A BIG upgrade! - Prusa MK4

[@yupimrandy]

Tynan is like if Dan and Linus had a baby but that baby was raised by a normal family.

[@saulgoodman2018]

Who would be the one giving birth?

[@rodrigof.5956]

​@@saulgoodman2018jake

[@DraakjeYoblama]

Have you seen Tynan on his tech upgrade? I'm not so sure he was raised by a normal family

[@apogee82]

More screen time for Tynan the LTT stud muffin please 😎

[@pcmrbenchmark8301]

Looks like they’re one step closer to cloning Linus this clone is almost convincing

[@yashkanani9811]

just need a snapchat high pitch voice filter 😂😂

[@GTLugo]

Needs to drop more expensive things.

[@JScott-lg4jb]

They need to work on the voice and clumsiness. Also make him shorter.

[@VinLAURiA]

I genuinely thought that was Linus in the thumbnail...

[@LouisD2023]

Is he wearing socks with sandals ?

[@dragon2knight]

Go go Tynan! Nice to see a real engineer doing this, makes it give me so much more confidence buying one of these overly complicated printers. Welcome!

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

Its overly priced, not overly complicated :)

[@dragon2knight]

@@Nobody-Nowhere I've had three of these contraptions, all having to be built from a kit...trust me, they're overly complicated and need to be MUCH simplified to attract the non geek....even most geeks I know avoid them still. This is a nice step in the right direction though (at least the prebuilt one) so there's hope.

[@iukeay]

He is doing great!!!!!!

[@scott-proav]

Where? I see Linus V2.4

[@dragon2knight]

@@scott-proav More like Linus 6' 4"......

[@mcmann7149]

I remember talking to Josef Prusa at a maker faire when I was just entering middle school when 3D printing wasn’t more than a niche product. It’s nice to see everything still working and staying true to the promises he was talking about back then.

[@trapical]

Love seeing actual engineers like Tynan host on content like this. It feels so much more credible having someone as knowledgeable as him, and he's a natural host!

[@ajadiabeeb]

Hello there. I'm a 3D artist expert in Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, and more. I provide high-quality STL files for 3D printing.

[@Jf179_]

I thought that was linus on the thumbnail 😂

[@kazi1]

Same lol

[@PILZWELTEN]

same 😂

[@Bormeth]

Hahahah I fell for that as well 😂

[@Splarkszter]

OpenSource linus face

[@santidome3862]

Same

[@Thisandthat8908]

The not being forced into an app or cloud service is a pretty strong argument these days.

[@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11]

Un-encrypted huge logfiles is also a cause for concern. And unexpected contacts through the firewall.

[@ajadiabeeb]

Hello there I'm a 3D artist expert in Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, and more. I provide high-quality STL files for 3D printing.

[@Josh.Wilson]

I've been using the Prusa MK4 pretty much since the day it came out (Was one of the very first orders). Been rock solid for 2 months, have over 45 days of print time on it, and no failures. The Input shaping alpha made it seem like a whole new printer with how fast, and good the prints look!

[@JanicekTrnecka]

This supports my findings, although I am usually aiming for cheaper products, the quality, reliability and overall support is definitely worth the money!

[@g2fiora]

Tynan is a fantastic presenter, maybe not as smooth with the sponsor segues as some others, but other than that, absolutely no complaints :D

[@PrograError]

training wheels mate training wheels... remember linus is now the vision guy

[@DankerTVTimeCapsule]

Hi Tynan, Hope you step up to do more in-depth reviews of tech like this as you are really informative.

[@VideomasterPDB]

I want to see a 3D printer gauntlet like the team do with laptops and GPUs as now it's almost viable in every price bracket. Also love to see another engineer talking about useful terminology. Would like to see more of Tynan

[@RandomFace]

I second this, having very little experience with 3d printing it would be helpful to see a direct comparison across multiple devices.

[@ougonce]

Just a quick note. PrusaSlicer is actually itself a fork of the open source project Slic3r.

[@JJiG]

Prusa's team completely rewrote slic3r in c++ or w/e language its in now because the old language was like visual basic or something. Still this is the power of open source and why it's crucial.

