Honest Pros And Cons Of Owning a Bambu Labs 3d Printer : The Con’s Part
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- Overall I love Bambu Labs and their ingenious products. Please watch my other video about the Pro’s of owning one.
Just wanted to provide a different perspective as well in this video. There are some things as a customer if they can improve upon.
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This video is funny. He obviously never had to deal with an Ender or pretty much any printer from just a few years ago
Totally a newbie in the 3d printer world. But Bambu labs definitely created a genius product. First experiences with this
The thing about the space it takes up, it's essentially the same footprint as everything needed for your standard bed slinger, you're just getting a box that defines those dimensions to you.
Uh, I bought my X1C locally, loaded it into my car, drove it home, unloaded it from the car and was making amazing prints within an hour, all by myself. It also has a silent mode.
I have heard those are nice. It was a bit pricey for someone like me who had never used a 3d printer. So just went with something cheaper. Definitely check out my videos about all the pros of owning one.
@@averagedesijoe9494 Get an A1 mini if the cost is a concern. Or. get anything Creality makes and prepare yourself to be a troubleshoot/service guru.
@@averagedesijoe9494 Get one of the P1 or A1 versions if the X1 is more than you want to spend. I had a Ender E3V2, threw it away after much frustration. Added many mods, gave up and quit printing.. About 9 months ago I got a Prusa MK4. Awesome printer but... The X1 leaves it in the dust.
I got P1P couple months ago and for me, the Bambu Lab printers are like paradise for people who want to print lol.
But I dont have AMS so maybe you had some problem that I didnt had.
I didnt buy AMS because of the waste. Too much.
Absolutely. AMS has its pros and cons. If you are not printing too many multi colored objects then it doesn’t matter. And it has been a bit of a pain with pla getting stuck etc. it’s a cool concept but just too many bottle necks already present to add another.
It's kind of funny to me how much people complained about the sound of the Ender 3, which to me was practically silent, yet they defend the noise of this thing which is really quite impressively loud and difficult to sit next to.
On the other hand, I've never had any issues printing on the p1p, it's been flawless even on 8 or 10 year old filament I've had sitting around. I have a P1P, and it's much easier to maintain, although I've been thinking of enclosing it to try to keep the noise down.
To reduce waste, I've tweaked my profile so there is 0 purge when no filament change and only 20mm when changing. With 20mm I have found that by the time it purges during start up and prints the prime lines it's all clear.
I have an OG Ender 3 Pro and I kind like it's funny little robot noises. I just wish it wasn't so painfully slow.
The Bambu labs are awesome
Filament gets stuck a lot you say with the rolls sat in the AMS with cardboard rolls which is a no no and the cardboard dust alone is bad for the system
I learnt that the hard way. You are right. But that’s all they sell in the stores which is ridiculous
I think I disagree, respectfully, with everything said.
I disagree with not buying the AMS combo. It's so nice and easy to load 4 materials and just be able to press go. It loads and unloads itself and you have to do nothing except push the filament into the feeder in the AMS itself. Plus it doubles as a dry box. Plus you get it for $100 off over buying them separate and don't have to pay that huge shipping price.
You are correct. I have the option to go to the store and buy it therefore don’t have to worry about the shipping cost. As I said it’s also got to do with what you trying to print. More professional Etsy or builders definitely need it. Someone starting out may not need it.
I have I P1S if a print fails or just doesn't work out, it wasn't the printer it was operator error ... wrong slicer settings, wrong build plate selected etc, ect ...compared to to my elegoo neptune 2s, my P1S sits on a pedestal and since I got a Bambu I have not looked back. Bambu for the win in my books!
That’s what I have read across the web. How great Bambu labs 3d printers are compared to others. That is why I bought these.
There is a lot that can cause a print to fail outside the user error.
They have warranty and return policy for a reason, some are lemons and that's okay.
This must be your first 3D printer because the "cons" you are mentioning are actually not cons and are benefits over other printers. Go buy a bed slinger from Creality and then come back with a review of the P1S. The P1S is the only printer I have owned that just worked out of the box. It prints fast, its reliable, and its very easy to use. If you are having issues with a Bambu printer, 3D printing just isn't for you. The P1S is actually smaller than the A1 and the P1S is not very big for a 3D printer. Its bigger than an Ender 3 but it has a bigger bed and print volume but the space is actually very well utilized. You can also set multiple side by side and most people have mini print farms on cheap metal shelving units. Its not even very heavy, it weighs 28.5lbs so I don't know why you need two people to carry it. Returns for any printer company when ordering from their website is a pain. QIDI wanted me to pay $1400 to return a defective X-Plus 3 to China because it weighs 68lbs. As for it being loud, any printer that is printing up to 500mm/s is going to be loud. This one is actually one of the quieter ones on the market and my XP3 is so much louder. Clogs nozzle and hot end clogs are usually caused by wrong filament calibrations and moisture. If you are printing a filament at a higher volumetric flow than it can support, you will get a clogs. The AMS does have issues with using cardboard spools so that can lead to retraction issues and the filament getting tangled but Bambu also addresses this and doesn't recommend cardboard spools. For miniatous, your issues with space is the nature of an enclosed printer. The waste is a problem but you can change settings to reduce the waste.
