Originally Posted by
marketermac
It hasn't been from my experience, with the exception of trying ABS, which really should be printed in an enclosure for anything big. Most other plastics are easy to print with.
I started with my first prusa printer a few years back. Got it, took it out of the box, downloaded a file from thingiverse and told it to print. Few hours later I had an object.
Just like everything else, if you buy the cheaper stuff (printers, plastic) expect to have to mess with it. My small army of prusa printers require shockingly little to keep on printing.