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by lawn 582 days ago
If that's your priorities then I highly recommend you to jump directly to the VORON printers.

Truly open source and moddable DIY printers.

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But can you actually buy a Voron? I mean fully functional and ready to use.

For what I understand, Voron only publishes blueprints, and the process of building a printer is quite involved. You can find part kits, which is a good thing considering that you need a good 3D printer (like a Voron) for the 3D printed parts, but assembly is on your own. It may be a bit much to ask for someone who wants a 3D printer more than a hobby, though I admit that these often go together.

With a Prusa, you have the option of buying one that works out of the box, but you can still tinker with it. Or you can get an Ender3 or one of its many offsprings for cheap, these are moddable, often built using standard parts and open source software, and mostly work out of the box. Not the best by far, but you will have a better idea of your upgrade path (Bambu, Prusa, Voron,...), if you want to upgrade.

That's true, the tradeoff is that you have to build it yourself. I personally think that's a fair trade if you're already on the mood of modding it.