The REALITY of owning a MASSIVE 3D printer - AnyCubic Kobra 2 Max 

The Kobra 2 Max uses a hacked klipper firmware, and it's closed. They won't release the source, which, besides being unethical, it means no community improvements. DONT BUY THIS PRINTER.

Really good review, thank you. A dose of functional realism, honest about the faults, and your explanation about the real world benefits of a bigger bed for a shop (or other) helped.

Why does everyone violently rip their build plates off? My prints pop right off after cooling for 1 minute. Also, what kind of psychos use razor scrapers on PEI plates?!? You don’t need that! I print pla scrapers and they work fine without screwing up the plate. Lastly, people always have ghost images on their build plates for some reason, I have nearly 3000 hrs on the plate that came with my printer and aside from one scar where the nozzle scraped to to linear rail conversion being too far out of Z adjustment, it’s pristine! It’s printed 3 4x8 V1 cnc machine kits and hundreds of lithophane moons. I guess free stuff is treated badly by all the “influencers” because it doesn’t cost them anything 🤦‍♂️

Large bed slinger is useless, you will knock things off, bad surface quality etc. anything above 300x300mm is stupid. UNLESS you only print shorter objects

I also bought this printer with last Black Friday and I love it. It prints really good. I like those Libra 2’s so much that I bought a Kobra 2 plus. 😅😅

I am a the 600th person to like this video!

I think the proprietary slicers are pointless money wasters for these companies. Most are just trashy reskins of previously existing slicers. Why put in the R&D funding for something that is both unnecessary AND half-baked?

Kobra 2 Neo was my first printer and I absolutely love it and realised that this hobby will become increasingly expensive as my own skills gets better...

Great video! Hope to see you on our podcast soon...

Seems fairly solid overall for a large printer at that price. I'd definitely just make my own printer profile for another slicer. Ditching the spool holder would have been one of my first moves too. Also seems like that cable and reverse Bowden might cause some issues. Needs one of those retracting tethers or something. Good review! Very entertaining. Nice fidget... Thing.

I’m going to get a Kobra 2 neo and I already got the filament. Can’t wait!

am i a joke to you-elegoo orange storm giga

Great review!

Ive got the kobra pro, its very small but every issue ive had with it has been attributed to it being my first real printer. I had to creality ender 3s which where more or less broken out of the box, ive had my kobra pro for about 6 months and it has so far been the best experience ive had with the hobby. I do definitly plan on getting the max as soon as im able to afford it to increase work flow.

Do you have a large 3D printer, and has it improved your setup?

WHY IS IT SO CHEAP FOR SUCH A BIG PRINTER - I EXPECTED IT TO BE AT LEAST $1000

The kobra 2 was my first printer and the hotend module just broke and I am having to deal with high amounts of loss from my business and anycubic just will not ship it out within 24 hours so no i have to wait 15 days to get the nozzle because there is not express shipping available so I would not recommend the anycubic kobra 2 and the kobra 2 family. one 3d printer i would recommend is the Bambu labs A1 or A1 mini as it is better than the kobra 2 so just spend the extra $50 for the A1 mini or the extra $150 and save yourself all lf this trouble

TLDR; you can print multiple objects at once.

I have the Anycubic Kobra Plus (ORIGINAL NOT 2!) I have found it to be very reliable and there is a community made profile for it on Cura and I get decent results with that overall pretty good printer for $500 (I think its 500 idk)

Sorry, I looked into this machine and that goodness I did. Proprietary hotend nozzle, and the industries most crappy firmware...big no go for me, The original Kobra Maz was "OK" but they took everything tolerable and removed it for the max 2, a HUGE misstep anycubic. Why the hell deliver a massive printer with a 0.4 nozzle and NO WAY TO REPLACE IT WITH A 0.6 or 0.8 ???? Dumb as it get IMHO The WIFI is nothing but a way yo try and infect your phone with their useless software (and cant be used any other way.) The printer WILL NOT connect to other slicers, and is locked down. Stupid Stupid....look for these crippled machines to be on clearance for $300 within six months.

May I ask why the mask on? Printing ABS / ASA? or is it because there are many printers printing, plus closed space, and PLA fumes still bad?

I got the kobra 2 pro as my printer and i love it. It has been a hassle-Free experience. If your getting a first printer the kobra sires is AWSOME

This looks awesome and I thought my P1S was big :)

i know i'm a bit late to this, but there are some more reasons to get a bigger printer. i design alot of things to function in two ways. to be easily printable without supports, and to fit the smaller sized print beds. think ender 3 sized. but this has led to some design constraints for size. its easy to design things to be printable, but size is a major factor. nowadays most bigger printers are faster becuase of the huge size. as someone who still uses older printers compared to things like the Kobra 2 max, or even the prusa mk3 or mini, time and size is a major factor. if i can print something relatively large in 8 hours where on my smaller printer it would take me 16 with multiple prints, the larger printer is the one i'd go for. and like you used, it can still print smaller items. i think owning a big 500 dollar printer that will work most of the time your using it is better for not newer printer hobbiest, but as a good second printer. i think eventually everyone who does 3d printing will eventually get 3 or more printers, a small begginer one, a bigger one, and then either a high end fast one or a resin one. this printer seems to be a good option for alot of people in the second stage of printing

