Follow up Review of the Anet A8 3D Printer

I have had the Printer up and running for about 3 weeks now, printing something interesting whenever I get the time. In this video I sit down and go over my results and discuss my first impressions of the printer. Basic Specs: Build Area: 220x220x200h Heated Aluminum Build Plate LCD2004 5 button Display Micro SD Slot for offline printing Acrylic Frame Filament cooling Prusa style printer with Cartesian coordinate system Pros: Price - It is one of the lowest costs kits available. Decent Print quality. Included Filament Cooling is good out of the box Large Support Community Overwhelming amount of User created Printable upgrades Offline Printing - (can be found in most kits these days however) Heated Aluminum Build plate Decent size build area for the price The Majority of the upgrades can be printed in one piece on the printer itself All electronics and power are mounted to the printer, requiring no external box. (Above is personal preference, External boxes are nice and neat and I have several printers with these enclosures, however it makes them less portable and they take up more space) Cons: Acrylic Frame lacks rigidity Wiring can be a mess as the board is exposed Power Supply is wired directly the plug, no on/off No Glass bed provided, Aluminum beds are not known for being perfectly flat Assembly instructions at times can be unclear For $30-$40 more you can pick up an all metal frame Kit Noise level - The linear bearings make the printer louder then V roller type Printer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Printer was supplied by Gearbest as a gift for review, it can be purchased through the following link (Please note that purchasing the printer through this link I earn a small commission from the sale) UPDATE: Right now you can pick up the Anet A8 for $139.99 making it a real bargain with coupon: E1011GBUS https://www.gearbest.com/3d-printers-3d-printer-kits/pp_343643.html?wid=44&lkid=11822091 Check out the build video for links to the Addons I printed and Purchased https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhZZBaUn3B0&t=17s Visit me on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/LMG3D/ See my Thingiverse design below: https://www.thingiverse.com/SummersideGuy/designs Facebook Group for the Anet Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1068531466501015/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Models Printed in this video: The Silver PLA used for the majority of these Printed was purchaed from Iprint-3D here In Canada. It is my first use of this filament and so far it has been giving me some excellent prints Die Hard Statue https://pinshape.com/items/27168-3d-printed-bruce-willis-die-hard Shuttle Craft: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:872684 Elven Archer: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2314063 Moon City: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2245289 T-Rex 800 Skull: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:330127 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Music: "Where You Are Now" Artist: Alex Beroza featuring cdk & Darryl J length 3:11 Source: http://ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/43098 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2GF2EV4rk0 2013 - Licensed under Creative Commons Artist Stone Broken Let Me Go (Non-Copyrighted Rock) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idYWhr0vV34 https://www.stonebroken.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/officialstonebroken Artist: Fivefold All Of Me (Non-Copyrighted Rock) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71PwyZb5P2E&list=PLNXt4mGJMAQofzKf3z0sD1cvnm_dY-gDU https://www.fivefoldband.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/fivefoldband https://www.facebook.com/FivefoldOfficial/