The Original Prusa MINI - Unboxing & Assembly 

Had mine for 3 years now! It's a freaking workhorse! They also released a new firmware update that adds input shaping (which means really fast printing! All of my prints have had been halfed in print time) Thank you Prusa for making amazing, reliable printers, and still caring for years old printers!

I still think that these gummy bears are quite overpriced, but at least one of the accessories was a printer.

ME: I don't need a second printer VIDEO: mini gummy bears ME two seconds later: Done ordering

You can see that they really tried hard to reduce price when you look at the size of the haribos ;) Great video, i love the new printer! Cheers, happy weekend!

Josef: *Has the manual open like he doesn’t know how it goes together *

This is the printer that gives you the "total world domination" that you've always wanted 😀 awesome job dude! I'm proud that you're from Czech Republic as am i!

Well explained. Your English skills did improve a lot over the last couple of years.

The Gummi Bears are also Mini ^^

I ordered my mini a couple of weeks back. So excited. Have been watching this video on repeat :D

Ordered mine. This will be my son and I's first 3d printer. Looking forward to it. I know my son we'll be thrilled with making things.

Watched the video once all the way through. Then watched it again hitting pause as I did the assembly. This was a pretty good guide, though a new one is needed for the slight modifications in the MINI+, but as advised, I followed along in the book to catch those minor changes. Thanks for a fantastically easy build! I'm typing this as I listen to that first test print making music in the background. :)

Mine has shipped out on Friday to Australia as I ordered within the first 24 hours. Can't wait to assemble it and running once I receive it! This will be my third printer from Prusa (1 x MK3 - upgrade to 3S and MMU2S soon, plus one MK3S in the enclosure). Very detailed tutorial :-)

5:57 After buying and assembling a Prusa Mini, I can now understand why there are so many scratches on the rail. Putting in that screw is a pain. A NIGHTMARE. It just simply refuses to engage the threads in the T-nut.

I can’t wait for my mini. Love my Mk3s! Thanks Josef

I can't wait till mine gets shipped. Very excited!

Love the attention to detail. It's a beautifully designed machine with ease of use built right in. So, standard stuff then 👍

Joel convinced me with his review... order has been placed. First time 3D printing!

Love your videos it help alone. Please keep making these videos. Thank you guys

Man, this guy can put together a kit! My mini arrives tomorrow. I have two mk2s's and one mk3. I love those machines and I expect to love this one too.

Been waiting for this video to come out, yaay :)

I detected no irony when you expressed your pride in the fact that the packaging contains nearly no plastic.

Just got my mini gummy bears today, I am thrilled. Thank you Prusa3D!

I ordered mine on opening day! Still waiting for the printer. I cannot wait. :) I had a Prusa at my previous work and this would be my first, very own Prusa.

Great and clear tutorial, thank you very much - printer works like magic :)

Just ordered the Mini + today. Now the long dreaded wait. 🙃

Exciting....can’t wait for mine to turn up (ordered 14 October)

Ok I’ll buy this one! will be my first 3D printer 😍

A big fan! My I3 Mk3 is already ordered...this will be my next printer(s) to get my print farm set up over the next year!!

I can't wait to get mine!

Mine Prusa Mini+ arrived this week. Today I have unpacked a now its assembly time. 😊

I'm so excited to get mine!

For anyone wondering, This printer is phenomenal for the price. What I would suggest though is just ordering the semi-assembled kit like the one shown in this video. The unassembled kit is not horribly complicated, and the instructions are great, but takes WAY longer to build than this, so I would say it's worth the extra $30 to skip a lot of the hassle.

i finaly orderd the Prusa MINI i cant wait when it will finaly come!!

Not fully convinced yet, but the temptation gets stronger and stronger by the days going by...nice little machine indeed.

Congrats!!!

Looking great 👍 Thanks for sharing 👍😀🎆

Looks cool. I wish the cable management was better on all the printers. I always feel like something is being damaged.

the guide is good the printer is great. good job!!!!!

Great device good job prusa

I've watch your journey to make prusa, and that's awesome. hopeful i'll able to get prusa mini one day to be makers 🤔.

I'm so looking forward to my pre-order Prusa Mini.

I know mine has been shipped, seing this makes me even more driven with excitement for it!

best part: the gummy bears ! just received my printer today! :)

I've had my MP Select Mini v2 and this might be my next printer

IT'S SO cute!

