Yep, larger print bed means larger prints. However larger prints mean longer print times which means a higher chance of failure, much later in the process, when you've wasted time and material. It's not a detriment, it's just something to be aware of. If you have the gas you'll use it type of thing.
The "newbie" part in 3D printers is usually a two part kind of deal. The first is dealing with the printer itself. You've gotta be able to put it together, but that's more of a reflection on the instructions that come with the thing.
The second, is the software side. Some printers utilize their own software, others rely on any number of various slicers. Software like the Makerbot stuff is super easy for a newbie to use, but tbh the printer sucks and it's expensive. The alternative to that is using something like Cura or Slic3r, which has a billion options to really fine tune your prints. It is a much greater learning curve.
If you're willing to dedicate the time to learn the software of your choice, you'll be successful pretty quickly, in which case it would be a perfectly acceptable first printer. It's really the troubleshooting that's annoying, but you can google pretty much any issue these days and have 5 solutions in 3 minutes, and that's true of any printer or any software.
If you're not software inclined, you may have a harder time. What I find most common though is that people very quickly grow out of the basics pretty rapidly, and if they don't have the head room to expand, they end up getting frustrated. We have a Makerbot+ at work and I want to break it with a sledgehammer. It works great for some thing, but others it absolutely cannot do. It's very limiting in its ability both hardware and software wise so we aren't able to use it as much as we'd like.
Basically, you could get it as a first printer and have a little bit more of a learning curve, but the end result will be much better. As long as you realize that and accept that it may be a little frustrating at times, have at it!
The "newbie" part in 3D printers is usually a two part kind of deal. The first is dealing with the printer itself. You've gotta be able to put it together, but that's more of a reflection on the instructions that come with the thing.
The second, is the software side. Some printers utilize their own software, others rely on any number of various slicers. Software like the Makerbot stuff is super easy for a newbie to use, but tbh the printer sucks and it's expensive. The alternative to that is using something like Cura or Slic3r, which has a billion options to really fine tune your prints. It is a much greater learning curve.
If you're willing to dedicate the time to learn the software of your choice, you'll be successful pretty quickly, in which case it would be a perfectly acceptable first printer. It's really the troubleshooting that's annoying, but you can google pretty much any issue these days and have 5 solutions in 3 minutes, and that's true of any printer or any software.
If you're not software inclined, you may have a harder time. What I find most common though is that people very quickly grow out of the basics pretty rapidly, and if they don't have the head room to expand, they end up getting frustrated. We have a Makerbot+ at work and I want to break it with a sledgehammer. It works great for some thing, but others it absolutely cannot do. It's very limiting in its ability both hardware and software wise so we aren't able to use it as much as we'd like.
Basically, you could get it as a first printer and have a little bit more of a learning curve, but the end result will be much better. As long as you realize that and accept that it may be a little frustrating at times, have at it!
