[techhelpbb]

In response to Vupa's query:

First let's see if anyone has done a head-to-head comparison of something from a Stratasys uPrint and say a Reprap Prusa:

Yeap someone has and that's not lion.

So how's under $800 for your budget?

Second let's compare the build volumes:

  Build volume of uPrint SE:
  203mm x 152mm x 152mm

  Build volume of Prusa I3 as shown here (there are variants): http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:39889
  200mm x 200mm x 200mm

Third with the Prusa you don't get a heated cabinet (most of us can buy a plastic storage box and put the printer in it).

Forth, the lion heads shown at the first link in this post printed *much* faster on the open source software.
(Read the comments at the link.)