Im Buying My First 3D Printer (Need Advice)

[curious aardvark]

Umm - yes that's a flashforge creator :-)

They need a little tweaking but great machines, mine's happily chuckling away to itself as I type.

If you're not after ahuge print volume and want a very good but cheap machine then look at the printrbots: http://printrbot.com/compare-printers/

have yet to see or hear of any negatives and all reviews are postive.
The simple metal is a great bit of kit - but only 150x150x150 print volume. Which is'nt that bad. But the flashforge runs to 220x150x150
so basically 6x6x6 versus 9x6x6 in inches.
And that extra 3 inches length does make a difference (as the actress said to the bishop)

The printrbot simple metal is $749 assembled with a heated bed
http://printrbot.com/shop/assembled-...th-heated-bed/

$689 if you build it yourself