[@Argon_02]

@@JJiG this, slic3r is old and pretty much abandoned.

[@ougonce]

@@JJiG Do you have a source for this? Looking at the repository for Slic3r it's very clear that it's written in C++ (as well as Perl, which sounds like what you're talking about). Maybe what happened is that they did this rewrite alongside the Slic3r maintainers, which would be pretty cool

[@Guardian_Arias]

yay someone said it also superslicer pulls prusa slicer back into open source but improves it and since superslicer came out so many forks have been created. I still by far prefer Ultimaker's Cura.

[@Guardian_Arias]

@@JJiGSauce?

[@Nacimota]

I have an MK3S+ and my experience with Prusa has also been very good. If it weren't for my chronic laziness I would have ordered the upgrade kit by now. I think if you're weighing up the pros and cons of this printer vs its competitors, Prusa's ongoing commitment to providing an upgrade path is a pretty big plus in my opinion, as well as their commitment to open source which I think lies at the heart of 3D printing/making, at least in my mind.

[@gokalpcetin2769]

Yeah, I am an international student doing PhD in US, and I have used many different printers including Prusa Mk3S+ and I would love to buy and try the new Mk4 but the question is if you already have a Mk3 or one of its upgraded versions does that really make sense at that price point compared to buying a new Mk4 next to your old one just for an additional 200 USD? I feel like if you already like printing and have no problem having another one it makes more sense to buy it as a separate printer, as the upgrade to Mk4 kit sounds a little too expensive as well as it renders your old one(or the rest of the parts you will be left with) unusable that it does not make sense. For another 200 bucks you have another printer as well as keeping the old one.(The old one being a Mk3 as well so that is still very good)

[@Nacimota]

@@gokalpcetin2769 Yes I'll admit I have struggled deciding whether I want to buy the full MK4 instead of the upgrade. I don't really need another printer, but not having to disassemble most of the existing MK3S+ definitely appeals to the lazy part of me that I alluded to above. I'm in Australia though so I think the price gap is a little wider I think. I'm still not sure what I want to do.

[@TrueThanny]

@@gokalpcetin2769 In my opinion, the better choice is to buy a new Mk4 kit and keep the Mk3S+ as a backup printer. It's the kind of thing that you might never know you want or need until you have it. Like if you're in the middle of a 20 hour print and find you need a little 30-minute print for something you're working on. With a spare, you don't have to wait until the next day.

[@Myke1814]

I have zero interest in getting a 3D printer, but I would watch any video with Tynan in it. He is so fun. We need more Tynan on the channels.

[@Oshadorin]

Love Tinus, seems like he'd make a good substitute boss for the summer

[@UncleJessy]

Nice video on the MK4! Now go checkout the input shaping alpha release! Pretty rad on the mk4

[@AA-xu4vd]

Elegoo has entered the chat...

[@Chromic_Friend]

@@AA-xu4vd Got 'em!

[@christopherrenn8137]

Prusa to me, feels like the polished tools set that is geared for diy, they got every bell and whistle they can polished but left it open ended just enough to give creators options. I own a mini, and wish i would of gotten a mk3 because a few of the parts i try and print are just at max build. I dont print those bigger pieces often but wish i could go just one size larger. Mini is my recommendation for beginner's and small users who just need a few parts printed. Or Large print farms that print smaller parts, really good cost effective that way. Plus i self printed all the plastic pieces and have spare parts because of it. Also gave them to a friend (2nd set) and he just ordered the hardware and built his printer, cheaper, because of that.

[@ER-hp2yc]

You know what my favorite part of Prusa is? Their service and how maintence friendly their printers are. You don't have to ship you're whole printer when something is wrong with it. Everything is replaceble. I like how open they are with replacing printable parts and building your own closure. Can't wait to receive and build my mk4!

[@WillUlt1mate11]

Prusa really is an amazing company for their open-ness abt the printer, and they are on a good rise!

[@OneDeuxTriSeiGo]

Unless they changed something recently, they dropped their commitment to open source/open hardware for all their newer kits.

