My 15 year old MTW Mendal Max 3 needs a board upgrade. Need something to hold me over while I tear it apart and rebuild it.
Looking at Ender V3 pro or Bambu Lab A1.
Any pros cons, anything else I should look at?
Thanks
Neither:
- Creality because of copyright infringements.
- Bambu Lab because of their changed user policies
The qidi q1 is quite nice
Thanks, look into the Creality and Bambu for those issues a your right not what I want to deal with.
The qidi looks interesting, I’m also looking at the Prusa mk4s.
Finally did get the MM3 firmware updated. Win 11 didn’t like the RAMBo usb drivers. Had to grab a win 10 2012 computer I hadn’t used in 5 years.
I think you would be well-served by the Prusa MK4S or their new CORE One. I started with a Prusa MK3 with a MMU2, upgraded to the MK4 and then the MK4S, upgraded the MMU to MMU3, and now have purchased the CORE One. Sure, Prusas are more expensive, but I have found their attention to detail and quality control superb. Their printers are rock-solid reliable, and their support is unmatched (on the rare occasions you need it!). Their commitment to open systems is firm. They're not going to blindside you with sudden changes to their software licensing.