Bambu Lab X1 transparent test - Finally the 3D printer customers want?
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- Finally, a 3D printer that is truly innovative. The Bambu Labs X1 (Carbon) has been in development for years with the aim of being a game changer. It features sensors not seen on a 3D printer before with the aim of automating calibration and some parts of the printing process. Is this the innovation the community has been craving?
Based on my experience, I’d say this printer is at least 90% there. Bambu Labs aims to have the final features in place and the bugs ironed out by shipping time, as well as documentation and support. If you consider backing, please remember that Kickstarter has no guarantees and there is always inherent risk.
This printer was provided free of charge for the purposing of testing, after Bambu Labs agreed to my review policy. All opinions expressed are my own.
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0:00 Introduction
1:02 What is the Bambu Labs X1?
Kickstarter page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
Bambu Labs website: www.bambulab.com/
3:03 Unboxing and assembly
4:10 AI and advanced feature testing
6:58 Slicer and other software
9:37 Print tests and quality
14:52 Automatic material system (multi-material)
18:13 Is this beginner friendly?
19:49 Problems and my concerns
21:58 Conclusion
Models shown in this video:
Pickle Rick multimaterial split: www.thingiverse.com/thing:266...
Dinosaur multicolour toothbrush holder: www.thingiverse.com/thing:335...
Dragon multicolour: www.thingiverse.com/thing:216...
Boxing gloves multicolour: www.thingiverse.com/thing:346...
Planetary Tablet Platform!: www.myminifactory.com/object/...
Baby Yoda: www.myminifactory.com/object/...
Braid vase: www.printables.com/model/2500...
Baby Yoda (support free): www.myminifactory.com/object/...
TPU bracelet: www.printables.com/model/1572...
20mm cube: www.thingiverse.com/thing:127...
3Dbenchy: www.thingiverse.com/thing:763622
Lattice Cube torture test: www.thingiverse.com/thing:185...
Rook: www.thingiverse.com/thing:99028
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Even if this fails, it’s a massive wake up call for other 3d printer manufacturers. They’ll be forced to massively upgrade the specs and/or lower the prices. Great for 3d printing space then 👏🏻
I feel like Prusa is the one who needs to pay the most attention, A good turnkey machine in the 800-1200USD range is in the territory of the prebuilt MK3S+ which is itself considered pretty turnkey set it and forget it machine. Bambu has to prove of course they can keep the backend running, That is the big challenge to me. I think they can get the physical hardware out at their pricepoints but keeping up the back end so it all works is vital.
@@filanfyretracker yeah man Prusa needs to step it up. And I own 4 and love them. But they’re asking way too much dough for what they are. Chinese clones for 200 work just as good. They still don’t a have touch screen. Mmu is a royal pain in the dick. Marlin blows. Filament sensor is a crap shoot. No nozzle touch leveling. The XL costs a fortune…
I don’t know why they stopped innovating. Changing the name to printables oh wow! They’re about to get lapped by anker and bambu with their first printers.
@@oneheadlight8000 How do you know the margins?, is public info?
@@oneheadlight8000 I'm not economist, but if I'm not wrong the margin you have in a company when you sell a product is profits, right? and to calculate that you have to at a given sell price deduct the operating costs of the company and all the costs and I imagine they put already some of that cost on the R&D, so you're price with your margin has that already calculated, isn't?
Nice job you have. Hope you guys (AI leaning people) will come with the solution of our problems: an AI candidate for president, it will be the perfect one, smarter than anyone in the world and "pure" from greed, selfishness or corruption...
@@oneheadlight8000 while I agree the price is probably marketing and will be raised. I disagree with it being trash because it's a chinese copy. These are the people who made dji. Dji is and still is a gamechanger to the drone industry 2 years later. This will be a gamechanger for 3dprinting using tech they invented as with dji. These engineers are some of the best in the world.
The killer feature is the lidar calibration for linear advance. I'd love to see a closer look at that.
Agreed, 90% of bad prints start at layer one.
