I also bought this printer with last Black Friday and I love it. It prints really good. I like those Libra 2’s so much that I bought a Kobra 2 plus. 😅😅

The Kobra 2 Max uses a hacked klipper firmware, and it's closed. They won't release the source, which, besides being unethical, it means no community improvements. DONT BUY THIS PRINTER.

Really good review, thank you. A dose of functional realism, honest about the faults, and your explanation about the real world benefits of a bigger bed for a shop (or other) helped.

Ive got the kobra pro, its very small but every issue ive had with it has been attributed to it being my first real printer. I had to creality ender 3s which where more or less broken out of the box, ive had my kobra pro for about 6 months and it has so far been the best experience ive had with the hobby. I do definitly plan on getting the max as soon as im able to afford it to increase work flow.

I’m going to get a Kobra 2 neo and I already got the filament. Can’t wait!

I personally own the Anycubic Kobra 2 after owning the Easythreed K2 Plus and I have to say it has been so good to me. All the features work great and the slicer is built off of Prusa Slicer so you can just use the Prusa slicer with the .ini file that they give you. Overall great value for the price and less messing around needed when compared to the Creality Ender counterparts (which my family members use).

I have a kobra 2 pro so the tiny version. This is my first printer and my only printer so far. I got it for christmas and its reliable and fast I havent had any I problems and I can say its a good printer for beginners.

I have a kobra 2 max and have had it for about 5 months and I love it other then that I had to get a new hot end recently

Seems fairly solid overall for a large printer at that price. I'd definitely just make my own printer profile for another slicer. Ditching the spool holder would have been one of my first moves too. Also seems like that cable and reverse Bowden might cause some issues. Needs one of those retracting tethers or something. Good review! Very entertaining. Nice fidget... Thing.

I print on the kobra 2 plus and bambu lab p1s. The two negatives you mentioned are easily workable. When loading filament, make sure the hot end is positioned all the way to the left and bottom of the bed. The slicer itself is fine and covers advanced needs. For anything beyond, just use prusa slicer. Here are my two negatives: 1. The G4 pause command does not working on anycubic. This has meant my timelapses often don't come out smoothly. 2. You can't upgrade to a bimetal heat break (atleast easily). The aftermarket bimetal heat break does not have a recessed thread, meaning you will have filament oozing out the top of the heating block, unless you manually mill the heat break, which in my opinion that level of effort isn't warranted.

Also just put up a video for this printer. 100% agree for the size, speed, quality, features, volume - you can't beat this printer. I bought a Kobra max last year and liked it enough that when I saw they put out a newer model fixing all the complaints I had from the first and added more volume - this was an easy slam dunk. We're getting ready for a comic convention and if it wasn't for the speed and size we'd be under prepared. I was underwhelmed with Anycubic's SLA printers - but their FDM printers - dare I say - beats out creality

Great review!

i just sat with my mouth open for 2 minutes after you said the price, £500! for that massive machine that's top 5 best deals in 3d printing at least, that's absolutely mad!

A cheap printer you should try is a anycubic kobra, it’s a very good, simple, and compact printer that is great for starters, with my personal experience it is phenomenal.

I received a kobra 2 max for Christmas from my wide and I laughed, I talked from time to time about wanting a 3d printer but never got around to it. I love this thing, I've must have logged 2000 hours since I started and the worst thing I've had to deal with was a clogged nozzle and any other issues I had were user error 🙃. I love the k2m so much but it is very very big and some time I just need a small part. So I bought a kobra 2 pro 😁. Which i find hilarious because I know it is actually a fairly standard sized printed but it just looks so ridiculous beside my K2M. I do like how much quieter the pro is over its big brother. The K2M is so loud I had to build an enclosure, but that's fine I 3d printed that too.

Great video! Hope to see you on our podcast soon...

i have been using the kobra 2 for about 3 months and I love it, can't push it past about 140mms without it becoming very loud but still It's rather fast and has me wanting to buy the kobra 2 max next probably any day now. I use prusa to slice with and have had great results and have even been able to print minis with dam well near resin quality with really precise settings and speeds.

I have the original Kobra, it had issues, I am told the new Kobra 2s have resolved them and they are good. I am now running Elegoo Neptune 3 and 4 Pro printers, and thinking of getting the Neptune 4 Max, but your review is making me think I might go back to Anycubic for my monster sized printer...

I have the Kobra 2 Pro and it has been one hell of a good printer. It worked straight out of the box without having to tinker with anything. For the price it is a bargain.

This looks awesome and I thought my P1S was big :)

On the SD card that comes with the printer youll have profiles for PrusaSlicer and Cura! so no worries about having to use their software. Got my Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo the other day and happily using Prusaslicer with it, though seeing the dual axis motors on the pro makes me wish I got that instead! Either way having a blast and no issues :)

did you guys not run into any leveling issues? My first layer print is horrendous. Did you guys do any silicone mods?

I have an anycubic kobra 2 pro and to be honest its great it rarely fails and when it does it is because of me doing stupid stuff or forgetting to do stuff for it and the only times when the machine itself failed was because of the filament runout sensor but n the pro version you can turn that off in the settings menu so now it runs perfectly the only bad thing about the anycubic kobra series that i would like to point out is how loud they are they are EXTREMELY LOUD but other than that i would recommend these they aren't to expensive as far as 3d printers go and it works great.

