• Bitswap@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’ve been thinking about upgrading my MK3. It was a hard choice between Prusa and bamboo. This makes the choice a bit easier.

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      7 hours ago

      The total cost of the upgrades to go from MK3S>MK4>CORE One is the same or greater than just buying a new kit. It’s currently $1-200 more than a Bambu P1S with AMS due to the black Friday sale, which they frequently have on sale for this price. I really do like the concept of continually upgrading your printer to the latest and gratest, but it’s not actually that economical. And add to all that, you’ll basically end up with a new printer and most of the parts of a second so why not just have 2 for the same cost.

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        3 hours ago

        It will be a significant speed upgrade…but the quality is only a little better. It’s one of the things holding me back. Not sure I really need to upgrade yet.

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          3 hours ago

          If you want to print with high temp materials the enclosure is a must, so it’s a huge change there, if all you do is PLA, PETG then it’s not as critical. But I still think the Bambu P1S bundle is the better deal, similar sized printer, similar motion system and ease of use, and you get the 4 spool AMS which is a game changer even if you don’t print multicolor. I want to love the prusa stuff but it’s just too expensive

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            2 hours ago

            I went out of my way to purchase prusa the first time. With these new developments, I probably won’t.

            Yeah, the enclosure is a driving factor as I’d like to branch out to different materials. The AMS seems pretty awesome as well since I’ve been wanting to do multi color for a while now.