The printer was a bit complicated to hook up ruclips.net/user/postUgkxciSwynMJ7PnUvvx11rewiu-yFBkZTl53 but it does the job very efficiently. I like the ink wells versus the ink cartages that cost an arm and a leg. It prints quickly and the quality is excellent. It shuts off when not in use, so you have to remember to turn it on. Overall, it exceeds my expectations. I'll update my review in a couple of months.
In my opinion.. she is the best 3d printer reviewer. I don't know how old she is.. but she is insanely thorough on every aspect of the 3d printers. I would love to see her review other technology. Also.. her subscriber base should grow exponentially.. especially if she starts reviewing other tech. She could make a crap load of money from video reviews like this!
Right? I was wondering about her age too, because her voice and speaking mannerism is professional like an adult but then she looks like 10 LOL. I know there are young geniuses out there, and also adults who can look very young so there is no way to know.
I'd consider myself a pro having been printing daily across multiple different printers over the last 5 years, and performing upgrades and maintenance of them. However, the knowledge and presentation skills of you and your brothers channel impresses me every time I watch one of your videos. Keep up the great work.
Just wanted to say that I found your channel today (after following other 3D printer channels for years) and really found a much more methodoloical approach to reviewing/testing printers in a concise manner. Very good job at getting information out and what you personally feel about these products yourself. This channel deserves more love.
Such a great review! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together so professionally. To me, the main take from the video is that while this printer seems like a big step forward for 3D printers - there is yet much progress to be made in the domain of 3D printing. In particular - multi color printing reminds me the days in which we switched from black and white computer screens to the four colors CGA monitors. It was an important advancement in the correct direction, but it took many more years to reach millions of colors as standard. Again - thanks!
FAN-TAS-TIC. The pro's: professional, acccurate, innovative, informatrive, quite a variety of filaments tested, realistic use of the printer is the main focus. The cons: no bloopers. This in depth review most certainly lifts you into and above the top class of RUclips 3D printing reviewers. This actually is the best CarbonX 1 review I watched. Even you are deeply excited about this printer you try hard to stay true and objective. Congratulations and thank you for your hard work, Aurora Tech team. Nice glasses by the way.
Fantastic review! The way you went over the cons of the printer in detail puts your review and credibility a notch above most others reviews that have come out about the X1 so far.
You can actually configure the purge amounts with the "flushing volumes" setting! Also, larger sd cards do work, but you have to format it to fat32 on a pc first. I'm using 128gb without issue
Your review of this printer is just as mind blowing as the printer itself. Incredibly thorough and well presented. I really looked forward to review and you did not disappoint, well done.
As expected, you and brother produce outstanding videos packed with real info for us to consider. My use of 3D printers is not models and/or cute items but prototype parts for robotic cars and handy lab/home parts. Thus, printing at high speed is essential (permitting multiple designs versions) while filament changing is unnecessary. This printer still seems like a real winner; I would love to see a version with a 0.8 mm nozzle for even higher throughput.
The user can actually set the purging lengths, so there is a lot of room for improvement before they're shipped :D Hope you shared your findings with BambuLab?
Good review. But, some other channels are reporting a number of problems such as problems with the AMS, where reels that are less than one half full tend to be pulled up by the filament drive, and hit the fiver. It then stops turning. And the filament stops. Other reels may not fit. The spaghetti warming doesn’t seem to work, and a major mess can result. The WiFi is so slow that it can take up to two hours to transfer a model to the printer, and the printer doesn’t retain it after printing, so if a problem occurs, or you want to make multiples, you have to send it each time. The fan us good, but for Jäegermeister models, the temperature varies across the bed, and parts on the right side may come out distorted. Those are the major problems reported in late updated models. I’m interested in this model, but after seeing numerous reviews, I would recommend waiting for the retail models to come out, even at the higher price, and after a number of reviews come in. 3D printers can be very frustrating, even if they have no major problems. This seems to have more than it should at this point. Software problems can usually be resolved, but aren’t always, as it could be asking for something to be resolved that the hardware simply can’t do, but hardware problems are a different story. They may never get fixed, and if they do, they may not be available for older models because of incomparable design changes, or just because the company wants to save them for new machines coming off the line. At any rate, this is a company to watch. I hope it works out.