[@Samuel-ef4fn]

They were really awesome until recently, i think the only reasons why you should buy one of these is because of the customer support and the upgradability, thats it. Bambu Lab as an example has the X1 which has a few more features and also amazing print quality for not much more or the p1p which is also an awesome fast printing machine.

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

Not sure how amazing is to charge 3x what the kit is actually worth. They sell the same overpriced printed year after year, and rely on sos media advertisement like this to fool people to think that their printer is the only one that actually works. While its the same printer that everyone else sells for 100-300$.

[@TDax]

I got my mk4 a week ago....absolutely loving it. I decided to stick with prusa because of my previous experiences with the company. I love the customer service, I love the reliability, I love the future upgradability.....for example for £400ish I can upgrade my mk3 to a mk4. No disrespect to the bambu.....heck, I will probably pick one up at some point.

[@Lucas_sGarage]

​@@Nobody-Nowherethen go and make the MK4 for 300 USD, be sure to tag me

[@ffturbo]

Tynan is one of the most chaotic members of lmg and i love that for him

[@gaveintothedarkness]

how is it chaotic?

[@elone3997]

@@gaveintothedarkness I think it was meant as normally chaotic but definately not in this piece. He's a classic mad scientist type in other videos normally

[@Eric_In_SF]

I bought a P1 P and it came with a few problems. After about six months of going back-and-forth with tech-support, I filed a charge back because they weren’t fixing it would take a week back-and-forth between messages. Last weekend, I upgraded my Mk3s to a MK 3.5 and the Wi-Fi module didn’t work. I spent five minutes in a chat and had the missing part here in three days. Definitely a worthwhile upgrade and definitely a much better company to work with Not to mention, the print quality is just so impeccable. I’ve got mine die in like nobody’s business. The bamboo I had was ridiculously hard to get good prints out of. Constantly shifting lines everywhere. The worst vertical seams I’ve ever seen on a 3-D printer. And the stupid idea of poop shooting out of the back so I have to move my desk to get filament. Eventually, I cut it out so that the filament ejected underneath the bed or it makes more sense but that piece of crap is gone. Prusa Still has its quirks but it’s a much better company and a much better product. I don’t care if it takes extra three minutes to print something. Not to mention, I can’t even hear the printer when it’s running.

[@jonathandv81]

He must present more, keep growing guys love the skills and talent you are bringing in

[@retropcs88]

Everyone keeps saying that a Prusa printer is overpriced and people should get something like an Ender 3 etc... But after messing with the Ender 3 printers at my school which was an absolutely god awful experience, it was nice to come back home to my old old Prusa i3 mk2 and be able to just print. And it prints the same as it did when it was new 6 years ago and assembled in a day. I feel like the Enders and other printers are enthusiast printers while Prusas are "professional" printers that are meant to be assembled, sat on the table and printed on, not tinkered around before every print. If you're just someone who has a 3D printer as a hobby then it's fine, but if you want it as an actual work tool you need something that just works. That's why I will stand by Prusa printers and will buy a Mk4 in the near future. Thanks for the great review ❤️

[@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel]

Linus looking pretty buff today.

[@cmawhz]

Wow it printed out of the box without having to buy a new bed! Sure wish my ender 5 worked out of the box like that because mine was entirely useless with about a centimeter deep valley in the bed... And then the broken extruder before I finished the first spool of filament... and the pressed on gear for the extruder stepper motor that can't be reused on an upgraded extruder... and the factory bent z rod that leaves waves in my prints... and the included sd card reader that melted after 5 minutes plugged into my pc... You can't really go wrong with a Prusa though, I am always impressed by those machines.

[@mario7572]

I don't often comment but please keep this guy around. This is a host for adults. His presentation is great. He is to the point without shouting or acting like a grown child. MKBHD vibes. Great video.

[@Tennouseijin]

One thing I like about the MK4 is the quiet operation - from what I've heard, many printers are quite loud, which makes them uncomfortable to use in a home office for a person with high noise sensitivity like myself. But with my newly assembled MK4, I'm pleasantly surprised at its low noise levels.

[@dinmoshe61]

I've never wondered what a James and Linus kid would look like. ..and now I'll never have to.

