How To Refill Bambu Lab Filament Spools AND Save A TON of Money Doing It!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ม.ค. 2024
- Using Bambu Lab Refilable Spools to save a bunch of money on Filament! We go through how to reload the Bambu Lab spools quick and easy.
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NOTE: They have now dropped the Membership Program; no, it is for Everyone with no limits. Enjoy. I just bought 6 more rolls today
The membership program is only available to people who bought their Bambu Lab printer direct from Bambu Lab.
I wish I knew this before I bought mine!
Hmm. I thought it was for anyone who owned one. That is good feedback and I'm going to bring that back to the company.. Thanks for watching Andrew! It's great to see you in the comments!
Bambu Lab really needs to open this program up to all owners. After all I have the serial number and since I use their slicer and am not in LAN-only mode theyalready have my traffic running through their backend. So they have the data needed to verify my "ownership."
In my case I brought my X1 Carbon from the only authorized agent in New Zealand. At that time Bambu Lab would not ship from their website to NZ (I think this may have changed now). Anyway, I'm penalized for using their only authorized agent for not buying online, when at that time I couldn't buy online from the Bambu Lab website.
I do not have a Bambu Lab printer yet and I placed an order yesterday April 7, 2024 of 4 filament spools and at the checkout they were -$8CAD each. Saved $32CAD on that order.
Not anymore
BambuLab Membership program is awesome. It is one of my go-to filaments! Great video Jim.
It saves money over BL's original prices, but I find that Amazon has more choices, better prices, and faster shipping. I've ordered filament from Amazon and received it same day, next day, and two days (with Prime membership). BL shipping times are much longer, they have higher prices, and they seem to have problems with stock availability when I've shopped there. I do like the RF tags that come on the BL branded filaments, but all things considered, I think I'll stick with other choices available on Amazon (at least until something happens to change my mind).
Great video Jim. I have a X1C and for sure use the membership. Everything usually costs much more for those of us in Canada so this pricing really helps me. Polymaker and Bambu filaments are the 2 i use the most. Proto Pasta also now have a section of their carboard spools you can just cut out and it fits perfectly on the bambu spools
The membership is only for the first 6 months when you buy a printer from them.
Thanks for watching! I appreciate the feedback and I would like to see them change that.
This is something you should have researched properly before making a video. Fail
Yah. But what is the cost after the 6mo. I haven’t seen it anywhere.
@davidmartin2398 At the moment there's no way to sign up after that
Thats when you buy another bambu printer, to save even more money 😂. Actually, i did that and bought another a1 mini.
Thanks NerdyJ!!! My first BL printer (P1S) is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. I will be going from 2 Ender 3's to a BL.
Awesome! Hope you love it!
The filament shortages in the Bambu shop for the UK are a total pain. Get the stock levels up Bambu.
Same for U.S
seems like im gonna have to buy refills and use them once I get an empty spool @@pearlharbor8065
@@pearlharbor8065 same for EU. Especially right now while the sale runs.
I would love to patronize Bambu Lab, but, I just ordered another roll from Amazon for $15.29 with free shipping! And it prints great and the cardboard spool comes with it.
One thing I don't think you mentioned, there's a bump when you put the spool together, if you don't turn past the bump the spool might come apart during use, which is a bummer.
the other filament makers need to start offering both easily refilled spools and refill bundles like this rfid not required. id be quiet happy to buy a dozen or so spools and a pile of refills
as a thought on improving the refill spool, 2 cut outs for using zipties or the like to secure the remnants for swapping to different filament
Great feedback! I wish others would do this too! It really is great to swap them quick!
Microcenter offers refill spools and they fit the Bambu spools and vice versa.
Refills cost $16-$20 a roll , when i can get hatchbox, evryone, or overture for less for the full roll already spooled
This is a great feature especially with the RFID spools
I mean I get alongoo 8.8lbs ( 4x 2.2 lbs )for $40 from amazon and I've gone through 4 rolls this week alone...
Thank you!!
Sunlu is compatible with bambu profiles, cost $48 for a four pack of matte pla, shipping is super quick, and the reels are compatible with AMS. No brainer.
Voxel is supposedly coming out with a refill, it will be interesting to see if it is as well done.
I really like voxelpla and it has always had a 16.99 cost even for petg. So, I'm very excited to hear they're going to have refills!
How do you guys like their PLA?
@@chuysaucedo7119 love it! Voxelpla has great pla, very consistent. Also just tried their petg for the first time and so far so good.
Unfortuanately some colours are not available in refill version
Have you respool using the Bambu reels.
what happens after the 6 month membership expires? can you renew it? If so, how much is it?
We need Bambu Lab to include a Dad Joke with every order! Your shirt inspired this bad idea.
Now this is a comment I can get behind! I love the idea and will propose it to them! haha
Love the system, the refills, the labels and RFID. The membership however is not a money saver because you are limited to 8 rolls and currently there are challenges with available inventory. I know BL is doing their best in explosive growth but the filament and program need some work versus what you can get everyday from their competitors in filament.
Thank you for the feedback and for watching! I appreciate it! I hear you, and still think that it's a good deal, even though it's only 8 spools you can still save some good money!
Inventory is definitely a challenge. I ordered 3 rolls through the program with free shipping. I wanted a fourth roll of either white or silver and both are out of stock until early Feb. now when it comes in and I order just that single roll, I have to pay shipping unless I order at least 3 rolls. Unfortunately their order system won’t even let you order out of stock items.
It's a good deal as long as you have the free membership
For now I like the spools because I have to convert other brands like PolyTerra cardboard to the empty Bambu spool. If I have low filament from other brands I use those to print the Bambu spools off the SD card.
