Bambu Lab - A1 Combo 3D Printer - Silver for $379.99

Jimivegas

Today 07:20 PM

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JimivegasToday 07:20 PM

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Someone show me a top tier 3d printer for less than $800. is this a good deal? my son has an ankermake but I think he needs a better one to improve his skills. He's getting good at printing but the ankermake only allows a single color at a time. Please show me a kick ass multicolor printer for a nice price. This can't be it?

Yetiman

Today 07:32 PM

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Joined Mar 2012

YetimanToday 07:32 PM

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Quote from Jimivegas

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Someone show me a top tier 3d printer for less than $800. is this a good deal? my son has an ankermake but I think he needs a better one to improve his skills. He's getting good at printing but the ankermake only allows a single color at a time. Please show me a kick ass multicolor printer for a nice price. This can't be it?

I have an x1c and I just bought this combo for my son's Christmas present. The A1 is a very good printer and widely used. For less than 800 you could also look at the P1S with ams2 combo from Bambu. It's a core XY printer going for $620

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WarriorDragonID

Today 07:35 PM

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WarriorDragonIDToday 07:35 PM

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Quote from Jimivegas

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Someone show me a top tier 3d printer for less than $800. is this a good deal? my son has an ankermake but I think he needs a better one to improve his skills. He's getting good at printing but the ankermake only allows a single color at a time. Please show me a kick ass multicolor printer for a nice price. This can't be it?

Just get the P1S combo, ignore the ams 2. Snapmaker U1 might also be worth consideration

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ibak

Today 08:03 PM

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Joined Dec 2014

ibakToday 08:03 PM

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Quote from Jimivegas

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Someone show me a top tier 3d printer for less than $800. is this a good deal? my son has an ankermake but I think he needs a better one to improve his skills. He's getting good at printing but the ankermake only allows a single color at a time. Please show me a kick ass multicolor printer for a nice price. This can't be it?

This printer is definitely worth it. I have owned and operated 7 different printers over the last 10 years for work and hobby use and by far my favorite printer is the A1 Mini. This printer is it's big brother. I've used the Bambu X1C workflow HEAVILY. Thousands of hours of print time just on those machines for my job. I am extremely familiar with it. Please trust me when I say that this A1 deal is not only an excellent value for getting into multi color printing, it's one of the best user experiences. All maintenance is easier on an open frame printer. Hotend swaps are SOOO MUCH BETTER on the A1 ecosystem than the P1S/X1 ecosystem. The AMS Lite (A1) is extremely reliable compared to the original X1C AMS unit (the original AMS jams more frequently than the lite, hates cardboard spools after a while).For the hobbiest that isn't regularly printing engineering materials for end-use parts this machine is ideal. You can get away with printing some high end materials on this machine if you tent it or use a draft shield. I still do that for engineering parts on my A1 Mini.

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threeclaws

Today 08:58 PM

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Joined Jun 2007

threeclawsToday 08:58 PM

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Quote from Jimivegas

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Someone show me a top tier 3d printer for less than $800. is this a good deal? my son has an ankermake but I think he needs a better one to improve his skills. He's getting good at printing but the ankermake only allows a single color at a time. Please show me a kick ass multicolor printer for a nice price. This can't be it?

P1s + ams2 combo, it's 599 right now and you're not going to do better as an overall ecosystem.

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