You buy a budget printer if you want to get into 3d printers. You buy a prusa if you want to get into 3d print_ing_.
If you want to learn how everything works, you should get a kit. After it’s assembled you should be able to print nearly endlessly with nothing more than basic maintenance.
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If you value your time more than you like to tinker with your printer, then the cost makes sense.
If you like to do more maintenance and prefer to save the money up front, then the budget printers make sense.