Whose upgrading to Core One?  

RE: Whose upgrading to Core One?

Already ordered the Core One! 

RE: Whose upgrading to Core One?

Sadly I think I will. It wont be optional, if you want to keep up to date in future. I think they will discontinue the support für the i3 models and support the new plattform in future.

RE: Whose upgrading to Core One?

I am anxiously waiting to order the Prusa MK4S to CORE One conversion kit.

I wonder how long the wait will be for day 1 orders. 😉 

RE: Whose upgrading to Core One?

The upgrade kit said to anticipate March for orders to begin shipping. Soooooo, I'm planning on day 1 orders actually shipping late April.

I am pro-prusa, and not one to complain, but I wonder if the MK4 just shouldn't have happened. The Core One is obviously a response to the X1C. The Mk4 can't compete, in my opinion, to the Bambu A1 at $299. 

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I am anxiously waiting to order the Prusa MK4S to CORE One conversion kit.

I wonder how long the wait will be for day 1 orders. 😉 

RE: Whose upgrading to Core One?

Today I was looking on the BambuLab site for the Black Friday offers because I wanted a CoreXY closed printer, and bang! suddenly I saw the Core One announcement.
Now Prusa finally has a boxed CoreXY printer 😀 
But as old Prusa owner I have big doubts if it is the case to purchase the CORE One:

• It cost 1.349€ assembled. This is the only option to order now. May be the kit will be available to order from March 2025.
• With that price I can purchase now the Bambulab X1C+AMS combo (1.049€) and I would still have money.
• As usual, I would pay now to receive nothing until January 2025 (that could shift to February, March, or even April, depending on the order time).
• I should put into account that something can go wrong, how it happened for the MK4 with issues on the LCD display, wi-fi file transfer errors and gcode corruptions (never really solved), and so be ready to spend lot of time troubleshooting the new CoreXY machine.
• The core hardware seems the same: Buddy Board, Nextruder, Wi-fi. Currently there is no webcam, nor air filtering, so forget ABS printing for now.
• I understood that is not clipper based, but it will be the same PRUSA version used on the XL.
• They say it will work even with PLA, but I am not sure what will happen during hot summer here with just at 33°C in the room: will I have 50°C in the printer ? 🙄 

So, I am unsure on what to do. I am not a farm, and I have an MK4S, an MK3.5+MMU3, an FLSUN V400, so I do not need really another fast printer now.

1. May be better to stay with the MK4S and wait until the CORE One is mature, and see also if it presents issues.
2. Take the risk, invest the money and wait several months waiting for the printer.
3. Get the chance of the time limited Bambulab Black Friday offer and take the X1C+AMS combo, and compare how this printer really works compared to the MK4S.

I don't know.... 🤔