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- Bambu Lab A1 3D Printer $322.05
- Bambu Lap A1 3D Printer Combo $464.55
About the Product- Full-Auto Calibration
- Active Flow Rate Compensation
- 1-Clip Quick Swap Nozzle
- Active Motor Noise Cancelling
- 256*256*256 mmÂł Build Volume
- Multi-Color Printing (Combo Version)
- The upgraded heatbed cable features Kevlar reinforcement, thicker insulation, softer copper, optimized wire winding interval, Nylon sleeving and an extended strain relief
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Not sure why the downvotes— it's sold directly by Bambu Lab on there too but ok.
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Not sure why the downvotes— it's sold directly by Bambu Lab on there too but ok.
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While it sounds like BL customer service is poor at time, I suspect that is true for many of these companies.
I don't think anyone is going to go wrong with this printer but for the $300+ price I would look at other options first.
The V3 is leagues better than the original Ender 3, but the A1 is just a much more polished system. I wouldn't call myself technically illeterate but I also don't like issues when there doesn't need to be.
While it sounds like BL customer service is poor at time, I suspect that is true for many of these companies.
I don't think anyone is going to go wrong with this printer but for the $300+ price I would look at other options first.
I think the key here is that someone like me (with a ton of experience) could probably build a cheap print farm with these -- by standardizing on it and learning its quirks. but me_of_10_years_ago probably would have been frustrated at some point by some little detail or breakage point. Even Bambu printers break, but the difference is: huge community, videos on how to fix, articles on how to fix (all of these provided by Bambu themselves), nearly every part purchasable on their store.
The mistake is to look at it as if you buy X, and X works as advertised. It may or may not out of the box, but 100% guarantee it will break. What then?
Good example: a bunch of my not-cheap filament was great until last 10% of rolls. Started crumbling everywhere, leaving broken bits in extruder, PTFE tubes, AMS, everywhere. How easy is this printer to tear down? how do you know how to do it? Anything you consider buying, you know this question upfront, because it will happen. So go research and see if you can find the answer now, before you click "buy". (likewise, go find out if you need to buy a new hotend, how much does it cost and where is it shipped from)
I actually bought a Bambu A1 Mini that I didnt need when I had an X1C. Why? Because A1 introduces a next level of simplicity. Hotend extruder swapout on X1C is easy: 3 cables and ~5 screws. Done in 5 minutes. But I've never once done it. A1 series? zero electrical, just a mechanical retention clip you can operate with your fingers. Done in under 60 seconds. I swap this all the time.
Not sure why the downvotes— it's sold directly by Bambu Lab on there too but ok.
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Pair the ender with sonic pad and they are pretty much equal.
Got 3 printers at home: Taz workhorse, K1Max, and cr6se.
At work, I use bambu x1 carbon and two tazes.
X1 carbon makes decent prints but closed source nature of it complicates stuff, when something goes wrong there is little hope of fixing it.