I’ve found that with one of the thing I keep printing which is a 100x100x100 box filled with 3.5mm holes , which on the X1C normally takes about 5hr15min with a .6 nozzle , .18 layer height and with the H2D 7hr26min on the .4 nozzle at .2 layer height .
I’ve tried seeing what would happen with the same nozzle and layer height which it says 6hr12min , BUT for the extra hour or two there as been a vast improvement in quality , from very good on the X1C to faultless on the H2D , parts which a needed to have a little help with a file or knife now just fit .
So I think the H2D is slower but a price worth paying I think so ?
I’ve posted on this more than anyone. Yes it’s true all the other printers are faster than the H2D. I suspected this from the beginning before I even got my h2d but everyone was like “oh it’s the slicer settings” and made excuses why the h2d is faster but not showing in the slicer. Just watch it print we all have eyes.
I’d say it was accurate to say that the H2D prints slower but as good or better than the other printers. My P1S prints amazing and fast but the H2D prints a little better. The only time I have seen the H2D be faster is on color prints that require hundreds of filament changes. If it like 66 changes like on one of my 2 color prints, the H2D is still slower. I’ve literally compared numerous prints side by side. But I don’t think that is even necessary because the h2d prints slow and careful-like that you can see it with your eyes that it prints slow. Whereas the other printers are crazy fast hammering away!
I challenge anyone to show me a video of the H2D printing faster on standard speed. I have never seen it printing as fast as other printers.
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This is interesting to hear. I have delayed getting an H2D because I wanted to see all the quirks worked out before I invested it.
I had heard that it was slower, due to the larger mass of the tool head.
I had heard mixed reviews on the quality. Some say the VFAs are gone or at least diminished. While others say the quality is worse than the X1C.
I am wondering if the those that say the quality is worse is because they are trying to run it as fast as the X1C? If I have issues printing with my X1C, I just slow it down to get better quality. It would make sense with the H2D also.
Thanks for the additional information. I will continue to watch it as I save up for my next printer.
What can I say ? , on the X1C I need to be very very picky to find fault with it , but the H2D is still more cleaner, more accurate , it’s hard to know how my box I’ve made could be any better , Yes I did the same I waited until I had watched a lot of reviews from people who spent their any money on it , so I delayed and pressed the buy button last monday.
This will sound like a lame rationalization, but if the H2D’s higher print quality means you nail your print on the first try, instead of needing to tweak and print again, then in that sense it does print faster.
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I still to this day don’t understand why people are obsessed with speed.
Because time is money and some people print nonstop
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This exactly.
Not to mention the printer was advertised as being the fastest printer with the new specs. I don’t always need to print at lighting speeds but when you spend what we spent on this printer we were hoping for fast and good. Or at least as good and as fast as previous models with new features.
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This seems to be as Dr. Tao mentioned in the famous interview about the H2D. They reduced the print size and the speed to gain an advantage in quality.
Funny enough I find that going ludicrous mode doesn’t really affect print quality much, if the hotend can keep up with the flow
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That’s what I keep hearing but have not done any tests yet with the faster speeds