<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/17634/mini-w-vs-mini-w/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:14:58 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/149048/#p149048 barbschiavo622 wrote:

Does anyone have any idea why the orange version is selling for such a higher price?


It's the latest and greatest so it would be a higher price.

]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:14:58 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/149048/#p149048 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/149044/#p149044 Does anyone have any idea why the orange version is selling for such a higher price?

]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:02:31 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/149044/#p149044 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/147286/#p147286 6 weeks later, finally an official response. Not entirely complete but official nonetheless:

The only change the W+ brings is a new WiFi module to help connect faster.

]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2018 05:17:08 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/147286/#p147286 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/146682/#p146682 Buruko wrote:

On Amazon they are sold as the same item merely different colors. I own the Mini W+ and the holes are just a vent for the fan when in resting position.

Visually though they are so damn the same. lol

Thanks for the confirmation that they are just holes. I thought they installed a speaker there or relocation mainboard and put cooling fan at that spot, but sadly it is just holes. I'm going to drill holes on my Mini W so that it will become a Mini W+, lol.

]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:30:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/146682/#p146682 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/146681/#p146681 On Amazon they are sold as the same item merely different colors. I own the Mini W+ and the holes are just a vent for the fan when in resting position.

Visually though they are so damn the same. lol

]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:20:48 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/146681/#p146681 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/146647/#p146647 There definently different, the w+ has a different machine tag. I’m curious about that grill but in one of the online pictures it looks like you can see right through it so I suspect it is just a vent for the hot end when it is parked at the top.

My hope is that the + stands for better WiFi support but it could be anything.

]]> Tue, 02 Oct 2018 22:39:09 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/146647/#p146647 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/146623/#p146623 I do believe they are the exact same printer the red/black W+ is merely a refresh of the model. I don't know if there are significant improvements internally or not but the Orange seems to be an earlier version of the Mini W/W+ printers.

]]> Tue, 02 Oct 2018 05:16:35 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/146623/#p146623 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/146616/#p146616 carl_m1968 wrote:

Sorry the thumbnail I saw made the warning label look like a screen. Honestly if yours is working then why upgrade? The newest is not always the best.

I didn't say I was upgrading or getting rid of mine?  I asked if anyone knew what the difference was with this newer model.  It appears you don't know.

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:43:27 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/146616/#p146616 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/146615/#p146615 Sorry the thumbnail I saw made the warning label look like a screen. Honestly if yours is working then why upgrade? The newest is not always the best.

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:21:46 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/146615/#p146615 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/146614/#p146614 There is no screen?  Besides the color and the W+ name on the front cover, the only other thing I can see are the holes in the housing in the front upper left corner.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61t8s7SdsFL._SL1000_.jpg

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:11:29 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/146614/#p146614 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/146613/#p146613 carl_m1968 wrote:

The W+ has a touch screen LCD that the Orange does not have. So you can operate the printer completely free of a PC if needed.

Seriously? Can not see the touch screen LCD from the picture, it will be great if it does.

all difference I can see from specification is
1. Different color
2. Support for PTEG/tough PLA. (Although I think people are printing PTEG/tough PLA on orange mini W anyway)

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:01:21 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/146613/#p146613 <![CDATA[Re: Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/146612/#p146612 The W+ has a touch screen LCD that the Orange does not have. So you can operate the printer completely free of a PC if needed.

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:53:07 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/146612/#p146612 <![CDATA[Mini W vs Mini W+]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/146610/#p146610 Just noticed the new Black Mini W+.   Does anyone know what the Black Mini W+ adds above the Orange Mini W.  Tried calling and the moron said the W+ adds wireless printing.

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:25:48 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/146610/#p146610