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this is the any cubic we want to see
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don't get me wrong this isn't a perfect
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product but any cubic have done so much
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right here that it would be hard to even
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imagine them taking another step
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backwards something they have done
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previously following the launch of the
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M3 premium a printer that was so
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incredibly good I will not stop going on
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about it until they surpass it and this
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is the closest they've been in nearly 2
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years not only is this a machine that
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has genuinely surprised me with its
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quality and features but it genuinely
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excites me too for what any cubic will
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bring us in the future so long as this
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is now the bar they've set for
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themselves but as I said it's not
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perfect so let's have a look at the
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details hi I'm Ross and this is f Hammer
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videos here we are with the mono M7 Max
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any cubic new flagship large format
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printer and due to its size it's a
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little more unwieldy when it comes to
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unboxing but thanks to any cubics almost
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patented Slide the bloody thing out of
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the box mechanism it's still far easier
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than most for this size also massive
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happy foam this time you can get the
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normal external Dimensions off the
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website as usual but because this one is
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the first any cubic I've seen with a
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flip over lid which is awesome to see
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you also need to bear in mind that you
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need about 82 or 83 cm in height and
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about 57 cm in depth to actually flip
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this lid open if you're in a print Farm
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however and you intend to rack Mount
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these yes you can just remove the screws
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from the lid and have this as a
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mountable detachable face plate which
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can still be held in place by the
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collars on the Tilt mechanism on the
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sides looks wise this follows the
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professional stylings of the M7 and mono
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4 range with orange accents white text
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and a black lid moving on to Ports USB
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plugs in on the front right side and the
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Wi-Fi antenna sticks out of the back of
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the same side the back of the left side
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is where the PSU plug in and the only
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port on the back of the machine is an
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rj11 which is actually for the data
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cable for the resin feed pump a device
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I'll talk about later but we also once
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again have this proprietary hose Outlet
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in the rear chassis but this time
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covered with a rubber bong I'm still yet
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to see a device which actually connects
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to these sockets so unless someone can
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tell me an existing hose that would
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connect to this shape I can only assume
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it's for a future any cubic product the
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last external feature worth of mention
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is the power switch which is located on
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the front of the unit below the LCD I'll
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come back to the UI later now the thing
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we need to talk about or needs to be
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expressed is that this is a big printer
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and it's very much designed with
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printing large things in mind and whilst
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that will become increasingly obvious as
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I show it more so long as your focus is
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mostly larger things this is solid and
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on that note the printing dimensions are
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298 by 164 4 by 300 mm looking at its
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raw components we first have the build
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plate nice and large with a very basic
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laser checkerboard pattern on the
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surface rather than the any cubic
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pattern we saw on the m7s this has great
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adherence and I genuinely prefer this
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simpler pattern anyway as it's much more
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even this attaches to The Zed arm by
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just sliding it on and rotating the
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large bolt now on this Zed arm beneath
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that mounting point there are also some
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hooks which allow you to hang the plate
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rather awkwardly at an angle so resin
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can drip from the front left corner
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though as other brands have shown us a
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better vat design could actually allow
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us to mount the plate sideways using the
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full width of the vat as a drip tray and
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that would generally be better but
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having this hang in at a slight angle
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it's still better than most now the Z
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arm does just have a basic lead screw
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rather than a ball screw but it has two
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very large rails supporting the
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mechanism and once again this printer
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has pressure sensitivity like the rest
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of their printers from this generation
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and I'll go more onto pressure
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sensitivity and what that means shortly
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the Vats really nice able to hold almost
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two full bottles of resin at a time
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though I will need to note that this
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printer comes with ACF release film that
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I'll talk about in The Print results
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part of the video and for once we
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actually have a half decent porw spout
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below the that we've got the LCD and
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this one is only 7K with a resolution of
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64 480 by 3,600 pixels now these Square
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pixels are 46 microns and whilst this is
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unfortunately on the larger side of what
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we've grown accustomed to in many recent
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printers the coob light source and frel
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lens below the screen at least ensure
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that the printed pixels are incredibly
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sharp and the UI of this machine that I
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mentioned earlier well it's any cubic
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latest generation of UI everything's
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incredibly well translated you've got
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quick access options down the left hand
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side and you can turn off all of the
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pressure sensitivity and other Advanced
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features within the menus of the printer
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despite me having some negative things
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to say about other printers in this
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generation from any cubic the UI has
