u/mm404

Slicers in 2026 for a "regular" user...

First, let me disclose, I'm an Prusa expat and Voron user for about a year now. I built my 300 cube Trident last summer and I'm very happy with it. From HW aspect, my Trident is vastly superior to my previous printers, but I am still being bit by being accustomed to pre-tuned profiles handed to me on a silver platter (and I am painfully aware of it). I went through tuning on PETG and PLA with OrcaSlicer and ABS on Prusa Slicer.

I'm still kinda bouncing between those two options. Both are being actively maintained and both have really good features. The only dealbreaker for Prusa seems to be their concept of Print settings vs. Filament settings. Orca lets you override many things on the filament level, which supersedes the Print level settings. In Prusa Slicer, those two are more disconnected, and filament doesn't override much. This works well if you are okay with the conservative "works for all" settings but gets in the way when you want to tune for a filament, quality, and speed.

I'm not a heavy user, I don't run my printers for business, they are just my hobby. Oh and I'm in the middle of building a Micron too.

What's your situation? I'm curious, especially if you print with many materials.

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u/mm404 — 9 days ago