I’ve got two of them but I don’t know if my opinion counts because I’ve replaced just about everything except the frame. One of mine was a pre-order but the second one was from the Elegoo “pre-owned” program for $200. I think if you get a good deal on it, flash full Klipper on it, and replace the proximity sensor with a Beacon (or similar) you would be ok. It’s definitely not a “it just works” experience lol.
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No, these are internal parts that go into an assembly. Our internal cost to manufacture said parts includes a 2$/hour printing manufacturing overhead. So essentially every 1000 hours we cover the cost of a printer.
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Yup that is similar to how I account for it, printing cost per part = printer price / parts produced in 1000 printer hours.
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I gotta get my filament costs down. I am considering building or buying a premade pellet extruder
I was pricing out PEEK/PEI, Sheesh!
Manufacturing. bed doesn’t level for some people because the nozzle cleaner needs to be filed down 1/8 inch
1:33 in https://youtu.be/w75a_UB_gZw?si=E7NY05HeMHCLmoZM
And apparently QC, as something like bed interference affecting leveling would be a really easy pick up if you wanted to start a print
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Has anyone noticed that they are also advertising a $200 version? The specs are very sparse and truth be told, outside of the camera, I don’t see what the difference in specs are. Can anyone take a look at these links and see if you can spot what the distinction is? At $200, I might take the plunge sooner than later.
This is what makes me not trust these guys. They give two different printers but won’t publish a true data sheet.
Oh yeah, I see that with the Centauri Carbon, you get to “Unleash Creativity with Every Filament” option. Well now… that alone must be worth $100… right? 
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I think it’s just the door, side panels and lid.
Edit After reading Krellboy’s post it’s also more fans, a filter, a camera and the bed can get 10 degrees hotter.
I see now. So in essence, the difference is almost that of a P1P vs and X1 but only a $99 difference. That’s quite a deal.
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Maybe closer to a P1P vs P1S? I can see how you can make a profit on an A1M at that price, but I’m surprised they can make a profit on the Centauri.
Maybe the trick is to hand-craft a small batch initially (at break even or a small loss) and collect pre-orders for mid-year delivery. If you get enough pre-orders you tool up and start mass production, if not you just cancel and refund.
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Yeah but I’m thinking that with the superior LCD control panel and the temp specs on the bed and nozzle, it really does cover that space that he X1 covered. Also, didn’t I see something about Spaghetti detection too? Either way, whether one compares it to a P1S or an X1, it blows both of them away with respect to price.
Now the question that remains; is the performance there. At $300, it’s almost inside my bounds of an impulse buy. However, I did that with my P1P after a lot of planning and analysis of the X1, when the P1P came out I just took the plunge and although the early experience was exhilarating, the relationship with Bambu quickly grew toxic. It was like getting married and finding out after the fact that the person you married wasn’t the person you walked the aisle with.
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cries in AU prices
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I thought the Centauri Carbon might be good to get, but the prices just don’t check out. 
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I just woke up and I still need to enter the calilantern numbers, but ill be posting my findings in this thread soon. Spoiler alert, its good. Really good. Also has some downsides. Bet the price goes to atleast $450 after initial preorders. The $200 varient is most likely just as good for pla and petg
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Ill updare later with TPU results but so far its looking good too. Feel free to ask questions. Lterr ill find my glasses and edit this.
Everything was printed with the standard .2mm layer height preset. All I did was tune the filaments. They all flowed faster than elegoo advertised. The Alpakas all finished in roughly 4 hours. Give or take 10 minutes. If you are new to the hobby and the photos are hard to compare, try printing the same prints and ghen take close up photos of it.
Im not going to do another multi printer comparison this time. All that info is in the forum and is also covered by auroratech on youtube if you want to compare alpakas. Im also going to only cover things I haven’t noticed other people point out already.
-Perfect 1st layer.
-55c bed with the yp on and door closed, temps stay around 35c. 27c in the room. Exhaust fan does its job.
-Gantry linear rods/bearings came dry
-First printer ive bought that has a faster max flow rate than advertised.
-The rear aux fan is not obstructed. Good air flow but also loud at 100%
-It had filament in the nozzle so was most likely tested.
-All steel sides and bottoms vibrate during cal unless door is closed. sounds like war of worlds. needs insulated. Fixed after tightening screws in the door.
-Has a really open internal setup. No frame supports means extra space but also means the walls can flex. Also means it probably doesnt heat up very well(havnt tested).
-May end up with force sensor issues. Lots of retries during leveling. also needs less z hop and faster probe. This is getting better with every print. Must have needed to break in.
-No cover on the ssr? wtf and steel box…
-Dual channel wifi(2.4 and 5)
-Screen is responsive
-Has Pid tuning
-Would have been better off not including a light because it sucks.
-Finally someone scoots the board io to a panel so we can access the usb port without extensions.
-Worst lighting of any printer.
-Camera has a yellow smokers tint.
-Filament sensor limitations because of how it mounts and it being a box.
-Wont start next print until you clear the print finished popup. Has to be cleared from touch screen. I forget every single time. It pops up again when you send the next print, even if youve cleared it after the previous print. Means you cant start a print remotely.
-Turns on fans at full blast while doing first purge.
-All you are getting is fast perfect prints.
-Alot of cheap looking injection molding.
-plate is double sided textured and less textured(called smooth) The smoother side is also a cold plate.
-random weird noises but doesnt cause errors or bad part. Probably just new to me and also thin steel doesnt sound dampen well.
-Part cooling fan is heavier, stronger and louder(at high rpm) than normal. Looks thicker.
-initial and preloaded model bed mesh is 11x11 and takes forever… Slicing and sending new files via elegoo slicer does 6x6 and is faster.
-Same noise levels as bambu x1c with preset fan values. except during initial purge. The presets have the aux fan blasting. Needs turned off or down.
-No phone app
-Will it still be considered good by the time you receive it?
-box was badly damaged, but packaged well enough that nothing broke…
-Plate works well. Even releases petg-hf easily. But also sticks well.
–Bottow electronics enclosure–
–Calilantern results–
–Preloaded/presliced files including 13 minute benchy–
–Petg-HF-
-Normal PETG- (non high speed) This could have went faster. I assumed it wouldng and only took it to 30mm3/s
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-Bambu charcoal PLA-
–Basic TPU–
–Voron Cube–
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And then they dropped the price by $100 on the P1P as well!
I feel your pain. ; )
Thank you for blazing the trail for the rest of us!
May I inquire as to how you received one so quickly?
Awesome writeup and thanks for sharing all the photos. 
The Benchy and torture tower came out amazing. What filament did you use and did you have to calibrate it?
Also, did you try it out with Orca? I see that in Orca v2.3 Beta, they have the Centauri now listed. How was the Elegoo Slicer in your opinion?
So if I read your Max Flow Rate print correctly, is this a 30mm³ flow rate? What filament achieved that(the orange one)? It looks like you got to 30 before any signs of degradation.
If you get the chance, I’d like to see a calibration cube printed such as Voron or Orca so I can look for ghosting. I’m seeing just a slight ringing in this part of the image on the Benchy, still respectable though but it could be the photo.
Well, a lil ocd mixed with a little ADHD makes for a fast refreshing finger. I bought over 30 graphics cards during the covid shortage so i had practice.I knew it was going to be important to be high on the waiting list, so I didnt stop to enter the $10 discount code.
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