[@the.spiderdan]

Lmao 🤣😂🤣

[@thunderturbine8860]

@ShortCircuit jolly good show guys. Tynan's engineering background and his in depth review of this printer was indeed informative and entertaining. Fun fact, back in 2021 in my advanced diploma of civil engineering, we had a subject where we had to go into the workshop and 3D print out a bridge (for the civil diploma, for the aeronautical diploma they had to print out a model aircraft, mechanical I can't remember) but due to the lockdowns that did not happen, will buy a 3D printer when I have the money for it (which should be hopefully soon). Hats off to Tynan and the rest of the team.

[@TheChiefSmeg69]

Watched this video last week when it first came out and it was the final thing that made me switch my Elegoo Neptune 3 (1st gen) off and order the kit MK4 complete with Enclosure. The manufacturer of my current printer effectively used us early adopters as beta testers and then abandoned the printer from a firmware perspective; zero upgrade path and no notice. I should have bought a Prusa from the get go but the price put me off, far forward a year and I’m now spending 5x the money BUT there has Always been a clear upgrade path for the i3 series printers way back from the MK2 so this was more of a long term investment. I see this as more of an Apple style of device, yes it’s expensive, but, IT. JUST. WORKS. As for my current atrocity, well it sometimes works and I’ve just had enough. Roll on the end of August when my kit arrives. Thanks for the review guys - you helped me make up my mind!

[@Kirsty_McKay]

Nice to see Tynan on Short Circuit. I think that's his 1st.

[@tolson-vkn]

I will always buy from Prusa as they are the only company in 3D printing to be supporting open hardware and are makers at their core.

[@thejosefprusa]

Awesome and unique video from engineer standpoint 👌 Taking apart the gearbox always gives me chills though 😅 Following up on your comment, wifi is easy to remove for such special use cases. We just released the new 2.6 slicer, give it a go. Organic supports completely change how you think about positioning models + thousand more useful things. Alpha InputShaping FW is also out, giving you basically a new and better machine. We are managing to run all of this in custom RTOS system without linux an inherent safety problems. It is magic as usually linux+klipper is required. We intend to squeeze every last MHz for new features as always with our machines… Touchscreen is a tough call as the standard controls are so good. Maybe enable start on one click print menu 🤷‍♂️

[@cultofcedar]

I’ve been chugging along with my lil pos Ender 3 pro from years ago. I mean I had to manually level the bed every print. No idea what happened to mine but replacement parts prob cost more than buying a new one at this point lol. Nice to see how far we’ve gotten. Printer died just in time for a whole new generation. So many choices and now I’ve got adult money too!

[@Guardian_Arias]

My ender 3 is like 3 years old and it prints just as good as a carbo x1 and approximately at 80% the speed of a carbon x1.

[@CaptainPrinterMan]

just finished building a voron trident!! I'm pumped LTT's covering updates to the industry!! another exceptional video by Tynan!

[@pinballboy100]

With 3D printers where you will see software updates over the life of the produce it might be a good idea to state or put which version you are reviewing. This would allow a user to look up what has changed easier. Also what Slicer version would be nice even though I know it is not the focus of the video.

[@anarchangel7]

I like the direction LTT is going with letting the experts in each department show their strength with who hosts depending on the product. Dan with audio Anthony for retro etc. It adds a lot when the presenter is doing more than reading a script, they are explaining something they love.

[@FAB1150]

I'm one of the lucky few who have one, you can _feel_ that it will be a workhorse like the MK3. It's not the fastest (although it is still very fast, mind you), not coreXY, whatever. It's extremely on brand with Prusa. Quality, reliability, and loooong term support. It's good. But it did tease me on speed printing lol. Probably gonna build a voron as well to tinker with, if I find the space in my house lol

[@websterleone]

We have a MK3S at work and upgrading for better Z-leveling would be really good, especially if it can be upgraded to support 2+ filament colors without having to manually swap so we could embed text of a different color than the base.

[@tiestofalljays]

Tynan misspoke. You would still need to buy an MMU (Multi-Material Unit) for this MK4. It does not auto-swap between 2+ colors out of the box. The MMU is also available for the MK3S. No need for an MK4 if that’s what you’re looking for.

