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Nicolinux, Kman and I rodriguez, Thank you - all for the detailed answers to all of my questions. Really appreciate your great information to help me in my decision. September 4th- will contact some resellers. Thank You !

Thanks for the note nicolinux- not a rant, just a first time opener post from an early adopter- on the last straw of a 2X ready to plunk down the next $$$$ on a new machine, but which?? I'm hopeful that we have come pretty far in 5 years and that the UM community could really shed some light on where and how far its come and where it has sat still so that I can get a user centric consensus on the S5. In NY ( a designer filled city in the USA ya know) there is nowhere to see Ultimaker S5 3D printer units working , succeeding, failing and displayed with all the various add ons that I see o

Im In the market for a brand new 3D printer- desktop 300 x 300 x 300 mm approximate total print size. I have been using a very poor Makerbot Rep 2x that seems as if it is nearly impossible to get right. Its been 5 years. Many spoiled prints, frustration and time and money wasted in-between the few good prints SO its time. Time ( 4 - 5 ) years should have gotten us out of the DIY under the hood woods on these $2000 to $ 6000 dollar 3D filament printers. From reading through all the Ultimaker community FORUM minutae It sounds like these machines are still not ready for prime time unless yo