@Anothercg Gmail how so?
@@anothercggmail7981 I'd argue that it's not, since you can do it automatically at the start of every print. Currently, you have to manually calibrate LA if you have it enabled at all (most don't). The values for LA change for every filament and every temperature etc.
Linear Advance and vibration compensation both offer brilliant advances in print quality, especially at faster than a snail's pace.
This all comes with the condition that the feature is implemented well, which isn't a given.
I backed it. The dude running it spearheaded the Mavic for DJI and that led to near perfect drones for consumers. After hearing that and seeing a few reviews and especially at that price it was a no brainer.
Yeah this was my exactsame thinking. After hearing it was the team who made the mavic, people don't understand companies in drones 2 years later are still trying to copy dji and failing. Bambu is a disruptor. 3dprinting companies are going to go out of business if they can't copy bambu.
@@royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409 absolutely! If anyone is reading this and doesn’t know anything about drones, it’s Mavic, and Mavic only. Unless you’re spending 40k on the big boys, Mavic is 1st-9th place lol.
And I make and sell 360 mounts for mavics so it’s crazy that my “Mavic” printer is going to make Mavic accessories.
Every company should be scared. Not only at the advancements and tech but the fact this company is China based. They have a major leg up on parts and labor and have mega backing. They can undercut all the heavy hitters out there and hold the line for quite some time.
I feel Creality has some ability to make things happening if they want to. While you have the innovation and flexibility of the communities which maintain a couple of the slicers.
I agree 100% but at my age I've learned the hard way on many occasions "Past performance is not a guarantee of future success".... I'm a huge DJI fan but I'll wait a while. I've only used KS twice and both times I was burned by folks who came from other big companies. It may cost me more to purchase but I'll definitely wait
Although I backed from the beginning, this is the review I have been waiting for, proving that the smarts can be transposed to other slicers via gcode. Thanks Michael. 10/10 👍
I hope they'll make a Cura profile!
As printers get more cloud functionality it would be good if you went over their privacy policy as part of the review because it does affect how comfortable many companies would be using systems like this.
Privacy policies, security precautions for device and cloud server and web traffic, and user content policies (what's prohibited for transfer to device over the cloud if anything, what happens to user uploads besides being forwarded directly to the printer, anything that concerns ownership of intellectual property)....
@@claws61821 ^---- BINGO! ----^ 100%
@@claws61821 for me ther is only one choice for this like ikea does with their smart home features. If there is atleast a choice for local only. I dont want my thing to become a brick if the company goes under or decides to stop supporting it.
Even if it’s secure privacy wise it’s also really important to think about if you can still use the printer/product if the cloud service gets discontinued. Cloud services take money to keep online and if the company goes under and the devices depends on it to function properly you could end up with an expensive paper weight
The cloud is in China so everything you print is given to the CCP
I'm a Prusa essentialist, but I would switch to this in a heart-beat. Manufacturers have been milking the same designs FOREVER and weren't forced to innovate. This might breathe some fresh air into the whole industry - although I'm super skeptical about some of the movement elements used in this printer. But still... the competition is ON!
I still like the XL over this one but compared to a similar priced MK3S I choosed the X1C.
@@lazyman1011 why? it's almost twice the money with not much innovation except maybe the heated bed. It's no even fully enclosed so bye bye ABS/PC...
@@lazyman1011 There are some rumblings the new extruder for the XL will come to the MK3S. If that means we get the same first layer calibration as the XL has Prusa might have a good answer to this printer.
@@tapirath I'm not OP but I would say the increase in price is expected since the XL has a considerably larger build volume than the Bamboo. Secondly, there were a number of tech improvements touted on the XL. Improved auto bed leveling, new heated bed, auto-changing tool heads, and a new extruder. However, they are both unreleased products so only time will tell...
Also, there is a half enclosure thing that comes with the XL. Not sure how effective it is.... but maybe ABS is possible. Secondly, they did announce a true enclosure for the XL (for more money of course). I don't think we have pictures of it yet.