I bought Kobra 2 max because i have been using the Anycubic Chiron for many years and i like to print PETG. Chiron doesn't handle petg very well but with Kobra 2 max i can print at insane speeds the petg. Like 230mm/s versus the chiron that was printing at 30mm/s . Above that i get very steingy and not even prints. Also has to say that with high speed comes high vibrations so my whole table feels like a level 8 earthquake. Overall i really like my kobra 2 max because if i have to print pieces that i must assemble after, i just sit them all together and print them in 1 session instead of having to wait to finish 1 piece and start another. So the project takes just 1 day instead of e or 4 days to be finished.

I just got the Kobra max (non 2) just recently. Got it for an absolute STEAL as a refurb unit from anycubic on ebay. I love me some klipper and have klippered many printers in the past due to quality or consistently issues. This is the only printer so far that its actually a struggle to justify changing to klipper (not just cause its kinda a pain with a soldering mod) due to having 0 issues with it at all even printing CF-PETG with a microswiss volcano nozzle. Just works so well out of the box that the only real reason id move it to klipper is for the remote access and KAMP, which i have had no issues with the auto level yet so thats kinda a "take it or leave it"

HI. LOVE THE vid. Wondering could you put those Trays on there sides and print 20 at a time. Might need to change the design a little but could be WORTH it.

Mines on its way be here Tuesday

my first real printer was Anycubic Mega X ... at the time a really large 305x305x305 printer... i love the thing, when it finally died around Christmas time last year, i bought the X1C ... however, I hate the Bambu/Orca slicer... with the Mega X i was using Ultimaker Cura Slicer ... it seems to support all Anycubic printers up to the Kobra Max... not sure if it will support Max 2 or not... but i would try it. Honestly, if i didn't accidently short the heating element on the Mega X, i would still be using it. Every time i turn it on, the hotend immediately starts heating and wont stop... I e-mailed Anycubic 2 days ago for help, but its out of warranty... waiting to see what they say.

if i wanted to print some shelving , say 400mm x 150mm, sides and back 150mm, how long you think that would take at say 3mm thickness, holding game cases/carts

Great vid! 90C max on the bed is a potential drawback, looking for solutions as need the bed size, are you printing mainly PLA?

I have one question, I really want a x1c combo, but I am only 11 years old, do you know any online secondary sale website with cheaper printers, if you do, please tell, I beg

WHY IS IT SO CHEAP FOR SUCH A BIG PRINTER - I EXPECTED IT TO BE AT LEAST $1000

How is the quality of kobra 2 max against Bambu lab a1, now I’m really interested. Great review overall)

So why can’t you print online on the Anycubic 2 Max

Got the kobra 2 on eBay as b-Ware for just 110€. Had to change the nozzle though because i could not get it clean. But since then it works great for me.

the 2 max is on sale for 300 dollars here now in china and i am really tempted to get it, but i have zero use for it and not to mention its humungous

I have a Kobra 2 Neo and it is goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

I dare you to print a single item that takes up the entire buildplate

I am a the 600th person to like this video!

I have anycubic kobra 2 max

am i a joke to you-elegoo orange storm giga

Do you have a large 3D printer, and has it improved your setup?

Can you please give me the print button stl pwease 😢

I think the proprietary slicers are pointless money wasters for these companies. Most are just trashy reskins of previously existing slicers. Why put in the R&D funding for something that is both unnecessary AND half-baked?

A1 Max

Helo, anyways, large printers have their pro's and con's samd with small ones, i like the video so far

I have a Kobra 2 max and I absolutely hate the thing. It's unreliable, loud and the print results are mediocre at best. I had to make upgrades and take a lot of time calibrating to get halfway decent results. Even after spending months now, none of my results look even close to what you are presenting here. No idea if I keep it or switch to an A1 as soon as those become available again.

Why do you wear that mask when in the room with the printers?

Sorry, I looked into this machine and that goodness I did. Proprietary hotend nozzle, and the industries most crappy firmware...big no go for me, The original Kobra Maz was "OK" but they took everything tolerable and removed it for the max 2, a HUGE misstep anycubic. Why the hell deliver a massive printer with a 0.4 nozzle and NO WAY TO REPLACE IT WITH A 0.6 or 0.8 ???? Dumb as it get IMHO The WIFI is nothing but a way yo try and infect your phone with their useless software (and cant be used any other way.) The printer WILL NOT connect to other slicers, and is locked down. Stupid Stupid....look for these crippled machines to be on clearance for $300 within six months.

Why do you wear a fiktering mask in your studio?

why are you wearing a mask while assembling?

The Printer is shit. Had only problems since the first day. After 2 months of arguments with support because they don't want to take the device back from me, it's now standing in the corner. Anycubic is the worst company I have ever dealt with.

i got the kobra 2 and its been a brilliant 3d printer that i have now decided to get the kobra max 2 and to get rid of my ender 3 s1 plus i did use to have the kobra max and that was a brilliant printer but the way they have done the kobra 2 printers seem to be a lot better