Download OrcaSlicer, run the calibrations for every brand and type of filament you plan on printing, and tweak the settings for waste management. Also, make sure you have the settings correct for you filament, don't use the wrong bed plate or print certain materials too fast and make sure the cooling is sufficient. Changes in ambient temperature can cause problems still so you want to create a filament profile for changes in 10 degrees at least. And this goes for every printer. I have been 3D printing since 2017 when I got an Anet A8 I had to build myself. I have owned 11 other 3D printers over the years but took a break for 2 years because I was tired of the constant problems with printers and the P1S has been the most reliable, easiest to use, and has the best print quality. I had the AnkerMake M5C and it was defective and the clogs with their nozzle is basically a known issue at this point. I got the X-Plus 3 from QIDI and I have had nothing but problems with it that lead to me finally having to buy new parts to fix it because the manufacture gave me no support after 3 months when I contacted them on day one. It also goes down constantly and I keep finding new issues once I fix another one. Before that, I had a couple from Creality, Sovol, Anycubic, and Longer. I have been using the P1S for about 3 months now and the only problems I have had was selecting the wrong bed plate because I used the app to pick the print and they were uploaded for the X1C, accidentally not changing the filament type before slicing, and changes in the ambient temperature when like turning on a ceiling fan or turning the heat on in the room. Its all been my fault but I can get reliable results every time because I know what settings to change to prevent issues. Any printer or product will eventually have issues and tons of people have problems with their Bambu printers, but do some research on the other printer manufactures and problems people are having. I used to get printers with severely warped beds, defective extruders, bent lead screws, and defective main boards out of the box and it would all leave me with a brand new paper weight until the manufacture would finally send me the parts. I finally just started using Amazon because I could exchange them easier because manufactures are almost impossible to get to take returns and you have to argue back and forth for months to get your replacement parts. I get you are having issues and might not fully understand how the printer works like most people, but a lot of the problems can be avoided if you take the time to learn about 3D printing in general.
Thank you for such a great comparison. I totally agree with you. Everything I have read and seen with other printers is definitely not the best experience or a real pain. This video was just all the things I didn’t like and it is my humble opinion. But my other video is about all the pros. Please check it out. Would love ur thoughts on that.
Even Bambu bed slingers are great. I have an A1 mini and it's hands down better than my modded Ender 3 and Sovol. Prints way faster with better tolerance
@@averagedesijoe9494 I will check it out! I just think a lot of negative opinions on the Bambu printers are from people who don't fully understand the 3D printers, from people who have never owned a Bambu printer and just want to talk bad about them because they are recommended so much, or because they just cant afford it so they justify the other printers they spent $100 - $200 less on. I was one of those people too until I got the P1S. I went with other cheaper printers because my budget was around $600 and I had nothing but problems with these other recent machines. The AnkerMake M5C is almost their in terms of ease of use but the reliability in the hotend is not very good. I was getting clogs and layer shits constantly when using the same filament I have zero issues with on the P1S. Then this QIDI X-Plus 3 has been a nightmare with reliability. I get so many failed prints due to extrusion and Z offset issues. Then when it does print, I have quality issues with the prints. When it does work, the print quality is amazing and there are no vibrations really but the P1S can print circles around it. The X-Plus 3 has been more of a headache for me than my Ender 3 v2, Anycubic i3 Mega X, CRX, and CR10 V2 I had and those printers always had quality issues. I just highly recommend asking questions in the groups and learn why the printer is having the problems it does so you can fix them and prevent them, usually its a setting or calibration. My X-Plus 3 is firmware and the printer profile that I have to fine tune but the firmware is out of my control. I also had some hardware issues that I had to/have to fix but its hard to fix the rest with the firmware issues.
@@mikeb1596 Yeah, I have been wanting to get an A1 mini for my nieces since they dropped the price to $250. I wish I had a MicroCenter close by cause I don't wanna pay the shipping cost though. I originally wanted the A1 with AMS but the day I drove to MicroCenter to get it was the day they recalled it. Drove 3 hours because the website said it was in stock and I ended up getting the P1S without AMS because they didn't have the AMS version in stock. Glad I got it though, its been crazy reliable for me and literally the best printer I have ever used.
Great video! Any advice since posting about how to service the extruder more efficiently?
Please check out my other video showing how to service the extruder
Your 2 complaints, it's too big and it's too hard to send it back. I think you're better off with something else so U don't complain. This was a useless video. Hopefully U make better ones. I hate a complainer. You're just a dating same things over and over again
There is always pros and cons. I really like this product but having to return the A4 due to a recall and then to repurchase this and carrying this and the other one back and forth was really rough.
@@averagedesijoe9494 it was the A1. Bambu did great with their recall. But really too many TH-camrs jumped on the bandwagon to make the issue of the A1 more worse than it really was.
@@Peter-yt6es I loved the A1! I was so bummed when I had to return that. So easy to maintain.
The fuck are you on about? Are you paid by competitors or something?! I have the X1C and i love it, no failed print after 6 months. Perfect results. Prints being used in my inventions for analysers in the oil industry, it is fucking amazing. In lieu of printing metal i cannot ask for more from an additive printer. Maybe they sold you some bootleg fake in India
Oh wow. Sorry it hurt you so much. I have heard great things about x1c as well. Totally agree with you on quality and stuff. My other video on all the reasons I like this printer has that.
Just because a machine has ways to improve on, or because one trait that is a pro for you may be a con for someone else, doesn't mean a person should never talk about it. These things are great to point out and would love to see machines in 20-30 year with none of these concerns for everyone, rather than intentionally not letting people who care about these things know they exist because you happen to fanboy over a product.
...when did you plan to get to any of the pros? If you didn't like it ,why keep it?
Right!?
It’s a love hate relationship. As I mentioned in the pros this is an incredible product. Insane how u can create anything you can imagine. Ofcourse then you have issues. Just my opinion ofcourse but when you working with such a great machine why couldn’t they just make it a little better
X1 Carbon ? You want better, better cost more.