@@brmdsloop1 Larger build shouldn't cause more than twice the price compared to X1 + AMS. On paper, for all the other improvements X1 looks better than XL. I don't know what kind of extra enclosure they have in mind but the recently released one for MK3 is usesless with the all PETG parts that are going to melt. So many people are already complaining about it. (I assume most XL parts will be PETG too but I might be wrong)
All in all, X1 just seems like a much better deal on paper. We'll see in near future
Glad to finally see someone I inherently trust covering this machine.
Excellent video, thorough as always. Thanks for the time you took to share your thoughts on this new and exciting leap forward in 3D printing. I've backed the Kickstarter and hope the rollout goes smoothly for them as well. I am looking forward in seeing how the rest of the industry steps up to meet the new advancements Bambu Labs has made and can’t wait to see what the future holds for Bambu Labs. Thanks, Michael!
I prefer a tipical 3d print like prusa but with a palete system like s3 o r similar also the advantaje is that i can change the printer like size or somthinf else but i doesnt lose the sistem like this printer
Also the hability IoT i have octoprint
I would like to see some more prints relating to overall tolerances / accuracy and how the increased speed copes with this for engineering purposes etc
My work is wanting me to do some models for them to check the accuracy to see if it falls within tolerance. Our 3d printer is now obsolete and they are looking for a replacement.
@@tonytillman3953 I saw other reviews with really good dimensional accuracy. If you print at around 100mm/s it should be also good for complicated part’s.
But I also want to see more and need this. I mentioned some bad elephant food in one or two reviews that I don’t like especially due to the first layer Auto calibrated it’s all about. But I don’t know how they used it with which filament.
Just got one for our lab at work. I've worked with a lot of printers and this is already my favorite. Super easy setup and printed the most flawless benchy I've ever seen in 17 minutes without any manual calibration. Bambu Lab is the new leader in the game IMO.
I have a new version and I must say, I love it. I had many different 3D printers in the past and it was more tinker than print. As of now, I can send an item to print with this unit and walk away with the idea of 99% it will finish correctly. Great review and Bambu had done much of the improvements already and every update is a big step forward.
Yeeesss!!! A review from the master!!
Placed an order this week, really looking forward to get mine
In all honesty, I had cancelled my pledge a couple of days ago, not because I don't like or trust Bambu Lab but because I really can't afford it at the moment. I wish I could & after watching this review, I'm really happy that the printer is as solid as promoted. Hopefully I can pick one up down the track. In the meantime, thanks again for another quality video
This thing looks crazy. I really like their screen/ui layout. The previews are all really handy
Thanks for your particularly clear and realistic review, with total integrity in what you have been through, during all the steps. Showing all details, pros and cons. Doing a great job as usual.
Seems a great printer. Lots of positive reviews; did the KS. Hope the production units work as well as the review units, and Bambu can wrap a successful company around a good printer
Lots of paid reviews you mean. It's not like any of the reviewers so far had to pay for their machine
I almost pulled the trigger on the KS. Had your review been around then, I would have done it. You're reviews are 100% trustworthy. Thanks for that Michael.
I mean this thing looks ballin.
Quite the leap from my first printer 8 years ago. Pretty exciting to see. Thanks for the thorough walk through
Bravo Bambu labs for bring a truely awesome printer to market!
Your reviews are always so thorough. Thanks!
I honestly think this printer is a game changer. When you consider the fact Bambu (who is ran by a bunch of DJI engineers who know what they are doing) has made huge investments to make a truly mass produced product, you realize they are only going to recoup their investment if they sell a LOT of this printer. Which means they are incentivized to stand behind it, and to continue to improve it (so they can sell more units) and the fundamental design has given them a LOT of leeway to make a lot of improvement without physical changes. That means, over time, it is very likely that this machine becomes much much more capable, far exceeding the current design objectives. It also means, at some point, as they recover their cost, they are likely to be able to drive their prices even further down, as they only really have to cover their inputs plus profit margin. This also means, changes to the platform are likely to be incremental in nature, as they aren't going to want to have to completely retool, and so it's unlikely your unit will become obsolete anytime soon.
