I liked it so much, I bought another. For the price you can't find better.

It takes a bit to figure it out, but i prints good using cura at 150mms, not the anycubic slicer at 300mms. Mine may have something loose or it could be the all metal heat block and throat pipe that I installed when I unboxed it, it has more weight than the one that it comes with, but I won't have to worry about the ptfe tubing melting down while printing pc. Ignore my last post, I was still trying to figure out how the software and the anycubic slicer worked, would not work, changed to cura.

Was hoping for more of a review about the hardware rather than optional software.

Any USB web camera should work. I had an older logitech usb web camera that I just plugged in to my Kobra 2 Pro and it worked.

It's pretty impressive that in the year 2024 they still think they can deliver such a half-assed effort.

The amount of warping in the bed on arrival is comical, i had to put the silicone bed spacers on mine and im still unable to get the bed mesh leveling to account for how much of a turd the bed is, with the nozzle grinding in the corners where the spacers mount, and no adhesion elsewhere. I trammed the bed multiple times using a dial indicator and could only get it to about 0.5-0.7mm level, and the first layer is still garbage in the corners of the bed. Tolerance prints yield 0.25mm square and round respectively, for instance Gridfinity parts wont fit together without some dremel work. Just spend the extra money for a better peinter

Not bad and i agree with about 80% of what you are saying as far as the nozzle i have been running just random .4 and .6 random brasses with mine with no issue no need for the ones with the extra nub at the top no clogging nothing at all, Now as far as the firmware they need a update like they had for the kobra 2 base model that thing allows you to move it anyway you wish from the touchpad, have yet to try a camera on the max so far but i will soon and get back to you. Now as far as the slicer and all the dumb extra stuff they offer with the app, thats for you muh dude you said you wanted a printer that just works out of the box, now say you are just getting started, you open it up and install the anycubic slicer and it is your first 3d printer you will definitely be limited but you dont know that yet its like a slicer program with training wheels that like you asked for just works out of the box no need for extra no need to really learn, but once you get the bug than you get prusa or people that are already using prusa like yourself just skip the software. You no longer use training wheels, do you? I mean im not going to judge i mean im a laugh but not judge. But yea the lying needs to stop i feel you on that one. Great vid and keep them up!

Idk about this video.. seems like a bit of exaggeration if not misinformation.. Curious if he would prefer the Neptune Max or the Kobra 2 Max, because majority of videos out there say Kobra 2 Max at this current point.. Feels like he's comparing this 450$ printer to a $1200 one.. (not very fair if so) 🃏

For $400 I'd say it's a good beginner's print but would upgrade the nozzle and enclosure as it's almost all alluminum so the cold starts creeping up the heatplate and cause problems to warm up or stay warm during print

One big issue I haven’t seen anyone talk about in these reviews on the Kobra 2 plus is the fact that the firmware forces the fan on to 100% after the first layer. I assume the max has the same issue based on forum chatter. The printer does not obey the code and you have to turn it off manually. This is an issue when printing at high bed temperatures because the fan is so aggressive at 100% that it will cause a thermal issue and stop the print. The nozzle stays put when this happens and welds itself to the printed material if you aren’t present. You must be present and turn it off manually on the second layer.

I think the nozzles are not a problem. Is not proprietary. There are tons of sellers on aliexpress that sell anycubic kobra 2 max compatible nozzles

After having to return TWO Kobra 2 Max printers because they were both defective out of the box, I am done with Anycubic FDM printers. That was absolutely frustrating to sink the $400-$500 on this thing and then spend an afternoon assembling and trying to set it up, only to have them both have major defects (one couldn’t complete the setup “Homing” guide and started grinding on its rails. The other couldn’t get the test shark bottle opener to print and it wasted a bunch of my filament). Fortunately, they were willing to RMA both devices for a refund. I purchased an Elegoo Neptune 3 Max instead and am hoping to have better luck once I get the opportunity to assemble it. It’s been an ordeal and nerve-wracking as I’m trying to print some statuettes for a business. All this lost time has been lost money.

You can add scp to transfer gcode files locally and use clone CHT nozzle by just cutting the top brass

This didnt feel like a review. You unboxed it, complained about the interface, the slicer, and the app. Ok. They suck. But what about the printer? Does it work well? Is it efficient? Does it print well at large volume?

It's almost like you went out of your way to hate the Kobra 2 max from the get-go, I agree it has its limitations however I've had mine for several weeks now, The anycubic slicer is absolutely fine, it has a decent profile which almost prints as fast as my Bambu X1C (which I find mindboggling for such a massive bedslinger!) and the wifi printing works absolutely fine both from the app and the PC.

