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So pricey, and their core xy just came out. Prusa doesn't have the best track record with their initial releases.
I love my mk3 but I wouldn't buy a prusa right now.
I'm In a similar boat to op, I don't feel there's a good solution right now. The creality k2+ and qidi plus 4 are worth looking at, but they're also fairly new and not well proven yet.
I'm tempted to take the plunge and finally build a voron 2.4
I'm curious what you're referring to when you say Prusa doesn't have the best track record on initial release. I started with two MK3s at work, upgraded them to MK3S+s, and now to MK4s. I didn't have any trouble along that upgrade path and I was always an early adopter. We also have a Prusa XL. If you are still on the MK3 model, perhaps you haven't had much experience with their newer models. However, the MK3S is six years old now.
Regarding cost, Prusa seems very comparable to Bambu for similarly speced printers. Specifically, looking at printers with an enclosed print bed and metal frame, the Bambu X1C is more expensive at $1100, vs the Prusa Core kit at $950 (assuming your comfortable assembling it yourself).
At home, I'd sure love to have a Voron to tinker with. However, for a print farm, I wouldn't consider anything but a Prusa these days.
It seems wrong to compare the price of a fully assembled bambu against a prusa kit. Especially for a farm, you want to pull it out and print.
Have you tried the mmu? It wasn't great. Mine's collecting dust. The xl didn't get good reviews when it launched, I'm not sure how the sl is doing.
I'm not saying prusa don't make awesome printers, but their first gen tends need more refinement. I've owned a few creality but my mk3 was my favorite printer until the x1c.
And yeah totally agree the voron would be for a fun thing, not a print farm.
A response to your question about how the XL is doing:
It is by far the most reliable and most capable printer I have ever used. I got one of the early 5 tool units and while there were things to work out, they have all been worked out.
I am completely satisfied the the printer
Awesome, I'm glad to hear it.