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Bambu Lab P1S Combo 3D Printer (Black)

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Best Buy via eBay has Bambu Lab P1S Combo 3D Printer (Black) for $699.99 (price shown when added to cart). Shipping is free.

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  • Works right out of the box, set up in 15 minutes
  • Well-polished hardware and software
  • Enclosed-body for high-temperature filament printing
  • Up to 16-color printing with AMS
  • Up to 20000 mm/s² acceleration, prints a benchy in 18min

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Best Buy via eBay has Bambu Lab P1S Combo 3D Printer (Black) for $699.99 (price shown when added to cart). Shipping is free.

Best Buy has Bambu Lab P1S Combo 3D Printer (Black) for $699.99. Shipping is free, otherwise free store pickup is available where stock permits.

Micro Center has Bambu Lab P1S Combo 3D Printer (Black) for $699.99. Select free store pickup is available where stock permits.

Thanks to community member hiralv for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Works right out of the box, set up in 15 minutes
  • Well-polished hardware and software
  • Enclosed-body for high-temperature filament printing
  • Up to 16-color printing with AMS
  • Up to 20000 mm/s² acceleration, prints a benchy in 18min

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars based on over 135 Best Buy customer reviews.
  • Product is eligible for 14 days returns w/ purchase; buyer pays for return shipping.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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cybertronicify
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If you cannot activate it without the latest firmware. Dont buy it. Im lucky enough to have gotten my p1s with the old firmware. The old FW allows LAN mode. If you update, you printer will be locked into cloud mode. Aka all your prints and files must go through BL cloud servers. Not only is that a data security hazard, if their servers are down, your printer becomes a paperweight. I bought the hardware, I own the hardware, dont put software on there to take what I had paid away.Synology is doing the same thing. I left them too for UNRAID.
WildflowerGuru
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Read up on the current bambu labs firmware. YT users are pointing it out too. They tried doing some John Deere crap on customers.
Tigga573
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For those unfamiliar with the situation, don't let posts like this scare you away from what is genuinely one of the best printers on the market, especially at this price point.
Yes, the new firmware does introduce tighter integration with Bambu Lab's cloud services, and for users working with proprietary designs or running commercial print farms, that could raise valid concerns. But for the average hobbyist or even consumer, the impact is practically nonexistent.
Most people just want a printer that works reliably out of the box, and the P1S (even with the latest firmware) delivers that in spades. It's fast, high quality, and incredibly easy to use. The privacy concerns are mostly theoretical for the typical user, and unless you're running air-gapped systems for a reason, you're likely already trusting plenty of devices with similar connectivity.
For most, it's a non-issue.

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Quote from Tigga573 :
For those unfamiliar with the situation, don't let posts like this scare you away from what is genuinely one of the best printers on the market, especially at this price point.
Yes, the new firmware does introduce tighter integration with Bambu Lab's cloud services, and for users working with proprietary designs or running commercial print farms, that could raise valid concerns. But for the average hobbyist or even consumer, the impact is practically nonexistent.
Most people just want a printer that works reliably out of the box, and the P1S (even with the latest firmware) delivers that in spades. It's fast, high quality, and incredibly easy to use. The privacy concerns are mostly theoretical for the typical user, and unless you're running air-gapped systems for a reason, you're likely already trusting plenty of devices with similar connectivity.
For most, it's a non-issue.
The bigger problem is allowing that type of behavior into a new market. Next they'll want to charge you for new features on a printer you already own. If the community stands up against something like this other companies won't try it and the company doing it will back off. This is completely unacceptable especially for a company demanding a premium over other brands.
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ben_r_Jun 24, 2025 03:42 PM
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Quote from cybertronicify :
If you cannot activate it without the latest firmware. Dont buy it. Im lucky enough to have gotten my p1s with the old firmware. The old FW allows LAN mode. If you update, you printer will be locked into cloud mode. Aka all your prints and files must go through BL cloud servers. Not only is that a data security hazard, if their servers are down, your printer becomes a paperweight. I bought the hardware, I own the hardware, dont put software on there to take what I had paid away.Synology is doing the same thing. I left them too for UNRAID.
Read the Bambu P1 Series Wiki:
https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/p1/m...se-history
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Jun 24, 2025 03:50 PM
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vbp6usJun 24, 2025 03:50 PM
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I've been 3D printing since 2020. Started out on Creality machines and I've gone through 4 of them so far. I had a business up until 2022 when I decided to call it quits. I stopped 3D printing for 2 years and sold my printers. Got back into it like 3 months ago and bought the cheapest core x-y fast printer (500mm/s+). Then I bought the second cheapest one. I have to say, most printers are relatively tinker-free these days compared to the past. Right out of the box both printers print extremely well in terms of quality and I haven't printed a single part for either one of them.
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DiGi2kJun 24, 2025 03:52 PM
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I used to love tinkering with 3d printer mods. I wanted to be able to print multicolor easily so I bought a p1s. Best decision in my 3d printing journey. I have 2 Enders (ender 3 v3 KE, and a v3 SE), and it's night and day. The Enders print… just ok after some good mods, but out of the box, the p1s prints quality prints quickly like a champion. Now my tinkering consists of what comes out of the printer rather than getting good prints from the printer.

