A few days ago, Prusa released their first enclosure for their Prusa Mk3s printer!
In the article below we will look at the Prusa enclosure features and we will compare it to the Prusabox.
A few words as disclaimer… Since their enclosure won’t be available before a couple months, we will only base our comparision on infos and pictures found on their website.
As we are the designer of the Prusabox enclosure you could say we are biased (and we obviously are, you should always make up your own mind) but we’ll try to remain as factual as possible to give the fairest comparision possible!
Modularity:
On the Prusabox we designed a first control panel with Prusa panel that’s can also hold a Raspberry PI or a control panel.
And we designed also a large modular control system that allows users to make it as customizable as you need it to be. Prusabox evolves with your needs 🙂
Filtration system:
Prusabox offers a double filter with a professional grade HEPA + a carbon filter.
Prusabox HEPA and Carbon filters are made by Zortrax 3d printer company.
Frame:
Prusabox has two colors though : stainless steel and black.
Cooling:
Prusabox go over with additional cooling point for Einsy board.
Kit:
The Prusa enclosure seems to have a fair bit of screws in their design but they provide all printed parts except for optional handles, while the Prusabox has mored printed part (you can order them or print them yourself)
LED:
Printer access:
We know from experience you can’t always access everything from one side only, so for easy and total access of your printer, Prusabox has a 5 doors design!
Spool holder:
Community & support:
Yet our small community is thriving with very active members that support each others and invent new mods almost every weeks!
Plus we try to provide the best support we can so feel free to shoot us an email or a message on facebook we’ll be in touch asap 🙂
in our Facebook community
Additional mod:
Prusa 3d announced a few mods to come like RFID readers and smart controls.
As of today they provide optional mods for a fee – some might say a pricey one: advance filtration system, mechanical locks, fire suppression system, PSU quick release cable and LED light.
With our always evolving mod catalog from our lead designer Julien as well as our incredible community that have embrace the enclosure, inspiring us more mods and creating their own!
Discover all aditional mods by Printerbox on the dedicated page:
And all the mods made by our Community:
Price:
Prusabox stars at only 239,50€ (+66€ for printed parts) and 377,40€ for a full kit including printed parts, LED strips, filters, fans and damper feets.
* we have not included shipping because it’s always different from one country to another
Let’s Sum Up!
Why choose original Prusa enclosure:
Most of them are included in the Prusabox and with our never ending design, we have a lot more mods that you can print and adapt to your own use cases.
Because of the cost, original Prusa enclosures seems to be mainly targeted at companies or people who don’t need a high level of modularity, and just want to enjoy a nice 3d printing experience.
In fact Original Prusa enclosure with all option cost double of Prusabox but it requires less printing (if you don’t order parts from Printer-box).
Why choose the Prusabox:
Total price should be the half of the Original Prusa enclosure.
One last word from the Printerbox team:
We hope this article will help you make the best choice for your enclosure kit, feel free to add any comments or suggestions and in the meantime if you want to know more about our on enclosure, click below:
Make your Prusabox now!
It will be awesome if PrusaBox provides PETG panels instead of PMMA. This will made all the enclosure flame resistant/retardant
That’s is one extra difference between both enclosures.
Thanks for the comparison. I think Prusa is investing more in their print farm model, which their enclosure is good for. However, Prusabox seems to greater represent the core of the culture.
I’m 95% complete with my Prusabox build. Chose to reprint a bunch of stuff after finding awesome mods for it on Printables and Thingiverse and just waiting on a few electrical components to finish up. I can’t fully compare the 2 but my PB seems superior to the Prusa enclosure
One of the worst enclosures ever made for the Prusa MK3s, looks good but is impossible to get around and maintain the printer properly even when you take the door off it still gives restrictive access. I have to take the frame apart to remove the printer itself. and then you have to contend with the wiring from the PSU and display.
Even when I Order this as a complete kit with all the extras, I didn’t receive what I paid for poor customer service not impressed. should have just ordered a Prusa enclosure. But anyway, it looks good but not at all practical.
I’m sorry you did not like the enclosure.
You are talking about poor customer service, even though we never received any phone calls, emails or messenger from you.
Having your printer into any enclosure restricts necessarily the access of the printer. Our strength is that there are 5 doors all around the printer, unlike Prusa genuine enclosure that has only one in front.
We designed special printed corners, so the top of the enclosure could be removed easily.
Don’t hesitate to contact us for your requests, we would be happy to help.