I've watched over a dozen reviews regarding this printer because I was interested in buying it, and you're video was by far the most factual and informative, you answered all the questions I was wondering, especially regarding the noise level of the printer on high speed and silent modes.
Thanks for the review. What gets me most excited about this printer is the company itself. Great to see someone pushing the tech ahead so hard. I love Creality but they need a little friendly competition. For me anyway it would be nice to see periodic update videos on this printer as to updates and how it holds up. I hope it does but for now I'll just keep slowpoking along on my Ender 5 Pro. Thanks again . You two provide a great service to the rest of us.
Creality should really invest more R&D into CoreXY. The Ender 5 and 6 are okay but they don't really compare to the Voron CoreXY design. A reliable CoreXY printer below $1000 would sell very well, I think.
it was your initial review that had me pledge to Kick Starter for this printer. I did see other videos but I do like your matter of fact approach and a focus on the functionality along with the crisp pros and cons.
I’ve seen a lot of reviews about this printer. I’m waiting for the Carbon X1 model with ams. No other review has been nearly this complete, thanks for making a great review/preview (software still in beta) of this! There’s no such thing as a perfect, never-fail 3D printer at this time, but they’ve clearly gotten far more right than perhaps anything else out there, and worst-case scenario, that can be stated for the price. I’m looking forward to adding this to my collection and printing through way too many rolls of filament 🤣🤣🤣 I think the first thing I need for this is to print a poop-chute basket: how tall, I don’t know, guess I’ll have to wait until August (assuming they can ship it out that early, I didn’t get in on-time for early bird).
That was a superb review. A number of your issues have been addressed. 1. You can specify the amount of purge used on filament colour changes (but presets would still be great) 2. Yes, filament change is time consuming and wasteful, but your poker chip was the worst possible case as it had colours ALL THE WAY through. Using the software, you could have simply painted the upper and lower surfaces of the chip to reduce the number of colour changes. 4. Not only should cold extrusion noty be alloowed, but you can crash the tool head into the base of the unit by using the move commands. Unforgivable. There should be a limiter. 5. The printer produces HIGH FREQUENCY noise (mostly caused by the fan). This is MUCH easier to mask than the low frequency noise of printers like the Guider, slamming the head around. Merely placing it in another room masks most of it. There is also a fan baffle available on Thingiverse that will significantly reduce the fan's output volume. 8. There is a textured plate available from Bambu - it works superbly 9. The nozzle and block costs £14 and shipping is localised. Compare that Flashforge, who sell brass or steel nozzles for a couple of dollars, but then charge £30 in shipping as they have centralised fulfillment and send everything by international courier, with no cheaper option.
Just wanted to thank you for such an awesome, thorough review! Really highlighting both the positives and negatives of the printer makes it very informative and useful for those of us considering the purchase. This thing is a pretty amazing machine, especially at its price point. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out at release and how it is improved over time.
I have just put down my deposit for the X1C so pouring over tons of videos on this machine and I must tell you that this is probably the best video I have seen, to the point and cover every aspect that I was interested in, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Excellent review. This is the first review I've seen that tries PETG, which is my primary go-to filament. And I was wondering about micro SD card capacity, which you answered. Thanks for all your hard work and thorough presentation.
Thank you for the best breakdown and review out there. I was waiting to decide to keep my Kickstarter pledge or not based on your pending review. Needless to say I’m keeping it!
Wow, this is the best review I’ve seen of this machine yet! I like the amount of testing you did with it, your clear presentation, and the way you methodically list pros and cons. => The most important thing is that you covered *FILAMENT CHANGE TIME*(!) How is it possible that yours is the first review I’ve seen that gives the timing for this! I’ve been considering this machine, but the filament change time really gives me pause, because it can so enormously lengthen the print times. I don’t care so much about multicolor printing, I’d probably mostly just use the AMS to keep multiple filament types ready to go, in a dry environment. My biggest reason for wanting multi-material capability is for better support removal. I guess the time increase wouldn’t be so bad if I just use thin layers of support material at the interfaces, but it’s something I need to ponder. I’m still leaning towards buying the machine, but need to think a bit more about my use cases. The important thing though, is that you gave me a very valuable piece of information to factor into my purchase decision that I hadn’t gotten from anyone else. MANY THANKS!
