The Core ONE is the first Prusa I would actually consider buying. But it's twice as expensive as a Bambu P1S and lacks various features that are optional on the prusa but included on the P1S. Like air filtering, the chamber cam (I know it's bad but good enough for me). And their alternative for the AMS (they call it the MMU) is way less sophisticated, it doesn't do full roll retraction or include a drybox for example. Finally, I have more faith in injection-molded parts than 3D printed ones. They're smoother, more precise, more solid.
Now the extendibility is a big feature but it's not something I would use. I want a printer that I can unpack and go and have minimal maintenance and tinkering on. My hobby is about printing things, the printer itself is not my hobby. It's a tool and it should just work.
So no, so far Bambu is and remains the the go-to brand for me. I have a P1S + AMS and also an A1 Mini, I think it's amazing how much value you get for your money at 180 euro. I actually use the A1 Mini more lately when I have something small to print due to the easily exchangable hotend (I often print small high-detail stuff on it with the 0,2mm nozzle). And it's a lot quieter than the P1S.
And like others mentioned, Prusa is becoming a lot less open source. In the video he mentioned it is because of the Chinese clones which makes some sense but still...
The Core ONE is the first Prusa I would actually consider buying. But it's twice as expensive as a Bambu P1S and lacks various features that are optional on the prusa but included on the P1S. Like air filtering, the chamber cam (I know it's bad but good enough for me). And their alternative for the AMS (they call it the MMU) is way less sophisticated, it doesn't do full roll retraction or include a drybox for example. Finally, I have more faith in injection-molded parts than 3D printed ones. They're smoother, more precise, more solid.
Now the extendibility is a big feature but it's not something I would use. I want a printer that I can unpack and go and have minimal maintenance and tinkering on. My hobby is about printing things, the printer itself is not my hobby. It's a tool and it should just work.
So no, so far Bambu is and remains the the go-to brand for me. I have a P1S + AMS and also an A1 Mini, I think it's amazing how much value you get for your money at 180 euro. I actually use the A1 Mini more lately when I have something small to print due to the easily exchangable hotend (I often print small high-detail stuff on it with the 0,2mm nozzle). And it's a lot quieter than the P1S.
And like others mentioned, Prusa is becoming a lot less open source. In the video he mentioned it is because of the Chinese clones which makes some sense but still...