Bambu Lab X1: This $1000 3D printer is a few generations ahead of Creality, Prusa, and Ultimaker
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
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Review video PART 2: Bambu Lab X1 In-Depth Review, Pros and Cons, multiple colors, carbon fiber Nylon, Polycarbonate
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Welcome back to Aurora Tech Channel. Today, I am super excited to review a 3D printer that is a few generations ahead of any printer in the market, the Bambu Lab X1. It’s going to blow every printer between $500-$5000 away, including my favorite Prusa and the gold standard of desktop Ultimaker 3D printers.
Bambu Lab first contacted me back in March. They are a new tech company, and the founder Dr. Tao was from DJI and led the development of Mavic Pro. They invited me to review their first 3D printer, which Dr. Tao and his team have been working on since 2020.
As I can imagine, when they were working on drones, they must have used a lot of 3D printing for prototyping. So, we can expect to see a 3D printer made by a group of former DJI engineers who also know 3D printing pretty well.
So, let’s do a quick look at what blow-away features this machine has...
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The fact that you have this printer for review shows us that the industry takes you serious. Congratulation Aurora and Helios. Your eyes sparkle during this review which shows us your honest excitement. And it seems to be a breakthrough piece of technology, a serious milestone. Unlike many others you show us the advantage of the closed design and print not just PLA but also ABS. Great move. Your video is again well researched, exceptionally well executed and as always fun to watch (no bloopers!, grrr).
Fan-Tas-Tic. I will wait for your in depth review but will keep my Prusa XL order up as I think (hope) that Josef Prusa will come up with an adequate version of his Linear Advance. And did not Josef Prusa start that anyway?
Thank you for showing us "the death of 3D printing" and the rise of the new 3D printing era
I feel like ABS has turned into an unwanted thing of the past for so many "makers" out there, that would always just print with PLA or at most PETG, as if those two solved every problem in the world. Oh you need some high temperature material that can withstand impacts and almost doesn't creep? Use this 5x priced PLA blend that doesn't match all properties but you can change your part to suit it or you don't really need it all!
ABS is still very useful and I'm glad there's people still thinking about using it.
@@Kalvinjj, I agree, the moment you have a printer that can print ABS, PC, Nylon and ASA without cracking and warping you have found the printer that can do so much more than decorative objects. Explore ultra lightweight filaments, use the power of CF and GF filaments and 3D printing can become a lot of creative fun.
@@Kalvinjj Printing ABS at home is not a good idea, is toxic as hell.
@@JP-xd6fm That's an extremely overblown misconception. Burning it sure is, but the particle amount from reaching glass transition is far lower, much less at the grams per hour extrusion rates of home printing. It would be a problem at factory levels of injection molding, or maybe a print farm.
@@Kalvinjj Petg definitely solved a lot of the problems that abs had when it was a new filament and printing was new
Holy hell that looks good, once it's out on main sale they need to keep the prices low and by that they will blow away the the "pro market" machines because if I was going to pay 600 to 800 for a machine and this goes for 1000 then it's a no brainer. But and here's the but, what will these be like for maintenance, why aren't more printers coming out with screws in stead of belts for the movement, if it's down to speed they say if a top speed of belt is 500 and screws are 400 who cares because obviously the boards tec are getting better in that it's scanning for optimisation. You will need a mahoosive factory soon to house that print farm 👏👍👍🤭
Personally, I think belts are smoother. I had a printer with screws on every axis and you just could not get a decent print out of it. There was always some kind of vibration from the screw that would translate to the print.
I’m sorry but I’ve been burned TOO many times on Kickstarters. Never again no matter how good the product and this printer is nice. I’d rather wait for production and pay a higher price.
I think ill wait for full release. I dont believe in these revolutionary products.
I love how everyone who has reviewed this printer is desperately hoping the kickstarter works out.
I look foreword to the extended reviews. 🤓
Hey Aurora, great video as always! I have been eyeballing this printer for a few weeks. One question: Did you not use the vibration compensation? There is a lot of ringing in the prints that you displayed, and I saw 'vibration compensation' turned off on the display.
