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I upgraded my MK4 to MK4s
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ramasses social.ozymandias.club ramasses@social.ozymandias.club
Joined: 2026-02-05
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I upgraded my MK4 to MK4s


It seems so much faster. Mainly due to the high flow nozzle and better cooling. I bought my MK4 back in 2023, when it released. Then printer says I have 73 days of print time, but I bet I have double that due to some factory resets.
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papalonian lemmy.world papalonian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-29
#2 · Quote Reply

Nerds will see this and say, "hell yeah".

Hell yeah!
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Grass sh.itjust.works Grass@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-30
#3 · Quote Reply

I'm not familiar with prusa models. What is the difference?
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Whitebrow lemmy.world Whitebrow@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#4 · Quote Reply
papalonian wrote:
Nerds will see this and say, "hell yeah". Hell yeah!

Hell yeah
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affenlehrer feddit.org affenlehrer@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-03-06
#5 · Quote Reply

I still have the MK3 but I didn't use it for years now. It was the best 3D printer I ever had though. Before that I had a printabot, an early i3 (mk1) clone and a Malyan i3 clone, all very cumbersome to use.
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anguo piefed.ca anguo@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-07
#6 · Quote Reply

The only thing that bugs me with the MK4S, is that the nre fan shroud blocks the view and is much less mesmerizing to watch it print.
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ramasses social.ozymandias.club ramasses@social.ozymandias.club
Joined: 2026-02-05
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Grass wrote:
I'm not familiar with prusa models. What is the difference?

Basically, that big ass fan on the front. Also many parts in the extruder were switched out from petg to pccf. And a higher flow nozzle.
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ramasses social.ozymandias.club ramasses@social.ozymandias.club
Joined: 2026-02-05
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anguo wrote:
The only thing that bugs me with the MK4S, is that the nre fan shroud blocks the view and is much less mesmerizing to watch it print.

Yeah, I agree with you on that but its kind of absurd how much faster the mk4s is than the mk4, and that fan is why.
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mcavoya lemmy.world mcavoya@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
#9 · Quote Reply

I just upgraded mine yesterday. I was also surprised at the speed.

I'm super interested in seeing how it handles bridges.
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