Hey all,

I’m planning on upgrading my Ender 3 V2 with a new printer, and I’m not sure which printer to choose.

SV08 has a massive build area, which I really like because of the size of my personal projects. And Klipper is a plus I guess? Never tried this firmware before.

On the other hand Prusa is well tested and known, also its multicolor extension is alluring to me.

Can you share your experiences if you used them before to help me choose? Thanks!

  • Bluewing@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    If you are willing to spend the money, I would highly recommend a Prusa. The quality of service and support alone is worth the extra money. If the cost of a Prusa bothers you, I would point you at Qidi as a more budget friendly brand. If I was starting over and looking to buy my first printer, I would be looking at the Core One or the Qidi Plus 4. And Qidi is set to release their own AMS called the Qidi box for the Plus 4 here shortly.

    Edit to add: There is nothing to fear from Klipper. MainSail is easy to pickup and use.

  • VinS@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The review from The Canuck Creator of the SV08 was not awesome. They may have fixed those issues.

    Can you explain a bit more your context, what you are looking for, tinkering or not, internet mandatory, opensource, etc…

    We have one mk4 in our Hackerspace, 4 x MK3 and 1 x XL. The MK4 just churn out parts from various inexperienced people and seeing more usage than any other machines without failing. All the parts are available to reprint if needed. It’s a good choice BUT it’s expensive and you may want something else.

    I have 2 Vorons at home, works good for me but too complex for my wife to launch a print by herself. So she is more confident to print at the Hackerspace.

    There’s a variety of printers but without knowing more about you, it’s hard to recommand something

    • emrsmsrli@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Thanks for the reply. I’m a pretty capable tinkerer so I don’t have a problem with complexity. I mostly print stuff for my board games, but they go from small to large objects.

      In current printer setup, OctoPrint reports to HomeAssistant and I would like to preserve this approach tbh. In other words I don’t need to control but only observe the machine remotely. In cases I need to shut off the power etc.

      The reason I want a new printer is, the current one feels very slow and in higher printing speeds it produces botched prints a lot.