Hello, all. Apologies if this post is redundant or goes against any community guidelines or general best practices. I’m looking to buy my first ever 3D printer, and I came across some listings for the Entina Tina2 and its variants. It seems like an attractive option for me because of the price and the minimal setup required. I should also add that I don’t plan on doing any very serious printing; I’m talking about fairly light usage. So I am fully aware that this printer is quite limited and basic. I don’t mind that. What I’m asking is this: is it a complete waste of money? Does it do what it says on the box, or is it all scammy marketing? What red flags am I missing? Thank you in advance for your responses, and again, apologies if this post is inappropriate in some way.
I can’t answer your question fully but I’ll try to be helpful. I got an Entina as a gift last year, my first printer as well and it works fine. I’m not sure what model it is but I’ve never used a phone app with it or any of the other picture taking things that they seem to list. I find a file I want online, slice it on my computer, then put the sd card in and print it. The printer is a bit slower than what the slicer says but not significantly so. The filament that came with it lasted me a couple of prints and then I got a different brand and that works just as well.
Hope that helps.
Thank you. That is definitely a valuable data point. If it wasn’t an absolute nightmare experience, I’ll chalk it up in the plus column.
Just as a follow up, I got home and could check. It’s the Tina2 Basic. None of my paperwork or anything mentions an app or AI. Again, not the best. Certainly can’t argue for or against it really. The only thing I’ll add is that I dont use it for much either but it’s been fine. I wouldn’t have a 3d printer if it wasn’t given to me as a gift. So I really have only printed a few models from it. The biggest annoyance I had was that it didn’t hold on to big spools so I printed something that would hold them and that’s been nice.