This printer is the evidence that prusa is overhyped and overpriced
But Dji as a company alone sux , everything with dji is proprietary and they stop supporting products after a few years ( stop making updates/improvements )I wonder if its the same with Bambu Labs but I agree it is a nice printer for the $$$ and by the way first time viewer and I have to say you are great at what you do, great information and very professional I'm totally liking and subscribing
Can we get an update on this? Everything I am reading is that this printer is nice, but loud and wastes a ton of filament. I hope I didn't waste my money ordering the MK3S+ instead of this. Thoughts?
I heard the same thing. Interested to a review after this months.
everything about it is awesome. wish it had a bigger build size, but excited to see this as their jump off point
I wouldn't be suprised if they released a bigger version soon.
First time I've watched one of your videos and I must say you impressed me. You also had the decency to asked for like and subscribe at the end AFTER it had been earned. Well done and I did exactly that. Looking forward to seeing what else you have on your channel.
I tried to back promptly at 1500 UTC (1000 Central) but was met with errors on all rewards, which is still occurring. I tried unsuccessfully for 40 minutes to get the early bird combo for $1000. It left a very bad taste in my mouth for both Kickstarter and Bambu Lab. Extremely disappointing.
This is a KS issue. It has nothing to do with Bambu Lab as they don't have any control over KS systems.
Finally the breakthrough I had hoped for, this printer is going to hurt overpriced Prusa so so much, I love it. Soon I will get it I hope the founder is a legend.
How’s it overpriced?
@@Aagggyy Insanely overpriced, like x3 mark-up, they're having a party over there, so many employees they have to pay them from somewhere, it will go down for them if you don't cut their price by 50%, the new prusa, no one is going to get it if you compare it to this beast!
@@revoltoff Calm down, this "beast" its not even on kickstarter yet.
@@majstor76 DJI is and these people are not to be played with, they got many millions and know a lot of people in the industry, way more than Prusa. You don't know what this means.
DJI almost killed all other drone companies. Then they almost killed all FPV companies. So these people know how to radically innovate without adhering to dogma. With all the consequences for sleepy companies resting on their fame.
I’m so glad you got this as well. I am backing this after seeing modbot’s video and livestream for this. Honestly the fact that the printer is already a finished product and they are mostly working on firmware and software it is worth getting
Dannnnng, Aurora with that AnkerMate Shade :D Btw Lidar is pronounced Lie Dar :D
It surely looks impressive, but I'm very suspicious about the price, it's too low for packing all that heat.
Maybe they want to get a lot of unit out there quickly to spread the name and then raise prices once demand increases?
Maybe they just took Pursa XL research and just got the parts?
Don't underestimate development costs
Compare it to DJI in the drone industry and it makes a lot more sense (assuming they can scale)
They'll make the money on the proprietary parts?
Post kickstarter itll be 1500 thats fair
This is insane! this one makes all the other companies look prehistoric, I hope this printer will mark new standards for consumer 3dprinting.
As usual, great review and very interesting 3D printer. I can't wait to hear your follow up on June 12th.👍👏👏👏
That's probably the most complete summary I've seen in a short video in RUclips, great job, you managed to pack in more information as I've seen in videos that are hours long.
A small word of advice: LIDAR is pronounced differently, it's pronounced in a similar way as the word "Radar" is, but with the prefix "LI", so like two separate words: LAI - DAR. Just a quick heads up as at first I didn't understand what you meant but then with some context I started to understand.
Hey, I'm glad you commented on that! The captions showed "litter" and I wasn't sure what that was, but now I know. This kid (and her brother - BIG THANK YOU to her brother!) definitely knows her equipment and does a fantastic job on her videos. Holy smokes.
How does it handle color changing? I notice none of those demo videos show a purge block.
This has made me reconsider my Prusa XL PreOrder. I’d love for you to do a comparison.
