Makerbot 5th Generation: Slop and Wiggle

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I haven't regretted my purchase of a MBI product for a nanosecond. (I have a Replicator 2)

Personally, I wouldn't purchase a 5th Gen. Not because of anything in the video, or this thread, but because it has a lot of features I don't need.

Camera? I already have 2 options for recording or streaming for each of my printers. First up is the Go Pro mounts on my Rep2 and FFCX. In addition to the GoPro, I have 2 spare cameras from my Home Surveillance system that I can view via any computer anywhere, or even on my phone.

Wireless? I hate wireless. No one is sniffing my packets. If I were to ever go wireless, I'd use the new Wireless SD Cards from Toshiba since it turns ANY device it's plugged into, into a Wireless device.

My Replicator 2 has been the most reliable, and consistently best printing unit, so far, of my 2 active printers and it "just works". When I have a 17+hr print to do, I click "Make it" and this guy appears and tells me to grab a beer.

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Of all the people to pick and you had to choose HIM?
Glad that your replicator 2 works so well for you. Dependability is nice thing to have.

When I was a kid I had his fishing pole!!
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The Pocket Fisherman! I have an UNOPENED one in the attic from the mid 1970's. I loved that little thing. I could throw one in my back pack when I went dirt biking in the woods and decided to camp overnight. They were great!