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The one thing Prusa still will hang on to over nearly every other major printer company is their EU manufacturing. It doesn't matter to most people, but it does for some. Personally I appreciate seeing Prusa stay true to its roots and move even more of its manufacturing to the Czech Republic. Its not enough to be the sole reason I would choose Prusa, but it is good to see.

Multicolor isn’t the main use case for the multi head system I believe. I work in prototyping and research and this printer would be extremely useful for multi-material type parts. For example, we print in one material for the part and we print the supports in dissolvable material.

Here is what I want to see from prusia: a smaller xl, fully enclosed, heated chamber, air filtration, dual head (either tool swapping or fixed) that's it. Can still cost more than others but at least I get the same features.

I think the first problem with the XL is that it has been widely accepted as a Bambu AMS competitor, when I think it is more accurate to compare it to something like the E3D toolchanger. The toolchanger was a similar price to the XL, and it could that price because there was nothing else with the same capability. That said, the E3D Toolchanger was also just a motion system, not a ready to use printer.

Definitely forgot to mention the best thing about this printer, it’s the fact you can print tpu with pla supports with a petg body, something you litterally couldn’t do with a x1c

I changed my ringtone to the modem dial-up sound and I either get a WTF look or a giggle.

Where I work I use the Prusa mini and Bambu Carbon with the AMS. The Bambu is fast and precise and the AMS takes some of the worry off of running out of filament half way through a large print. It's ability to handle higher temps and or more exotic filaments is fantastic. The Prusa mini is smaller, slower, quieter and generally reliable. Plus you don't normally need a glue stick for most prints. What I feel should be stressed more then it is , is the fact that the Prusa being open source means you don't have to worry about what you already OWN and paid for suddenly being put behind a subscription pay wall. The Bambu on the other hand has all the elements already in place for that to happen. When your machine is purposely made to favor having an internet connection over anything else says alot to me. The Bambu is nice but I will always look on it with an eye of suspicion expecting for that to happen. Too many other companies have done just that with their products.

Fantastic breakdown. I love the heck out of my single tool head Prusa XL but it is really dang hard to recommend with other printer options that are out there for a fraction of the price.

The Bambu experience is absolutely amazing… until you need product support. Once that happens, you will remember why you loved Prusa so much.

Im a HUGE Prusa fan and have a MK4 with a Prusa Enclosure, so I say this with all the love in the world: *They need to get it together* I was a bit concerned about the MK4 being a bedslinger, but the real world results are still great. I knew that the software was a bit behind when I got it and expected them to play catch-up but it hasnt really happened as fast as I would have liked. I have faith that it will, but the XL seems like the main focus right now. The machine is lacking a whole lot of features that come standard on significantly less expensive machines, from cameras to enclosures to even just basic lights. With IS, the speed is fine though. However, the competition DOES have some issues too. I work with some NDA projects, so I cant go with Bambu in good conscience. Reliability can be a concern with other brands, etc. Bambu shook up the industry, which is fantastic imo, but while a lot of other brands are pushing out some machines with amazing features at amazing prices (like the early bird price on the QIDI Q1 Pro) it feels like I overpaid for my MK4. I still dont regret it and I dont really mind paying *more*, but there is a huge gap there that is only going to get wider. I see potential in the MK4 beyond what it is now, which is still a stellar machine as it is, but a lot of times it feels like I am part of a beta test when Im trying to do things like get octoprint to work or just add lighting to the workspace without paying extra for some kit.

