We have multiple form 3 printers at work too, and they are very slow! It takes an hour to automatically fill the resin tank (which I cheat by pouring myself) and supply costs are ridiculous. But I really like the rather consistent output quality and their software is awesome.
My comparisons are against my own printer, anycubic photon mono. I can get a new printer with the same price of a bottle of formlabs material :)
Yeah, you can't fill that guy without pouring it in. It just isn't happening with a new vat. The supply costs are indeed the worst part, too. However, we've had FAR from perfect, repeatable results with it. The Elegoo Saturn is DEFINITELY more consistent and repeatable. And yeah - lower end machines are kinda nuts. One moving part, etc. It's funny - they're a superior technology. How do we know? Form themselves went to mSLA on the 4 as compared to the SLA of the 3 with the complicated optical carriage.
My comparisons are against my own printer, anycubic photon mono. I can get a new printer with the same price of a bottle of formlabs material :)