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Sovol SV08 or Prusa MK4S
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The SV08 is basically a Voron 2.4, and while I think that it’s not bad for the money, for close to the same amount you can buy a Formbot 2.4R2 350mm kit.
A standard Voron 2.4 build will be easier to add a tool changer to compared to a SV08 (efforts are ongoing though). It runs mainline Klipper, which will also open up a myriad of other options. The Voron is much more of a project though.
An SV08 is $600 and a Formbot 350mm kit is $800 plus $65 for the printed parts if you don't already have a printer that can do ABS, so it's 44% more for the Voron, which isn't that close to the same amount. It's a big enough difference to make the SV08 the better choice for some people.
The $600 SV08 doesn’t include the enclosure, and I bought my 350 Formbot kit for less than $800 with shipping.
My enclosure is made from £4 of plywood, £8 of filament and £35 of laser-cut acrylic, and unlike the official SV08 aluminium enclosure, doesn't have massive holes in it. I left out the SV08 enclosure price because the Sovol enclosure is expensive and dumb.
We can agree it’s expensive and dumb.