I'm considering buying this printer, and this has been the most detailed review of the print quality at different print speeds and using different materials that I have seen so far. Superb job!
Accidentally hit the Aurora channel. I was looking for information about bamboo. In my opinion, a serious application for a new approach to 3D printing. Now, I'm looking at all the reviews, even those printers that I'm not interested in, but the author expresses his thoughts so competently and interestingly that without a doubt, if I buy a printer, I will rely on her opinion. In my opinion, the most interesting blogger, even compared to millionaires. It seems to me that it is worth watching this blog, because you can be practically sure that firms do not buy the opinion of Aurora, which many popular bloggers do. Good luck
i would like a 6months followup video on this before deciding to buy into it. Have they fixed all the issues you mentioned in the firmware? this shows if they're listening to their users and that they care.
I printed a 130x130x130mm lithopane on my X1 Carbon in PETG using the standard speed and 0.16mm layers. I think that is 150mm/sec or so. It didn't have any issues. The final print time was 3.6x faster than an Ender 3 default. I didn't adjust the temp, but if your PETG was not sticking at 150mm/sec, it might work if you raised the temp by 10-20 degrees C.
Thank you very much for this in-depth review : it's very informative and a lot better than most reviewers, who don't get beyond telling us the things we already got from the manufacturer's website and printing of parts in PLA . I am surprised that PETG prints need to be printed at slower speed. That is not what Rolohaun is showing on his channel. Did you ask Bambu Lab about this ? PETG is a very popular material : it's almost unthinkable that Bambu labs would build a printer that performs so poorly with PETG.
Amazing job w/ the review. It's not often a reviewer actually goes in depth with how someone would actually try to use the machine w/ various materials. Reciting stats and doing a benchy is well and all..but it often doesn't help figure out day in and day out performance. This gave me an excellent idea of how I could use this the printer. I wasn't too keen on getting the AMS but I often struggle with support material on models...I could really use a combination of support material and PLA like you did.
GREAT review, thanks! I've Kickstarter backed the carbon-fiber AMS printer, and your review just upped my excitement level. I can't wait! And if anyone has any doubts, the rack of printers behind you is an excellent visual display of your credentials! :-)
Great review! I do have a suggestion: when listing off the pros and cons with the numbering system, maybe put a short summary of it as text on screen of us visual learners?
Wow you just got a subscriber for this one, lots of specific details I wanted to know and extremely professional for someone your age, keep up the amazing work!!!👍👍👍
fantastic breakdown. I can see myself picking one of these up at some point in the future. With the rapidly increasing energy costs all around the world, I wondered if there is a breakdown on power usage/costs of various models of 3d printers anywhere?
3D Print Beginner does energy consumption tests in his reviews. You can check out his Bambu Lab X1 Carbon review here: 3dprintbeginner.com/bambu-lab-x1-carbon-review/
There's a recent one that's really nice by 247 printing. It compares the prusa mk3, the bambu x1, the ratrig vcore 3, and the wizard 3d printers. ruclips.net/video/P2PxI1F4vsw/видео.html
Super impressed by your channel. Top notch reviews y'all are doing! Your the first to do print quality vs speed comparisons on the x1. Been looking for this for weeks. Thank you!
A great feature would to be able to have the printer print internal sections of the part with the AMS as the purge instead of just purging it as trash. Obviously doesn't work for all multi material uses, so would need to be an option for each selected material
This is insane! This is going to clear the market what's currently flooded with junk. Others like QIDI are going to have to step up big time or drop their prices to remain competitive.
