Look at the forums and support channels for yourself ….
Look at the various forums and channels at the help requests for other devices and probes, and the kinds of help requests people put up. The chatter is overwhelmingly about the difficulty in setting up the other popular devices and what happens when they break down or just don’t work.
Now look around and see what kinds of requests are out there for Euclid Probe. There are not that many! Euclid is as simple and efficient as a probe can get. The most often raised concern is how to customize the macros or tweaking a mount or dock. There are an overwhelming number of comments from users who essentially say the same thing: “Bolt it on, configure your firmware, print happily ever after”
Don’t take our word for it, look at what the competition says ….
The original data in the following table was originally published at BLTouch’s website.
We’ve added a couple of rows and columns to fill in the missing data…
TH3D does not publish and data for EZABL.
| Sensor | BLTouch (Hall) |
Proximity Inductive |
Proximty Optical |
Micro Switch with SG90 Servo |
EZABL | Euclid Probe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensor Type | contact | non-contact | non-conact | contact | non-contact | contact |
| Standard Deviation | ≤0.01 | ≤0.2 | ≤0.01 | ≤0.3 | ? | ≤0.0015 |
| Repeated Accuracy | ≤1% | ≤5% | ≤1% | ≤5% | ? | ≤0.2% |
| Bed Material | Unlimited | Metallic | Glass X | Unlimited | ? | Unlimited |
| Max Current | ≤300mA | ≤200mA | ≤2300mA | ≤300mA | ? | 6mA |
| Current Consumption | 20mA | 20mA | 20mA | 200mA w/t jitter 20mA w/o jitter |
? | 6mA when deployed 0mA when docked |
| Affected by Bed Heat | ✔ | ✔ | ? | ? | ? | NO |
| Affected by Magnetism | ✔ | ✔ | ? | NO | ||
| Notes: | Proprietary cable with Molex Picoblade | Accuracy of NPN and PNP type sensors vary widely by manuf'r | Requires external controller module and external 12V power supply | 24V Input capable | ||
| Cost (not including shipping | ≥$40USD | ≥$15USD | ≥$25USD | ≥$10USD | ≥$65USD | $25USD |
(BTLtouch is a registered product of ANTCLABS, Republic of Korea. EZABL™ trademarked by TH3DStudio.)