LABISTS 3D Printer 100 x 100 x 100mm Mini Printing Size with 10 M 1.75mm PLA Filament-White Color, Magnetic Removable Plate DIY Projects Starter Kit for Kids School, Toybox with UK 3-Pin Plug (X1-V)

Had this little printer for two weeks now and it’s been brilliant. Had a technical hitch at the end of the first week which was sorted within 12 hrs. I’ve never used a 3D printer before but it was easy to set up and great fun to use. I skipped the test objects and went straight to thingyverse, you can see what I produced in the pictures. I knew I would be limited in size but the quality of print was better than I expected. Remember that 3D printing is a slow process though, mostly hours not minutes.Update. Had this little machine for just over a month now and no problems. I have printed everything from toys to utilities to air vents. I’ve added another photo with just some of them.

Okay, this little printer, honestly, for 90 quid, you cannot ask for anymore, there are pros and cons, the pro's are, when it works, it does okay, not bad, fire up tinkerCAD or MS's 3D Builder, make a model, export it as STL, import that into the LabSlicer app (You can change the language to English), click "One-Key" and then select the quality, save as a GCode file, plonk that on the SD card, shove it in the printers control unit, hit play... All is well...Now, this is where the major irk for me happens... The printer will do a reset move, it'll go to one corner, do a dippy thing, then move over to start the print... While it's on it's merry way, it will pump out filament, 9/10 causing a coil of the stuff to grow under the nozzle, then proceed to drag that about until it gets stuck somewhere, usually on the sides, and, well, it'll set, and, basically make a bit of a mess of the first few layers which are the most important part of the print.To overcome this, I found myself watching it, and before it plonks itself down to start the print, I tap the "Play" button on the control unil to pause it, clear the overflow away, then let it proceed by tapping play again... But, this causes the first 10mm of the raft to be missing usually, and, as I've found, using cheaper filament, that area warps, it is an issue... I've had both the misalignment on layers occur because of this and the whole raft tore itself off the build plate... It would of been nice if it just simply done the reset thing, then moved around the edge to the starting point printing a line as it went, as this would clear anything itself (Or give you time to remove it) and you would have a nice solid base.Moving on... cheap filament... Just save the agony and buy some decent gear, I bought both the BASICFIL PLA 1.75mm spool of filament (£8) and ICE Filaments ICEFIL1PLA003 PLA filament, 1.75mm, 0.75 kg, Brave Black (£15), and I can honestly say... The BASICFIL one give me nightmares with warping, the ICE one, spot on... Cannot fault it, little bit stringy on occasions, but, sits to the build plate like a magnet!The connections on the wiring arent the best, a blue cable had came out of its terminal and when I was setting the printer up, it was going a bit whacky, shoved it back in, and, well, worked as expected after that... Build quality isnt the best, does the job, but, I'll remedy that myself eventually, but keep an eye!It honestly isnt a bad little thing, patience is required to get the first layers right, but once it is motoring, well... It prints 3D stuff, which is what you want.Oh, and dont expect major perfect results, generally, you will have to work on your print afterwards to tidy things up, so, if your print does have imperfections, then dont be disheartened... It is what it is... So, grab a scalpel, that will come in handy to remove any blobs or "scaffold" print, a tin of car body filler wont go a miss either, as it sticks lovely to PLA, and is sandable, I'm not sure on priming or painting as I use my prints as patterns for metal casting, but there is plenty of articles.I can see me upgrading sooner rather then later, as the build plate size is looking rather small for my needs as I've used it, so if your in market for a beginners one, have a think first what you are planning, it may be worth paying more now then paying the 90 quid, then, a couple of hundred in the future, you'd be better saving the 90 and using that on good filament.So, a review, but maybe not a review, just how its gone for me really... 4* because, well, it is okay for 90 english snots, you cannot really fault it, if it was over £100, then, it would lose points, but its not, so... Alls well! ;)

This is a review by my 8 year old son who got this for his birthday:-"I really enjoyed the printer, the models are safe not sharp, they are in perfect shape and quality. I would recommend this printer for people who want to learn 3d printing and great for beginners.BRILLIANT 3D PRINTER!!!!!!!!!!Try the PRINTER!!!!!!!!"

I was initially extremely impressed with the quality of the prints of the test files on the micro sd card, but sadly that waned when I went to print some real files — basically, small objects print fine, but anything bigger than about 3cm x 3cm after about an hour of printing the base layers start to warp off the print bed, eventually leading to the job needing to be aborted.For the price, if you want to print some tiny trinkets for the kids then I can’t fault it, but if you want to print anything that’s actually useful, then sadly you’re going to have to pay a bit more.

Great little 3d printer, level the print bed and off you go printing your models etc.. Has a part cooling fan already installed which is great, unlike the other cheaper printers of the same type.If you want to use the Cura software and print over USB, key in the stated machine settings, select your "COM" port and leave the baudrate set to "AUTO". The Labists X1 seems to use a baudrate other than the one stated on the website, so please leave baudrate set to "AUTO" to avoid any connection issues...Overall, a great little machine, some-what slow though, great for noobs and kids however...

I have been using other peoples 3d printers for the past six months. I felt it was time to get my own printer.I printed a simple benchie and a pengiun and I would say the quality compared to the far more expensive printers, providing you were willing to wait a fair bit longer.Overall I am very impressed and I feel it is perfect for a first printer.

Its a great beginner printer but the bad things are that when the motors get warm the belts start to click and then don't stop clicking and the print doesn't stick after a while then its hard to get a print again but if you take it apart like when you get it, put it back together and re level the bed it starts to work again. And the bed level knobs could be a bit bigger as they are difficult to turn

I didn't expect too much at this price point but it's a really nice entry level 3D printer. I've had it for a few days and it's so simple to use. Once the bed was leveled properly I've had no issues with printing. I'm using Ultimaker Cura as a slicer as I'm familiar with it and exporting files as G code. I've printed about ten different things using different filament and the results are surprisingly good, not perfect but good for this price. I've separately brought the filament, holder and camera in the photo but it's a really nice entry point for anyone not sure if they want to get a more expensive printer