Its more likely Bambu lab prices will increase, these machines are made to a certain price point as can be seen by the motion system and the type of construction but even still the initial sales prices do seem low even for Chinese manufactured hardware, so either they have basically no profit margin and are hoping to sell a huge volume and disrupt the market or they have made an error in their costings and will end up needing to up their prices. only time will tell. Its also certainly not true LIDAR at this price point.
Exceedingly well-educated speaking voice and pacing caught me off-guard. That's impressive. Love the no-bs format of the reviews in this channel - subscribing immediately.
Your video is awesome! I learned a lot and bought one. I work in lighting in TV and film, and I just wanted to suggest you play with a key and fill lighting setup for your talking head portions, you don’t want to flatten yourself out!
I am thinking of buying this printer but I am worried China might lock down fully and it is not able to ship. Thanks for your hard work, this video is EXACTLY what I was looking for.
consider they plan to ship 3300 units july 2022. most of them must be in assembly and testing phase. theres 1000 more gonna ship aug 2022 (mine included). i dont think they ever lock down on exports. might lock down on factory if that area has high covid risk.(which shanghai just did, already lifted i guess? )
I'm glad you got one to play with. I'm experiencing bad customer service from Bambu Lab so far. After 9 days of numerous emails and an opened service ticket I still get a run around "scripted" responses from Bambu Lab about my returned package since I wasn't home to sign for it. All I need to know was if they could redeliver so I can plan my works accordingly but can't seem to get an answer to it. I think they outsourced their customer service to a remote third parties so all I got were scripted answers to a simple question. Bad customer experience with Bambu Lab so far.
Interesting results you got with the petg, I have printed a decent amount myself on my x1 and never slowed down from the default standard speed with good results so far.
Great job once again. 👍 12:20 I continue to be amused by the printer pooping filament. 😆 But yes, all of these detriments are why I prefer IDEX (or even simple dual-nozzle printheads) as the primary method of multi-material printing with filament-changing units such as this only serving a supplementary role. 14:50 Huh. That's really odd. 15:40 Yeah, while I do get the upsides of the construction, especially for an out-of-the-box consumer product, IMO the downsides outweigh them. I'd still love to get this machine, but this is a major minus. 17:00 Most heartily agree. A much-needed push for the industry, and as far as I can tell Bambu Lab absolutely deserve the success.
Excellent review ! I really appreciate the no nonsense information, and and the way you have presented the information. This was very helpful indeed. Thank you.
@13:17 I don't know about the Bamboo, or the slicer you're using to run it, but with my MMU2 equipped Prusa, using PrusaSlicr, it alternates which layer it starts with, so you save one filament change per layer. @15:36 Hopefully, they'll adopt the E3D Revo before they begin production. Hopefully, E3D will offer steel and tungsten options for their Revo line.
Thanks a lot, great test of the printer. Love your chanel. I am realy interested in a comperison between the Prusa XL and this one. I already have 2 3D-printer so no need for a 3 one. At leasr yet 🤣
They aiming different targets and the XL is priced nearly double so a comparison wouldn’t made sense! But a general review would be nice if they manage to deliver before Christmas.
Thank you very much for the detailed review. Please keep updating if you get new fw/sw improvements. Also please try some(4) high speed benchys 90* turned to test the big side fan and the missing on the other side. Also please print some torture toasters in PC and other professional filaments.
Really thorough review you've made! This was one of the critical factors to weigh in and buy the printer myself! Speaking of which, you've printed with all of those materials. Would it be possible if you could share the profile for the materials you've printed in?
would be nice if you can review the X1 with TPU since the TPU cannot be in AMS. would be interesting to see the back and forth from using the AMS, to using TPU and what this consists of, the challenges, etc.
Wow thanks for the great video! It was very helpful. I was going to buy this for the multicolors, but because of the wasted filament, no way! It'd be nice if they could address that and find a better way not to waste so much. That is crazy.
👏Great review! You covered quite a lot. Well done! Despite the few cons I am still eager to get my hands on one of these. I don't anticipate allot of color changes per print for my needs but it's nice to have the option.
The best thing about this channel is how unbiased it is. You know what I'd like to see? I want to see this girl read thousands of pages of legislation and give an unbiased review of Trump, Biden, and some of the leading U.S. congressmen and women. You would be very surprised at the results. This girl (or whoever is writing her script) could clean this country up and make it run like a fine tuned 3d printer LOL.