[@tristancoles12]

It’s interesting that he said the Bambu has been inconsistent. My p1p has been a fantastic printer. Very consistent and dimensionally accurate after some tweaks in the beginning even after moving with it twice it is still very consistent

[@MarioNotBros]

Tynan did great! Awesome video, love hearing about this stuff from an engineer's perspective

[@bacon.cheesecake]

The thing I'm most excited about with this printer is hopefully seeing a lot of used mk3 printers from people upgrading

[@bacon.cheesecake]

Oh wait they do an upgrade kit, should've seen that coming

[@PARTyZANslo]

@@bacon.cheesecake It really isn't worth upgrading, because the price difference between mk4 upgrade kit and the whole i3s+ set is 170€. In one of those cases you have a bunch of perfectly good parts left over.

[@Whatwherewhy586]

I really like this guy hosting. Keep it up!

[@KevinWRay]

Donated my 3s to my grandsons school. They are making course material for their school year, they were very happy to get the printer. JUST ORDERED MY MK4 today! Can’t wait!

[@morandana77]

How have I missed Tynan?! Excellent presenter. (Handsome, too) More Tynan, please.

[@shasterdhari]

Oh man i need that shirt

[@jessefurqueron5555]

Been wading through a new 3D printer vendor(s) for the last few weeks. We’ve printed resin for years, but during “the great event of unknown origin”, our previous vendor folded, and we’re finally running out of spares and hacks to keep their sw going. So the Great Search began for both filament & resin printers. Long story short, as of tonight, for filament, going w Prusa cause of 1) security 2)support & 3) reliability all key priorities from our perspective. Hopefully the MK4 will live up to those. For resin, leaning strongly at this point towards Elegoo, in large part as it’s my understanding they can be air gapped, both during running and for firmware upgrades similar to Prusa. Well, here goes… As always YMMV. Just sharing. Nothing more. Nothing less. Have a good’un!

[@AlessandroTischer]

Great video! I just disagree about the upgrade kit value: for that price, I would buy the unassembled mk4 and keep both printers or sell the mk3(s) if I wanted to get some money back.

[@VincentGroenewold]

Indeed, everyone is raving about the Bamboo and very likely will overhere as well. But the major difference those people never talk about, is the support Prusa gives and the fact I can completely fix the Prusa myself, with whatever I want. When Bamboo or Prusa goes bust, the Prusa printer will be servicable for a long time. Most people don't even need bigger volumes, but are clearly taken in by the shiny Lidar tech and such. Tech that basically does the same as what the MK4 does, without a Lidar. When input shaping is activated, it'll be plenty fast for most and more importantly, with good quality. If you really want to push the speed and care a bit less about quality, you definitely need coreXY. However, again, I won't get into a Bambu, but built a Voron (and yes, that's a challenge and not for everyone, however, also totally servicable by me).

[@Xenthera]

0:13 that 8k footage finally pulling its weight

[@DanaOtken]

Still don't have either the spare budget or the physical space to run and store a 3D printer, but I'm glad to have somebody making good reviews of them.

[@CookieCraftMedia]

6:31 Ive been using mesh based bed leveling on my Printrbot Simple Metal for years, its such a blessing. However my old printer is slowly retiring, so it may be time for an upgrade soon

Fun fact: The official announcement video of this printer in Prusa's channel shows it being assembled with the LTT Screwdriver (at 2min50)

[@samrec]

Thanks for the video, it will be nice to have you guys do a comparison of this 3D printers features and value for money with others printers out there. Let's say like vs the Bamboo Labs one for example.

[@HitomiOokami]

Hello Tynan! Welcome to the on-can crew, always lovely to meet more of the team at LMG. Thanks for the vid.

[@jozefkeresturi2139]

Bummed it's not Dan doing the 3D printers as he is my favourite host. But Tynan was excellent! Hope to see more of him

[@BPH2OS]

I have a Prusa MK3S+. I really like that they offer reliable upgrade paths from previous versions, including multiple options at different price points. I'm currently debating between the 3.5, 3.9 and 4.0 upgrade options.