While it was never a device aimed at me (I prefer simple machines that I can tinker and fix myself), but required connection through the cloud is a complete deal breaker for me.
There are more than few examples of devices becoming a very expensive trash because the cloud service is shut down few years down the line. Or even your device not working because there is some sever outage somewhere. I would be especially weary of a new company requiring cloud connect, as who knows if they will be able to stay afloat few years from now.
It doesn't require cloud connection to work, just to set up and update firmware. It can be a completely offline machine once it's set up, and the company made a public statement announcing that they would make everything open source if they went under.
@@whiskey1bravo413 That's good news, whoever I still don't like the necessity of an on-line connection to set it up, if it can be used offline to begin with (which frankly isn't a plus, it's rather a "just doing the bare minimum" that sadly some don't do).
If the on-line connection just makes things easier but it can be done all offline, then it's all good. Otherwise the same still stays that if you get a machine like that as new old stock and the company decided to kill off support or is gone, that's a paperweight unless you can hack the firmware.
It's way too epic of a device to be a paperweight without Internet.
I fear that proprietary parts will be hard to source when you need to fix the machine.
Easily the best review I have watched on this printer, covered several features others didnt.
The first review which showed the issues. This is a review. Too many others are just advertisements. Thank you for that honesty.
Great Review. I like all of the innovations I'm seeing from the "new kids on the block". All of my current printers are tuned and working. I'm going to let the community wring out these new printers and features and then buy when they are stable and mature. It will be nice to someday buy a printer and have it work out of the box without several hours of tuning and upgrades. These look like they are getting there.
I'm waiting for these new cool stuff to come to the RepRap world. Building something cool like this on my own project (or something like the Vorons) is what I'm after.
Thank you for the excellent review, as always. I am a KickStarter backer, and appreciate the information you have provided! I eagerly await the delivery, (July supposedly, but we will see). Thank you again!
Great timing on my part. I just started looking into 3D printing very recently and was overwhelmed with all of the information out there and it seems that choosing and assembling a 3D printer kit is a challenge all on it's own. This 3D printer being as versatile as it is and with minimal assembly required makes it stand out as an initial favorite for me. Despite the incomplete (90%) status of the final product that you estimate, I feel confident that the makers of this product will take it to that 100% completeness level and provide updates and improvements beyond that. I am certainly considering joining the others that have committed to buying this printer and hope that it turns out to be a great product despite my ultimate decision to purchase. Thanks for the great video and review.
I have been waiting on your review and like always you did not disappoint.
I am going to wait and see on this one
Biggest step forward I've seen in a long time.
Real wake up call for an industry that started to stagnate; good ecosystem, multi spool, sealed cabinet, good ecosystem but with flexibility and 3rd party supports genuinely innovative features and real and genuine focus on improving print quality without inout.
Extremely impressed, and would buy if they did it in white.
This is the best review so far. Great job.
Final somebody covers multi materials and more in depth on multi colors. Thankyou. You are awesome. Hope to see a follow-up after some fine tuning and tinkering to see how good you can get the prints.
Thank you for this review. I am looking forward to this being my next printer because of all the cool features and reasonable price for what you get. I am going to wait until some of the bugs get worked out.
Michael, excellent job on this video. You covered all the aspects, both pro and con, of this machine very well. I do have an X1 Carbon on order and looking forward to getting my hands on it. I have had an Ender 3 for almost 2 years and it has been heavily modded for versatility and quality, but then I saw the X1. The X1 will do things that take a lot of work, time and thought to accomplish on my ender without all the extra effort. This is why I made the move to get the X1. I can spend more time on creative designs as opposed to being creative to be able to print designs.