If Prusa brought out a fully enclosed tool changer with active chamber heating and linear motors, I would throw my money at them way faster than Josef could catch it.

i think the XL can be a gamechanger if they implement software that allows for different size nozzles to print one and the same object. Infill and supports will be done with a 0.8mm nozzle, low detail areas on the outside will also be done in 0.8 or 0.6 mm and the high detail areas will be done with 0.4 or even 0.2 mm, possibly even going down to 0.1mm layer hight to ensure great details while the infill etc. gets added at 0.3mm every third layer or maybe even 0.6mm every sixth layer. This would result in huge prints with incredible details, like when printed with a 0.2mm nozzle alone, but in a fraction of the time. Might be a big gamechanger for professionals who are selling detailed prints. Also They might be able to add different types of tools that could pick up and insert magnets or similar items into the prints allowing a kind of automatic assembly of mechanical parts into the printed object. The possibilities are quite limitless if you start to think about it.

Still waiting for a company to come out with a way to reuse all the wasted filament without having to build my own version.

I believe Prusa is doing a slow, but steady pivot to a B2B model, which would show why they are lagging in the consumer market. Businesses with privacy concerns don't like Bambu spyware sending their gcode, and a european company is something that will offer better support than a chinese one. You can see it with their Prusa Lab videos, they're all highlights of how they are making big moves in the B2B space, replacing what Ultimaker used to be, but catching up at the consumer/prosumer market much more slowly.

You have forgotten an important point: When it comes to multi-material prints, it makes a big difference whether the material comes from one hot end or from different ones. If it comes from one hot end, layer adhesions in the Z-plane of the material change are much worse (even if a lot of purging is done). This does not happen with a printer like the Prusa XL or IDEX printers. This has an enormous influence on the strength of a component. This means that the target group is not so small, but is aimed at all people who want to print multi-materials and have certain strength requirements.

I had an Ender 5 and upgraded to a MK4 and would love an XL. I hope Prusa doesn't fall off I think their customer support and how they support all their old versions to upgrade is amazing. They can never go away from the bed slinger, but I do hope they are working on a new design to shake up the 3D printing community again in the future.

The XL was not a response to Bambuu. Prusa announced it before Bambuu launched their X1 campaign.

All Prusa needed to do in 2021 was to release a Voron kit. But instead they announced the XL, which would have been a great printer in 2021. But it came out in 2023. After the Bambu X1C. Most of Prusa’s improvements in the last years were on Prusa Slicher. Which also benefited their competitors.

Smaller XL with 3 heads: 2 for different colours and 1 for dissolvable support for exemple.

loving my p1s with ams. not just the printer but the whole eco-system from buying spare parts if need to filament to prints that are actually useful to print. This was my first ever 3d printer and i have to admit the experience was flawless so far !

Changing the the test from benchy to something useful like maybe bearings or anything mechanical could also provide more valuable data on printers. its definitely something to think about

Considering their products are still selling quite well, with the Mk4 being their most sold printer - I'd say they're more like Android than Blackberry. Quirky, not necessarily the most up to date, but still gets the job done and doesn't get in the way of what you want to do.

Great perspectives, but more importantly I have to say that your video production quality is incredible, the cuts and b- roll keep what would otherwise be a single shot monologue super engaging!! 😎😎

I first thought this was a clickbait title but after watching the video it is accurate. I think prusa should take the voron/ratrig design for a new line that competes directly with Bambu just to show bambu's offerings are not that "new" and there are others like them . take some to of their market share away. the voron/ratrig design already exists , it will easily competes with bambu. They just have to sell it premade and assembled or as a kit. They don't have to invest much and they can keep doing what they are doing with the i3 and xl

I worked for a University around the turn of the century, and they got so many of those AOL CDs for students every year - and gave them out to literally anyone who walked by. But by the time AOL was history around 2000ish, there were still so many boxes of CDs left. So we gave them to the student assistants that helped professors with technology & they made CD wallpaper for the student assistant office. They even made some CD chandeliers. I wish I still had photos, it was really creative.

I dont own a prusa but own a P1P and i really want prusa to still succeed. Some of my favorite 3D printer videos are the ones where creators or prusa themselves show off their factory.

