I am sorry for all the people having problems, but my Prusa mjni is finally just workjng and happily printing all the stuff I throw at it. Its been having issues here and there forever. I just figured out that the hotend has not been assembled correctly (heatbreaker to nozzle seal was weak) which became a greater issue when switching to a 0.25mm nozzle. Now after I fixed it, it is just awesome :)
My Ender 5 performs very well after replacing everything but the frame.
My Prusa XL 5 tool is printing like a champ. So far I have printed a 2 colour PLA print that took the whole print bed and a flexible (TPU) print for my bike
It hasn’t missed a trick
I love Prusa
I also have an ankermake printer which I bought hoping their colour system would happen, but it never did. I’m tempted to replace it with a Prusa mk4s with their working multiple material unit (MMU) which is already in version 3
And it works with an open source slicer
And their printers have a history of being upgradable
Any printer I get in the future will be a Prusa
I have an ender 5 which I’ve had to do all sorts of things to. I’ve also had terrible luck getting z-probes to work with it. They’ll work for a while and then just die on me…
A while ago I backed the Phrozen Arco on Kickstarter. It was a mess of a compaign but I eventually got the printer (Over a year and a half late). However it’s just worked and makes nicer prints than my ender 5. I love it so much. My makerspace has a Bambu which seems to have the same results. I love just printing something and having it work and not having to fuck with the printer. It’s been so nice.
I spent a decade or so building my own reprap printers from scratch before I ever bought a printer.
You have no idea.
People will pile on me and say that it’s not the best choice if you value privacy but I’ve never had an issue with my Bambu P1S I’ve owned a total of 3 printers and they all had issues with something except for the P1S. Hundreds of print hours, as reliable as the day I got it.
Is the nozzle change proceedure as intensive as I hear? I’ve got a prusa mini and xl, as well as some modded ender 5 and 3, but I’m brand agnostic in expanding my fleet
Nozzle change is easy on new Prusa printers, Prusa have a how to on their website
Pony up for something expensive like a Bambu or embrace the tinker
'tis the way of things
No such printer exists. Unless everything you are talking about is plain PLA with limited number of colours from the same company, everything else will require you at least some experimenting and fiddling.