Game changer....whether it is successful or not. It raises the bar and so changes the game. I don't care if Bambu wins. I care if a significant number of other companies rise to the challenge. Rising tide.... Well done Bambu...And for the reviewer whose name I didn't catch, very well done indeed! Impartial and thorough. I have subscribed.
What people don't know is that it's basically DJI behind it, a company with money, Kickstarter is just a way to get the printer out faster
Considering DJI’s recent history of giving Russia the personal information of drone buyers in Ukraine, it’s not worth the investment.
Yeah, and get money (tge get 8milons uss)
This is good. I have been quietly observing this machine for some time. I'm glad someone else saw this and came to the same conclusion that this is a step forward. It seems like the filament changer and color process are lagging a little. And this is to be expected. The lidar and bed-leveling are the best features as well as the fact that it can do quality control on the fly with the a.i.. Thank you Michael!
This was a very good review and very informative I appreciate the fairness that you reviewed it with giving both the good and bad. Good job!
Thank you so much for making these videos, they're incredibly helpful for choosing a 3D printer 👍👍
As a user who uses CREALITY machines and likes them the most, Bambu Labs is really skyrocketing here, it just makes me jealous as I keep seeing what this X1/X1C can do. I am definitely buying a X1C in the future.
I'm excited for it. I have backed the printer due to the advanced features. I imagine that as the software and firmware matures they will make even more superb prints.
When I got my first printer to make mandalorian helmets and start tinkering with robotics, I wondered why there wasn't more camera and laser measuring going on with printers to make them smarter. I'm just hoping we can integrate these in a modular way in to our existing setups.
Happy to see your review of this! I have been thinking about supporting this, but money is a little tight at the moment. Hope to get it, or any other like it, eventually!
Awesome review, honest, and really this looks like a great machine. Hoping they can move printers from more of a fringe hobby to a easy-to-use appliance.
Absolutely the review I've been looking for and this convinced me that the Bambu Labs X1 is absolutely worth the price; You're getting a lot more for your buck compared to more reputable brands, including Prusa. When I make the choice to get a new 3D printer in the future, this one will be at the top of my list, even at full retail price.
Good in-depth video, thank you for doing this
Great to see a off the shelf printer with these features. I have built and use both RatRig and Voron printers so I'm not likely to run out and buy one. Still really please to see it as and option for the non DIY crowd.
Joy! This is truly a leap forward for 3D printers. I consider Voron as the next leap forward, but it is just a kit and I don't like tinkering with my printer or building them. This is the real next step for the majority of us. I wish them the best and look forward to buying when they are up to scratch. But I have no doubt that if they fail someone else would take up where they've left off.
Great video Michael.
Yes, I think it's a step forward for filament printing. I so pleased to see that someone is making these kinds of advancements.
I would like to purchase this but won't because it still has so many issues and would be hard for me as a novice to deal with. I find FDM printers hard to use, I just can't get a working knowledge of them. I have an Ender 5 pro and rarely use it anymore because it's always needing constant calibrating of which I usually screw it up.
Great review. Sorely tempted to back it.
Can the device be used without the cloud? And if so, what are the limitations in that case? While cloud systems can be useful, I've seen many instances where companies stop supporting them after 2-3 years which makes the device useless at that point.
Even just day to day operations could be problematic, local for me, no cloud.
You can use it without any of the cloud stuff. You can use a separate slicer, and transfer via USB stick.
You might lose out on stuff like access to the internal webcam.
According to BambuLabs, they're adding the local-network-wifi connection ability post launch as it won't be completed before it launches. Supposedly, it'll be able do everything with that local connection without the cloud, but we'll have to wait and see.
@@kylek29 If the cloud is optional, I'll gladly buy one of these.
This looks like the first printer since owning my original Aldi printer, that i'm genuinely impressed with, and could see myself buying. Everything else i've bought in between has just been essentially a carbon copy of the first printer I owned, with ABL and a bigger bed. Excited.