PrusaXL with its toolchanger is a different beast for multicolor.. with this X1 AMS you waste about the same amount of filament on changing as you use for the print.. so 300g print gives about 300g waste, and because you need to purge, you spend around 2x the time on changing color than on printing, so get ready for veeeery long print times. With the PrusaXL it's really made for multicolor/material. Almost zero waste and very fast changing. Printing on PrusaXL is much slower though than this X1, and there is no vibration compensation.. so total print time could still be quite similar, but just with less waste on XL. XL can however also print with different nozzle sizes.. so you could maybe print faster with thicker infills. But X1 is geared for enclosure printing, so if you plan in doing a lot of functional parts with PA or ABS, definitely the X1 will be better, also with smaller build area, faster warming up of enclosure and higher environment temps.
@@karoo_bushman6880 Well, there will be an official enclosure upgrade for the Prusa XL. (Not to be confused with the simple shroud upgrade, which they've shown a bit, but can't be preordered yet, either.) Probably with the same impressive list of features as the one recently revealed for the MK3S (and its predecessors). Maybe a couple more, who knows?
Basically it's a case of lower price, higher print speeds, and (optionally) extra strong cooling for the first few layers vs. larger build volume, more versatility (variable nozzle sizes and other tool heads), and less waste per filament change. They both have their place.
@@karoo_bushman6880 You bring up some excellent points. I did get a Bambu pre ordered today, What a nightmare, took me 35 mins of kickstarter freezing and I was not able to get the early bird even though I had everything ready when it opened. Even set up a second account in my wife name for double the click changes. Hopefully I will actually get hands on with X1 before making final decision to cancel Prusa preorder. I could roll the dice on reselling Prusa as I do have a fairly early pre order. If I made an attempt to keep both, my first print would have to be a dog house for me to live in.lol
Hi thanks again for bringing us some outstanding videos, I do think this is one of the best 3D printer to date by far.
(?) how do connect and configure a second Extruder on SOVOL SV01 V2.2.1 board?
To be able to design a great tech does not always means you can drive a business company and massively produce that great tech. I've lost enough money on kickstarter. I'll wait for it to be sold on Amazon, and eventually pay the final price 🤷🏻♂️
You know they have the X1 in production right? And just using Kickstarter for promotion?
Regarding the risk of online sales, buying from trusted online shop reduces risks of not getting your items greatly and gives you leverage if this happens. Meanwhile the risk of Kickstarter are much greater and are made much more aware due to media. But i bet after waiting for a year or 2 this printer will go on sale for comparable prices to the kickstarter prices. So either take a risk now, or don't be on the bleeding edge and wait a year or 2. Waiting also means more mature Software, perhaps even integration of all features in Cura/SuperSlicer.
Also we don't know the reliability of the LIDAR Sensors, could be that they have a MTBF of 6 Months or not, so question would be how expensive would be replacement parts and how easy/difficult it would be to install these replacements.
Just to clarify at 5:22 where she mentions the ABL it is not auto bed tramming just the sensors doing a mesh bed leveling compensation.
Wow look at you go! The companies are waking up to your work! Great job!
I see this printer getting a lot of good reviews all over RUclips, will the multi-filament attachment cost extra? Is the build volume big enough to build a cosplay helmet?
The AMS is an addon that costs extra, and the build volume is a 256mm cube. Not the largest build plate, but you can easily print the helmet in segments and still have it printed way faster than with other printers.
I’m so happy this printer comes with litter, so my cat can use it too.
There have been more than a few channels covering the X1, but this is the absolute best video so far! I'm getting one!
*I have a brand new ELEGOO Saturn and a few other printers. I think I'll be getting rid of those and making room for a few of these Bambu Labs.*
This is probably the best video I've seen about the bambu. Lol at throwing shade at thr ankermake, I felt like I was taking crazy pills looking between the two.
I’m happy that you mention the ankermake. Nobody has compared the two as these are the most recently hyped printers.
great videos! by the way, "lidar" is pronounced "lie-darr" (because it's related to the word radar), and "chassis" is pronounced "chass-E", and "slic3r" is just pronounced "slicer"
LMAO bed chuckers goin this fast over smooth with their input shapers.... I would love to do some gap and tollerance tests..... Bed chuckers in 2024 make me laugh.
