The Prusa CORE One+ INDX, a $2,000 industrial 3D printer, received a 4.5-star rating in a recent Tom's Hardware review despite documented limitations in its initial release. The review notes the machine requires manual mapping of up to eight filaments in slicer software, lacks preconfigured profiles for TPU material, and failed to produce successful prints with flexible filaments during testing. Additionally, the printer omits a chamber heating element — a feature typically expected in its price range for processing engineering plastics like ABS and ASA — and excludes built-in particulate filtration, which has become standard in competing models. While the review acknowledges the printer's offline operation capability as a strength, it points out that this functionality is not unique to Prusa devices. Critics argue that evaluating a product based on anticipated future software updates, rather than its current capabilities, undermines the objectivity of the assessment. The review emphasizes that hardware shortcomings, such as the absence of hardened nozzles for abrasive filament testing, should directly influence scoring, particularly for a machine positioned as a professional-grade tool.