

I’ve been running a FlashForge Creator Pro for over 5 years now and have been super pleased with it. I haven’t had to replace anything aside from some TPU hoses to feed the filament in all this time, but the parts at least at the time were easy to obtain since the platform was shared by multiple manufacturers like qidi. I’ve done dual color prints maybe twice ever on it. I felt it wasted too much filament on the ooze wall and still has streaks, so instead I design my models to be different colored separate parts and either snap or glue together for a cleaner end product. I think the only real limitation it’s had is the small bed size. I’ve had to do a lot of multi part builds to make anything large.
We get the giant pork shoulders from Costco and cut them in to meal sized chunks and vacuum seal them along with lots of other stuff. I cut cardboard boxes to fit inside the chest freezer to partition meat and frozen fruits separately. Makes it easier to pull the box out and get what you need as well otherwise sometimes things can settle as one giant frozen block. Best deal on vacuum bags I’ve found is Amazon but be sure to read reviews. We got a box of them before that were so thick that the machine had a hard time sealing it.