I’ve only personally owned the Anycubic Vyper which is supplanted by the Kobra. I’ve had it for ~3 years with a decent amount of use and abuse. It’s very forgiving and when you work on it you aren’t worried about breaking a 1k+ machine. That being said, since I use it so much, I’ve been thinking about upgrading to the Bamboo Labs P1 series for multifilament prints. If you’re going to be making smaller prints with finer detail, Like if you’re into model/figurine painting, you might want to look into resin printers. They’re more of a process to use, but you can get some amazing results.
As for software, I use Blender, but I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s just what I had previous experience with. People in the space seem to really love Fusion360. But I can’t in good conscience recommend an AutoDesk product without a fat asterisk after it. They pull similar DRM shenanigans as Adobe. So checkout TinkerCAD. Or just Google: parametric modeling software.
I’ve only personally owned the Anycubic Vyper which is supplanted by the Kobra. I’ve had it for ~3 years with a decent amount of use and abuse. It’s very forgiving and when you work on it you aren’t worried about breaking a 1k+ machine. That being said, since I use it so much, I’ve been thinking about upgrading to the Bamboo Labs P1 series for multifilament prints. If you’re going to be making smaller prints with finer detail, Like if you’re into model/figurine painting, you might want to look into resin printers. They’re more of a process to use, but you can get some amazing results.
As for software, I use Blender, but I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s just what I had previous experience with. People in the space seem to really love Fusion360. But I can’t in good conscience recommend an AutoDesk product without a fat asterisk after it. They pull similar DRM shenanigans as Adobe. So checkout TinkerCAD. Or just Google: parametric modeling software.