| I'm legitimately regretting my Ender 3 purchase after seeing this printer. It should decimate the Ender 3 if there's a real future to FDM... My Ender 3 Pro cost 230$ and came with a magnetic bed. Added about 30$ for Automatic Bed Leveling. Adding a 32-bit board would cost at least what? 50$? (
The stock Ender 3 board has so little memory I had to remove LCD support to get Unified Bed Leveling working) Max quoted hotend temp is 280 °C so unless Prusa is condoning heating up PTFE to life threatening temperatures it has an all-metal hotend, so another 30$ for a middle of the road one? Adding steppers... I think we've hit what the Prusa costs, except you hacked together this kit so now it's on you to support it, and also the prices I listed are not for high quality parts. Then there's just the fact, Prusa will make a 3d printer that just works, and if it doesn't just work, they'll make it right. Good luck if that 50$ Aliexpress-sourced 32 bit board conks out, and have fun tearing it down and returning it to stock if Creality wants to help you out. This printer represents careful design and good support, I'm going to try and get rid of my Ender 3 immediately and get one of these. I wanted a Prusa originally but didn't feel like sinking the money into a proper printer when I didn't know I was going to use it. Instead I ended up with something I'm not using because it never works correctly and has actively damned my enthusiasm for FDM... |