As an mechincal engineer you should recommend it to everyone who wants the top mechanical design for highest precision and quality. The mk4 and xl has an extruder design which is miles ahead of any other printer on the market. They have a large gear single extruder design with the pushing force of a dual gear extruder. Who is interested in high consistent extruder should look up the work of miragec or mihaidesign. If you think about their conclusion the mechincal solution is the prusa extruder design! On top of it they can measure the extruding force. Which gives the possibility from hardware side to closed loop control the extruding pressure, ideal temperature calibration for each filament and so on(just my ideas what they could do with it). By the way owning a p1p, sovol, creality and no prusa at all.

I was on the fence and ended up with the Bambu p1s. And it’s insane it’s amazing is all I can say

I personally own a 5 head XL and I agree with nearly everything in this video. Definitely not a first printer, but if your existing prints do need the very specific tasks only an XL can service, then its your only option. Not just small multi color prints though, multi material like PETG supports or water soluble on PLA parts for perfect interface were my 2 reasons. The bed size is nice as well where I can print 16 of my main widgets, vs only 4-6 on standard size printers. There are still quirks like we 100% need multiple purge towers so PETG and PLA dont need to be on the same one (works for some prints but its not reliable enough for production), but otherwise I think prusa still succeeded with this since its a whole new and revolutionary design that no one on the market can compete with yet, and its reliable enough to be used for production. I hope the XL is the direction prusa takes as well since the MK4 makes no sense to me, strong fast core XYs that can be cheaper if they are smaller, and since most people only need 1 head then that as well. The XL is the first gen, and we dont know if its going to be a blackberry storm (their bad touch screen phone for the zoomers) or a Samsung Galaxy S.

It is a niche application, but what a niche indeed. I could see large print farms having ONE of these in the corner for those types of prints while the "regular" printers do 99% of the work. On the other hand it is an interesting look into what is possible, and what may become available at a lower cost in just a few years. What we need is the "Brother Laserprinter" of 3D printing. Cheap, easy to refill without proprietary ink (looking at you HP), and reliable. No bells, no whistles, just something that can sit for months then belt out a few parts when needed.

SLS printing would be the way to go. Prusa next market should be industrial based manufacturing and highly specialized materials. There's tons of room for growth.

So, here's my perspective. I got a P1S for Christmas. I've had resin printers for years, dating back to the first Photon, but I held off on FDM until a bambulabs came along and there's one, very specific reason. I didn't want to be an FDM printing hobbyist. I wanted to be a hobbyist that used an FDM printer. The P1S had a very short learning curve and worked, with very little adjustment, right out of the box. It'll work with nearly any material you put in it, it has the enclosure, and it's relatively inexpensive. From an outside perspective, I see no reason to buy a mk4 when the A1 exists, let alone the P1.

Couldn't agree more. I've been looking for my next fast bed slinger and I was cross shopping the Prusa MK4, Bambu A1, and Creality's newest ender 3 v3. All of them can do a sub 20 minute benchy, run klipper with input shaping, and have auto-bed leveing. But only 1 of those costs over $1000...

Until they make a printer enclosed with a heated chamber I wouldn't consider it. If you are doing ABS / Nylon / CF mixes and want it to look good Bambu printers rock. I was looking at the XL because I need the size but it's not enclosed and to expensive for what it is.

Been in the 3D printing business since 2011 starting with the Ultimaker original. Over time I grew less and less interested in the printers and more just interested in the output and dreamed of a hands-off experience. Last year I bought the Bambu P1S for my work and it's a total game changer. I can't overstate how happy I am with it, just push the button and collect your parts later, never had a fail.

As a Prusa owner, I completely agree. The XL took so long to develop, and is so over-engineered, that the rest of the industry passed them by. Multilateral and multicolor is the future, but not sure the XL will be the way.

I am old enough to get that reference; I actually liked the floppies better because I would re-use them 😂 You make some very good points Sir, great video

Great video. As a previous Prusa owner who now prints with an X1C I completely agree with you. And yes I get the AOL reference.

