Several years ago I splurged and purchased myself an Original Prusa i3 MK3 kit, at the time I had an original Kickstarter Robo3d which I had mixed results with and was getting tired of its issues. Life went off track and the MK3 kit has sat in the shipping box ever since.
I’ve got the itch to get back into the hobby and am wondering how I should proceed. Build the kit as is or purchase one of the upgrade kits? Or something else?
Money is a bit of an issue but I do have several rolls of Prusa filament still sealed so I should be able to get many prints with stock on hand without any additional spending.
Obviously I’ll need new gummy bears…
Nothing wrong with a MK3 at all. The changes made since then are more nice to haves rather than big leaps forward. The printer will give you reliable high quality prints even if it is a bit slower than MK4 and has a tiny bit more setup for getting the nozzle distance correct.
I had an order in for the upgrade kit for my MK3S and quickly came to my senses that the benefits are minimal.