I’m really excited that I can finally unveil the new Prusa CORE One! Not just here, with text and a 10-minute video deep dive, but also live at FormNext in Frankfurt. So if you’re visiting, stop by our booth at Hall...
1,000 bucks isn’t far off what the middle of the road cost of a 2.4 is. I’ve seen kits for as low as like 550-600 bucks shipped, this is without printed parts. The high end stuff like LDO or Siboor are 1,200-1,500.
From what I’ve seen, middle of the road 300 mm Voron V2.4 kits are around $1300. I believe the lowest I’ve seen was around $950, excluding printed parts (which the same company was selling separately for over $200). When I tried compiling a BOM with self-sourced high quality parts, the total reached over $1700 before I gave up on that idea. Where have you seen $600 kits? If these are still available, I may consider one. However, I’m hesitant to go with a kit that may have lower quality components. Personally, I’m really excited for this new Prusa and will probably pick up a kit once they are available. Unless, of course, Vorons are really that affordable.
Usually I see them on Aliexpress, fysetc just had a 2.4 kit for $728 with free shipping during they’re 11/11 sale. Gotta really pay attention on there though because sometimes you’ll see a kit listed for cheap with like $150-$200 shipping. But if you’re patient you can find really good prices. I know someone last year that got a Micron plus kit for like €550 total shipped.
The trident is probably a more fair comparison given that both it and the CORE One use 3x lead screws to move (and presumably level) the bed.
You can get a 300mm^3 LDO trident kit for $1,200, which appears to be the price of the Prusa. You can of course go cheaper (formbot for $690 with a V6 hot end) and more expensive (a custom BOM in a box from say West3d that starts at $1,300).
A Voron V2.4 for cost of this kit ($950 / 1050 EUR)? Sure buddy.
1,000 bucks isn’t far off what the middle of the road cost of a 2.4 is. I’ve seen kits for as low as like 550-600 bucks shipped, this is without printed parts. The high end stuff like LDO or Siboor are 1,200-1,500.
From what I’ve seen, middle of the road 300 mm Voron V2.4 kits are around $1300. I believe the lowest I’ve seen was around $950, excluding printed parts (which the same company was selling separately for over $200). When I tried compiling a BOM with self-sourced high quality parts, the total reached over $1700 before I gave up on that idea. Where have you seen $600 kits? If these are still available, I may consider one. However, I’m hesitant to go with a kit that may have lower quality components. Personally, I’m really excited for this new Prusa and will probably pick up a kit once they are available. Unless, of course, Vorons are really that affordable.
Usually I see them on Aliexpress, fysetc just had a 2.4 kit for $728 with free shipping during they’re 11/11 sale. Gotta really pay attention on there though because sometimes you’ll see a kit listed for cheap with like $150-$200 shipping. But if you’re patient you can find really good prices. I know someone last year that got a Micron plus kit for like €550 total shipped.
In fairness, they never said a 2.4.
Is there a different current version that would be better to compare against the Prusa?
The trident is probably a more fair comparison given that both it and the CORE One use 3x lead screws to move (and presumably level) the bed.
You can get a 300mm^3 LDO trident kit for $1,200, which appears to be the price of the Prusa. You can of course go cheaper (formbot for $690 with a V6 hot end) and more expensive (a custom BOM in a box from say West3d that starts at $1,300).