[MikeKusold]

This article highlights why Bambu has been eating Prusa's lunch the past few years. Imagine spending over $1000 then needing to print parts to get it to work properly.

I swapped my Ender5 for an X1C two years ago, and since then, I have only had to do whatever maintenance the X1C tells me. Using my X1C feels much closer to using my laser paper printer, whereas my Ender5 ended up being a hobby in itself.

[nmeofthestate]

While skimming through this I was thinking "this is a PR disaster", because people are going to see the contrived, extreme ways this guy has fucked up his Prusa printer to illustrate his how-to and think it's representative of the printer that they would receive if they ordered one.

[Miraste]

If we're comparing, it would be useful to look at the way these things are done on a Bambu printer.

Z-axis and XY-axis calibration: Designed to be unnecessary. Not possible with stock software. Possible with Orcaslicer on old or custom firmware, in which case the procedure would look similar.

Belt tensioning: Similar, but easier and better designed (no half-baked app involved).

Camera: Bambu also requires an account, I believe. Other than that, it's much better: it comes with the printer, is in color, has a light, runs at a useful framerate, and can take offline timelapses.

I don't think the comparison is positive for Prusa.

[lutusp]

> ... I was thinking "this is a PR disaster", because people are going to see the contrived, extreme ways this guy has fucked up his Prusa printer to illustrate his how-to and think it's representative of the printer that they would receive if they ordered one.

Fair comment, but Bambu Labs owners have similar issues on a much less open platform where they can't DIY themselves to a solution.

I'm a bit old-school (and a former NASA engineer). I think being able to fix things yourself is an advantage. Young people might not see the world that way.

But to be frank, I might not be the best Prusa advocate. In the linked article I posted a remedy that involved baling wire, without once asking myself, "Baling wire, really? Won't young people find this hilarious and off-putting?"

There are a number of differences between young people and my generation. One of them is ... we built things.

[Palomides]

this is a nice post on how to maintain and repair a Core One, not things you have to regularly do

kinda irritating that every single thread about a Prusa printer has a dismissive post from someone who went from a janky Ender to a Bambu

[sho_hn]

> kinda irritating that every single thread about a Prusa printer has a dismissive post from someone who went from a janky Ender to a Bambu

A lot of HN users have bought a Bambu and feel a need to justify their choice after the fact in a way that gels with their outsized need to perform as experts in front of others. This leads to a lot of comments basically just repeating Bambu talking points without having evaluated any alternatives. "The printer for the masses" just becomes received wisdom.

If you know better, just let it wash over you and go do cool stuff.

I'm also sort of wondering if it's a bit of an American thing, where Americans tend to have this odd self-disparaging impulse to call Western-made products crap and point to Asian manufacturers as having figured it out. See e.g. Japanese cars. Perhaps Bambu is perceived as the Toyota of 3D printers or something.

[iancmceachern]

Same boat.

The other thing to note is that they're in stock, folks have had to wait quite a long time to get their core-ones.

I'd love to support prusa or the others instead, but have hardware to ship and can't justify paying more for less reliable and more costly to run printers.

Prusa is great, but it's hard to justify an increased cost to my customers for "greatness".

[hnuser123456]

Core One prebuilt lead time claims to only be 1 week currently, I'll let you know if that's true within a week.