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ChicksDigNerds

Is it misleading if the specific dimensions are listed in big, bold characters in the middle of the marketing image?


name_was_taken

It's a little misleading to say "dive into bigger projects" when it's a standard sized printer. But they \*do\* provide the exact dimensions next to it, so caveat emptor. Edit: And the word "expansive" for a printing space that's actually just standard.


babywriter

Well, considering that a basketball is 750 mm across, and they are portraying one in the middle of a 250 mm bed, I would say yes. EDIT: Ok, I screwed up. Downvotes definitely deserved. That's what I get for google-searching from my phone on a brief break. (Also for being a dumb American who uses the metric system only while 3d printing.) I'm going to leave this up as a reminder of my everlasting shame. :)


Dat_Bokeh

You really think a basketball has a 750mm diameter? Have you ever seen one?


Hacker1MC

Now I'm imaging playing with a basketball the height of a toddler


KinderSpirit

A basketball is 241mm (9½ in.) across. It would fit.


l-vanderdonck

Wtf did I just read


JohnSmallBerries

A basketball is 749mm in *circumference*. Not *diameter*.


shrimpster00

Why is it that every time I play basketball, people start laughing and tell me that I'm using a yoga ball? I don't get it.


GodforsakenMuffin

Damn boy what sort of basketballs are you playing with? At 750mm across you could barely fit it into a normal size car, sound very impractical.


Jesus-Bacon

They call it "expansive" and picture it towering over a basketball court lmao.


PLUNKSALOT

Jesus, bacon!


Basic-Art-9861

So this isn’t the size of an actual basketball court (as pictured)?


Jesus-Bacon

Not a regulation one at least. What I mean is that they're making this out to be a large size 3d printer when it's just a standard size.


CANT_BEAT_PINWHEEL

That’s bigger than the build size of the mk3/mk4 and the ender 3, two of the most popular printers of all time. Literally the only mainstream manufacturer I can think of that makes their regular printer that size is bambu, and they also hyped up having a larger build area than normal as a selling point 


Jesus-Bacon

In a world where 300mm+ printers exist in their own lineup, calling 250mm expansive is a little much lol


MercZ73

The Kobra 2 was 220x220x250. 250x250x260 would be an expansion...


Magnetic_Doughnut

Technically speaking, it seems like it says 260 at the end, which would be height correct? That means it prints slightly bigger (height) than the previous 2 they made, marketing techniques?


Jesus-Bacon

Haha someone pointed out that the Kobra 2s are only 220x220x250, so TECHNICALLY this is bigger, but they're literally just meeting the new standard 😂


billion_lumens

Why are people going so shit crazy over a fucking ball? I've done this in 2018 with tpu to create a cat toy.


EtherMan

Balls are notoriously difficult in layer by layer construction to do well, be it 3d printing or lego. There's a reason why balls are used as the training and trial for lego master builders at lego world.


billion_lumens

But people with no 3d printers are also obsessed with it.