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been a standout that really all other
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brands should try to adhere to now this
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printer does have some additional
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features worth noting first is the resin
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pump now I haven't used it I never use
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these once my reviews are done these
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printers go into storage cleaning out
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these pump lines is a pain in the ass
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and most times even after cleaning them
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they slowly drip resin everywhere so
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when you're changing materials you also
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have risk of cross-contamination with
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whatever you had in last not a massive
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problem if you only ever plan to use the
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same resin over and over but how they
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work is simple it'll only connect to an
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any cubic shaped bottle or similar
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shaped bottle which I don't have to hand
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and this unique bottle cap with the
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tubes and lines in it needs to be
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airtight to that bottle the unit inside
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the printer will slowly pump resin into
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the vat and the handy part is that it'll
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do it throughout a print too if you need
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to empty the vat it also works the
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opposite way and slowly takes the resin
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out but for me it's just so much easier
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to pour resin in the vat manually and
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there are much easier ways to draw it
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out too including pouring it from the
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useful spout and I've asked this on
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other videos but I'll ask it again here
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does anybody out there who's used one
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actually love having a resin pump on
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their printer anyone I bet less than 10
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people comment on this video saying yes
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I love mine look I just think if every
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brand out there made these an optional
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add-on it' be better for the whole
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community and keep the costs down for
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those of us who don't want it which I
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feel is most of us but onto something
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else that's hotly debated should be an
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optional add-on I think it should come
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with all printers but I've been told
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enough times that other people don't
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want it so fine this also should be
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optional a heater this printer comes as
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standard with a heated vat and I want to
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say finally any cubic you did it and now
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that you've proved you can do it please
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bring this option to every single one of
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your printers and you're golden even if
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you have to make it an optional add-on
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just please bring this to every printer
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please also make NF an option at
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checkout as well instead of putting ACF
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on everything but again we'll get back
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to that having this heated V basically
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ensures that your resin is at optimal
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temperature throughout your prints not
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only ensuring you can have the best
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results but also another level which
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encourages success now something that
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also elevates the likelihood of success
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or at least warns you when you've had a
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fail in the early stages any cubic
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advancement in pressure sensing is
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incredible and these pressure sensing
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features are just awesome now they've
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actually done away with the auto
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leveling bull that hasn't worked for any
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brand in the last year so to level here
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you will need to loosen the four screws
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on the bed lower the plate to the bottom
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position then hold the plate flat as you
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steadily tighten these screws in
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alternating corners incrementally but
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once done the build Plate's arm can
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actually detect when it touches the
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resin or when it touches the screen and
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if there's any obstructions between the
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plate and the screen when you start a
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print it'll detect those two and for
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those of us who've resin printed for a
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while we've done this it's happened to
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us on more than one occasion but when it
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has these errors it'll actually stop the
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print and warn you on the printer's UI
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on the slicer on your computer and on
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the phone app but this pressure sensing
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also gives it the feature of dynamic
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lift height so if the release film fully
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detaches from a layer before the lift
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height you've set in the slicer reaches
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the top it'll actually start to retract
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immediately rather than waste time
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continuing to raise to an arbitrary
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height that you've set because well none
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of us know what the exact proper value
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is and it works the other way too if it
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hasn't detached but you've set a low
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lift height it'll continue lifting until
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it feels the release film detach from
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the layer it's absolutely brilliant and
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then if for some reason a layer
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completely fails to attach to the last
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the pressure sensing can detect that too
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and warn you of immediate failure much
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earlier than the completion time of the
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print and as I said when connected to
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the any cubic Cloud all of this can be
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monitored in the app and the slicer
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itself and both the app and the slicer
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are steadily progressing to be solid
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tidy integration tools which genuinely
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Excel any cubic far beyond all but one
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of their competitors one who I'd say
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they're on par with in terms of smart
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Integrations but significantly ahead of
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in terms of affordable price and
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flexibility of the product I do need to
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mention though that the fans in this
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printer are a bit louder than most with
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60 DB pumping out of the fan Port
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directly now when it comes to PR quality
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as I said even at 46 microns this
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printer is sharp however at that pixel
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size you do lose out on a little bit of
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quality that you would get from smaller
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printers like most of the 10-in machines
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released in 2024 such as the M7 and M7
