General questions from a newbie

[Martin_au]

Good option. I'd rate it above the ender 3.

[curious aardvark]

Hmm, well the artillery genius does have dual z axis.
But it's got a bowden extruder - and a really narrow bed mounting setup.
So you're going to have bed levelling issues.

But yeah - better than an ender 3 lol

if you want to go the ender/creality route - this is proibably the least bad machine they make: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creality3D-...strial&sr=1-28

It could do with converting to a direct drive extrduer - but other than that it';s a solid frame and a decent cartesian setup.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sovol-Extru...strial&sr=1-56
the sovol's not a bad machine. D=ual z-axis and direct drive extruder

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TENLOG-Hand...strial&sr=1-93
worth a look. Dual idex extrduers, linear rails - just a nice set of quality components.