Sick nice, bro!

nice one josef ..your the first to do a unboxing

Really mini but really great ! I want to buy one, for 3D mask printing, but 6 months.... too late. Good job Prusa :)

Nice video realy cool printer

Těším se, až si tiskárnu pořídím na hobby rc modely a uvidíme zda li mě o bude bavit ale výrobek mě velice překvapil :)

cant wait to get one. I need one for my school lol

Cool. Curious to know when they’re coming. Still waiting on my preorder. Oh well I’m pretty sure it will be worth the wait.

Not sure if I should buy this now. Or if I should wait for a refresh. One thing that worries on me on buying this is that it does not fall under the mk3 line. Meaning that it may not be upgradable as stated on their website for the mk line of printers. Any ideas or insight? I know its a good printer. A good price. I'll prolly buy it. But will this printer receive upgrades like the mk2/3 did?

Nice kit, but I'd love to see the Prusa take on a coreXY printer.. I've built two highly customised i3's with the best of both Mk2 and Mk3 worlds using your STL's.. Thanks guys for sharing the source!!! One day, when I can afford an Original Prusa, I shall grab one...

Thanks for the very helpful video! Is the printer in the video the Prusa Mini+Kit or the Prusa Mini+ Semi-Assembled Printer?

I love your printers. Ordered my mini yesterday. Sadly tho I have to wait for 8 weeks now :( By the way: Do you have a factory outlet I can visit once the pandemic is over?

i am wondering if this assembly is also geometrically accurate meaning if X,Y and Z are at exactly 90 degrees

Any chance of this coming to retailers in AUS? Exchange rate would be holding more than a few back at the moment

Has the design changed? On step 23 of the manual there is no hole as in the video to pass the y-axis motor wire. I used a different hole that is right next to the lcd connector hole

At 7:25, the last screw left in the bag (for attaching the screen) is a 12mm m3. On my build, it was not long enough to engage the nut in the t-slot. Luckily, they provide some spare screws. The extra m3 20mm long screw will work.

Still anxiously waiting for mine to ship!

I was pretty excited about the mini printer, but it kinda looks more like a prototype instead of a finished product. I would have liked to see more parts made of steal or at least injection molded plastic. Even the 150$ Ender 3 is almost full metal without any printed parts.

I love this printer....

Buying this one just for the gummy bears. I better not be disappointed.

I was unable to progress past step 18 in the manual (arrange gummy bears and eat three of them) because the gummy bears melted during shipping. This video did not help either since it completely skips that step. If I just bite off 1/3 of the glob of melted gummy bear, will my printer still work properly?

i still have my gummybears from when i bought my prusamk3s i kept it for almost a year now in my fridge i am saving it untill it my printers 1 years with me LOL

Cann't wait for my but i still think acording to the shipping Table i will get my in March 🤔 (Orderd 02.11.2019)

I am on the Y axis motor cable part but there is no slot to put it through on the box?

Step 0: rotate the package the correct way up, after it was handed to you on its side, even though it has multiple "this way up + fragile" stickers on it... 🙃

Wenn i build the lack enclosure for the mini + do i need 12v or 24 v ledstripes and how where i do connect the cables?

FYI for New people building there mini+ on the Y motor cable part the hole where you run the cable had bee moved. it not longer in the back it under the box. Check prusa site for photo. this drove me crazy . i thought i had a bad unit.

Anyone know the model of Tag Heuer watch he is wearing?

Please make a video like this for mk 3s it would be very useful

Please make sure we get a tub of Haribo with Prusa XL 😁

Josef prusa is such a fun name to say

8:30 you could print clip to hold the lcd cable that what I did to one of my printers

I just ordered a Mini Plus after having an Ender 3 V2 for over a year.

Just ordered one. Lets hope the Mini+ has better reliability the forums don't sound to promising.... im a little scared I can't afford the Mk3

How do we get one of those silver i3's you have on the back shelf there? I'd love an all silver build!!!

My orders coming Joe but you made me laugh when you said how you have packed the Plastic making wirrly-gig BUT it has ?Almost no plastic in the packing? He he that cuts me up Sir!..I can't wait for my "plastic FREE Box"!! to arrive at my door

I had high hopes for this printer. I bought the Mini, upgraded it to a Mini+, keep the firmware up to date, etc... I spoke with customer service many times. It just doesn't print reliably. In a year, I got perhaps 2 dead simple prints from it and spent countless days troubleshooting it. Prusa refused to take it back and give me a credit towards the MK3S. I left a 1 star review on their web site which they have not published. I feel burnt and don't trust them.

This might be random, but what kind of Cable-wrap tube is around the cables? It looks so much better than default spiral-wrap or nylon-mesh-tube.

