Prusa CORE One+ INDX 8-Tool 3D printer review: This beast makes rival multicolor 3D printers feel slow

Prusa is at the heart of the open-source 3D printing community, and this machine really shows it, as its partnership with Bondtech has produced one of the finest machines on the market today.

What's even more surprising is that you can buy the simple four-tool kit for less than £2,000/$2,000 assembled, and the eight-tool set that I'm looking at in this review is a touch over that £2,000/$2,000.

That money not only gets you access to eight-tool printing, but also to one of the most reliable and solid-performing 3D printers I've ever used.

The machine is based around the CORE One, a machine that I'm just upgrading to the One+, and is still the most used and reliable 3D printer in the workshop.

Whilst that's machine is only one filament, upgrading that reliable system into this eight-tool-changer machine absolutely makes sense.

I went for the fully assembled version because I just don't have time to assemble a machine, but if you do fancy the kit, you can save almost £300/$300 over the pre-assembled version that I'm looking at.

While the eight-tool-changer printing is obviously the major headline here, it's only when you start using it and put it side-by-side against the likes of the Bambu Lab H2C and, at the cheaper end, the Snapmaker U1 that you really start to see the full potential.

The speed is a significant upgrade on both of those machines, and even with the H2C's far larger print bed, in a head-to-head printing a 5-color print, whilst on the Core One+ INDX it had to be done in several batches, the new 3D printer was able to produce substantially more models than the larger machine in less time.

At present, considering the price, the multifilament printing reliability and speed, this is the best 3D printer I've ever tested (and I've tested many).

It makes it hard to recommend any other machine, and with the CORE One L now also adapted to utilise the INDX system, Prusa once again leads the field for this scale of machine, from small to large-scale projects.

Prusa CORE One+ (Gen 2) INDX 8-Tool: Price and Availability The Original Prusa CORE One+ (Gen 2) INDX 8-Tool is available directly from Prusa .

Prices start at $2249 / £2039 assembled, and $1949 / £1769 for the kit.

Shipping starts October 15.

If you already own a CORE One or CORE One+, you can buy the upgrade kit , which is $999 / £909 for the 8-tool version (a 4-toolhead is also available).