well chad i cant give you a comparison but i can help you with anything you need to know about makergear or the m2 since i have 4 of them. great machine, great company. build quality is awesome. the m2 single head is now shipping with the new v4 extruder...just an fyi. i can say the makergear just works. they are workhorse machines that just run and run. i have one machine that has to have aprox 7-8000 hours on it. its still rockin and prints as clean as the day i opened it up.