Bought this printer since I thought it was going to be easy to set up. The lcd monitor wire is so weirdly put into the hole. When it comes out, it doesn’t even come out nicely. It even bends in the video too. He had trouble getting it in and putting into the final resting place. The 3 screws set up are not designed well at all. The first long screw couldn’t go in all the way so I thought it was a bad screw or something wrong with my machine. The pictures and videos didn’t show it well enough and took me an hour to figure it out. Also lining it up with the moving bracket plate is so hard to do with a heavy and weird object. Turned out I have to push hard to put the screw in. The one on top took two more hours to line up and can’t do it. Josef could put the screw and mounts on the bottom and permanent brackets to screw it in. There is no reason the metal bracket needs to move since you put it in its final position anyways. For being a $600 printer, this is really bad. I’m thinking of returning since a printer is useless if you can’t even set it up. A $200 printer is easier to set up. Says it’s easy, but it’s definitely not easy. I don’t mind plugging stuff but the way you plug all the stuff is easily fixed to plug in from the outside without opening the box. Seems simple, but very very frustrating. Josef could definitely make a more consumer way to plug stuff in. I understand if printers were first designed but it is 2023. With all the money he charges for each printer, I expected a higher attention to the set up and more features.. I hear how dependable the printers are(the reason I bought it, coming from a competitor), but it is very frustrating.

12:06 Just unboxing my new Mini and it is really frustrating, that the correct cable is NOT in the package - now I have to first organize a power cable to switch it on………

Some weeks ago I've ordered a Mini+. I have heavy modded CR10 and AnetA8 (Bondtech and Hemera). Also a JG Aurora. Now I've also ordered a MK3S+. I will swap out my tinkering printers with genuine Prusa and just have some reliable quality printers that aren't going to need any upgrades like the chinese machines. Although... they print fantastic. (Aurora: okayish) I don't know... my other 2 machines just look horrible. They are only built to work and with cables hanging everywhere. It's time: I need the real product now. Prusa 💪👍 But I'm afraid, I can't sell my old ones 🙈

PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON HOW TO CONVERT FILES TO GCODE FOR THIS PRINTER, I DO EVERYTHING ON THE SLICER AND THE PRINTER SAYS THE GCODE ISN'T MADE FOR THIS PRINTER

Nooo! Now the Haribo gummy bears pack is a snack pack. I have to rethink if I want to order the Mini, damn. (tongue in cheek)

what does the filament sensor do?

This printer seems like it could use a bit more rigidity in it's design. I think the linear bearing/steel rods with printed brackets construction seems like a weird choice for a cantilever design. Why not V-slots like an ender 2? I feel like it would be more rigid with an openbuilds roller system and v-slots. We'll see though, I'm gonna hold off an let the reviews come out before I pull the trigger on this one. I do like the bowden choice as I'm a weirdo who actually likes bowden printers. I like to print fast.

Can we get a video on prusa connect?

I have never owned a 3D printer before but I am growing more interested in the Prusa brand now that they are in an affordable price range for me. Are they generally noisy? I prefer it not to make any more noise than a cordless drill would.

At 7:30, this is not correct, at least not in the kit I received. First, the black plastic well into which the LCD frame attachment fits is now very shallow. It is not bowl-like as briefly shown here or depicted in the manual. Also, the remaining screw for it is the M3x20, which is too long and will not screw in far enough to tighten the LCD. I tried the extra M3x12, which is too short and also will not tighten. I had to dig up an M3x16 to attach the LCD. It's tight, but I wouldn't call it robust.

heheheheh Joseph Prusa quote.... we are pretty proud of this box because it does not use almost any plastic........ wait a minute! LOL

I thought that is the kit!!

after week of research, i just bought and assembly the machine but i use 2.30 hr to finish it. put Y axis to base is very hard for me because i cannot see a hole(event i put it on power supply as you shown). gladly i can finished assembly it. i wait to start my first print after work today. so excite, machine is good build and look awesome. ps. just small detail, i do not like the circuit board design with strange cable cover and place to hidden monitor cable it is look so amateur bad design, please make proper cable hidden place.

Hello! Can you tell me where you buy your linear rails?

What music is used in the background

would be nice to have an official prusa update on the status of the mini, we know things are going on.

Great! At least I'll be ready for when I'll receive my Mini in Feb 2020 (-_-) *Le Sigh*

I really like the idea of using less plastic for packaging. Wouldn't it make sense to use paper bags for the components as well instead of the plastic ones? I understand that you need to seal the filament, but for the rest... its probably not necessary =)