After 4 years, I made the jump to this printer and actually put it together yesterday. Straight outta the box without adjusting any settings and just followed the "leveling flyer" quick guide, I printed the test files and they came out perfect! Connected to WiFi and Orcaslicer and sent a custom-designed hex bolt and it printed flawlessly and fast! Surely, I will have a lot to play around with, and like with my Enders, there are things I will have to work on. So far, I am ecstatic with this purchase and cant wait to max out the print volume! Thanks for the vid so I know where to start with the racing stripes!
Awesome, congrats on the new printer! Glad you're liking it so far. It’s SO much better than many of the printers I’ve tested. It just works 😃 thanks for watching!
My Kobra 2 Pro prints them fine at 300mm/s. I haven't tried to go higher because I can only expect it has terrible results. 300mm/s is a huge upgrade from 40-50mm/s on my CR-10 minis. I'll take it.
Thx for the video. I have the Neptune 4 pro as my first printer and it goes great at 300mm/s still I mostly use it at 150 in the beginning of the print and then put it higher and then the last 5 min back to a lower speed. But it depends also what you print. So a square or cirkel will go at 300. But something complex must go slow..so I only see the Benefits that's it bigger. And I learned the hard way that if you go fast you must level the bed before the next use as it moves it out of levell. You can send me anything that you have left over. As a newbie I can use anything 😊
Seems pretty solid for then you need to prototype a part that needs have adjustments in stages or just on the fly. 4 similarly sized and complex to Benchy proofs of concepts in just over a hour of collective runtime is a big time saver. A several day project can be turned into an afternoon depending on what changes needed to be made before doing a final, slower print.
Cons you listed aren't much of a con tbh, sponsored videos are fine but at least be more transparent about cons, I highly doubt everything is sunshine and rainbows there.
I have an elegoo Neptune 3 pro (I know it is the previous generation) and it was very easy to assemble and prints totally fine. It is a lot slower tho but I suppose t that's because it doesn't has the extra fans and probably has worse motors but it is a very good printer for the price. So I think that the 4 series van only be better
Echoing what Kato says. The 3 is a solid machine. The machine is LOUD, so it’s more of a con than you might think. I had to move which room I print in because I couldn’t take the noise residing in my office.
I tried to find more cons but haven’t yet. However, in searching the internet, because the bed is so big and vibrates so much, people have mentioned the belts get loose which makes the quality go down. I haven’t experienced that yet but will update if it happens.
i did some speed testing on my neptune 4 plus (modded fan shroud, no gantry fan) it can go 600mm/s at 19000mm/s acceleration but no way the stock hotend can extrude enough material lmao (stock hotend topped at 22mm/s3 using Sunlu PETG at 245C)
@The3DPrintingZone I wrote something wrong there hehe I'm still running stock hotend but a modded fan shroud Search for layer.shifted on Printables and you'll find his fan shroud it's a game changer since nep 4 plus on stock configuration is loud as hell
The default speed of that machine its 250mm/s if you really want to see the printing speed when you slice the file in Orca Slicer or other slicer you had a option to see to activate a mode to see the real speed of the diferentes areas of the model. Orca Slicer show that my Bambu A1 in the Winter Dragon the max speed can achieve in some areas its 230mm/s and print at 10mm/s on the overhangs the total print time with PETG its 5 hours 43 minutes.
I dont know why so many people make this mistake, They dont claim it prints at 500mm/s and every printer company advertises these speeds there talking about max velocity of the tool head. It even states on the Neptune 4 plus site :Max Speed of Tool Head 500 mm/s. That hotend cant maintain the flow capable to hit 500mm/s while printing.
Also, it does NOT print at 500 mm/s. To go that fast, you need more flow rate. It does not have even half as much flow than enough. Also, the reason why it could print the benchy and tall thing is because they are small on a plane and the printer dosent have much time to accelerate enough so that it can reach the speeds. Also, flow rate effects the problem more. Normal benchys can take 16 min now, and if you actually are printing a 500mm/s, it will take a lot less time.
I have the Neptune 3 Pro and it’s a great printer, but it’s loud. The fan runs when it’s powered on. My old Monoprice Select mini and my Prusa Mini could both print in my office with no issue. I kind of liked the music they made. The Elegoo went into another room after the first print was done. It is ridiculous that they don’t have guides for the plate. I’d have paid the extra $1 for the extra metal it would have taken to provide two posts and bump out on the build plate. Not a show stopper, but definitely an annoyance. The wire clip does keep losing the wire. Maybe I’ll get around to replacing it. Annoyance you didn’t mention are: - the mount for the controller is not adjustable, so you have to grab it to use, which is ok, but it also means you can’t mount a camera to the Z axis on that side or it knocks into the controller. Not huge, but annoying. - another nitpick is that the lights should have switches. If you start a print and forgot to turn the lights on, then you’re out of luck.
