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Design for 3D-Printing

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pclark ◴[] No.43889062[source]
I know they get a lot of hate in the HN community but my Bambu Labs P1S is mind blowing. It’s so easy to use I print 100x more than with my old Ender. It’s motivated me to learn Fusion360 … i’m actually printing droids for my kids to color this very minute.
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sho_hn ◴[] No.43891351[source]
Because a lot of the readers here seem to be comparing Bambus and Enders: These aren't the only options. If you want a similarly-featured and reliable printer that doesn't phone home, I'd recommend taking a look at Prusa.

It's where Bambu forked much of their software from, they're equally easy to use after recent updates, very reliable and easy to service.

They also added US-based manufacturing recently, and I think you can get US-made Core ONEs, which given the tariffs may mean they're soon to be cheaper than equivalent Bambus.

Some people will groan that every 3D printing thread must have a Prusa fanboy, but then again the company inspires that attachment also not without reason :-) I've printed for thousands of hours on my MK4(S) and I've had zero issues, and it's pretty great they offer upgrade kits to turn this into their next-newer model.

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1. ornornor ◴[] No.43904218[source]
Prusa has fallen very much behind. There are open issues about the Mini and the MK4 that have been open for years and still ignored by Prusa. Table stakes like full compatibility with octoprint.

For instance: https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware-Buddy/issues/189 (over 5 years old)