Hey all,

I’m planning on upgrading my Ender 3 V2 with a new printer, and I’m not sure which printer to choose.

SV08 has a massive build area, which I really like because of the size of my personal projects. And Klipper is a plus I guess? Never tried this firmware before.

On the other hand Prusa is well tested and known, also its multicolor extension is alluring to me.

Can you share your experiences if you used them before to help me choose? Thanks!

  • VinS@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The review from The Canuck Creator of the SV08 was not awesome. They may have fixed those issues.

    Can you explain a bit more your context, what you are looking for, tinkering or not, internet mandatory, opensource, etc…

    We have one mk4 in our Hackerspace, 4 x MK3 and 1 x XL. The MK4 just churn out parts from various inexperienced people and seeing more usage than any other machines without failing. All the parts are available to reprint if needed. It’s a good choice BUT it’s expensive and you may want something else.

    I have 2 Vorons at home, works good for me but too complex for my wife to launch a print by herself. So she is more confident to print at the Hackerspace.

    There’s a variety of printers but without knowing more about you, it’s hard to recommand something

    • emrsmsrli@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Thanks for the reply. I’m a pretty capable tinkerer so I don’t have a problem with complexity. I mostly print stuff for my board games, but they go from small to large objects.

      In current printer setup, OctoPrint reports to HomeAssistant and I would like to preserve this approach tbh. In other words I don’t need to control but only observe the machine remotely. In cases I need to shut off the power etc.

      The reason I want a new printer is, the current one feels very slow and in higher printing speeds it produces botched prints a lot.

      • VinS@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Klipper can have a webserver/api/front-end client. So you should be able to plug everything back to HomeAssistant (if Sovol let it open). On the Prusa Side, I’m not sure that their firmware is that open to be able to plug it to HA, but they have their own system that let you do the same.

        My feeling (didn’t used the SV08) is that’s another ender like printer that you need to tinker to make it work and when you want to go another step-up you start to change parts (motherboard, extruder, etc). The Prusa is an already complete machine. On the proprietary side theirs Bambulabs printers too, I think Quidi have a bunch too. Lot and lot of choice :p

        Speed is not everything, better have 3 printers than a fast one. A bit like cars, speed -> expensive -> more pricey to maintain (time and/or money)