Whose upgrading to Core One?
I'm in....take my money.
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.
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.
- May be better to stay with the MK4S and wait until the CORE One is mature, and see also if it presents issues.
- Take the risk, invest the money and wait several months waiting for the printer.
- 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.... 🤔