Anycubic Camera Kobra 3 Series 3D Printer Camera, Remote and Real-Time Video Supervision, Ultra Clear Resolution, DIY Frame, with Anycubic Kobra 3/ Kobra 2 Pro/Plus/Max/Klipper Printer

One of the great tragedies of 3D printing is a spaghetti project—you start printing, but something goes wrong and the project starts no longer sticks to the plate. If you’re starting an hours long print (it doesn’t take much for that to occur), you’re going to want to walk away instead of live with the sound of the printer. That’s where the camera and app come in handy so you know if you need to stop it in an emergency. First thing’s first: manage your expectations! This camera isn’t top of the line, nor are you paying a premium price tag for it; the experience will match that, but it’s fine. If I know my project didn’t do what it was supposed to, that’s all I need. Viewing the project in the app will be like a security camera from the eighties—slow to update, but good enough. My favorite part of this item is you use the 3D printer to build the case! There is a standard template for download on the packaging via QR code, and the three parts were about a two hour build in total. I almost wish more companies presented this as an option. All told, all the elements are here: price, effectiveness, and fun factor. This won’t be your conference call level camera by any means, but it is effective enough for what I need on my prints!

I installed it on my printer and it works great. The picture is clear so that I can see what is happening on the printer. The install was very easy. Pricing was very reasonable.

Lights are pretty bright. Only somewhat dumb thing is you have print the camera housing yourself. It's a super easy to install and once installed is an easy plug & play design that works really well with the Anycubic phone app or computer slicer.

You actually have to print the housing and attachment but for what it does it costs practically nothing. It's a bit of a tight fit in the enclosure and not super easy to set up but it functions very well and it's super cheap.

Worked for a few days then stopped working but after looking at it more I was able to restart the camera and it works fine.

I used the heck out of a previous Neo kobra 2 3D printer that lasted about a year and half. Replaced with this model and I have been very happy with it so far good quality prints.

Update: I may have gotten a defective unit, Anycubic reached out and offered a refund. Great customer service if nothing else. It works, but the video quality is poor at best. It appears to be 5-10fps at most, and it doesn't look like the 1080p it's advertised as. If you want time lapse videos make sure your using a Kobra 3, as earlier models don't support it.

The first 500 hours went pretty well. But since then, I've had nothing but problems. I've had bed heating issues, printer head issues, and now it just stopped printing for an unknown reason. No code, according to the screen its still printing but there is no movement. Support has been good. They've sent replacement parts in a timely manner. I probably just need to do a hard restart to get this running again. But its 53% into a 4+ day print. Its the third time I've tried to print this piece and I haven't been successful yet. I have over 2 1/2 rolls into this piece which is now scrap. I'm really frustrated and disappointed at this point. I had planned to get a second identical setup but now I don't know what to do. This has been above and beyond acceptable issues.