I'm sorry I just can't. It's LIE-DARR NOT LITTER. When it comes to being a tech expert people will be quick to dismiss what you say if you don't use the right pronunciation.
I was lyric about this printer, but cancelled the order.... The new Snapmaker J1 sounds more promising due to the IDEX setup. Downside of the X1 is the single nozzle = lot of waste and time consuming. May be faster in printing speed, but not in overall printing time....
both your video and the 3d printer are amazing in quality. keep it up Aurora Tech. much better than the videos i made.
Hi Aurora, ill be a new 3d printer user, and have my sight on the K1 Max and the x1 Carbon, do you have a update on this product, since this is from 1 year ago? thanks
What do you recommend as a first 3d printer? Prusa MK3S+ or BambooLab X1 or BambooLab X1 Carbon?
2 months later...looks like this video requires an update if there isn't one already. Also, preorders are up for $1,499 USD
I backed one of these with the MMS. Still waiting for mine. Lots of good info however, it seems you are reading which makes your presentation a bit wooden and that reduces personality. In English, Lidar must be Lie dar as there is an A after the D. Bik vs Bike.
In my opinion I don't think this was inline with your normally objective and not very biased reviews. I look to this channel for your pros and cons. It seems that they overwhelmed you with this product so that you would push their sales. I am hoping that company will send there supporters what you have reviewed it really looks like a spectacular product. My only concern is if they don't follow through then your credibility will suffer. I am sure that I will get some push back from others about this. I just think your more objective mindset is better than this one. Look forward to your next review. Keep up the good work.
I feel like I'm in the stone age with my Aquila X2 :))). I want one of these. Can it print Carbon Fiber and Nylon?
Do you still have this printer? I put a pre order for prusa xl but it’s not going to be shipped till 2023 would you still recommend this printer over the prusa xl? Or should is it worth getting as a second printer? Any issues with build quality customer service? Some people say they don’t respond to your emails etc I know prusa customer service is suppose to be top notch
I will be buying a more tad more expensive printer every year with my tax returns.
Hopefully in the 3rd year I can use the entire tax return of about $10k on a printer.
Considering buying this machine. But after looking at their forum it has so so many problems. Nit to mention they can not even stock their own filament. Might be awhile before they are ready for prime time. Will be nice if they get on top of all the problems though.
Great video as always Aura just wanted to point out the cost is in USD... So depending on where you live saying it's 1k is not accurate
Yes! Imagine how new printers will be in 5 years!
I love the midtempo swing music you were playing
that is so nice, but i would have to sell half of my machines to even start to consider buying one, any idea how long someone would have to wait b4 they got the printer through kick starter?
Hi I want build fast big printer wireles to.. Over 1000×1200×1000
But can it be moded so it can clear the print bed and move on to the next the automatically? 🤔🤔🤔
Right as I get burnt out on FDM printing. This comes along... I may have to get one.
Part of me wonders if the prusa make dropped the i3 from the name because future printers might not be i3 style
Great review, will you be doing one for the bambu P1s?
It only has a single motor in the z axis. Which i see as the biggest flaw. But not impossible to overcome
Very nice Product and a Well Done and Clear presentation, Thanks.
“Today i am really excited to take a look at this printer.” meanwhile shes looking like: 🙂
Tech channel equivalent of Lil Tay.
Great video though!
Any chance you will do a Voron 2.4 R2 Build and Review?
Nice introduction! I would be interested in seeing the different print speed/noise levels from silent to ludicrous. Also I am looking forward to your thorough in depth review.
Yes, I want to see how accurate is that 9min. cube. Is nice the speed but I want to know how precise is.
@@JP-xd6fm Indeed. Isn’t that the point of the calibration cube?
