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It absolutely doesn't do things "just as well". I bought an Ender 3 quite cheaply (less than €150). I've spent countless hours, fiddling, upgrading, repairing

It absolutely doesn't do things "just as well". I bought an Ender 3 quite cheaply (less than €150). I've spent countless hours, fiddling, upgrading, repairing obvious small flaws until it printed really well. Granted, I leaned a LOT about all things relating 3D printing during this journey. But, there was a lot of frustration, time spent, and even a good amount of money. I don't regret it the slightest, I learned important skills. But, we bought a Prusa MK3.5 at my work, and, it just worked, since day one (came pre assembled). No fiddling, no slicer tunning, nothing. We just asked it to print, and done. So, don't think a 5x cheaper print is equivalent to a Prusa, it's just not.

kaetemi 4y ago
I got an Ender 3 Pro, and it just worked. No fiddling.
moffkalast 4y ago
I've bought the 3 Pro a while back as well, and only did the recommended upgrades at the start (bed springs, metal extruder, filament guide) and it's been printing flawlessly since. I haven't needed to even level the bed at all (though I'll need to replace it soon as it's all worn out by now lol). But the old Ender 3 is infamous for being hit and miss in setup, the point is that they now have the V2 and other lines which apparently just work out of the box because they're almost fully assembled, much like the old Prusas. Their head start in that area is gone.
thetis 4y ago
very similar to my own experiment on Ender 3 and also to the tons of posts on reddit Actually, the ender experience is more a lego experience when you have to buy tons of add ons, upgrades, days to learn systems & paramters in slicers & firmwares. Also think about the Ender 3 burning PSU trend 4 years ago. times to times, another comment pop on reddit such as "i own 12 ender 3 and sell my production, never did a single upgrade, printing at 50mm and it works like a charm since day one" but it's not majority

kaetemi 4y ago

I got an Ender 3 Pro, and it just worked. No fiddling.

moffkalast 4y ago

I've bought the 3 Pro a while back as well, and only did the recommended upgrades at the start (bed springs, metal extruder, filament guide) and it's been printing flawlessly since. I haven't needed to even level the bed at all (though I'll need to replace it soon as it's all worn out by now lol). But the old Ender 3 is infamous for being hit and miss in setup, the point is that they now have the V2 and other lines which apparently just work out of the box because they're almost fully assembled, much like the old Prusas. Their head start in that area is gone.

thetis 4y ago

very similar to my own experiment on Ender 3 and also to the tons of posts on reddit Actually, the ender experience is more a lego experience when you have to buy tons of add ons, upgrades, days to learn systems & paramters in slicers & firmwares. Also think about the Ender 3 burning PSU trend 4 years ago. times to times, another comment pop on reddit such as "i own 12 ender 3 and sell my production, never did a single upgrade, printing at 50mm and it works like a charm since day one" but it's not majority