Experiences with Cubify 3D printers

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We've had issues with our Cubify related to material.

We use about 60 percent of a spool and then it clogs up. Uploaded new firmware to purge the heads, but I've tried to purge at least three spools and it only worked once.

Also, clogs in the middle of a part that's run for 12 hours already. That part is no good now and the material is wasted.

So I take my $50 spool of about a pound of ecocycle material and throw away 40%.

I've read there are hacks to use off-the-shelf filament. I've always preferred to not use hacks, but since it's being discontinued, that might be the future.

Some hacks seem complicated enough that maybe I should've just designed my own printer.

And if I'm just registering my complaints:

I hate that it only talks over WIFI; sometimes it takes 15 minutes to receive a part. A wire wouldn't help this?

I hate that it assumes millimeters on all parts. If you scale, the part will be misshapen. We use Inventor and scaling the part before output is a real pain.

I hate that the GUI is set up to look cool but not be easy to use.

I hate that the machine doesn't seem to work well in a cold shop so on nights when I need to print 17 hours, I need to leave the heat up.

I Love that the printer was free and if it hadn't been, my team wouldn't have one.