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I have a half assembled Trident on a table behind me right now. Like you, I greatly value open source. I didn't realize at the time I ordered the Trident that

I have a half assembled Trident on a table behind me right now. Like you, I greatly value open source. I didn't realize at the time I ordered the Trident that the Mk4 firmware was non-free, but Prusa didn't make the final cut regardless. In my mind, Prusa hasn't been showing enough innovation. The bed-slinging Mk4 coming out at the price it did against CoreXY printers like Voron and Bambu was like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Their new extruder is nice but not enough. I've been really impressed by the Voron community as well. I've found them very helpful and supportive, and the creativity here is amazing. The long list of mods is also impressive: some are incredibly useful and some are more fun than anything else. I understand that a lot of people just want a box to show up at their door that they can plug in and start printing with. Those folks should buy a Bambu. For everyone else, there's Voron.

mech422 3y ago
Pretty much this ^^^. Some people just want to _use_ tools and some people want to build/hack/tinker with them. Voron and Bambu seem to cover both use cases. Annex Engineering has some cool stuff in the 'build' category as well.
kiba 3y ago
MK4 firmware is mostly free AFAIK, except for graphics and design.
lawn 3y ago
I'm a bit further on with my Trident than you are[0], and with around 350 print hours I'm starting to get into the modding swamp. There's just so many good/cool things to add! I also disqualified the Mk4 on other factors. The Mk4 not having an enclosure and the Tridet having such a small footprint was another major factor for me. (I know there's an enclosure for the Mk4, but it's very large and expensive.) Building the printer has been super fun too. [0]: https://www.jonashietala.se/series/voron_trident/ https://www.jonashietala.se/series/voron_trident/
rcarmo 3y ago
Voron kits are pretty tempting, but although I have been thinking about a Trident one myself, I’ve been looking at the Vivedino Troodon 2.0 series, and wondering why there aren’t more Voron-like pre-assembled printers out there.

mech422 3y ago

Pretty much this ^^^. Some people just want to _use_ tools and some people want to build/hack/tinker with them. Voron and Bambu seem to cover both use cases. Annex Engineering has some cool stuff in the 'build' category as well.

kiba 3y ago

MK4 firmware is mostly free AFAIK, except for graphics and design.

lawn 3y ago

I'm a bit further on with my Trident than you are[0], and with around 350 print hours I'm starting to get into the modding swamp. There's just so many good/cool things to add! I also disqualified the Mk4 on other factors. The Mk4 not having an enclosure and the Tridet having such a small footprint was another major factor for me. (I know there's an enclosure for the Mk4, but it's very large and expensive.) Building the printer has been super fun too. [0]: https://www.jonashietala.se/series/voron_trident/ https://www.jonashietala.se/series/voron_trident/

rcarmo 3y ago

Voron kits are pretty tempting, but although I have been thinking about a Trident one myself, I’ve been looking at the Vivedino Troodon 2.0 series, and wondering why there aren’t more Voron-like pre-assembled printers out there.