[@login866]

prusa slicer is based on Slic3r, which alot of other slicers also based of on. that is some information correction there.. cheers

[@sythys_]

Prusas Design has proved incredibly Reliable and easy to maintain. I think, also the latest iteration of their i3 design, is worth every buck. Question is, if you want to try Printers that have improvements compared to Prusas printers that haven't proven as reliable yet. A very huge + on Prusas side is also the ability to repair or replace Parts this easily. Also the countless amount of docs and blog posts on how to take advantage of every aspect these printers have to offer is unmatched by the whole ecosystem.

[@MrSatyre1]

Good job, Tynan, whoever you are! 👏

[@alexlandherr]

I have a Prusa Mini+ which I got in 2021. Has been a fascinating experience as well as learning OctoPrint and OctoPi.

[@MrPyro052180]

We shall call him Linus 2.0

[@juliancantarelli]

"Now with focus"

[@milky__1748]

Sexy Linus

[@djispro4272]

I have a 3D printer at home and at school, and would much appreciate more 3D printing content on this channel!

[@psyotic007]

At the cut to the segue.. It actually took me a moment to realise it wasnt still Tynan on the screen.

[@willfigueroa4213]

Nice work Tynan!

[@ShR33k]

Great video - I'm interested in buying my first 3D printer (although to be fair, not sure how/when I would actually use it yet?). Looking at my options, and the Mk4 looks nice, but probably twice my budget for a 1st printer, however I could imagine it'll make great sense for anyone serious in 3D printing as an upgrade to their existing setup. I love the fact that Prusa has an upgrade path too - to make Mk3 into a Mk4 - thats very cool of them to do!

[@jameswhitehead6758]

Kinda bummed that we didn't get wild-eye mad scientist Tynan. He had one of the best 5k upgrade videos.

[@mifo2000]

i cant wait to upgrade my mk3. Prusa is worth the money to me. The fact they havent moved manufacturing to asia or india and kept it at home to employ locals is also huge to me

[@austintreacy3212]

I have an mk3 and I thought it was almost perfect for the price. But MAN the mk4 had so many improvements. No live z adjust? Usb integration? Heck yeah man. Wait... and hotswapable nozzles

[@matthewlozy1140]

Big fan of Prusa, I have an MK2, really excellent machine. Jealous of all the upgrades since then.

[@MaxMichel89]

I would always go for the kit. It is really easy to build and has a great handbook to guide you through. Like lego ( not yet build the mk4 but soon and the mk3 was an easy first printer build)

[@offic.dzanjo3048]

Prusa printers are honestly over priced and under preforming in my experience. They aren’t exactly bad… it’s like the basic Meh 3D printer. I mean 🤔 $350~ for the printer and $650 for support? I guess it’s worth it for some people.

[@MrJcTTK]

yeah 1k for something I can easily do on my CR-10 with a few mods and still be cheaper

[@trevorhutchinson2096]

At that price point no linear rails? Mediocre.

[@dailymuse8495]

😂😂 “Open source” isn’t even really and argument… most of the popular printers are. They are as out of touch with what need recommendations as Linus was about the component prices or how out of focus that one video was… fits them MO to a T

[@offic.dzanjo3048]

@@dailymuse8495 Oof, I mean with how much they put out a week it’s understandable that sometimes things go bad… most of us are here for the fact that they are entertaining still. Better that the verge for sure. Some level of jankiness is a must!

[@archetrico]

Very nice video guys, well introduced for those who don't know prusa or 3d printing and want to have a start in the world. Tynan seems a nice host for this kind of stuff, happy to see. PD: I imagine this is how Linus talks when he explains something to somebody with no cameras around (in that case his tone is all over the top).

[@petrmiskerik]

Thx for great review. Awesome printer from our country 🇨🇿 ♥!

[@QuangNguyen-wb5kd]

Their support is so far ahead other 3d printing companies in consumer space but their printers is just middle of the road.