Great review. Really appreciate you providing the good with the not-so-good. It would be great to better understand their privacy policy for prints made using their cloud software. For those of us rapidly prototyping parts for commercial products, this is a serious concern. While the SD card approach would work, it seems to hamper some of the monitoring capabilities.
Thanks for the review. I had already ordered my carbon with ams before seeing this review. It has some great features this newbie is looking forward to, no less it comes with an enclosure! While I wait, time to update my Lowerider!
I just received my X1 Carbon with AMS. Very impressed so far with the printer. I have 3 Prusa printers and a Voron 2.4 and the X1 Carbon is by far my favorite. I do think it's a game changer and makes some printers obsolete. Makerbot and Markforge are obsolete IMO. I would almost say a Prusa MK3 is almost obsolete, It's still a bit less expensive so not really obsolete but anything over $1000 and under 10K with the same work envelope is most likely obsolete because the X1 Carbon does it for less and faster with equal or better reliability. With all that said, my AMS is not working at the moment and I'm working with Bambu to figure out why. I have little doubt they will get it working as it should but out of the box it did not work for me. The printer it self seems to work flawlessly and I'm honestly impressed with the speed and quality of the prints. No failed prints yet and I threw some of my more challenging models at it first. I really love my Prusas but I have to admit, the X1 Carbon is now my favorite printer (sorry Josef) and will be the one I recommend to anyone that wants to print with bare minimum issues. I'm not getting rid of my Prusas but I don't know how much I'll use them. I'm probably going to buy a couple more X1 Cabons first quarter of 2023.
hi, i'm interested in getting an x1. can you share your experience so far after a year? had to buy much aftermarket/maintenance parts?
thanks in advance
I love it. Even though I like having the AMS it’s been the only thing to have issues. Still worth having but could use improvements. Overall it’s a great printer and I’m very happy I got one and I highly recommend them. I have replaced nothing so far.
Credible, professional review.
Great review! I'm very impressed. After owning an Ender 3 for 3 years this looks like a good next step.
You content is always great. Thank you.
Already ordered one. Not sure why anyone would try and save money on the non-carbon version. Massive steps forward for the community. Props for the high-quality video and opinions as always Michael!
hi, i'm thinking of buying one, after 1 year of usage, whats your thoughts on it? needed much ''aftermarket''/maintenance parts? etc.
thanks in advance
Many innovative and useful features. Definitely agree, that many desirable features are being tackled into this on 3d product. For me the self diagnosis and self calibration features are most desirable.
Of issues remaining issues, many seem to relate to the multi-spool feed. Perhaps a bit aggressive initial goal, but overall many great idea well integrated.
Would like to see a followup in a ~years time to see how Bambu Labs is doing and how they have continued to innovate and finetune their product offering(s).
Thanks Michael, unlike some others, a review you can trust.
this is amazing. The toughest part of printing I have found has been tolerances and elephants feet. It is such a pain to tune the printer to be perfect. This is one reason whenever I see prints that require multiple parts to be connected I just stay away cause with a lot of trial and error I will get it but the time tweaking is not worth it
Got a tip to make a phase around the first layers to prevent over-extrusion and so elephant feet. And for minimizing the tolerances there is the 'slicing-tolerance' in Cura under experimental. Changing it to 'exclusive' provides best accuracy and I've tested various screw-holes with it. No need to make them wider anymore and it's a nice tight fit for example sizing a M5 hole with the measured 4.8 mm while on default you want it to be 5.2 mm minimum.
I like this printer. The thought of the tinkering side being minimized is a HUGE selling point. BUT...Kickstarter is an immediate no for me. I've been burned before. AFTER they go to market is a different story. Once there is a warranty and customer service. My thought is what if tomorrow they just walkway?
Exactly how I feel. Kickstarter is the worst
That’s how I feel as well. I’ll pay the extra to make sure I actually get one after some of the minor bugs are figured out.
True but the hw is final and sw/fw is missing only. If there will be improvements I think everyone will be able to upgrade.