Excellent observations. I would have a quibble somewhat about 'appliance level printing'. In my experience that level of usage arrived 5 years ago with the FLSun QQ-S Pro. Yes it did require me to assemble the unit. However it was no harder than well known Xmas bicycle exercise every parent knows. Mounted the probe, auto leveled the unit and it functioned flawlessly. And here we are, the only things I have done to the device is a hardened nozzle, upgraded the PTFE tube, a mod to the spool holder, and auto level every hundred prints or so. Good enough that I now have two, the QQ-S and the newer VS400. Its engineering that just works.

Upgraded my MK3 to a MK4 3 months ago and have been printing almost nonstop since then. It is so much faster that I never feel the need to use a 0.6 nozzle anymore. The force touch calibration makes switching print sheets totally seamless. I love my Prusa and don’t see the need to switch, I think they will be around for quite a while yet.

One of the big issues with Prusa is they have no representation in the USA. Every 999 dollar printer comes with a 150 shipping fee. The XL is 300 for shipping. Plus it took them 2+ years to ship after they announced. Their products are pretty solid performers, but I can get my Ender 3 and my Prusa MK2s+ to make the same parts at the same speed.

Good call. Love the possibilities. Don't know of any models that would take advantage of all those color / material options. Side quest! Which lock box were you printing in the begining?

I really want Prusa to win. The company has customer support beyond any other company that I have dealt with. Their open source philosophy has pushed 3D printing forward and benefited the whole community.

I have 14 MK3.5's and I'm really debating if I should spend $500 a piece to upgrade them to MK4's or should I just buy all Bambulabs A1's for $550... and free shipping!!! that part of the equation is not working for Prusa.

Yep. I felt the same way about a year ago when I made my "Dear Prusa" video. I'm still hoping Prusa is going to come back with a vengeance, and that the XL and MK4 were just too far down the development timeline to change them, and/or they just wanted to live up to agreements (always offering an upgrade path for old printers, etc)... and that they have some KICK ASS printers coming out soon...

I had printers for years. Used weekly sometimes daily. It was always a chore. Then I got my bambo A1mini and yes it’s a bit small but 90% of the time its enough. And it made designing and printing equally fun.

I'm a software guy and when it says and breathes "Open Source", I'm hooked. A kit that I assembled with my kids. Everything worked 100% on the first try. And hardware upgrades like a software upgrade after years, and they just work flawlessly, and significantly improve the printer. Think environment. And the XL seems compatible with that promise. I don't see anything like that with the competition.

1) I don't like the Benchy model either. 2) I get the AOL reference 3) My MK3S+ has sat idle since I got the X1C in mid November 2023. It has a In3DSpace light bar on it, and makes a nice night light in the basement, so I leave it turned on.

Honest comments and clear facts. Can't ask for more. Thank you for your continued efforts.

I had a XL on order from early on, when I finally got the notice to complete the order I did a little research and chickened out. I gave a great deal of thought to the MK4 at the time but I could try a Bambu P1P for less money. A few month's later I decided to stick with Prusa and sat down to order a MK4 and they couldn't even give a delivery date. Well since then I've bought a P1P and happy enough that I just ordered another P1P with AMS. Sorry Prusa. Edit Thought I would mention I sold my MK3S+ for $100 less than the P1P I bought. Pretty good upgrade for $100.

I absolutely love my Bambu P1S. I had a Mk3s+ and I cant believe prusa still does things that way.

Great video! My MK3S+ was my 1st printer. Still a great machine. I wanted multicolor without having to stand there and wait. The A1 just came out so I jumped on it. Needless to say, the Prusa doesn't get used much anymore. And not because I'm just doing multi color, because I'm not. The A1 is fast and just easy to use. My Prusa took 10+ hrs to assemble, A1...... 30 mins. Sad to say, my next printer will probably be an X1 or P1. Prusa needs to step up their game. Cost for ease of use, assembly, enclosure....... No brainer folks.

