Posted: 8/21/2026 10:17:21 AM EDT
| Looking to get a printer finally and am looking at this model but want some more experienced opinions |
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Originally Posted By NoMoAMMO: What are some of the drawbacks? Primarily a narrow build plate, no actively heated chamber (so lacking fine control), exacerbated if you go INDX as the heat bed cant keep up with the 40% more chamber volume. Cost is the last part but you get a non-Chinese printer in exchange. |
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I run 3 of them. As a single nozzle printer, they've been ultra reliable workhorses. For PLA and PETG they are as plug and play as you can get. TPU is a little trickier because it will need to be fed through the side PTFE tube and due to the flexibility of the filament makes it difficult to push through into the extruder, but you can open the top cover and bypass all that by feeding directly into the extuder from above. I run ABS on the one at work almost exclusively. The chamber is not actively heated but with 100C bed temp it does reach 55-58C in about 30 minutes. Not a big deal to me. Toss a blanket on top and I've got the chamber up to 68C. I run lots of carbon fiber filled materials on my machines at home, mainly PETCF and PA6CF. The idler gear design in the extruder isn't really meant for rigid filaments, but there is a modified version of the idler assembly on printables that can be easily printed and swapped and it works great all around. That's one of the best parts of prusa machines; they can be easily modded to your needs and even the hardware models were released as open source. Bed probing with the load cell is very reliable and first layers are nearly perfect every time, with one exception. When a print finishes, the machine rams the filament to form a clean tip and pulls the material out of the hot zone so that filament can be changed later without preheating the nozzle. This is good. The small problem is that it purges some material out of the nozzle in doing so and leaves it hanging there until you pick it off manually. If you're running a high temp material like PA6 then there will be a small remnant tip on the nozzle which will throw off the bed probing. I scrape it off with a knife and it's worked fine ever since I started doing that. I believe the latest gen 2 hardware and firmware with the new nozzle wiper will do this automatically now. Print quality is excellent across the board. Speed is good although I am typically running all my parts slow for strength and accuracy reasons. Accuracy is also excellent. If you need multi material then they are compatible with the MMU or the new INDX system, neither of which are without their bugs. Overall I am pleased with them. Yes, they are way more expensive than a bambu and don't have as many features, but they are designed with long term ownership in mind. Easily repairable and maintainable with parts and support available for the long term. They've already released two major updates for the machines, and with them being the flagship product line it's basically guaranteed that there will be more to come. That said, if your main use case is going to be multi color printing then you either have to be comfortable paying over $2k for the printer and INDX system, or you need to be looking at the Chinese offerings. If you have any specific questions, let me know and I'll be happy to answer. |
| Im not looking at anything multi color. Main thing Im looking for is strength in the print and ability to use the filaments required for stronger prints as well as the cheaper stuff just for fun. Time really isnt an issue, Id rather it be slow and accurate as opposed to fast and sloppy. |
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Originally Posted By NoMoAMMO: Im not looking at anything multi color. Main thing Im looking for is strength in the print and ability to use the filaments required for stronger prints as well as the cheaper stuff just for fun. Time really isnt an issue, Id rather it be slow and accurate as opposed to fast and sloppy. Here are some PA6-CF parts I printed the other day in my Core One. I have printed many guns and suppressors and they all came out great. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By -Obsessed-: Primarily a narrow build plate, no actively heated chamber (so lacking fine control), exacerbated if you go INDX as the heat bed cant keep up with the 40% more chamber volume. Cost is the last part but you get a non-Chinese printer in exchange. That is news to me. Prusa's site only says the chamber is heated up to 60C, but I am inferring from your comment that the sole heat source is the bed? |
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Originally Posted By PlaysWithAtoms: That is news to me. Prusa's site only says the chamber is heated up to 60C, but I am inferring from your comment that the sole heat source is the bed? Correct. The Core One L has an AC powered heat bed with under mounted fans to distribute the heat around the chamber. There is a DIY mod available on printables to add a chamber heater if desired. https://www.printables.com/model/1696936-jetpack-chamber-heater-for-the-core-one |
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Originally Posted By Blob: Correct. The Core One L has an AC powered heat bed with under mounted fans to distribute the heat around the chamber. There is a DIY mod available on printables to add a chamber heater if desired. https://www.printables.com/model/1696936-jetpack-chamber-heater-for-the-core-one Thanks for that bit of info! |
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Your questions are what I've been asking struggling with myself as well. I have one more printer in me and I will be taking that to my end probably. I've had prusa since the mk2's came out and all solid as a rock and awesome support. I'm looking real hard at the core1 L+ but I'm waiting a little for the higher temp hot end to get moving and things to settle down a little with indx. At the same time I've started researching the Bambu line. It is really damn hard to justify the prusa for what Bambu offers. Like the poster above says and the fact I'm going to use this long term, I'm still leaning to prusa. Plus the shop is down the street from me in Delaware so that helps a little with no tax. I'm not sure there is one answer with all of this after researching things myself. |
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Originally Posted By jollyrodger: Your questions are what I've been asking struggling with myself as well. I have one more printer in me and I will be taking that to my end probably. I've had prusa since the mk2's came out and all solid as a rock and awesome support. I'm looking real hard at the core1 L+ but I'm waiting a little for the higher temp hot end to get moving and things to settle down a little with indx. At the same time I've started researching the Bambu line. It is really damn hard to justify the prusa for what Bambu offers. Like the poster above says and the fact I'm going to use this long term, I'm still leaning to prusa. Plus the shop is down the street from me in Delaware so that helps a little with no tax. I'm not sure there is one answer with all of this after researching things myself. If it helps sway your decision any, the HT hotend cannot be used with the INDX system. You can only have one or the other. Supposedly there is a high temp INDX version in the works but nothing has been officially announced yet. I would not be surprised if it never happened. |
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Originally Posted By jollyrodger: Your questions are what I've been asking struggling with myself as well. I have one more printer in me and I will be taking that to my end probably. I've had prusa since the mk2's came out and all solid as a rock and awesome support. I'm looking real hard at the core1 L+ but I'm waiting a little for the higher temp hot end to get moving and things to settle down a little with indx. At the same time I've started researching the Bambu line. It is really damn hard to justify the prusa for what Bambu offers. Like the poster above says and the fact I'm going to use this long term, I'm still leaning to prusa. Plus the shop is down the street from me in Delaware so that helps a little with no tax. I'm not sure there is one answer with all of this after researching things myself. If you need multi material and high temp consider the H2D. Large build volume, actively heated and controlled chamber to 65C, bed goes to 120C, nozzle goes to 350C, and already had hardened everything, and has active chamber and exhaust filtration. Also 5 material capable stock, expandable to 24. No uogrades required for any of this. This is just how it comes. |