@@lazyman1011 while I do agree, there is the possibility new hardware may be needed later as well. Not fully sure but I’m not able to take the risk like others. I am envious though of those who can
@@nickolasdevore5656 Just wait some weeks and see. I think most hw changes could be also installed on the early bird machines later on. But the hw looks final to me.
Great review! I can't wait for printer manufacturers to mix in wet filament detection as it enters the extruder. Would be very helpful to know. Great review @Teaching Tech
I am surprised they have any printers left. Everybody having a TH-cam channel that ever said anything about 3D printing got one.
I've backed am X1 Carbon on the kickstarter. To me, the multi-media feature alone is worth it. The high-speed printing with the LIDAR validation is icing on the cake.
I got my X1C w/ AMS about a month ago and I love it. In addition with the textured PEI plate (bought separately from Bambu's site), I've had literally 0 defective prints (that weren't due to me being dumb). It's fast, accurate, and I'm still finding things it can do. I plan to buy another one soon.
Wow! There might be one of these in my future!!
The automated calibration features are what sold it for me. I have a small business selling 3d printed products and the amount of time those features would save me make the price tag worth it.
Wow! I am impressed by this printer. The success of this printer will depend on marketing. With any product, good or bad. Marketing is paramount. But i am excited and like this design.
Very promising machine, but too early. Give it one more year for improvement. Hopefully, that will put companies like Creality unter pressure to add some new features in their printers, instead of producing Ender 3 clones with minor improvements.
Kickstarter needs to have customer protection. I stopped supporting kickstarters after 3 projects took my money and then said sorry your money’s gone and we are not finishing project. Tough luck bub.
When you fund a project you are a backer, not a customer. You should not expect the same level of protection.
I mean it's also not really that different to some random new company offering pre orders and then running off with the money.
@@hbgl8889 I get that but not the point
@@JamesEzell What should Kickstarter do in your opinion?
Just like a bank. Have the "new company" carry an "insurance" that can't be crowd sourced. With an ability to be able to walk away if certain criteria are met.It will keep people from taking cash and running
Love the whole idea of this printer. Not saying it’s not worth it but I’ll wait till all the kinks are worked out. This is the first printer in awhile that excites me.
AWESOME video!
I wish this printer was available when I first started dabbling with 3D printing! I began with the XYZ 3in1 Pro. I HATED that machine, & soon got rid of it for a Creality CR6SE. After numerous upgrades to the machine it works decent, but still has room for improvements.
Absolutely yes. This is the first time I feel a consumer 3D printer is got close to an ordinary 2D home photo printer in terms of user experience out of the box, and has every hardware component inside it what is necessery for a theoretically hasslefree 3D printer. It's been 7 months since this video, i hope they fixed most of the software related issues, and if so i'd happily phurchase one.
I was waiting for this
Amazing 3d printer!
It will be awesome once the bugs are sorted out.
Here’s hoping the kickstarter goes off without a hitch.
Great review as per usual
🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎🍀🍀🍀🤓
best review of this machine, all other were just so sucked by it that the reviews were basically commercials
Looks very promising.
Great video. I've been looking to get into 3D printing and this might be the answer. I really didn't feel like building a printer first then learning how to print later.
FINALLY!!!
Yay, not another bed slinger! I love my core XY printers. I like the AI features and would love to see them available as ad on items for other printers.
Have loved mine it’s amazing
We are getting SO close to 3D printing becoming part of the average household, this is a great step forward!
I'm hoping that they will have a much larger print bed and be able to make conveyor belt printing an option. Everything you went over was really great. Thank you for the great indeth review.
I went in on this, considering the amount of money I spent on a Prusa mini, that took me forever to get printing correctly, even with a Bondeck extruder, this machine looks promising enough to throw my money at, here's hoping. thanks for the very well thought review.
