New to 3D printing, narrowed it down to two choices.

[LambdaFF]

Where do you live ? If you're in the US you can definitely find better machines : I love my printrbot and I think lulzbot has a deserved good reputation.
If you're in the UK... ask CA and he'll tell you to find a flashforge.

[aseawood]

Where do you live ? If you're in the US you can definitely find better machines : I love my printrbot and I think lulzbot has a deserved good reputation.
If you're in the UK... ask CA and he'll tell you to find a flashforge.

I am in the U.S., what would you recommend?

Thanks!

[curious aardvark]

Where do you live ? If you're in the US you can definitely find better machines : I love my printrbot and I think lulzbot has a deserved good reputation.
If you're in the UK... ask CA and he'll tell you to find a flashforge.

actually at the moment my recommendation of choice would be the wanhao duplicator i3 v2.1.

Just a lot more user friendly than a replicator clone.

@charlie - the wanhao djprinter mentioned is not the i3 but the replicator 2 clone. Depending on which manufacturer's version you get it's between 2-3 times the cost of the i3 that you mentioned.

The two nozzles does cause a lot of issues for a lot of first time printer owners, so for that reason and the larger build volume I'd recommend the duplicator i3 as a first printer rather than the replicator clones, which do have their individual quirks :-)

Yes i can pretty much do anything with mine, but that's taken over 2 years to get there and a few, minor but essential modifications.
And I read manuals and listen to advice ;-)

Wanhao keep improving their i3 and it's silly money for a very decent machine.