Can I use a different brand of filament on a Bambu printer?
I find there are plenty of filaments out there that work and are still way cheaper than Bambu even without the spool.
Dude, great t-shirt.
How do you sign up for the membership program? I bought my printer through them but don't see an option to join
Too bad the price for the no-spool refill is still way more expensive than the normal stuff you can buy on Amazon
Damn right 8 spools per month even if I don't need them this thing isn't going to last so I'm taking full advantage
10kg elegoo 100usd... i think bambu cant compete lol
So if you have more than one printer can someone else in your household order 8 a month?
The membership is for people that bought their printer directly from Bambu and I got mine from a local resseller. Hopefully, they will change that eventually. They have great filament but even their refill is more expensive for me than a Polyterra roll.
LOL for those near a Microcenter we often buy Inland PLA/PETG/ABS on a cardboard Spool for the $18ish price (normally like $20-$24 but almost always on sale).. So I wouldn't be saving anything paying $18-$19 for refills plus shipping... Only down side to using Inland is keeping the AMS lid open which I think the Hydra AMS mod fixes (haven't done it yet).
There are adapter rings for Inland/Overture cardboard spools on makerworld. I have only had my printer for a short time but so far they have worked flawlessly.
Membership might be worth it, if one will buy from Bambu. Problem is - way too often they have stock shortages, and if one wants some particular specific color filament for print, many give up (not due cost, but due availability) on buyin Bambu's alltogether.
P.S. Regarding stock shortages in relation to refills, in some cases worth checking up, if particular color filament is not in stock in "other form". Not often, but sometimes it helps to get what you want due "other kind" being in stock.
Actually they removed the membership option and allow more discount purchases now as well! So anyone can jump in and buy the filament at the discount now 🙂
Hi Jim new to your site and 3d printing what would you suggest for filament types.
Welcome! I would start with PLA. It's the easiest to start and learn with, and it's great for almost anything!
Fremover has the best deal if you buy in bulk
if you got the Bambu printer you could actually print the spools and start saving right away.
Great idea!
I love these spools, but at $17 a piece I am not saving any money when filament from elegoo and others can be had for $12.
Is it just me or is the refill price not comparable to the price of a blank spool? Like not even close.
So I have cut the cardboard off the Bambu Lab spool but I cant get it to split, I have tried twisting it and have tried applypressure to ne side of the inner and twisting, I just cant get this thing apart.
What am I doing wrong?
I like the idea, but I can get filament for as low as $8 per spool and standard $13. Ao the pricing is still not competitive.
$8? Where?
@@JoeBowler300 I misunderstood, lowest I have found is still $11-13 per spool, this is Anycubic, Elegoo and IIID Max, SUNLU is right there with them too. I also have great results from these brands, I think Anycubic and SUNLU might be the same, it's the same exact spool for sure.
I like the t-shirt
Just giving a heads up, I have "Bell" selected for "All" and I didn't get notified of your video.
if other brands offered refills instead of cardboard disposables more people would buy non-Bambu (yes I know a lot already do) ... I mostly buy Bambu refills as the filament is predictable (I have tuned for these) and I have enough reusable spools to do the job.
Two issues, 1 you have to purchase your printer direct from their website. I got mine from Microcenter and don't qualify. 2. While I like their filament, I can get Inland filament from MicroCenter for 17:99 for most PLA and often get it for 15.99 on sale. I would love to use Bambu filament or even other brands but can't get past the price. I also kill more then 8 rolls a month. Most for personal but some for my church or friends. They need to offer bulk 3KG rolls for 15$ and then we are talking deal.
how are you saving money when their refill cost more than most spools from other companies??
That was going to be my same comment!
the problem is, in Europe, their filaments are always sold out..
I have looked at this and I could not find the membership cost. Big RED flag. If you can talk to Bambu and have them open it up to all Bambu owners. I got mine at Micro Center and am not eligible like someone else posted. Good information.
I imagine that's because they're still assessing what to charge for the membership. The program is new, at least less than 6 months and everyone who purchased a printer pretty much gets the complementary membership program for 6 months, which bought them time to sort out pricing, since they will have another 3-4 months and change here to decide what the price point will be.
Two rolls of newer coloraed transparent PETG showed up at my door last week. I thought it was shipped bu mistake, checked to make sure i wasn't charged then saw it was sent via the membership program which was sweet. I inow those are random and i got lucky but 2 rolls of new free filement withoit doing anything was nice to get.
Both the company, and the membership program are new, if you need a more direct answer, it's better to ask the company directly. The have stated that it won't auto renew so you just lose your membership when it expires. I imagine by then a price will be set and it could depend on how much filament you buy directly from them.
If it Auto renewed automatically in charge the card that would be a big red flag but no aito renew, you have to manually opt in. I'll wait and see what the prices once they finally say what it will be.
@@JoshFisher567sir, this is a Wendy's
As I understood, the membership works ONLY if you purchase a Bambu Lab printer directly from them, and not from the authorized reseller. I needed a printer right away and purchased it from a local Micro Center Store. This purchase doesn't qualify for the membership discount. Just an FYI.
U r not saving anything by spending 24$ for 1kg. There are other cheaper alternative and with spool, Still same performance.
Bambu sucks
nah
I was mad at them when I said that, they are the best thing happened to 3d printers in a long time. I was dealing with the recall of my A1 combo unit and had got an email telling me to quit using my printer. I got a full return where I bought it Microcenter and ended up getting the X1C with AMS.@@mrb2917