High precision and material flexibility are its thing, but at $649 for the standalone printer there's another recent hardware launch that drifts into view: Flashforge's Creator 5. Launching at $649, it printer is a four-tool toolchanger, albeit an open frame one, that offers many of the advantages the X2D claims, too.

In last week's poll we asked if dual-extrusion was enough in a new X-series machine – 44% of you said no. Is a full toolchanger in at the same price point more attractive?