Core One owners regretting their purchase?
I got my C1 when it was announced a year ago and 3-4 months ago I also bought an H2d.
So now I find myself questioning what to do with my Core One, that looks rather small compared to the H2D.
This is not a BL vs Prusa post but I am at the fork on the road, where I am questioning going one way or the other due to size, upgraded bed etc... I do worry about Prusa's FW development, considering the C1 is one year old and FW development was rather slow.
Then when adding INDX into the mix. Things gets even more unclear.
What is the general consensus? Is the Core One considered to be outdated now?
RE: Core One owners regretting their purchase?
In short, since I think Prusa have finally gotten their heads out of their arse, I will hang onto my C1. Anyway, you are not going to get a consensus on this. It's obviously highly subjective.
I never initially regretted getting on-board with Prusa. My Core One started as a MK4. So the my "cost" of the Core One was $550. Or at least that's how I justified it in my head. I also wanted to build the printer. So I'm 99% certain that if something goes wrong I can diagnose it myself, either order or print the part and I'm back in business.
When the SnapMaker U1 Kickstarter happened and BL was teasing the Vortex and the H2D I did wonder a lot why Prusa seemed stuck in the past with reprap. That my Core One couldn't do things that other printers could that were half the price. And if I look back at some of my posts from 3-4 months ago, I was getting kind annoyed with Prusa that I was in FOMO situation. I also had designs in my head I had to scratch because of limitations of the C1 (like the 290C hot end) and lack of a true multi-material setup (the MMU does not qualify in my opinion).
As of now I have about 760 hrs of print time on my Core One and no major failures that weren't user errors. So it's a reliable printer and it's very quiet (after a lot of tweaking). Had Prusa not announced (teased) the INDX system, I would have most definitely sold the Core One and either picked up a U1 or an H2D and not looked back. I did have a pre-order on a U1 but I have since canceled it. I'm now looking forward to being a proud owner (beta tester) of the INDX system in the next coming months.