I have the kobra 2 neo and I like it it is only 170€ and for that it’s great the only problem is that maximum print speed is 250 mm s

I have an anycubic kobra 2 pro and to be honest its great it rarely fails and when it does it is because of me doing stupid stuff or forgetting to do stuff for it and the only times when the machine itself failed was because of the filament runout sensor but n the pro version you can turn that off in the settings menu so now it runs perfectly the only bad thing about the anycubic kobra series that i would like to point out is how loud they are they are EXTREMELY LOUD but other than that i would recommend these they aren't to expensive as far as 3d printers go and it works great.

2:46 well ... that's something I'll never unsee.

I just can’t understand, is it that you started making wiener jokes or am I just really down bad????

i just sat with my mouth open for 2 minutes after you said the price, £500! for that massive machine that's top 5 best deals in 3d printing at least, that's absolutely mad!

I print on the kobra 2 plus and bambu lab p1s. The two negatives you mentioned are easily workable. When loading filament, make sure the hot end is positioned all the way to the left and bottom of the bed. The slicer itself is fine and covers advanced needs. For anything beyond, just use prusa slicer. Here are my two negatives: 1. The G4 pause command does not working on anycubic. This has meant my timelapses often don't come out smoothly. 2. You can't upgrade to a bimetal heat break (atleast easily). The aftermarket bimetal heat break does not have a recessed thread, meaning you will have filament oozing out the top of the heating block, unless you manually mill the heat break, which in my opinion that level of effort isn't warranted.

i have been using the kobra 2 for about 3 months and I love it, can't push it past about 140mms without it becoming very loud but still It's rather fast and has me wanting to buy the kobra 2 max next probably any day now. I use prusa to slice with and have had great results and have even been able to print minis with dam well near resin quality with really precise settings and speeds.

HI. LOVE THE vid. Wondering could you put those Trays on there sides and print 20 at a time. Might need to change the design a little but could be WORTH it.

I have a kobra 2 pro so the tiny version. This is my first printer and my only printer so far. I got it for christmas and its reliable and fast I havent had any I problems and I can say its a good printer for beginners.

I noticed you wearing a respirator in your shop. What cartridges are you using?

Also just put up a video for this printer. 100% agree for the size, speed, quality, features, volume - you can't beat this printer. I bought a Kobra max last year and liked it enough that when I saw they put out a newer model fixing all the complaints I had from the first and added more volume - this was an easy slam dunk. We're getting ready for a comic convention and if it wasn't for the speed and size we'd be under prepared. I was underwhelmed with Anycubic's SLA printers - but their FDM printers - dare I say - beats out creality

How is the quality of kobra 2 max against Bambu lab a1, now I’m really interested. Great review overall)

i bought kobra 2 neo 8 moth ago cuz my china special printer died

why are you wearing a mask while assembling?

Great vid! 90C max on the bed is a potential drawback, looking for solutions as need the bed size, are you printing mainly PLA?

the 2 max is on sale for 300 dollars here now in china and i am really tempted to get it, but i have zero use for it and not to mention its humungous

I have the Kobra 2 Pro and it has been one hell of a good printer. It worked straight out of the box without having to tinker with anything. For the price it is a bargain.

put a .8mm nozzle in it and slash your print times

On the SD card that comes with the printer youll have profiles for PrusaSlicer and Cura! so no worries about having to use their software. Got my Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo the other day and happily using Prusaslicer with it, though seeing the dual axis motors on the pro makes me wish I got that instead! Either way having a blast and no issues :)

if i wanted to print some shelving , say 400mm x 150mm, sides and back 150mm, how long you think that would take at say 3mm thickness, holding game cases/carts

I personally own the Anycubic Kobra 2 after owning the Easythreed K2 Plus and I have to say it has been so good to me. All the features work great and the slicer is built off of Prusa Slicer so you can just use the Prusa slicer with the .ini file that they give you. Overall great value for the price and less messing around needed when compared to the Creality Ender counterparts (which my family members use).

I bought Kobra 2 max because i have been using the Anycubic Chiron for many years and i like to print PETG. Chiron doesn't handle petg very well but with Kobra 2 max i can print at insane speeds the petg. Like 230mm/s versus the chiron that was printing at 30mm/s . Above that i get very steingy and not even prints. Also has to say that with high speed comes high vibrations so my whole table feels like a level 8 earthquake. Overall i really like my kobra 2 max because if i have to print pieces that i must assemble after, i just sit them all together and print them in 1 session instead of having to wait to finish 1 piece and start another. So the project takes just 1 day instead of e or 4 days to be finished.

