Better Acrylic panels?

[NoGuru]

The 3mm Acrylic panels on my Voron are in my opinion to flimsy. I want something that will be a little more sturdy as well as retain heat better.
I just plugged in some numbers to a place that specializes in Acrylic and the cost to replace the top, doors and sides with 1/4" or 5.5mm came out to $300.

This seems a bit steep, or maybe I still have the pre-Covid prices mind set. Has anyone found or wanted a better solution? I can hear my panels fluctuation when I am printing fast and that just sucks

 

[120decibell]

Two of my printers use 1/4" luan plywood.

 

[NoGuru]

Two of my printers use 1/4" luan plywood.

Okay, cheap, easy to cut and probably slightly better at hear retention. I have not thought outside of Acrylic or glass.

 

[NoGuru]

I just got another quote for half price of the other one so I placed the order with TAP plastics

 

[brendanm720]

That seems about right for that much 1/4" Acrylic. I bought a 48"x48" sheet of 1/4" acrylic from Lowe's in October of 2021 and paid something like $120, and this seems like it'd be just about the same amount (maybe a bit less).