If you like to mod and tinker with the actual machine, this probably isn't for you. If you want to hit a couple buttons and know you'll come back to a great print, bite the bullet and buy one.

And I always lol at the people worried about the privacy concerns. If you're worried about some multimillion dollar company stealing the benchys that you just downloaded from thingiverse, isolate it on your network.
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punJun 24, 2025 03:54 PM
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Quote from gabe23111 :
It allows me to view print status etc, but doesn't allow any input, which is why I got it. Rolling back to a previous firmware doesn't work from the Handy App (as Bambu said it would). I believe there is a way to do it by flashing it on an SD card from your computer, but I don't want to mess something up.
That's messed up. I was just going to buy the panda touch for $49.99 (on sale). No wonder they have it on sale now.
I was going to buy another P1S AMS 2 pro combo but I am going to pass. There is no way i am going to use this P1S with their default display.

I have Elegoo CC, Anycubic S1, Kobra, FF AD5M, total of 7 printers

Anycubic support has been the best unlike what I have been hearing about bambu support.
When I had a clog, they simply sent a new hotend without any questions.
I had a jamming issue on my AMS unit, they sent the entire motor units, sensor, belts and gears. I did not need them all as it was one gear issue, but kept the rest as a backup.
Had issue where extruder gear was stuck with Wood filament. They sent a whole new extruder with a NEW hotend. After installing the new extruder, I tear up the old extruder and cleaned up and it is functional and using it as a backup.
When I was changing one of the extruder, I overtightened the screw and stripped the hole on the back plate, they sent the whole new back and front plate.
I had lot of these issues as I was learning to tinker with them. Now I know how to avoid them and I print without much issues.
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lhotdealsJun 24, 2025 04:06 PM
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Quote from A4623471 :
This is with the orginal AMS for $699. The bambulab site deal is $799 with the AMS 2.
I went with the AMS 2 Pro from Bambu Labs directly
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anthcla81Jun 24, 2025 04:25 PM
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So can anyone give me a clear answer on do I need a filament dryer? It seems like it isn't needed but helps?

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Quote from binaryhellstorm :
They're locking people out of using third party slicers which allow for local printing, which ties you to their cloud services. As someone that's been burned by buying expensive hardware only to have companies lock it behind a monthly subscription after a couple years, I'm very nervous about that. They're also bricking a lot of the other local control stuff that people use on their printers, simple things like being able to read the status of the printer via Home Assistant so you can get push notifications when your print is done. That being said those changes seem to be limited to the X series printers so may not impact the P1.
how do I know what firmware ships on this deal? I would want the old firmware too, I have seen way to many bad things when newer firmware takes stuff out.
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AM2 which is what everyone wants is only available directly buying from bambu. Spend the extra $100 for the ams2. https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/p1s
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smalltimeprintfarmerJun 24, 2025 05:11 PM
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Quote from anthcla81 :
So can anyone give me a clear answer on do I need a filament dryer? It seems like it isn't needed but helps?
i'm going to say yes. for the first few months i was printing i thought it was no.

i live in the northeast usa (not the lowest or highest humidity), have central air - so my humidity isn't out of control and every time i have a printing issue i dry the filament and the reprint is perfect.

i print pla petg tpu and abs. i tend to leave filament out on a shelf for a few weeks and say "i never have humidity problems, i don't really need to dry this" and the print is crap. i had a failed print last night and then again this morning with filament that was perfect for the first half of the roll - the only difference was not drying it.

you'll always find folks that never dry theirs and never have problems and blah blah blah. some folks swear by storing in sealed boxes with desiccant they don't need driers.

i have a bambu ams2 that dries but not while printing so i use that occasionally and use a creality 2 roll space pi dryer (around $45 on temu or aliexpress) and i like the fact that i can turn it on anytime whether printing or not - i have it between 2 machines and they can each draw from it at the same time. when i have time i dry 2 of whatever's out and then move it to zipper bags so it'll be ready in the future.
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distantdawnJun 24, 2025 05:20 PM
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Quote from pun :
That's messed up. I was just going to buy the panda touch for $49.99 (on sale). No wonder they have it on sale now.
I was going to buy another P1S AMS 2 pro combo but I am going to pass. There is no way i am going to use this P1S with their default display.

