Non LDO Trident Kit Recommendations 2025

[Notafakelemon]

I was originally looking to build a 2.4 but switching to a Trident for simplicity's sake. I was wondering if anyone had kit recommendations for a 350mm build.
I've read everywhere that LDO is the top tier recommendations, but for my first build I feel like I can't justify an additional $600 for upgrades I really don't understand for just starting off.

Currently I was looking at the Formbot 350 Kit and the MPX 350 Kit. Both appear to be about the same price but I believe the MPX has the increased print height of 300mm which I would really like.
Does anyone have any experience with these kits or something in the similar price range (~$800)?

 

[Kajuta]

From what I have been told when I asked this question on the discord. The Formbot is getting itself together from when first launched was always pretty good now its just that much better.
The downside is the lack of documentation, I guess if you got experience with building and especially vorons you already can do your own wiring and know the layout of a voron assembly this doesnt matter so much and Formbot is a slamming deal. There are build videos for formbot on youtube but the ones i found are just condensed and not really overly detailed. I also understand from people on youtube reviews that the Trident kit is similar in wiring to their 2.4 which does have documentation. Of course there are some hardware choices between Formbot and LDO, seems to be trade up/down (some good some mediocre) but certainly not worthy of the price gap. The most compelling argument is your paying at extra $500 for solid documentation with the LDO and for many who are just going to build and mod from there anyways...its just not a fair trade.

MPX 350 I've heard very little, only from one person who tried to get it but the payment wasn't going through so he gave up and went with the Formbot.

As for upgrades, I think your on the right mental state. I have no experience with this and have been told plenty....just be satisfied with the vanilla kit and after you tune it you will be further ahead than if you build and try to mod along the way. Only real must have mod would be the inverted bed, upgrading pins also a worthy consideration. Otherwise the vanilla kits are plenty awesome and your best bet is to get intimate and tune them....then decide on if/what mods you want to do, or do them with the next kit.

 

[Notafakelemon]

From what I have been told when I asked this question on the discord. The Formbot is getting itself together from when first launched was always pretty good now its just that much better.
The downside is the lack of documentation, I guess if you got experience with building and especially vorons you already can do your own wiring and know the layout of a voron assembly this doesnt matter so much and Formbot is a slamming deal. There are build videos for formbot on youtube but the ones i found are just condensed and not really overly detailed. I also understand from people on youtube reviews that the Trident kit is similar in wiring to their 2.4 which does have documentation. Of course there are some hardware choices between Formbot and LDO, seems to be trade up/down (some good some mediocre) but certainly not worthy of the price gap. The most compelling argument is your paying at extra $500 for solid documentation with the LDO and for many who are just going to build and mod from there anyways...its just not a fair trade.

MPX 350 I've heard very little, only from one person who tried to get it but the payment wasn't going through so he gave up and went with the Formbot.

As for upgrades, I think your on the right mental state. I have no experience with this and have been told plenty....just be satisfied with the vanilla kit and after you tune it you will be further ahead than if you build and try to mod along the way. Only real must have mod would be the inverted bed, upgrading pins also a worthy consideration. Otherwise the vanilla kits are plenty awesome and your best bet is to get intimate and tune them....then decide on if/what mods you want to do, or do them with the next kit.

Hey thanks for the thought out response!

I actually went through a few more iterations of indecisiveness before finally putting in an order for the MPX 300 kit. Figured the 350 might just be too big for a first time build. Didn’t have any problem with the payment processing. The only annoyance is the long ship time of 20 days, but I’m using that to try to print all the parts for it. It defaulted to having the dragon hot end and does have the extra 50mm height which I think is a nice to have. After weird shipping costs it and the Formbot were still very similarly priced. The MPX discord has also been very helpful with questions I’ve had.

Definitely planning on doing the inverted bed but keep having problems with getting all the larger printed parts to work. Id you have questions about the MPX kit I’ll be sure to give feedback once I get it and start through the process!

 

[Kajuta]

I'm still waffling around between Siboor 350, formbot 350 or taking a consolation prize and getting an LDO 300.

1. Here is a recommended and simple pin mod for the Trident:

Voron2.4 and Trident Pins Mod by hartk1213

This mod replaces all the M5 screws for all idlers/pulleys/bearings with 5mm pins

mods.vorondesign.com

2. These are a cheap addition that were also recommended by the same builder on you tube I ran across:

Beefy Idlers For V2.4 and Trident - Front and Z BFI and BZI (cleedlers) BDF Kit

Introducing the best d*mn mini-kit fasteners to keep screw monsters away. Not big box puny screws. Just our signature BDF fasteners.

west3d.com

Those two combined are cheap and simple enough to offer a high level of meaningful performance to the Formbot kit without over complicating your first build.

3. The third final addition for consideration on the build without over complicating it would be replacing some of the printed functional pieces during assembly with CNC milled ones.
If you dont mind an extra $80, this guy Vital3d on Etsy is the originator of Siboor's milled gantry setup for their AWD $1600 kit.

Vitalii3D - Etsy

Shop items by Vitalii3D.

www.etsy.com

His CNC mod:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1629220880/doublet-aluminum-gantry-for-voron?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=voron+trident&ref=sr_gallery-1-3&content_source=c17ccc0a69fbf2498cee391baf68655b2107311b%253A1629220880&search_preloaded_img=1&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=c17ccc0a69fbf2498cee391baf68655b2107311b%3A1629220880&variation0=4189970575