Why does EVERYONE PRINT THAT BOAT

I have the original Kobra, it had issues, I am told the new Kobra 2s have resolved them and they are good. I am now running Elegoo Neptune 3 and 4 Pro printers, and thinking of getting the Neptune 4 Max, but your review is making me think I might go back to Anycubic for my monster sized printer...

Do you need to where that on your face 3D printing?

I've been using my Ender3 for a long time, and I always thought I would go with a smaller, faster printer for my second 3D printer. Until I had a friend selling his Ender5-Plus, and now I've swung the opposite way. In the list of mods I have planned out, I'm switching the movement to CoreXY and the bed out for a 400 x 400 auto tramming bed, so it's not quite your 420 x 420, it'll be much bigger than my 220 x 220 on the Ender 3. Wish me luck!

I received a kobra 2 max for Christmas from my wide and I laughed, I talked from time to time about wanting a 3d printer but never got around to it. I love this thing, I've must have logged 2000 hours since I started and the worst thing I've had to deal with was a clogged nozzle and any other issues I had were user error 🙃. I love the k2m so much but it is very very big and some time I just need a small part. So I bought a kobra 2 pro 😁. Which i find hilarious because I know it is actually a fairly standard sized printed but it just looks so ridiculous beside my K2M. I do like how much quieter the pro is over its big brother. The K2M is so loud I had to build an enclosure, but that's fine I 3d printed that too.

I also have a Kobra 2 Pro. The auto-leveling sucks really hard. It always detects 2mm higher than the actual level. I even have to adjust the sensor position to compensate for the extra Z offset that is out of range on the printer setting. The printer started good. But the Z offset became imprecise very soon and the nozzle crashed ontoi the heatbed, heavily scratched it. Moreover, the heatend has a tendency to overheat and melt the bowden tube within it. It has been confirmed with the manufacturer's repair division. I already got 5 heatend changes within 10 months of using it. I will absolutely change it into a X1C.

I just got the Kobra max (non 2) just recently. Got it for an absolute STEAL as a refurb unit from anycubic on ebay. I love me some klipper and have klippered many printers in the past due to quality or consistently issues. This is the only printer so far that its actually a struggle to justify changing to klipper (not just cause its kinda a pain with a soldering mod) due to having 0 issues with it at all even printing CF-PETG with a microswiss volcano nozzle. Just works so well out of the box that the only real reason id move it to klipper is for the remote access and KAMP, which i have had no issues with the auto level yet so thats kinda a "take it or leave it"

I dare you to print a single item that takes up the entire buildplate

I have a Kobra 2 max and I absolutely hate the thing. It's unreliable, loud and the print results are mediocre at best. I had to make upgrades and take a lot of time calibrating to get halfway decent results. Even after spending months now, none of my results look even close to what you are presenting here. No idea if I keep it or switch to an A1 as soon as those become available again.

I have one question, I really want a x1c combo, but I am only 11 years old, do you know any online secondary sale website with cheaper printers, if you do, please tell, I beg

A cheap printer you should try is a anycubic kobra, it’s a very good, simple, and compact printer that is great for starters, with my personal experience it is phenomenal.

did you guys not run into any leveling issues? My first layer print is horrendous. Did you guys do any silicone mods?

I have a kobra 2 max and have had it for about 5 months and I love it other then that I had to get a new hot end recently

I have anycubic kobra 2 max

I have a Kobra 2 Neo and it is goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

Got the kobra 2 on eBay as b-Ware for just 110€. Had to change the nozzle though because i could not get it clean. But since then it works great for me.

So why can’t you print online on the Anycubic 2 Max

Just buy a K1 max or wait for K2 plus

Can you please give me the print button stl pwease 😢

Mines on its way be here Tuesday

Mate your videos are excellent

Why do you wear a fiktering mask in your studio?

my first real printer was Anycubic Mega X ... at the time a really large 305x305x305 printer... i love the thing, when it finally died around Christmas time last year, i bought the X1C ... however, I hate the Bambu/Orca slicer... with the Mega X i was using Ultimaker Cura Slicer ... it seems to support all Anycubic printers up to the Kobra Max... not sure if it will support Max 2 or not... but i would try it. Honestly, if i didn't accidently short the heating element on the Mega X, i would still be using it. Every time i turn it on, the hotend immediately starts heating and wont stop... I e-mailed Anycubic 2 days ago for help, but its out of warranty... waiting to see what they say.

Helo, anyways, large printers have their pro's and con's samd with small ones, i like the video so far

A1 Max

The Printer is shit. Had only problems since the first day. After 2 months of arguments with support because they don't want to take the device back from me, it's now standing in the corner. Anycubic is the worst company I have ever dealt with.

can. you. treebprint. a. midl. figer

i got the kobra 2 and its been a brilliant 3d printer that i have now decided to get the kobra max 2 and to get rid of my ender 3 s1 plus i did use to have the kobra max and that was a brilliant printer but the way they have done the kobra 2 printers seem to be a lot better