I have Elegoo CC, Anycubic S1, Kobra, FF AD5M, total of 7 printers

Anycubic support has been the best unlike what I have been hearing about bambu support.
When I had a clog, they simply sent a new hotend without any questions.
I had a jamming issue on my AMS unit, they sent the entire motor units, sensor, belts and gears. I did not need them all as it was one gear issue, but kept the rest as a backup.
Had issue where extruder gear was stuck with Wood filament. They sent a whole new extruder with a NEW hotend. After installing the new extruder, I tear up the old extruder and cleaned up and it is functional and using it as a backup.
When I was changing one of the extruder, I overtightened the screw and stripped the hole on the back plate, they sent the whole new back and front plate.
I had lot of these issues as I was learning to tinker with them. Now I know how to avoid them and I print without much issues.
Hi there.
You said you own most of the printers i've been looking at.
People have recommended the:

Anycubic S1 with AcePro (AMS) + 5KG of Filaments for $480
Anycubic Kobra 3 (Bambu A1 equivalent) with AcePro (AMS) for $310
And I was looking at both the Elegoo CC and this P1S.

I understand that they're different price points, but I just want to spend enough to get a good experience.

What's your take on what I should buy as a first time buyer?

Thanks for your time!
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Quote from anthcla81 :
So can anyone give me a clear answer on do I need a filament dryer? It seems like it isn't needed but helps?
You need a dryer. prints will come out much better.
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Quote from distantdawn :
Hi there.
You said you own most of the printers i've been looking at.
People have recommended the:

Anycubic S1 with AcePro (AMS) + 5KG of Filaments for $480
Anycubic Kobra 3 (Bambu A1 equivalent) with AcePro (AMS) for $310
And I was looking at both the Elegoo CC and this P1S.

I understand that they're different price points, but I just want to spend enough to get a good experience.

What's your take on what I should buy as a first time buyer?

Thanks for your time!
I would go with the S1 for the following reasons:
1. Enclosed, less fumes (although safe for PLA, PETG) and less heat being let out.
2. Less rocking, otherwise some tall prints can fall off when almost done due to the bedslinger rocking back and forth.
3. Bigger Build Volume 256x256x256mm vs 250x250x260mm (although K3 firmware update in few months would allow bigger build volume than S1, 256x256x260mm)
4. Less footprint (K3 takes up more space as your AMS will sit next to it as oppose to S1 where it sits on top)
5. Built in Camera for live viewing (K3 doesnt have one)
6. Better lighting for remote viewing.
7. More fun mods available for S1 (vented riser, side pegboard,etc)

I wouldnt buy Elegoo over S1 for the following reasons:
1. Cannot remote print
2. Poor Slicer
3. Worse build quality vs S1 (cables are exposed and able tell it is a cheaper build)
4. No AMS currently and even when it comes out, it will cost at least $150-200 and would still be limited to 4color printing versus 8colors on S1 (with purchase of another AMS)
5. $300 without AMS vs $480 with AMS and 5KG of filaments for S1. When Elegoo comes out with their AMS, the total cost will surely exceed $480 S1 with 5kg of spools
6. Much better support from anycubic. My elegoo came with heavy jittering and took a week for them to have me rip the whole base of the printer and go through so many testing. It just randomly worked at the end but didnt appreciate the fact that it failed the QC prior to shipping.
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_Fidelio_Jun 24, 2025 05:32 PM
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It's the principal. If we let one company get away others will follow. I won't be buying
Anyone here still buying Apple products?
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_Fidelio_Jun 24, 2025 05:55 PM
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Quote from anthcla81 :
So can anyone give me a clear answer on do I need a filament dryer? It seems like it isn't needed but helps?
FWIW, my local makerspace stores filament in a 5 gal. sealable bucket with a large desiccant inside.

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