This is not even close to 500mm/s. I looked into this and the PLA Orca Profile for the Neptune 4 Plus limits flow to 15mm³/s. At 0.2mm layers you will barely hit 200mm/s for printing before being limited, and that's not even taking cooling into account. The printer profile also sets the acceleration limits at 7k for x/y, which is not particularly impressive. With standard Benchy rules (0.25mm layer height, 0.5mm line width, 2 walls, 3 top/bottom, 10% infill) I can definitely get it down to around 16 minutes but that's not gonna look pretty. I suspect you probably printed a pre-sliced file there, where they used something like only one wall and 0.32 layer height to be able to slow down printing on overhangs and for the smokestack and still reach the 16 minute mark (Bambu does the same thing with their cheated benchy). At no point during print moves does the speed exceed 200mm/s.
Great idea looking into the presets for Orca slicer. I actually used Cura but I’m sure it’s similar. I guess the printer says it’s printing 500 mm/s but not getting up to those speeds. I did use a pre-sliced benchy file. I’ll have to slice my own using the standard benchy rules. Thanks for the feedback!
@@The3DPrintingZone Yes, its kind of complicated. The giga is a cartesian printer, which means each motor controls each axis. A corexy printer on the other hand, uses x and y motors to control the x and y axis together.
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After 4 years, I made the jump to this printer and actually put it together yesterday. Straight outta the box without adjusting any settings and just followed the "leveling flyer" quick guide, I printed the test files and they came out perfect! Connected to WiFi and Orcaslicer and sent a custom-designed hex bolt and it printed flawlessly and fast! Surely, I will have a lot to play around with, and like with my Enders, there are things I will have to work on. So far, I am ecstatic with this purchase and cant wait to max out the print volume! Thanks for the vid so I know where to start with the racing stripes!
Awesome, congrats on the new printer! Glad you're liking it so far. It’s SO much better than many of the printers I’ve tested. It just works 😃 thanks for watching!
My Kobra 2 Pro prints them fine at 300mm/s. I haven't tried to go higher because I can only expect it has terrible results. 300mm/s is a huge upgrade from 40-50mm/s on my CR-10 minis. I'll take it.
I agree and honestly, I don’t know how much faster 400-500 is with printing. Not sure the filament can come out much faster.
Thx for the video. I have the Neptune 4 pro as my first printer and it goes great at 300mm/s still I mostly use it at 150 in the beginning of the print and then put it higher and then the last 5 min back to a lower speed. But it depends also what you print. So a square or cirkel will go at 300. But something complex must go slow..so I only see the Benefits that's it bigger.
And I learned the hard way that if you go fast you must level the bed before the next use as it moves it out of levell.
You can send me anything that you have left over. As a newbie I can use anything 😊
Thanks for your comment and for watching!
Seems pretty solid for then you need to prototype a part that needs have adjustments in stages or just on the fly. 4 similarly sized and complex to Benchy proofs of concepts in just over a hour of collective runtime is a big time saver. A several day project can be turned into an afternoon depending on what changes needed to be made before doing a final, slower print.
Yep! My thoughts exactly! Thanks for sharing.
Cons you listed aren't much of a con tbh, sponsored videos are fine but at least be more transparent about cons, I highly doubt everything is sunshine and rainbows there.
I have an elegoo Neptune 3 pro (I know it is the previous generation) and it was very easy to assemble and prints totally fine. It is a lot slower tho but I suppose t that's because it doesn't has the extra fans and probably has worse motors but it is a very good printer for the price. So I think that the 4 series van only be better
Echoing what Kato says. The 3 is a solid machine. The machine is LOUD, so it’s more of a con than you might think. I had to move which room I print in because I couldn’t take the noise residing in my office.
I tried to find more cons but haven’t yet. However, in searching the internet, because the bed is so big and vibrates so much, people have mentioned the belts get loose which makes the quality go down. I haven’t experienced that yet but will update if it happens.