Been a printer since 2016. Always wanted a prusa before but never went ahead, and now I know why after I did went ahead for a X1C. Prusa, like almost all the other brands were too comfortable with their market positions. To me, whoever nails bed leveling everytime, do away with the petty extrusion multiplier, heats evenly, can do multi color, cheap/easy to replace parts, and prints slightly faster wins so I jumped after watching just two reviews. Most importantly, I think that people are getting increasingly tired of 3d printers feeling like a sketchy but tasteful experiment. They should be, and now can be, more like a reliable tool.

it's hard to believe it but it's true that AOL CDs have now become collector items. the larger and more varied your collection is, the more money it will fetch.

One thing you forgot to mention is the availability of the prusa xl. And when you are able to order one it's weeks before it's even delivered.

I think if prusa managed to reduce the mk4 price to like ~500$, it would more competitive. The thing is they always use premium components all around and its not really feasible. 3D printing parts in such a large scale is not really practical either. Plus they didnt really design it around being easy to assemble. At their scale they could easily injection mold the parts to reduce cost, and make it easier to assemble. They are kinda stuck in a situation where they are known for open source and repairable printers but the new market is heading somewhere else and they cant really change what they are known for.

As a happy owner of Prusa Mini, I agree that Prusa is on the edge. The XL is no use for personal usage. I also hate the MMU solution, so I am not going to purchase the other multi color solution. And I do want a new printer. MK4 came with out a camera. This sounds like a small thing, yet it is not. I will never buy a printer without integrated camera, good wireless communication and control. I hope also to get BT. It should be a small computer, same like cell phones. Prusa has another advantage over Bambu: 24/7 support line. A critical factor. No less. We shouldn't forget that Bambu is a Chinese solution. Do you trust them? I don't. So what do I do? I am waiting. I am sure Prusa will release their MK4+. Soon. Or Mini++/

Pretty cool to see that they are using one of the machines the company I work for makes in order to build their printers.

Big thing that I want to see here is like other commenters mentioned -- dissolving support made a priority which makes the filament production companies key. Otherwise, and particularly for @Shop Nation here is that this would actually do multimaterial with different materials like TPU for impact resistance and nylon for strength. That could open up some interesting stuff for things like the miter saw dust collection systems -- TPU for the hose connection or TPU for a flex in a spot to make blade removal easier or ABS to smooth the inside easily for improved flow. There's lots of possibilities there that other printers literally can't do, but the community needs designs specifically for that.

Prusa needs to innovate to stay competitive, it's that simple.

Disabled engineer here, most important factor for me is that it just works out of the box. The XL did that for me. Foremost reason I picked the XL over the Bambu - despite the price - was knowing that Prusa is constantly updating their line of established printers with new capabilities and I don't expect them to just disappear tomorrow with the XL being forgotten. Bambu kind of came out of nowhere and although their device is great, long term, it didn't fill me with as much confidence. My question was what happens with the X1 in a year from now? Will it be upgradable to the X2 like Prusa seems to make a priority? I just don't want my device to be forgotten about or replaced with a version that's seemingly the same but newer. That's why I upgraded from my Mini+, I felt like the XL had enough features that made it a worthwhile investment. Investing in the XL instead of their other offerings to me meant that I expect there to be just as many updates/upgrades to the other printers as there will be for this one. It's definitely a long-term investment that I expect will pay off because of what an establishment of such a capable printer means in 3d printing, or at least the stuff that I make. Wheelchair parts action figures, adaptive equipment, and prototyping. I appreciate the multi-material so I don't have to physically swap things all the time, I appreciate the significantly less waste and increased speed when printing things like multicolored figures, I've experienced a very small amount of failed prints, upgrading from one extruder to five extruders wasn't horrible and the calibration was straightforward making my first print immaculate, I like the Prusa-Connect features... I could go on however because of my disability it makes it hard to modify/fix the printer as much which was the reason I was considering Bambu, luckily I have a friend that offered his help if I went with Prusa, but I've found the unit to be crazy user friendly despite I'm unable to maintenance it that much. I feel like this video is a little bit of doomer vibes for clicks, doesn't really matter what device you buy as long as it does the job you need it to. Obviously the expense is definitely a huge drawback, considering all the bugs they worked out, what is capable of and how my expectation is to use this device for many years... I think it's an amazing unit so far. I don't know what they have to offer next but as it is I'm very happy with it.

