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I really enjoy his channel. 
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I saw this video when it first came out. This Youtuber has some really great review techniques and I love his objective style.
On the subject of the FLSUN S1 though. It seems to be priced correctly but as he pointed out in so many spots in his review, this product less than half baked. It seemed obvious that it was rushed to market with minimal testing and with way too many functions not working as designed. If I had his experience and paid that much money I would have demanded my money back and would be furious. But to be fair, they technically haven’t released the full product. This would be something I would wait a year because of the flawed product launch and wait for the manufacturer to get their act together. Much like I am waiting another year for the Prusa MK4 to stabilize. Even Stefan at CNC kitchen and Thomas Sanladerer at Madewithlayers gave Josep Prusa personal grief during an interview, over the fact that their product was shipped prematurely.
I really hope these guys succeed. The industry needs the competition and I like the way they aren’t doing a copycat coreXY or bed slinger approach but are truly taking their own path.
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I agree with alot of that. The half baked thing is becoming common, so I figure each update will be like a free upgrade. Same as the bambus have been. I really liked when bambu added the noise cancelling. That was like receiving a gift for free. Fun times though. Seems like every printer release pushes the industry faster and faster forward.
As is, to me, the s1 is like a race car. Gonna take tuning and have issues. But blows everything else away. Has an F1 engine but no power steering and your neighbors hate you every time you start it up. lol
The bambu is easy and good but not as fun. To me. People should wait on the s1. I can also agree with that. Unless you like tinkering.
Like right now im running a flow test on the x1c but i have no idea how fast its printing or the current flow rate and i have 3 choices for speed
Im that weird guy that enjoys the printers more than the prints.
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I’m not far behind you on that.My number one desire to get a 3D printer was to be able to fabricate purpose-made parts for my electronics and computer projects. No more am I chained to what I can find on eBay or Amazon that I have to MacGyver into submission with a Dremel and xActo knife. Now I just make it.
But as you pointed out, there is a strong appeal to tweaking a piece of tech into submission. There are limits, though. I came very close to building my own reprap device years ago. What prevented me from diving in early in the “kit” phase of this hobby was realizing that, after looking at the design, I’d be spending north of $1,500 on something that “might” work.
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Here’s another video from a Youtuber who pretty much sums up my feelings about tech companies releasing half baked products. He talks about how the FLSUN is nothing regarding what they advertised and provides some good advice about waiting on a product before you buy, especially 3D Printers. I wonder what this guy thought about the A1 recall.
He is one very unhappy dude with regards to the industry. But he’s not wrong.
Making money in today’s global economy does not require you to deliver a good product, it only requires that enough people buy the product up front, before the word on the quality of the product spreads. People buy stuff all the time based on product marketing that turns out to be less than truthful about the maturity of the product design… people make millions of dollars with products that quickly disappear from the market because they’re substandard. Some, because of incompetence, others because that’s actually their business plan. As always, the rule is “buyer beware”. Something new and exciting shows up, wait for reviews before spending your hard earned money on one.
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