Quote Originally Posted by curious aardvark View Post
the simple answer is spend $399 - http://wanhaousa.com/products/duplicator-i3-steel-frame
and suck it and see :-)

Material wise fff has hundreds and is increasing at an almost exponential rate.

All printers have good and bad points but in that particular price range the cheap non-propriatary ones are almost as good as the more expensive ones.
As many bad reviews as good ones, I would steer clear of Prusa machines to be honest, I find the dual threaded rods have caused me more issues than any other printer I have.

I saw those on ebay for $700 (the grey metal ones?) and youtube reviews were not good.