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by m34 1491 days ago
Also as the Anker M5 is on the horizon [0] (sort of), I'm really curious how the consumer 3D printing space will develop in the very near future.

[0] https://ankermake.com

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LTT did an interesting video (but not a review, I think) on the Ankermake

https://youtu.be/E581GZ_dZbY

I’m excited for this one. I really like Anker’s charging products and the speed looks nice. Also having a camera to check on your prints is something I’ve always wished for.
> Also having a camera to check on your prints is something I’ve always wished for

If you’ve got a typical consumer 3D printer, you could be using OctoPrint anyway, just hook up a $20 webcam to it and you’ve got a camera on your octoprint interface, and in any number of mobile apps that monitor Octo.

Or install Klipper [0] and Mainsail [1]. Octoprint is a great addition where there's none but is very underperformant and the interface is janky. Klipper brings in many other improvements at the cost of tinkering.

[0] https://www.klipper3d.org/ [1] https://docs.mainsail.xyz/