@@The3DPrintingZone I see, thank you for the overview and for digging in deeper!
i did some speed testing on my neptune 4 plus (modded fan shroud, no gantry fan)
it can go 600mm/s at 19000mm/s acceleration
but no way the stock hotend can extrude enough material lmao (stock hotend topped at 22mm/s3 using Sunlu PETG at 245C)
That’s interesting. I might need to upgrade the hotend. Thanks for the comment and watching!
@The3DPrintingZone I wrote something wrong there
hehe
I'm still running stock hotend but a modded fan shroud
Search for layer.shifted on Printables and you'll find his fan shroud
it's a game changer since nep 4 plus on stock configuration is loud as hell
The default speed of that machine its 250mm/s if you really want to see the printing speed when you slice the file in Orca Slicer or other slicer you had a option to see to activate a mode to see the real speed of the diferentes areas of the model.
Orca Slicer show that my Bambu A1 in the Winter Dragon the max speed can achieve in some areas its 230mm/s and print at 10mm/s on the overhangs the total print time with PETG its 5 hours 43 minutes.
Thanks for the detail, very helpful! I’ve been using Cura for too long and just switched to Orca so I love this information!
I dont know why so many people make this mistake, They dont claim it prints at 500mm/s and every printer company advertises these speeds there talking about max velocity of the tool head. It even states on the Neptune 4 plus site :Max Speed of Tool Head 500 mm/s. That hotend cant maintain the flow capable to hit 500mm/s while printing.
Looking into this and you’re right!! The print head moves that fast but not all the time. Thanks for the tip!
Talk about Bambu lab forced cloud dependency.
Also, it does NOT print at 500 mm/s. To go that fast, you need more flow rate. It does not have even half as much flow than enough. Also, the reason why it could print the benchy and tall thing is because they are small on a plane and the printer dosent have much time to accelerate enough so that it can reach the speeds. Also, flow rate effects the problem more. Normal benchys can take 16 min now, and if you actually are printing a 500mm/s, it will take a lot less time.
Thanks for the input! We’re learning a lot from this video. Can’t wait to see a printer truly print a benchy at 500 mm/s.
I have the Neptune 3 Pro and it’s a great printer, but it’s loud. The fan runs when it’s powered on. My old Monoprice Select mini and my Prusa Mini could both print in my office with no issue. I kind of liked the music they made. The Elegoo went into another room after the first print was done.
It is ridiculous that they don’t have guides for the plate. I’d have paid the extra $1 for the extra metal it would have taken to provide two posts and bump out on the build plate. Not a show stopper, but definitely an annoyance.
The wire clip does keep losing the wire. Maybe I’ll get around to replacing it.
Annoyance you didn’t mention are:
- the mount for the controller is not adjustable, so you have to grab it to use, which is ok, but it also means you can’t mount a camera to the Z axis on that side or it knocks into the controller. Not huge, but annoying.
- another nitpick is that the lights should have switches. If you start a print and forgot to turn the lights on, then you’re out of luck.
Thanks for sharing your issues with the Neptune 3. On the 4 plus, you can turn the lights on or off at any time.
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Yep!
This is not even close to 500mm/s. I looked into this and the PLA Orca Profile for the Neptune 4 Plus limits flow to 15mm³/s. At 0.2mm layers you will barely hit 200mm/s for printing before being limited, and that's not even taking cooling into account. The printer profile also sets the acceleration limits at 7k for x/y, which is not particularly impressive. With standard Benchy rules (0.25mm layer height, 0.5mm line width, 2 walls, 3 top/bottom, 10% infill) I can definitely get it down to around 16 minutes but that's not gonna look pretty. I suspect you probably printed a pre-sliced file there, where they used something like only one wall and 0.32 layer height to be able to slow down printing on overhangs and for the smokestack and still reach the 16 minute mark (Bambu does the same thing with their cheated benchy). At no point during print moves does the speed exceed 200mm/s.
Great idea looking into the presets for Orca slicer. I actually used Cura but I’m sure it’s similar. I guess the printer says it’s printing 500 mm/s but not getting up to those speeds. I did use a pre-sliced benchy file. I’ll have to slice my own using the standard benchy rules. Thanks for the feedback!
The elegoo orangestorm giga is not corexy. Its cartesian too.
Maybe I misunderstood, but I didn’t think the bed moved on the orangestorm giga. I’ll have to double check.
@@The3DPrintingZone Yes, its kind of complicated. The giga is a cartesian printer, which means each motor controls each axis. A corexy printer on the other hand, uses x and y motors to control the x and y axis together.
@@3DPM-1386 right! That makes more sense. Thanks for the clarification! Sounds more like an etch-a-sketch.