Flashforge, at Rapid + TCT in Detroit, revealed the upcoming Guider 4 and Guider 4 Pro 3D printers. Both systems are planned to launch in July and appear to be more of a continuation of the Adventurer 5M series hardware than the Guider 3.
Both the Guider 4 and Guider 4 Pro come with a 300 x 300 x 300 mm build volume, more generous than the 220 x 220 x 220 mm volume of the 5M series, with less focus on build height than the Guider 3’s 300 x 250 x 340 mm. The Pro version will be enclosed by default and offers an actively heated chamber that reaches up to 65 ºC. The standard Guider 4 will have an open top and front with a kit available to fully enclose the system (similar to the AD5M enclosure kit). Both are single-nozzle systems, diverging from the dual-extrusion of the last Guider series release, right as the competition in the space heats up.
The Guider 4 series is also compatible with Flashforge’s multi-material system – a 4-spool single-nozzle material changer seen on the AD5X. For the standard version, priced at $699, the multi-material system will be an add-on to help keep the system’s cost down, but it will come with the Guider 4 Pro, $999, as standard.
“Some customers, they just want to print materials like ABS from a single extruder as a single color,” Joy Zhang, Flashforge’s director of sales for North America, told All3DP in an interview at Rapid + TCT. “But some customers will prefer multi-color printing – they can buy it. The retail price for the feeding system is also very affordable.”
That price hasn’t been revealed yet, but the AD5X – fitted with Flashforge’s multi-material system as stock – costs $399.
The systems look poised to go head-to-head with Bambu Lab’s P1P and X1E, respectively. The Guider 4 manages to just match the former’s price, but the Guider 4 Pro, compared to the X1E, is the real standout here.
The X1E retailed for around $1,000 more than the X1C on launch. It added an Ethernet port, active chamber heating, and included an AMS. For just $1,000, Flashforge is offering a similar feature set on the Guider 4 Pro.
Mind, Flashforge’s multi-material system does not include an enclosure like Bambu Lab’s AMS. Though we saw a demo unit with a spool inside the machine’s actively heated chamber, printing with its material changer appears to offer no such protection.
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