I tested precision fit: ruclips.net/video/Qcf1tOByPmg/видео.html
Thanks for showing this printer @Aurora !!! 🖒🖒🖒
The music at the beginning be like “red one… Let’s go to the beach beach…”
i bought one last weekend barely even recieved info from them.
Hi, newbie to the 3D printing world here 👋. Thanks for your informative and “straight to the point” videos. You mention that this Bambu x1 carbon is the best printer under 5000$. I wonder, do you still think that way after having tried the Qidi i fast?
Yes, the x1 carbon is still much better.
Still waiting for a printer that uses closed loop positioning. This is not it.
Looking forward for your June 12th video.
As someone with a MMU2s, if that AMS works half as well as that printer it would be really sweet.
Great Video. How will they distribute parts? Where will we be able to replace worn nozzles? Can you change nozzle sizes?
you can't change nozzle tip, and alot of the features are all proprietary
How does the X1 compare to the Snapmaker J1?
when your 3d printer has a better cpu than your computer
Awesome! Can’t wait to see your full review.👍
so close, yet so far away. goddamn you poverty.
Looks promising but never buy first gen.
07:05 .. so is the software OPEN source now?
Looks like a super impressive machine, looking forward to learn more about it. - Thanks for a great introduction
Next level for sure, very nice. 👍🏻👍🏻
they also charged me shipping on a pre order
It becomes a shame that there is no talent to shoot good informative videos. Excellent work.
upd. I have four printers for different purposes. I'm developing my own printer. I didn't need a printer, but after reviewing Aurora, I decided to buy bamboo, I also persuaded a dozen of my friends. We wanted to buy a full Snapmaker kit in due time, we didn't buy it because of poor support. And they answered somehow. I have already written several bamboo e-mails, there is no answer, we wanted to buy 20 sets, but my friends, no matter how good the product is, do not buy when there is no quality support. It's a pity, bamboo, this is the first step towards a new approach to 3D printing. Well, I'll make my printer. One extruder is about 40-50 g, five colors or different types of filament printing speed, I can't check, I need a slicer. Solid metal, the temperature is more than 300 °C so that you can print both abrasive and engineering plastics, even PEEK. Fundamentally new kinematics. The printer is closed, if desired, you can make active heating. I want to note that 3D printing today is at an impasse. Even stagnation. And it's very good that there are companies like bamboo. If they still provided normal support, and so they would lose some customers. Recent remarks, the use of one nozzle for printing, deadlocked direction of development.
Sorry, the following comment is not aimed at you specifically, but at the 3D printing community in general.
Print the Benchy, but measure its dimensions. Probably the only features that you can gauge with naked eyes are: whether it has a a lot of stringing, any Benchy hull line, first layer squish. You probably can’t see the words #3DBenchy at the stern with a 0.4mm nozzle.
Maybe next time do a serious retraction test like a Voronoi model at high speed.
It is worth mentioning though, how unlikely it is to receive a printer of this quality at the price of a decent, unassembled Voron 2.4 kit. Most likely the machines delivered will be different, or quality issues might arise, if any devices at all will be shipped. It might be a real steal, or a major fail. Quite exciting.
So you were printing directly on to their build sheets (the stick on sheets to the removable build plate), without using Gluestick, right? They seem to include a gluestick in the Kickstarter, but its really unclear if you use that with the build sheets, or if you use that on the removable plate directly. Can you help explain this a bit more?
Would you mind printing the XYZ cubes with anti-vibration on and showing us during the follow up video? I see signs of ringing all over the place.
Game changer printer. For years, the ~$1000 DIY printers seemed to be the only way to see a convergence of both fast and quality. This blows VzBot, Voron, Ratrig, and all the rest out of the water. 20K mm/s^2 acceleration is the full speed/acceleration setting that Tom Sanladerer’s Voron V2.4 struggled at in his popular Voron V2.4 summary video last year. There he noted skipped steps which prompted him to run at half that in normal daily usage. Yet now here we are finally seeing 20K mm/s^2 in a consumer-first product priced less than a Voron V2.4 with the same accessories (and more) with higher quality and better, consumer friendly ease of use. I predict this product will mark a radical sea change in the DIY community as people move from building DIY printers to buying ready-to-run consumer ones like this. Gone are the days of endless fiddling and tuning of Voron, VzBot and others as the age of the consumer-friendly 3D printer has finally begun.
