That’s more of an argument for resin prints in general over FDM, nothing specific to Formlabs offerings.
I have used both Form 2 in the past and now use Anycubic Photon line (one of the cheap Chinese brands). Main differences I noticed is
- Form software like the slicer is nicer and more polished and more features
- Support is obviously better with the Formlabs printer
- The Siraya resin I use in the anycubic ranges from anywhere of 1/4 to 1/8 the price of the equivalent proprietary DRM’ed Formlabs resin
- The end results of the two printers are mostly equivalent for my use case
- If you ruin something in the printer it’s a lot cheaper to replace it in the Anycubic.
In the end for my use case the Anycubic is way better value, but I could see for a business without in house expertise the support of Formlabs is probably a better pick.
I have used both Form 2 in the past and now use Anycubic Photon line (one of the cheap Chinese brands). Main differences I noticed is
- Form software like the slicer is nicer and more polished and more features
- Support is obviously better with the Formlabs printer
- The Siraya resin I use in the anycubic ranges from anywhere of 1/4 to 1/8 the price of the equivalent proprietary DRM’ed Formlabs resin
- The end results of the two printers are mostly equivalent for my use case
- If you ruin something in the printer it’s a lot cheaper to replace it in the Anycubic.
In the end for my use case the Anycubic is way better value, but I could see for a business without in house expertise the support of Formlabs is probably a better pick.