I do abs with a prusa mark3. What you need as enclosure is just a transparent plastic bag that gets inflated automatically by the heat that comes from the bed. Also the smell is largely contained inside.

I ordered a 2 head XL when it was first advertised. After waiting a long time it still wasn't delivered. I got a Bambu Lab carbon. It's a little small, but works great for the majority of my projects. I still love the features of the XL, but I would only need them for a very few projects. In addition, the early users reported issues that indicate it still wasn't ready for release. The Bambu Lab printer functions as a real upgrade to my trusty Prusa MK 3S that I upgraded over the years.

is it bad that I'm watching this eating Haribo gummy bears, while also watching a live stream of Josef raging while he blacklists you from future Blackberry releases? 🐼

Ok, first off you said "Shamelessly copied" about a project that is open source. LOL, ok, that aside I've been involved, on and off, with the 3D printer community since it's inception as part of the maker movement. But these days I rarely use them as I felt that Prusa and other's spent too much time focusing on the machine aspect and not as much on the outcome. You said it yourself in this video, people want appliances. I always use the toaster analogy. I don't want to have to tend a fire everytime I want toast, I want an easy to use appliance. Put the bread in, push the button and DING... Toast! That needs to be the focus, not can I make this more complicated.

I had a Makerbot Replicator, it had some innovations but they never kept it going. It's magnetized hot-end with extruder and nozzle in one was cool... until it jammed, which was EXTREMELY often, and you had to dissect it completely apart every single time, so in a business setting, we had literally 3 sets of these magnetic heads with pogo pins, note that the magnets were so strong that they nearly severed a coworker's finger and they had to go to urgent care to get stitches, this was just putting the thing on after we unjammed it. We had 3 of these so that we had a constant rotation of 2 jammed and one clean. I'm not even joking.

Ive worked with and consctructed many Printers. Prusa is still my favorite, their parts are high quality, there are always enough replacement parts on hand, and they have fantastic customer support

Prusa innovates but, its frustratingly slow. The XL isnt a disrupter with this price tag. They need to focus their resorces on creating a low cost, competitive, corexy printer.

The big miss of the XL is that it is an open frame printer. This means it is pretty much limited to PLA/PETG. So neat for colorful PLA stuff, not so great for engineering. I think there is a space in the market for a consumer level mid temp printer that can do ABS/ASA/PA with ease and even do limited PPS/PEI/PEKK prints. Right now the cheapest option I can find is the funmat HT at around EUR 6000. A AMS-alike equipped printer with dual extruders (To do multi material support or flexibles prints) with a reliable chamber temperature at ~90C at less than EUR 3000 would be a game changer in the space of hobbyists going beyond PETG and small scale production.

My simple reason as to why its the next black berry is because its now absurdly expensive compared to its competitors such as the new Bambu Lab A1. Bambu dropped their A1 to $250-$300 while the PRUSA Mini+ is still at $400-$450. Obviously I’m looking at the A1 more than the mini.

I agree with everything you said. I'm a Prusa fan and love my Mk3s, but the X1C is, by far, my most-used printer. It will be really interesting to see what Bambu brings us with its XL model -- though I'd probably be a day-one buyer even if it was nothing more than a larger X1C. I really hope that Prusa can step up their innovation game and find a way to stay competitive in the consumer/prosumer market as I'd much rather give them my money.