Wow! If I can get my small business working! THIS! THIS will be my next in line machine for sure!
seems a bit too good to not be suspicous
Where is the June video please
It’s interesting now the videos for this printer all seem to mention Kickstarter concerns. It does seem if they just sold it directly they’d have a major hit without all the negativity being associated with a Kickstarter seems to bring. Can’t wait for the full Aurora Tech review.
Sei sempre la N1 Principessa AURORA....From Italy Roberto ❤️❤️❤️
Really enjoy your vids
As always great video, great review. But with all the bugs not yet worked out of this machine it seems like it would be best to wait until later reviews come out. Looks like a top notch company really trying hard.
Dual extrusion gears or one? With the enclosed area getting up to 59C which filaments can this printer NOT print well? How does the multiple material handler work? Does it splice like the mosaic or is there a waste tower? Does the company say anything about this being future upgradable - as in adding active heating? Does slowing down the print speed have a significant affect on part quality for strength or aesthetics? Does that AMS box also remove humidity? My main focus is ASA, Nylon and CF Nylon
I have seen multiple reviews on this machine but was so happy to see that you got one to review as you tend to look at areas that other reviewers miss.
I dont do Kickstarter as I believe it is gambling and that is something I will never do.
I have my money down for a Prusa XL,however, I will weigh up the situation when the XL is launched, It may be the case that I will recover my money from Prusa and buy a retail Carbon X1, I will however wait until the community has used this machine and found any faults or niggles that may be present.
I was wondering whether Bamboo Labs will make their tech Open Source or at least licence it although if they keep it in house I can also understand that choice
I am looking forward to the next instalations of this review series as this machine is a game changer.
Get this when it comes out, the Prusa is done for, you have to keep in mind Prusa is really the most overpriced. Don't give them your money let them bleed.
@@revoltoff Prusa have 1st class QC 1st class manual and 24 hour customer service experts that can solve any problem quickly, constant improvements to the printer and firmware and slicer
I am happy paying for this service!
@@AndrewAHayes No in my experience. Like everyone I went for Prusa as my first printer thinking Im paying for quality and printer that "just prints".
Two year later and countless troubleshooting this printer still wont print anything and support did help me at all.
The only thing that troubles me are the hotends, or more accurately the nozzles. And I enjoy tinkering with firmware, so that's a bit of a bummer, too. Glad that slicing is open in both directions.
Anyway, yes, it has almost every reasonably common feature, some fairly unique ones, and apparently phenomenal performance. All at a fantastic value even at MSRP, let alone at early-bird. I almost hope they don't have an EU warehouse, so I don't get tempted. (Can't find anywhere even addressing this question.) I really, really want this. And I really, really want them to be successful.
That said, since it does lack some popular features, I wouldn't say that it beats every machine in the price range you mentioned (for every use case). The AMS sounds great, but such filament changers, IDEX (or more), and toolchangers all have their own pros and cons (a combination of all of these would be perfect, but very expensive and complex a physical setup). I've personally never really needed more than a mid-sized build volume like it has, but still, a large desktop build volume isn't always just for bragging rights, particularly for functional parts. Speaking of usually just to brag, but at times required, a 500°C hotend (for PPSU, PEI, PEEK, PEKK, and probably other industrial materials) is ironically the one feature I could see them providing an upgrade kit for.
CEO da Creality: e o Bambu?
Can u hellp me build
I don't have a 3d printer yet. I was seriously considering the Creality Ender 3 Pro V1 - but now - Would this be a good 1st printer? It sure seems like a much better printer for your money IMHO.
Watching this costs me a small fortune, but seems worth it😊 Can you measure and tell me the outer dimensions of this printer, just the footprint? Not the first printer I can't find any infos about it😛 Great channel btw❤
👏👏👏😍🙂