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by nomel8 hours ago |
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upvoteby Symbiote7 hours ago|
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Prusa's printers also worked out of the box. They cost slightly more, and their staff aren't volunteers.
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upvoteby nomel6 hours ago|
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No they did not. Calibrating flow and pressure advance was entirely manual. Vibration compensation/input shaping did not exist until 2023 [1], and was also entirely manual. The Pursa XL (only thing remotely comparable) was over double the price [2], with the Core One (Bambu competitor) not coming out until 2024 [2]. Their MMU was a clusterfuck of tinkering [4], so when Bambu released the AMS, people were trying to figure out ways to get it to work on the Prusa! Even now, the new Prusa MMU alone is almost as much as a Bambu + AMS!.

Bambu shook the industry because it was better in all ways that mattered if you actually wanted to make something.

[1] https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/prusa-research-unveils-mk4-inp...

[2] https://www.3docity.com.au/blogs/3dprinting/corexy-printers-...

[3] https://toms3d.org/2025/02/11/finally-prusa-takes-on-bambu-c...

[4] https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/comments/x3m76q/did_you_reg...

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upvoteby Palomides4 hours ago|
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if you absolutely needed a huge multi color/material printer, sure, but a prusa i3 mkwhatever was entirely adequate for normal 3d printing out of the box
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upvoteby zlsa1 hours ago|
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I have a Prusa i3 Mk3 and a Bambu P1S and I have to disagree. They are in entirely different leagues. The Prusa was a step change improvement from an Ender 3, and the Bambu is a step change from the Prusa i3 Mk3. It definitely depends on what you're printing, but I personally saw all my print failures on the Prusa pretty much go away overnight with Bambu.
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upvoteby 2muchcoffeeman3 hours ago|
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So is a bambuu for far less money.

I have a Prusa btw.

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upvoteby nomel3 hours ago|
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Nope. You will get absolute shite prints if you skip the manual, eyeballed, first layer cals [1]. Bambu manual effort is a few seconds [2] of navigating a menu, then print. But, these cal's are NOT equivalent, with Bambu doing linear advance cal and input shaping (completely manual on i3).

Prusa being "adequate" (and expensive) is partly why Bambu now has 41% of the market, while Prusa has < 3% [3].

[1] https://youtu.be/GE-lrRbU124&t=245 and https://youtu.be/GE-lrRbU124&t=524

[2] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XruRPpODE6Q.

[3] https://www.3dprintingjournal.com/p/consolidation-has-become...

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upvoteby mrheosuper1 hours ago|
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>slightly more

I wouldn't say "50%" is slightly more.

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upvoteby dspillett7 hours ago|
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More than slightly more, certainly when comparing like-for-like, particularly when considering multi-material features.
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upvoteby ChickeNES7 hours ago|
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It's a worse printer too. Not to mention overpriced since it's built in the EU
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upvoteby gilfaethwy6 hours ago|
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> overpriced since it's built in the EU

Externalized costs are real. "Overpriced because it's built in the EU" implicitly argues that there are no fundamental differences between the labor conditions, environmental controls, and societal impact of the production process.

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upvoteby ChickeNES6 hours ago|
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Yes, those do not concern me. I already buy plenty of stuff from China, so a 3D printer is no different, why would I make an exception?
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upvoteby fn-mote3 hours ago|
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I am confident that my job cannot be outsourced to China, but I still worry a lot about outsourcing everything else in my life.

I recognize that my neighbors could easily lose their jobs to the same forces that are causing me to buy a Bambu printer.

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