I have a cheap bedslinger at the moment, it prints well enough and with decent speed, but it’s a little finicky whenever I need to start a new print and I sometimes have to stop and restart 2-3 times in the beginning to get the first layer good. I’m also having some issues with ASA warping (especially on overhangs) it’s enclosed and heated to ~45°C.
I was thinking of building a voron, but I don’t really have the time to have a printer project, so I wanted something that’s close to what Bambu labs deliver, but ideally with the accessibility of klipper+mainsail.
I thought of getting the Prusa core one, but seeing reviews of it has really put me off it.
The printing speed is slow AF…a 37min benchy on a coreXY in 2025, WTF!? My bedslinger does it in less than 30min. The ecosystem Prusa delivers seems half baked at best, with no LAN access to the full printer interface? I’m used to klipper+mainsail which is amazing and offers full local control of every aspect of the printer settings/config, print jobs/queue printing progress and actual live video feed (Prusa is 0.1fps!?). At a 1350€ price tag, plus another 100€ for camera and accelerometer, it just seems like I’m not getting much for my money.
Is there anything out there either already running klipper, or can be flashed with it, that’s close to Bambu labs?
Not CoreXY but you may want to check out FLSun’s delta offerings too.
I have an older one and it has served me well. I bought a QQS pro (I think) for tinkering. It worked well out of the box but I could not resist changing the stepper drivers, installing Klipper, changing the hotend, … It still works well, just faster.
Looking at the few reviews of what they have today I’d buy again but would try not to swap out parts. That or the Prusa you’re looking at.
I would really love the Prusa core one to deliver a product matching their price point, but it just seems to miss the mark by a mile to offer the required functionality and performance to match their price.