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Pro when you swap the ACF film over to
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PFA now I once again dialed in my
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exposure time super fast thanks to the
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RF feature which I've shown and
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explained in a separate video if you
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want to know how that works definitely
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recommend recommend you check it out
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it's a great feature but anyway in the
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output print you will still see some
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small and I mean small amount of detail
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loss when compared to the smaller 12K
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and 14k machines and it does make me
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wish that they'd chosen a 16k display
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that other brands have chosen in this
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one because that addition coupled with a
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solid ball screw and maybe the option of
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PFA release film would have potentially
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made this a perfect modern printer from
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any cubic in my humble opinion and it
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would have easily dominated the market
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and please consider that I am typically
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one of the more critical reviewers so in
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saying that this machine is imperfect is
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really only staying it's one step shy of
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being perfect so let me be 100% clear
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for anybody who isn't following me right
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now this printer is awesome in
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my humble opinion and when we compare
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this to the only large format resin
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printer on the market at the time of
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recording which has a 16k display that
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one used as a matrix LED light source so
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the print quality on that one is a bit
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softer anyway for the resolution of the
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screen the point is the print quality on
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this right now is comparable to the best
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there is for any printer of this size on
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the market then you get all of your
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smart stuff too like Wi-Fi monitoring
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and pressure sensing now before I finish
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and fully conclude I need to show off
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this incredible sculpt by loot Studios
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which is available now as one small but
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incredibly large part of their December
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fantasy bundle I've just finished
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watching box Mac in a season 3 and so I
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was in a dragon printing mood and this
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thing is silly big requiring just short
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of 5 L of resin to print and it still
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took 10 separate prints on this machine
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but look how awesome it is I've already
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printed a few of their other models from
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this set in another review video and
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each month comes with Miniatures 75mm
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models of each busts and campaign stuff
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I don't play D and D but you get stuff
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so if you like this this model and
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you're watching this video now in
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December 2024 in the month I released it
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then check out loot Studios there's a
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link in the description again I'm not
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sponsored for that but I do make a
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commission if you sign up and believe me
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I've gone to these guys asking them if I
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can work with them because I like their
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models but I think this print perfectly
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summarizes what these machines are for
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big things for people like me into
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Miniatures and models it would be great
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for terrain and large statues like this
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and for people into statues like you
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know Marvel sculpts and other characters
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and stuff like that it would be great to
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print statues now as I said this does
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come with ACF film as standard so you
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will see lines on vertical surfaces
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which I've shown enough times now I
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shouldn't have to keep proving but here
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it is again and you can reduce these by
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replacing the ACF film with PFA by
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yourself but again as I was saying this
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printer is made for big things and on
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big things it is unlikely you'll focus
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on this surface detail anyway but
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generally no it's not the absolute best
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for small Miniatures if you're pushing
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for perfect because there is some small
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detail loss in the 46 Micron screen but
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I honestly expect most people would
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still say it's easily good enough
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because you'll typically only notice
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that if you're using the sharper resins
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use cheap softer resin and you probably
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won't tell the difference the only thing
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I've got left to have any amount of
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concern about is any cubic recently poor
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history with underwhelming support both
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in terms of online communication and how
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long after a product's release they will
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support them for with things like spare
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parts and such now I genuinely hope
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through the progress they've shown in
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the M7 range and the Cobra 32 that this
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is the turning point for them as a brand
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but we can only judge that at the end of
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this generation's life cycle but after
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using this I honestly hope people who
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are after big printers get this machine
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and I hope that they have an incredible
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experience with it like I've had and I
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hope that any cubic reap the sales of
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this as a signal of exactly what they
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should be doing going forward and
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continue to support and provide parts
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for this as long as they possibly can
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because that's what should have happened
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with the M3 premium honestly and for
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those of you who watched lot of my
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videos you don't hear me this
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passionately this often but this
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genuinely is a benchmark product that
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all others in this category should be
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measured against and quite possibly is
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the one standout printer of this whole
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year but that's mainly because it has
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the fewest small and Daft issues it
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feels like everything this year has had
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something wrong with it for all the
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great things it does this is how you
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make a 3D printer I would ask if you're
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planning on buying one and this has
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helped I would appreciate you clicking
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