My Prusa MK4 kit just arrived and I’m looking forward to seeing how assembly differs from the MK3s. I’m not going to have a chance to work on it until Friday though.
My Prusa MK4 kit just arrived and I’m looking forward to seeing how assembly differs from the MK3s. I’m not going to have a chance to work on it until Friday though.
Was it ever? I mean sure, it’s always been seen as a solid choice if you have $1000 to blow on a printer, but I would think the default is to buy a Chinese $100-300 printer. About 4 years ago the Ender 3 was a good choice for a first printer, but since then Creality went up in price and down in quality unfortunately. From what I’ve heard the Sovol SV06 for $250 ought to be the go to first printer for anyone on a budget right now.
All cheap printers tend to have some kind of flaw(s), but most of the time you can fix it by spending a bit of time on tinkering, printing some mod, or buying some upgrade. I think a lot of people getting into 3d printing think tinkering with and upgrading the printer is part of the fun, and don’t have a large budget.
On the other hand, some people have more money than free time and just want to print things. With Prusa you’re also getting unparalleled customer support included in price, and you’re getting a product made in Europe, if that’s something you value.
Creality never made a printer that was worth the materials they were made out out. They just sold so many that there were still lots of people on the better side of QA bell curve.