Bambu Lab A1 mini 3D Printer $249.00

TwiceOver

Apr 3, 2024

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Quote from skardem

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The A1 has some features better than the P1S and the X1. The A1 is the most likely to print a job without errors of any printer I have ever used.

Active Flow Rate Compensation
Print Smooth At Every Corner, Always
The A1 mini revolutionizes flow control in 3D printing. It utilizes a high-resolution, high-frequency eddy current sensor to measure the pressure in the nozzle. Our algorithm actively compensates the flow rate according to the readings to extrude with accuracy.

I thought about the A1, but the space (depth) I have won't allow for it. I'd love to save almost $400, but not if I can't put it where I plan.

twiggss94

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Quote from esc1a

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If you planing to buy Bambu 3D printer with multicolor you should wait. Because rumor Creality will announce it next week.

And you'll be the beta tester for hardware and firmware for 6 months while they drop the price 8 times then they change 2 minor things and call that a v2 and rinse repeat until the come out with the v2se, rinse repeat, v3 r&r, v3se....... and Chep will say every one is the greatest but just missing one thing. LMAO

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esc1a

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esc1a

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Quote from twiggss94

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And you'll be the beta tester for hardware and firmware for 6 months while they drop the price 8 times then they change 2 minor things and call that a v2 and rinse repeat until the come out with the v2se, rinse repeat, v3 r&r, v3se....... and Chep will say every one is the greatest but just missing one thing. LMAO

Wowoeowoeowowoeo.... you are so smart ..... Smart.... And why the ...... do I need to be beta tester.... ALL I mention was to wait for the announcement... It that even a crime to wait.... ....

Last edited by esc1a April 3, 2024 at 12:58 PM.

bluSCALE4

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bluSCALE4

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Quote from esc1a

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Wowoeowoeowowoeo.... you are so smart ..... Smart.... And why the ...... do I need to be beta tester.... ALL I mention was to wait for the announcement... It that even a crime to wait.... ....��

It's a crime to give historically bad advice.

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TonyPTheMC

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TonyPTheMC

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Quote from Liquidsilver

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And in what word does Creality make a better printer than.....well....anyone. They may be able to compete on price, but the Bambu is already pretty dang cheap.

The CR10 lead the gang for a long time, creality definitely not out of the game

KevinR10

Apr 3, 2024

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KevinR10

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Quote from connordog

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And then wait months 1) for them to release firmware updates to fix all the bugs…2) and for promised features not available at launch 3) for 3rd parties to manufacture all the upgrade bits you need to make it work properly 4) install and test the 3rd party upgrades 5) to keep telling yourself it was good to learn all these new troubleshooting skills instead of actually printing and 6) to figure you should have bought a Bambu Lab product to start. Elapsed time? 1+ years. I personally own several Creality products and this is my experience, my opinion.

Yep. This is exactly my experience, except elapsed time 30 days, instead of 1+ years.

KevinR10

Apr 3, 2024

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KevinR10

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Quote from connordog

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And then wait months 1) for them to release firmware updates to fix all the bugs…2) and for promised features not available at launch 3) for 3rd parties to manufacture all the upgrade bits you need to make it work properly 4) install and test the 3rd party upgrades 5) to keep telling yourself it was good to learn all these new troubleshooting skills instead of actually printing and 6) to figure you should have bought a Bambu Lab product to start. Elapsed time? 1+ years. I personally own several Creality products and this is my experience, my opinion.

Yep. This is exactly my experience, except elapsed time 30 days, instead of 1+ years.

wratz

Apr 3, 2024

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wratz

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Quote from vd853

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I would not trust these videos so much. This one I've seen before purchasing. In the real world, when you're A1 mini strings like crazy and the same filament works perfectly on my P1P. That's when you really see the design trade off between a bed slinger and core-xy.

Stringing has nothing to do with bed design. It almost always comes down to retraction and temperature settings. A poorly tuned printer will string no matter what type of design.

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ben_r_

Apr 4, 2024

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Love my A1 Mini! Have it setup with a 0.2mm nozzle and use it as a dedicated small/fine detail printer. Compliments my P1S printers well.

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threeclaws

Apr 4, 2024

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Quote from Liquidsilver

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And in what word does Creality make a better printer than.....well....anyone. They may be able to compete on price, but the Bambu is already pretty dang cheap.

I mean the ender 2, ender 3, and cr10 were all solid and the e3 was arguably revolutionary. Their rep has taken a hit and I wouldn't be inclined to buy their current offerings but I also can respect where things started for them.

paulk11087

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Quote from connordog

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And then wait months 1) for them to release firmware updates to fix all the bugs…2) and for promised features not available at launch 3) for 3rd parties to manufacture all the upgrade bits you need to make it work properly 4) install and test the 3rd party upgrades 5) to keep telling yourself it was good to learn all these new troubleshooting skills instead of actually printing and 6) to figure you should have bought a Bambu Lab product to start. Elapsed time? 1+ years. I personally own several Creality products and this is my experience, my opinion.

I had to return my ender v2se because it stopped working after the 2nd print. Worked with their support and they were extremely unhelpful and no one on forums could help and 1 other person said they ran into the same thing, then they wouldn't respond when I said I wanted to return it for a refund so I just had to dispute it with PayPal and then they finally responded with a return label. It was a huge headache

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czyz

Apr 12, 2024

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czyz

Apr 12, 2024

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Speaking as someone who's been messing about with 3d printing since 2012, this printer is kind of astonishing. A bunch of former DJI engineers have gone and DJI'd 3d printers. It's small, cheap, prints 3x as fast as my heavily-modded project printer, and the prints are better quality than anything I've previously managed. I'm kinda not fully rooting for them as they're a little iffy on matters of open-source, which has been the philosophy guiding the development of hobbyist 3d printing since the reprap project. If everyone starts silo-ing off 3d printing advancements (especially of techniques developed by the community) behind patents hobbyists will again be waiting for the field to advance one patent expiration at a time.

But I can't deny that this little printer is practically a piece of fully-usable consumer electronics. Half the things we've been printing on it are models chosen, sliced, and sent to the printer by my kids. I justified the purchase as being something for them to learn on, and it's worked. But I've also been using the printer for anything I need to print with better quality and precision than I achieve on my much larger delta.

truthiness

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Quote from vd853

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I would wait. I have both the AMS and AMS mini. They suck at multi-coloring. AMS keeps tangling because I could not transfer the spool neat enough for it to work properly and it doesn't work on cardboard. AMS mini is barely usable since the A1 mini usually have a lot of stringing. The A1 mini has a lot of flaws by design since it is a bed slinger. There will be much more stringing and models getting thrown off the plate. I do a lot of multi-coloring printing, for some reason it is really difficult for 3d printing companies to make a good one.

This has user error written all over it. Clean your bed. I've had the A1 Mini for a week and it's rock solid. Amazing value.

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