I realized I am old AF when I laughed soo HARD about that AOL disk joke.

well... how many 3d printers for mainstream are developed and manufactured in Europe or in USA? Directly? Prusa does not have just RnD in Europe, they have also production in middle of Europe, directly in capital city.

Hilarious. Just got my MK4 kit last week and finished building it. Based on your Prusa recommendation.

I bought a Bambu lab P1S after years of playing with 3D modeling software but never owned a 3D printer nor used one. I saw someone show how easy it was to use and I really wanted one without dealing with all the usual 3D printing problems. The only thing I need to improve is my Filament storage even if the printer almost never gets a break the filament soaks in moisture faster then I use it. I don't own a AMS either.

You nailed it. So many CoreXY options out there now some ship with heated chambers for less than a Prusa bed slinger. I got the AOL bit, I was dialing into BBS's long before AOL was a thing lol

You are right about several things,they’re behind in some areas yes but when you’re funded by the Chinese government, huge shock, you can build amazing machines. I built a farm in the last month and chose to stick with Prusa and bought four MK4’s with enclosures. Primary reasoning was I know the core design and can maintain them. I do not like the idea of breaking down a Bambu to change a rod or bearing which is inevitable. You can call them “consumer” machines all you want but when was the last time you changed a bearing in your HP Laserjet? They are not a consumer “appliance” and never will be IMO. I’ll get a Bambu at some point to compare but I won’t be moving away from Prusa as I buy in to the ethos behind the printers

MK4 is reliable. We know it WILL be reliable, as Prusa still supports their oldest products. Bambu is new kid on the block - we don't know about Bambu's support. My workplace invested in Prusa - just because we have working relationship with them and we never had any problem with solving our issues. And MK4 with input shaping is fast. 430 mm/s is absolutely standard,

As owner of 2 mk3s+ and recently bought bambu A1mini. As a technican i like prusa. I build it. A know everything. I can repair by myself for small amount of money. And i do not worry about overnight prints. It works. A1 mini i just bought because i am curious about bamboo. I just bought for work when i need prototyping very fast when changes are applyied. But if its final product i do not care much about time. And i like prusaslicer more. With collogues we agree bambu is ios and prusa linux.

As someone who loves tinkering, I have to say, that Prusa already lost a very big and important sector, when the Ender 3 (and all its clones and upgraded versions) flooded the lower end market and killed of the cheap i3 clones, that were at least somewhat compatible with real Prusa machines. At that time it might not have been seen as an issue, because they were positioned as the premium brand, that just works well out of the box. But now that they get dangerous competition at the top end, they have lost the perfect moment to diversify their portfolio into the Ender's niche, which is imo the best entry way for new 3D printing enthusiasts. The Prusa mini could have been that cheap entry to build up brand loyalty, but even the kit is 460€ rn. For comparison my first 3D printer - an Ender 3 - did cost 155€ with a full 1kg spool of PLA included (which was like ~9-10€ at that time). What do you think, a student or someone else with a tight budget will prefer?

After printing for 5yrs+, still have never printed a benchy. I never saw the point. Also multi material isn't on my radar because i only print functional parts and have never felt the need for it.

Why would you want the XL for multicolour? The benefit of having multiple toolheads is multi-material. On that front, the XL is pretty much the only one of its kind, for better and for worse. Better, because it is great that there is a company out there exploring new frontiers. Worse, because it is definitely a first gen product that demands months works from the user just to get started with multi-materials. I am hoping that more competitions will come to this front. The last thing we want is for things to stuck with the XL for the next 5+ years.

