Is it Bambu? I bet it's bambu. Yep it's bambu who knew?
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2026
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As somebody who doesn't currently, and has never owned a Prusa printer - this sort of thing is why people pay a premium for Prusa printers.
There are other, less expensive printers that are open source. I have no idea why people pay premiums for Prusa.
I pay a premium for Prusa because I like their philospohy of making as much of it as possible in house, and their general openness, not just in code, but in how their business functions.
My first 3D printer was a Makerbot Thing-O-Matic. I'm very willing to spend if I think it will benefit the entire ecosystem I'm interested in.
Also, with Prusa, I get to feel like I'm DIYing it, but with great and detailed instructions, and an all-in-one parts sourcing. They are also great at supporting their devices after the fact, which is sometimes necessary, because they often come out a little too hot.
Doesn't Prusa rebrand OrcaSlicer though? How is that in-house? Why not just support OrcaSlicer and build their configs into it as a first-class citizen?
Other way around. PrusaSlicer came first. It was originally a fork of Slic3r, then Bambu and OrcaSlicer forked it. Prusa certainly has back ported some features from OrcaSlicer, which is the way open source should work. Everybody wins.
I paid a premium for a Prusa.
Their documentation and assembly instructions were phenomenal, the build quality has been solid, and from day one I've been having good prints and haven't yet had a print fail.
Maybe the other printers do that too these days, but I wanted a tool and not a project, at least in this case.
Beyond that I also just wanted to support a company with values I support, and have put a lot out into the world that other companies are piggy-backing off of. So yes, maybe another company can also put motors on a frame, but I felt like I was supporting something important when picking Prusa.
That reminds me in the Apple II and its manual. An open system with the assembly code for the BIOS printed in the handbook.
Personally, to support a European manufacturer with a massive track record of giving a fuck.
Their history of open source software, technically sound hardware, and excellent support is extremely impressive, even outside the lens of 3d printing these are rare and valuable traits.