This is a really neat tool, thanks for sharing it. I've been into 3D printing as a hobby for a while now and have gone through a handful of printers. Searching the models I'm familiar with, I'm pretty floored by how much the prices have dipped (even in the last year) and how feature-loaded new printers are. I haven't really been in the market for a new printer for a while, but this app is changing my mind. :)

The only suggestion I have, and I don't know how readily available this data is or how hard it would be to generate, but a visual representation of the print quality for each printer would be great. I've always found the advertised resolution of a printer to be a really sub-standard way of determining print quality before I buy. For me, printing something uniform [0] and comparing it to the same thing from another printer (using the same slicer) is the best demonstration.

[0] Been using this one for a bit: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5683

It's an interesting idea. To have a picture of the same "thing" printed on all printers. But it would be hard to come by these images. Would have to be crowdsourced somehow.

It definitely would require a lot of effort. One method could be to collect data from 3D printer reviewers who do that sort of thing (mostly printing Yoda or something). Another would be to add a user-submitted form for collecting the data, but even as I'm typing that out it seems like a crappy idea.

Obviously all of this is coming from the peanut gallery, and would be a lot of effort to add little value, but I was imagining some kind of enlargement like this: http://tobuya3dprinter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3d-pri...

People post their 3d Benchy on reddit (/r/3dprinting) all the time. Might be a good place to start.

Oh yeah that's a great idea. I forgot about benchy. Love that boat.