I hope most will see how far this will push 3d printing forward for home users. Kickstarter's a red flag but when you look around and see that nobody not on the platform is happy to slap a feature or two on a i3 and call it a new model year after year. I also build pc's, mountain bikes and rc truggy's as a hobby and can see 3d printing has a long way with user experience and support (besides the 1 exception Prusa) before the public will stop seeing it as a niche hobby. I'm looking forward to the next 12 months when all this tech trickles down to other segments of the market and seeing who jumps on board first. Great overview!
Great review. Great innovations - significant steps. Total “normal” user experience still a long way from where it needs to be.
Huge step forward on which features should be included as standard in a 3D printer (enclosure, carbon filter, dry box for multiple filaments rolls). Yes it still needs some improvements but it's going in the right direction.
I already got a prusa mini and the price tag of the X1 is a bit too expensive for me to justify replacing my mini.
But looking forward in the future to have a X1 carbon or similar for half its price or even lower (400$ would be a nice deal). I know it's not going to be year until 3D printer are getting this good for such a low price, but it will. In the meantime, my prusa mini should do nicely
The mini cost’s 500€. You life in a fantasy world. Then you also should claim in future the mini should cost max. 150€.
I think the only manufacturer who can deliver a machine like that at half the cost is Creality, but they've been very slow to innovate. Ender 3 S1 is Prusa i3 for half the price, my only complaint is that it should have come 2-3 years ago. Looking at this printer, or QIDI X CF; they are already Prosumer printers at enthusiast prices, for the same features to trickle down further it would take another 4-5 years. Another issue is software, Creality and co. just aren't good at it. The Anker printer on Kickstarter is also an Ender 3 clone in terms of hardware but its software seems to be really accessible.
The software features from Anker or Bamboo already exist in Octoprint and Klipper, my hope is that they start to get even more polished and accessible - which can happen in a much shorter timeframe.
I really like a printer that offers me a lot of options, and this seems to fit the bill. BUT the print volume is pretty small. Are they planning on a much bigger version?
thank you Michael, the printer is quite promising. Let's see
Great to see the camaraderie..
On paper, it looks like the right set of features for people wanting out-of-the-box printing with some reliability. If they can sort the bugs, I would definitely consider buying this. Looking at the features/options, I would say $1500-$1700 USD would be a fair price point
i think this is an acceptable offering as a response to the "there isn't enough innovation" issue in the industry.
My friend sold his prusa mk3 and backed it. Looks awesome and there already sending pics of ready to ship units
This printer is absolutely massive. And for that price? Holy...
To be fair, most issues you mention can be fixed via software update.
This is absolutely massive for the 3d printing community and I hope it will change this world and end the ender 3 copies from being created
I would have loved to back it but got burned on a particular printer when i was first getting into 3d printing. This machine looks incredible and hope for the very best. May actually sell my CR10 for this one later on.
Love the concept however I will gladly pay the full non-kickstarter price for a version that has all the kinks ironed out, both hardware and software.
The waste on multi-material prints is a large turnoff, though having four filaments dry and at the ready is still very handy. LIDAR and vibration compensation seem really cool but I have very low expectations from the AI aspect.
yes the waste, it it also a by product, of making waste, and if your have to pay to get rid of too, deafly not green product, and the watse in plastic also the worst, out side bad chemical's or radiation or somthing
They say the waste can be changed in the slicer once it’s finalized and released. Hopefully it can be tuned down to a manageable level and helped with firmware updates. Then goodbye MMU2S cuz I fricken hate you.
Isn't the waste very much reduced now that there is no purge block? If the nozzle has to be cleaned, this is the way to go.
@@danielch6662 it’s still purging material, just not into a block. Hopefully we’ll soon see machines for recycling filament that are as affordable/functional as printers have become
Michael is probably one the most honest video maker on Earth. Also spaghetti producer
Do you dry all your filaments thoroughly before usage? I’ve made it habit now to pop whatever filament I want to use in the dehydrator the day before I intend on using it. Even brand new, sealed PLA can be wet and it makes a huge difference in quality, layer adhesion, stringing, etc. Just putting it out there, although I wouldn’t be surprised if you already do so.