A while ago I had an Ender 3 Pro which I upgraded with a BL-Touch and self-printed parts. It worked great and was reliable but not something I would call plug and play.

Is there a clone that’s relatively plug and play? I don’t mind assembling but don’t want constant readjustments.

  • rambos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    11 months ago

    Prusa is more expensive and better mostly because its built better, not because of software. Any open source (marlin) board can be updated by user and its also easy to flash klipper for example.

    Constant readjustments are due to bad design and no QC. If you want more reliable printer dont look for knockoffs. My first printer was prusa knockoff, it looks better than prusa, steel frame with no printed parts, but its not even close. Its collecting dust now

    • hyper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Yes that obviously makes sense but is the price step up really worth it for someone who only prints occasionally? The price difference between the Prusa MK3S+ and Sovol SV-06 is almost 500€

      • PlasticExistence@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        11 months ago

        I don’t think the price differential is worth it unless you’re going to use it a lot. I own a Prusa MK3S, and it’s not as though it doesn’t have its issues sometimes.

        • hyper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          I think I’ll try my luck with the Sovol. Thank you for your input :)

      • stealth_cookies@lemmy.caEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        The question is whether you want to get into 3D printing or get a printer that has a chance of your hobby becoming fixing 3D Printers.

        I went the cheaper route too first, at the end of the day it never worked as well as my Prusa and I probably put a similar amount of money into it before giving up.

      • drekly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        On the flip side, I had a prusa mk3s and had nothing but issues for 2 years. It just wouldn’t print properly, even after hundreds of hours of troubleshooting and talking with people online about it. I eventually got rid of it because it was a constant headache. I really regret buying it.

        • cow@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          That sounds exactly like what I have been experiencing with my prusa mk3s

      • rambos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        Yeah its 3x price so not worth if you achieve the same goal. Personally Id try to avoid bed slinger, but if I was buying one I would go for prusa just because I know they are approved. But if I was buying 200ish € printer id probably go for ender just because they take more than half of 3d printing content on the internet. I dont know much about sovol tho