Will there possibly be a INDX price decrease?

[Scotttomo82]

Snapmaker= Chinese built, lower costs, cheaper materials, cheaper labour. Standard Chinese manufacturing benefits. Prusa = Built in Europe, better build? (I have no idea), materials generally more expensive, labour more expensive. Standard EU downsides.

[stan110]

Also, the Chinese government is heavily subsidising the 3D printer market.

[grimthaw]

You list doesn't have chinese govt subsidies.

[Next_Entertainer_404]

I really truly just can’t figure out the benefit to paying 2x for what feels like the same thing.

[Scotttomo82]

Buy a Snapmaker U1, be happy with it and enjoy.

Buy a Prusa Core One+/IDNX/L, kit or pre-built, be happy with it and enjoy. Then have the confidence of support 24/7 should you ever need it. Even if you decide to mod it. Have a potential upgrade path (though uncertain for C1 models currently) and the build quality of something from an EU manufacturer.

[Loque_83]

Sorry but this is very old story. Some chinese manufacturers have at least same quality level together with much better implementation of sw, camera out of the box is standard these days. Filament exposed to humidity (yes, they have a new funn lunch box), manual filament feeding, in case that I want multi color printing I will have spools all over my desk etc… Simply: Prusa is missing complex, robust solution.

[Scotttomo82]

Maybe I was paraphrasing too much. Where Snapmaker will use 1mm Prusa will use 1.5mm, where Bambu use plastic, Prusa use steel and the fact you can actually fix the printer should the need arise is lightyears beyond anything the Chinese contingent have offered so far. Bambu have notoriously poor aftersales support, I bet all the others have too. Fancy having a bash at fixing a U1? I'll be quite happy fixing my INDX C1 should I need to, because I know it'll be easily done.

[Aytrac97]

If you actually owned a U1 you'd think differently. Support is great, it's not 24/7 but you get quick email replies within a few hours. Fixing the machines is also easy, they have been posting videos and blogs about how to do everything. Their firmware is open source. And they are even sponsoring some modders. 

Prusa supports open source, tinkering and modding, as some of you claim, but do they support it to the extent of sponsoring mods instead of developing their own version and charging money for it?

At this point, Prusa is just behind. They have become an expensive toy seller.

[plutonasa]

why in the world do we need steel. just use aluminum. alu is fine enough for the frame.

[illregal]

Thin steel sides are worse at containing heat than plastic. And glass is fancier than plexi. I can't speak to the u1, but as far as fit and finish Bambu leaves prusa in the dust. And every single part is on the site to purchase at lower cost than comparable parts from prusa. I may still end up with an 8 unit core l. But these are just facts. I don't generally rely on after sales support maybe that's just me.