I had another cheap enclosed printer and every time you wanted to print you would have to tune the print first. In 3 years of using it I have very few print parts to show for it. I brought a Bambu less than a year ago. It has change my life. I use it all the time and my 14 year old son has got excited about it and I'm now booking time with him to print my stuff. By far the Bambu X1C is the best decision I have ever made, it just works, no fucking around. Just knock out your design in Fusion and a few minuets later you have a beautiful ABS part. I don't even bother printing PLA anymore. I have no interest in making toys, I'm only interested in making engineering parts. ABS is ok for the vast majority of what we make but to be able to print PC-CF or Nylon if I want is fantastic. I put a heavy blanket over when printing high temp materials. Chamber gets to about 65c and everything prints perfectly. I have dialed in large ABS prints with no warping and they are just far better to machine and work with after. To see my son designing parts for his Airsoft gun and this weekend he quickly knocked out a part for his mum to decorate cakes very efficiently is all I ever wanted. We also have a CNC mill so he is now learning how to use that. As a dad I could not be happier.

My first printer was a Prusa and when I went to upgrade, I wanted another Prusa. Unfortunately I was swayed by the Bambu X1E because it prints nylon right out of the box with a heated chamber. I use printers for making production parts. I need a heated chamber for nylon and ABS printing, with some sort of exhaust and/or filter function.

At the latest when Bambulab introduces a subscription model, the Bambulab users wake up. Prusa and Bambulab address two totally different users. If you equate modern with cheap and poorly repairing disposable printers, then Prusa is old -fashioned. And I like it.

I think Prusa should invest more in the multihead system and make it an option to all Pursa printers not only the XL. Bambu Lab is still developing thier own XL and new technology maybe introduced during the lunch. It is clear Bambu Lab is targeting Prusa as company, they have created printers that look cheaper or better next to the MK4 and Mini +. Bambu even competing at software level with sclier that is based on prusa one and online models database like printables. Overall, user experience is the most important. Plug and play and ready to print without tweaking is what majority of people are truly care.

Thanks for the vid man. I have the mk4 factory built in my cart, and I’m now gunna hold off. I’m rocking the mk3s+ now, but am looking for quicker prints and internet connectivity (tired of the as card 😢. I am also a Prusa loyalist, but will have to shift and take a look at the bamboo. Also, new follower. Thanks again.

8:40 I used the shiny side of internet trial CDs to cover a wall in my bedroom. It looked cool next to my lava lamp and glowing fiber optic.. thing.

I would still buy a blackberry - reliable, robust, clear audio, loud speaker, long battery life and I wouldn’t have to fight auto correct when typing.

This entire video feels like a perfect example of the Dunning Kruger effect.

I think you missed an important aspect about multiple heads: The possibility of having different nozzle size to decrease printing time. When there is an affordable Multi head, CoreXY, MagLev printer available. I will for sure buy that one.

Great video, but I missed a mention of Prusa's AFS (Automated Farm System) which targets the B2B market. In that product, they integrate a smaller CoreXY printer model.

Prusa botched the XL launch so hard. It came out too late and is still basically an early alpha product.

The biggest thing with the Bambu is that it just works. While I appreciate learning the intricacies of a process and tuning it yourself to work the way you need it to, nothing beats dragging a model into the software and hitting the go button and getting exactly what you wanted. That being said my experience went from an ender 3 v1 at home straight to a brand new x1 carbon with all the fixin’s at work. It’s a bit of a single barrel and points to direct injection and can bus situation

I am a massive Bambu fan, however I have also purchased a 5 tool head Prusa XL specifically for multicolor printing. I do end up with quite a few prints where a ton of material is wasted on purging. I estimate the filament cost savings (and time savings) will cause the XL to pay for itself over the course of about 3 years at my current pace.

$3500? nope sorry. I can buy Three Bambus for that. 2 X1 Carbons and 1 P1P.

I love your videos. I bought my first 3d printer because of them. Your work is amazing. Could you please link the filament that you use? Thanks

Dangit man, I just bought a MK4 a couple weeks ago! I kid about the frustration, I'm actually pretty pleased with mine thus far. I do see what you mean though, Prusa needs to pivot to some type of CoreXY platform for the future, one that has that openness and reliability that brings with it the community, all of which is what I think made Prusa what it is.

All this fawning over Bambu and yet no mention that if you buy a Bambu machine it might catch on fire?