For god sake Faut, wait 20 minutes after printer finished to cool down the plate take out the prints without moving the printer plate, this gold metal plate is made to remove with no pressure in to the plate, and this works this way to not have to auto leveling again

Uh oh, seeing that this is Anycubic, already gives me vibes of laziness. Friends don't let friends buy Anycubic. 🤣

i really need to print big things. and t his printer is super affordable at my local retailer (399 usd). but no one says great things

It's funny how BambuLab seems to be edging ever closer to open source, while others are trying to do closed Source in all the wrong ways..

It's not in bad taste at all to discuss competitor products while reviewing a printer you were sent for free. If anything, saying something like that is an explicit statement that you have so much appreciation for finally being "in the fold" on free reviewer swag that you will compromise your objectivity to continue receiving free stuff.

In the 3D printing industry, the ultimate distinction between success and failure will likely be determined by the interplay between greed and laziness. It is imperative that content creators exert pressure on the market to accelerate the淘汰 process, ultimately benefiting the consumer.

I think the solution here for a 350mm + printer is the Prusa XL with 1 x tool head. I know the XL is damn expensive (4 x the price of a Cobra 2 Max) and has its own hiccups but surely of much higher quality.

Anycubic filament is not so good either from my experience, I had about 180 meters of fails before I changed reels , it was the regular pla

I bought one to be able to mass produce lots of small parts at once. It ended up being an utter disaster from the start. The bed warped so badly that only a ring around the center, but not including the center, could be reliably used. Also, the bed stepper motor was dead on arrival. So much about the touch screen, not having access to the firmware, how Anycubic had wildly different print parameters set in all of their provided slicer profiles, changlish, and so on was just terrible. After grappling with Anycubic, I returned the machine. It was a horrible experience. It was very obvious that the machine is hitting them in the gut based on how absolutely difficult it was to return the machine. I'll stick with their resin printers lol

which slicer do use?

The nozzle issue is why I didn't but the Kobra 2 max, and just got the old Kpbra Max a few months ago. I will not buy any 3d printer that locks me into specialy parts, unless there is a damned good payoff.

I would think the only benefit for the WiFi is so you can stop the printer every time that your model comes unstuck from the bed ..... like every time you print anything

It is interesting that someone at Anycubic thought that they could grab some of the market share based upon their name alone. Because you're right, don't waste the money or invest it properly. Come out swinging. Any one can stand at the plate and look at three fast balls and strike out.

I'm sorry am I stupid or did you say in your Kobra 2 video that it was a fantastic printer, beginner friendly and better than anything else, but in this video you're saying the Kobra 2 is a bad printer for beginners? Watching the two videos back to back kinda make me doubt you as a reviewer. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

6:55 it says mall not mail.

BEST 3D PRINTER ON THE MARKET - Anycubic Kobra MAX

I have to admit that while i like my kobra 2 I wouldn't recommend anyone buy an anycubic as a first printer. Nor would i advise anyone get one if they want an out of the box experience. Frankly I can't see myself buying another anycubic printer again. It's good but i do feel let down and anycubic just send to have given up on it and stopped all support and no longer updating firmware.

Ok guys. Just for PLA. Creality k1 vs Kobra 2 Max

Well, at least it's direct drive, now... That .4 nozzle, though. and not being able to adjust the Z-height properly is a massive no-no. Like you said: they need to grow up

There's a new printer that works upside down

1st choice a1 but... recall. So it's the kobra 2 max

Have you not used Creality Print? That's your rock bottom of slicers.

I’m a little disappointed. I was hoping you would focus more on the print quality. I’m in the process of selling my Neptune 4 Plus. I just have never got a good prints off of it. And You don’t need the huge fan for normal pla, by the way. So I just bought the Viper 2 Plus. I love the idea of not having to screw with a bunch of adjustment knobs. So we’ll see.

BrotDasBernd is a spoof of bernd the bread => Bread the Bernd

Yeah, I unfortunately bought this printer as well. It's a mess. Sure, it can print big (if you can even get it to print), but I can't get it to level well, the bed is warped, the settings calibrations are questionable at best, software support is nil. It's now a very expensive paperweight sitting in the corner of my office. Would much rather slice my files into smaller chunks and print them on one of my Bambu printers than deal with this thing.

Anycubic is head and shoulders above any other printer in the market ...no one cares about setting up a printer , people care about quality of print and speed ...anycubic delivers on both of those so much better than the competition...great review btw but I disagree

Please, no more of those shrugging guys and other unhelpful clips. I'm just sick of seeing their close ups. Just repeat some product B-roll footage instead.

For the youtubes 😅

Thank god, I was about to buy one yesterday. Better go with the Neptune max

Anycubic FDM printers have always been the lower quality versions of Creality FDM machines. I try to find nice things to say about Anycubic machines but after dealing with their Chiron....yikes. Avoid. There are better brands.

I’m remembering why I usually don’t watch Fauxhammer reviews: All the bloody whining. Yeah, marketers lie. Get over it and just give us the facts on the printer.