[@eggegg6101]

I have a taz 5 and I don’t know how to use it well but seeing how quick that prints and how easy the part came off the bed I’m amazed

[@nightsgems]

Calm Linus at work, nice vid

[@mortenkallesen923]

I have been working with electronics and tech for 30+ years, and every time I think of buying something, the first question I ask is - Is there a way to customize the product, hack it, modify it to my needs. 3D printing has been a game changer for customizing just about anything, and Prusa making their printers mod friendly is just one more plus on the plusses. Go Prusa 🥰

[@Guardian_Arias]

build a voron or ender clone if customization is the priority otherwise buy carbon x1.

[@mortenkallesen923]

@@Guardian_Arias I want to be printing - not work on printers 😀

[@Guardian_Arias]

@mortenkallesen923 lol exactly my point, either you buy a prebuilt printer where the hardest part is picking the first thing print. Or you build your printer from the ground up over time with your own customizations and barely print at all.

[@SARU]

good to see Tynan hosting. He really looks like a fusion of Linus and Dan

[@ferdivedaasje]

I love Prusa printers, have two MK3S+'s at home. They are real workhorses, never have had the problems with them I have had with other printers. Sometime they run for 16 hours a day for months and I just give them a little standard maintanance now and then. I might update one or both of them to the MK4, but for now the MK3's are still doing what I want them to do.

[@user-bp8yg3ko1r]

We need more Tynan, he's a brilliant host!

[@jfieqj]

From another review, I believe the replacement beds don't come with all purchases, they just added them in for reviewers. Kind of misleading if true...

[@AK90]

I have an Anet A8 that I converted to AM8 for the extruded frame and I gotta say, if I where to replace that and go more hardcore into 3D printing Id get a Prusa printer. Several of my friend have them and are super happy with theirs.

[@SierraGolfNiner]

I love this digging into the printer. I have an MK4, so I'm not sure why I clicked on the video in the first place (other than "LTT, MUST WATCH" subliminal messaging being successful). But I certainly haven't taken my printer apart. Cool to see!

[@celmaki]

Tynan in shirt with sleeves O.o

[@BluD]

Prusa is great, I have a MK3S+ myself. Probably make the best consumer printers on the market however... Recently they've been suffering from what I like to say too much success and have really been struggling staying open with the community and having great customer support like they used to. Months of waiting to receive your printer after paying all while keeping you in the dark most of the time. With all this being said there's not really another company out there in the market that is doing any of this better unfortunately. I'd still highly recommend them but I think people should hear both sides, the good and the bad prior to making the decision to buy. A lot of these reviews never bring up the negatives because they get priority compared to your avg Joe.

[@VincentGroenewold]

The paying upfront part isn't great indeed, I'm witnessing that as well right now. :) They have clearly taken too long for this MK4 to get out, but I can still wait. I wasn't sure what printer I would get for a few years, but since the pandemic and seeing their response to that, they won me over easily (apart from what the printers are about, which are great).

[@BluD]

@@VincentGroenewold MK4 looks great. If I didn't have a MK3 already I'd be incredibly tempted to get it.

[@MaxMichel89]

The Pasing upfront isnt that Bad. It IS Not a Kickstarter Like a Lot of Others, and you can Always cancel your Order. I Wish they would ship faster, but it will get there.

[@wolfmr6354]

I love seeing Tynan in videos

[@Lizlodude]

Currently running a heavily modified Tevo Tornado, (CR10 clone) and eventually hoping to get a Prusa printer and make the Tevo a large nozzle rig. While there is definitely a lot of competition both in the low cost and premium markets, I still love that Prusa is just _solid_ and generally a great company that I can feel good about supporting, and know that they'll continue to support their products and customers. Plus they come with gummy bears. What other printer comes with gummy bears?

[@joerichards2423]

Tynan looks like Pound Shop Linus

[@bigdave723]

So true 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rcook0001]

It’s like watching chill Linus . Great video nice and clear full of detail.

[@JanicekTrnecka]

2:27...an adventure? Truly creative way to replace "pain in the ass" phrasing

[@PhaTs00p]

Can you please show us how this printer is better than any other $300 printer? I don't see the value proposition quite yet.

