It feels like we've reported on Phrozen's Arco filament 3D printer every year the last few Formnext shows.
Always "on it's way", delayed or "soon", but never here and ready to go. Not this year, though. Bambu Lab, Prusa, et al may be grabbing the attention, but Phrozen's quiet monster of a printer is now available to buy and made its proper debut at Formnext this year.
What sets it apart? The Arco uses Klipper (properly, with attribution) uses a fast, flying gantry CoreXY design, and features a novel heat pipe-based hot end cooling system that helps shorten the filament drive path. Ours just arrived, so we'll be going hands on soon.
Matthew Mensley is a senior editor at All3DP with nine years covering consumer 3D printing hardware. He writes news, reviews, and buying guides with the clarity of someone who's seen enough hype cycles to know which ones to take seriously.
