FilaCave
3D printing · the Bambu era, audited
Print the thing. Know the cost.
The printer is the cheap part. Filament, electricity, failed first layers, and the hours you babysit a bad machine are the real bill. We compare printers on cost per finished print, not on spec-sheet speed.
The cost-per-print calculator
Slice your model, read the gram estimate and print time, and get the honest number including power, wear, and your real failure rate.
$3.40
Filament + power + wear, scaled by failures. The per-print truth most spec sheets skip.
The shelf: three printers by what you make
First printer · decorative + useful
The enclosed auto-everything
- auto bed level + flow calibration
- ~250 mm/s real-world speed
- quiet enough for a living room
Functional parts · brackets, fixes
The PETG workhorse
- hardened nozzle out of the box
- 65°C chamber for warp-free PETG
- spare parts cheap and stocked
Multi-color · figures + gifts
The 4-spool system
- automatic color switching
- plan for 20-40% purge waste
- the calculator above includes it
Cost per finished print
Speed benchmarks ignore failures and purge waste. We rank machines on what a finished, usable object costs.
Spares on the scale
A printer you cannot get a hotend for in a week is a future shelf ornament. Parts availability is a ranked spec here.
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