[@tiestofalljays]

Reliability, Consistency, and Support aren’t generally things that any KZbin video will show, but that’s what sets Prusa apart from the cheaper machines. Sure, my Ender 3 Pro can print parts that look just as nice as my i3 MK3S+’s prints, but getting to that level takes a lottt more dicking around than with a Prusa machine. If you have extra time, a cheaper machine might work just fine, but yeah - with my Prusa machine, I just have the confidence that it’ll work. The Ender machine needs pretty regular tuning. My Ender 3 Pro is a dedicated CF-Nylon machine now.

[@Adures]

I upgraded from ender 3 to Prusa mk3s+ and sure both printers can print the same things, but Prusa is complete product and ender is not. A lot of the time I had to fight with Ender, figure out why the print is failing, struggle with adhesion problems, wish there was easy way to swap filament, wish there was a way to detect when filament ends, make sure the bed is leveled correctly (had to change springs as the default ones are junk). A lot of that can be fix and added, but why reinvent the wheel? With more expensive printers like Prusa or Bambu you generally don’t have any of that problems. It is mostly feature complete and hassle free. This is why you buy more expensive printer.

[@Loopychannel]

Preordered mine, should arrive any week now, so fucking excited even tho i have multiple vorons :)

[@jcvantasties]

Okay, you get one like for the "packaged snacks" joke at the start

[@tyler3201]

I feel like Tynan had a interesting and unique childhood compared to the rest of us.

[@karehaqt]

Slightly off topic but I did a search to find more Tynan appearances and found a video from years ago titled "Tynan Stack - CHEK Conference 2011". Is this a very young Tynan?

[@tynanstack7924]

can confirm that is a very young Tynan in that video :P

[@d-fan]

Could the comments section please refer to Tynan as "Chad Linus" from now on? Thank you.

[@kenhaley4]

I've never owned a 3d printer, but I normally like to assemble things myself. If I buy this model, I'm thinking I'd learn a lot about it if I purchased the kit, but at the same time, I do want a trouble-free experience. Would you recommend the kit or the pre-built in my case? In other words, If I get the kit, is it difficult to get things adjusted right, and easy to correct assembly errors?

[@tiestofalljays]

It is a double-edged sword. Yes, you will learn a lot about your machine by putting it together yourself, but you’ll also learn the same things as you perform maintenance on it (or upgrade parts of it) down the line. For a pricey machine like this, you just have to personally weigh the value of the knowledge you might gain vs. the risk of not setting something up correctly during assembly, because there are a few things that can go wrong. There is also the peace of mind that you’ll *KNOW* it is set up correctly if it is shipped to you assembled. Prusa machines do have very good first-time calibration to check if they’re assembled correctly, but if you think you will be second-guessing that you’re “not getting best prints possible” or “wtf is that noise” due to having set something up incorrectly, a pre-assembled machine may be worth said peace of mind. All that being said, Prusa Support is amazing and you can contact them at any time. You can send them videos/pictures (Google Drive links) during the live chat and they’ll help you get things sorted. I had a free fan replacement sent to me bc there was a slight noise at low RPMs on my stock one. There’s also the time investment - 10 hours for a first-timer to set it up is not an exaggeration. If you are dead-set on assembling a machine, a cheap Creality machine is an amazing ‘test bed’ type of platform. I spent the first two years of my 3D Printing journey with an Ender 3 Pro as my only machine, and the troubleshooting knowledge, etc. I gained has truly been invaluable. Definitely more finicky than a Prusa machine, but I learned so so so much. The ease-of-use of a Prusa machine cannot be understated though, and a first-timer using one vs. a first-timer using a Creality machine will be a night and day difference.

[@saab_9]

how do you manage ventilation ? what would you recommend to safeguard against toxic or harmful substances that are released when doing 3d printing ?

[@shadebox-viewing]

I have a Mk2.5S + MMU2, and a CR-10S. I am happy to see 3d printing starting to make some major changes, as it'd been pretty stale for a bit with the same clones coming out in the $500-1500 space. What I would really love is for a 3rd party like E3d or Microswiss to offer aftermarket load cell hotends that I can retrofit onto my cr-10s and/or for Prusa to let us update older Prusa printers with the load cell hotends. Please let us get out of bed tramming hell, thx.