I’m looking to buy an intermediate level printer to upgrade from a MK2, and I’m deciding between a P1S vs a MK4.

I have never considered getting anything other than a Prusa, since I’ve had such good experiences using mine, however I heard that recently they’ve switched away from their open source model(?)

That and being made in the EU was the main differentiating factor for me, however I do hear really good things about Bambu printers.

Does anyone have experience with either?

Edit: Found a lot of the information I was looking for here: https://lemmy.world/post/9500502

  • grayman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    My Mk4 is great. Orders of magnitude better than my Mk3. I hate lazily stolen or copied tech. I also hate always online devices. And I do not trust China or Chinese companies with literally any data. So supporting Prusa is a very easy decision for me.

    • root@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I’m the same way. All my smart devices are on their own VLAN with no WAN access (egress or ingress). Does Bambu require that?

      • grayman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Yeah… Bambu is required to be connected to the internet. You interact with the printer via their cloud service.

        • Flipper@feddit.deEnglish
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          9 months ago

          The enterprise version doesn’t, it also comes with an ethernet port. But this privilege costs an additional 1000$. T