Not a huge deal, but I recently received a 1-star review on a new print profile where I explicitly noted in the description that the tolerances were tight. No prior comment, no “hey the lid is really stiff, any suggestions?” — just a 1-star drop from a fellow maker with a solid model count who clearly knows their way around a printer.
It’s a 2-hour print with minimal filament. If the lid is too tight, pry it gently with a putty knife and work it back and forth a few times — that’s in my reply to the review. The tolerances are intentional; tight lids don’t rattle.
I get that a 1-star is valid if something truly doesn’t work. But “too tight to close on first print” isn’t the same as “broken design.” Material shrinkage and printer calibration both affect fit. A comment before the review costs nothing and usually gets a faster fix than a rating ever will.
Just my take. Curious if others have a norm around this; I’m new to posting models, so is this normal behavior? ■■ do you respond? My response was to ask a few questions about printer/material/etc. but dead air thus far.
I agree, but…
The ratings are for the print profile and not the model.
A broken design wouldn’t (or shouldn’t be rated), the success of the user being able to print your model, using your choices in the profile are the rating subject.
If the result isn’t a “out of box experience”, a poor rating is to be expected.
Maybe provide a different profile with settings that make it easy to remove, but note the differences and limitations (I guess they would be some).
You could also add a test print and direct people to try that if they are nit sure their printer or filament is dialled in. If that fails, they should be advised to rectify their end before progressing to the actual model.
In an ideal world, yes, that would be great, yet we give these things away to people who value the effort as well as those that believe they own you and your time for printing your model.
Unfortunately, yes. You need to expect that no matter your efforts, your attention to detail, there will always be those who wish to be ■■■■■.
You could try reporting the rating as misleading, but I suspect it will be upheld.
You could reach out to the user and explain the situation and politely ask why they chose not to follow the instructions. That might start something you would prefer not to be in. ■■■■■ don’t like knowing they aren’t great or considerate (or readers).
Relish in the good guys.
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welcome to the club, and i agree with everything @MalcTheOracle said.
you got to bare this until makerworld find something about it that satisfy both sides.
you have to put something in mind, that no matter what you do you cant satisfy people who ran after a trend (those who purchased a 3d printer just because its the on going trend….not to offend anyone here), and sometimes it makes me wonder is everyone who gives a 1 star review is a 12 year old kid who has 0% experience in 3d printing and 100% experience in winning about something they got for free ?!
the more you upload, the more you have trending design the more that you will get 1 star reviews and some unpleasant comments, so don’t let these let you feel down, you own your design you made your design, its your own achievement no matter how good, bad, easy or even hard to print or assemble, its yours and you did the community a favor to upload it for them to print it rather than they spend hours to create it or sum amount of money to buy it.
this is a pep talk for you to stay motivated and keep creating, we need more people like you we need more creators like you, at some point in the future you will amaze us with something no one thought of, and share it with us the community for free to enjoy <3
Conclusion: just report that comment as misinformation.
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New to the site (relatively) but not to 3D printing.
I rate only 4 or 5 Stars.
If it’s below that, I don’t leave a rating.
If needed, I do reach out and communicate with the designer.
That’s my take.
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Consider adding a second profile with a lid that has more clearance and an option of TPU as a gasket material? It doesnt stop the 1 star issue, but looking at the issue there are better ways to fry that fish other than super tight tolerance just file it down or work it around a few times. I’ve had plenty of tight lids I’ve printed and I just file/sand a little because I understand it happens but I’m not everyone.
Edit to add: Every tried inserting or removing the lid of a fresh out of the dishwasher YETI? Cleaning all the crooks and nannies and putting the gasket in (correctly) and it requires effort to put it on and take off if it doesnt “cool”. Printed models are kind of like that as well, curing/shrinkage.
Consider brain dead people also. one star for such reason, probably the case. ignore it.
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Thanks for the words of wisdom. I expect constructive criticism from other makers (makes me a better maker), but I just wasn’t expecting a 1 star drive by. I typically rate 4/5 stars like NicPlays3d, but if it is a 4 I try to put a reason and if it is less than that I would post a comment (or keep my mouth shut). Anyway thanks again for the encouragement.
if it is really an invalid response, you can report it. I had a few people complaining that a model did not stick to the plate. That is always a user issue, and not a model issue. After reporting those (1-3 star) comments, they were removed within 24 hours.
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You can report the rating and explain everything in the report and Makerworld will take care of it.
I would say if you had a bad printing experience you should rate it accordingly, so that other users don’t have to waste their time and filament. Just make sure that the bad experience was not due to dirty plate or some other error on your part.