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What is a hybrid (EDIT> I see you have the link now.) ? I have the 500mm 3.1 i think. I hate it after having to build it LOL. I have hardly used it. I need to upgrade the fans and figure out the bed leveling. I cant seem to get mine to stick and i ruined an expensive build plate because of it. We use other printers at work all the time and need more of the idiot proof kind. I dont have as much time as I used to to play with them anymore.
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If it was me I would watch for the Vcore 4 Printhead release. Instead of the Btouch or Pinda bed probe, the printhead probe uses a Beacon Probe. Beacon is updating it's function to include a contact function. Then I would upgrade to RatOS to take advantage of the Beacon bed leveling and mesh. With single printhead that will take care of setting Z offset. The new printhead also includes a 4028 part cooling fan and nozzle now.
Beacon - Beacon Contact is Here - A Surface Scanner and Contact Probe in 1
I wouldn't consider upgrading to Hybrid unless you are looking for speed or plan on running a 2nd printhead with IDEX. Hint there is an MMU in the works for Vcore 4 that works with either a single printhead or the IDEX system. Probably 8 filaments at first from what I have seen in development.
Helge Keck has been doing a lot of work on IDEX and MMU.
http://www.youtube.com/@HelgeKeck