Testing?
First off, this MK3 is my second Prusa after my awesome MK2S.
Disgustingly, I cannot say that the MK3 is just as fabulous. It seems to me like it took quite a while for Prusa to get MK2S dialed in where it is an excellent machine. It is going to take just as long if not longer to get these MK3's to the same standard. It is almost as if all these 70,000+ MK3 owners are beta testers.... all tinkering on a machine that was not fully ready to be released to the public.
I would think that a machine of this intellect would have been tested for at least a year before release- So that the average user can actually enjoy using the machine instead of constantly troubleshooting in-between decent prints.
Customer service has been helpful, and appreciated.... although a well tested machine before launch would have decreased the strain on them.
My experience with the MK3 has been significantly worse than the MK2S, and it does not seem to be getting any better in FW releases. I have a MK2.5 kit on order, and will probably be leaving it on a shelf in the box until the firmware is proven reliable( I estimate the end of this year at best)
In conclusion- I have the utmost confidence in my MK2S, undoubtedly. As for the MK3.... It prints ok.... if the filament sensor works, or the hotend fan does not false detect a blockage, or the Live Z works correctly, or the LCD doesn't display a bunch of garbage, or the flow rate is not manipulated by firmware.
Anything can be made better
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Re: Testing?
It prints ok.... if the filament sensor works, or the hotend fan does not false detect a blockage, or the Live Z works correctly, or the LCD doesn't display a bunch of garbage, or the flow rate is not manipulated by firmware.
excellent summary.
to be fair, I have fairly excellent results when printing stuff like petg extremely slowly (for strength), and the xyz cal/mesh level seems much improved in the recent RC.