Thank you for the great information. In a future video it would be a good idea to weigh the waste of filament and multi-colored printed object with one, two, three and four colors to give viewers an idea of wast to final product ratio in grams. Thanks again....great job!
I do not have this printer and have not tried it, but I saw another review where the guy was able to go into the menu & change the filament waste settings to his own settings FWIW.
It would be interesting to know how they developed this printer. Coordinating the efforts of a 100 engineers to be produce a cohesive system must require some interesting strategies. I'd love to know why they didn't go with an automatic tool changer instead of the AMS; economic hurdle or technical hurdle?
Compared to VzBot and the speed version of the Voron v0, this printer seems to be missing a right-side auxiliary part cooling fan (big fan)... From some other youtuber reviews, I noticed that a benchy facing away from the big cooling fan suffers from a lack of cooling... According to your tests with this Carbon X1, how much can this be problematic? This issue will be worst when delivering more material fast (thicker layers, large nozzles). Awesome video and review!!
I don't see an issue with the purge material unless you are doing a ton of color changing per layer.. Our Statasys F370's have dual nozzles and still purge a lot of material on each layer change.
Clearly the gold standard of concise, critical, honest 3D printer reviewers, on this printer at least. Thanks 😊
Absolutely!
Literally the most professional, comprehensive, and well-spoken review of the X1 on RUclips hands down ❤
The printer was a bit complicated to hook up ruclips.net/user/postUgkxciSwynMJ7PnUvvx11rewiu-yFBkZTl53 but it does the job very efficiently. I like the ink wells versus the ink cartages that cost an arm and a leg. It prints quickly and the quality is excellent. It shuts off when not in use, so you have to remember to turn it on. Overall, it exceeds my expectations. I'll update my review in a couple of months.
In my opinion.. she is the best 3d printer reviewer. I don't know how old she is.. but she is insanely thorough on every aspect of the 3d printers. I would love to see her review other technology. Also.. her subscriber base should grow exponentially.. especially if she starts reviewing other tech. She could make a crap load of money from video reviews like this!
Right? I was wondering about her age too, because her voice and speaking mannerism is professional like an adult but then she looks like 10 LOL. I know there are young geniuses out there, and also adults who can look very young so there is no way to know.
Very professional, she must have wrote a script for herself. Great job
I'd consider myself a pro having been printing daily across multiple different printers over the last 5 years, and performing upgrades and maintenance of them. However, the knowledge and presentation skills of you and your brothers channel impresses me every time I watch one of your videos. Keep up the great work.
i think that are just ai generated bots
Better than all the Top RUclipsrs! You are the most detail oriented expert ! Kudos and a job well done !
Just wanted to say that I found your channel today (after following other 3D printer channels for years) and really found a much more methodoloical approach to reviewing/testing printers in a concise manner. Very good job at getting information out and what you personally feel about these products yourself. This channel deserves more love.
Such a great review! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together so professionally. To me, the main take from the video is that while this printer seems like a big step forward for 3D printers - there is yet much progress to be made in the domain of 3D printing. In particular - multi color printing reminds me the days in which we switched from black and white computer screens to the four colors CGA monitors. It was an important advancement in the correct direction, but it took many more years to reach millions of colors as standard.
Again - thanks!
You are literally the future of YT, I am grateful this printer allowed me to stumble upon your channel for similar reasons. The future is bright 😊
FAN-TAS-TIC. The pro's: professional, acccurate, innovative, informatrive, quite a variety of filaments tested, realistic use of the printer is the main focus. The cons: no bloopers.
This in depth review most certainly lifts you into and above the top class of RUclips 3D printing reviewers. This actually is the best CarbonX 1 review I watched. Even you are deeply excited about this printer you try hard to stay true and objective. Congratulations and thank you for your hard work, Aurora Tech team. Nice glasses by the way.
Fantastic review! The way you went over the cons of the printer in detail puts your review and credibility a notch above most others reviews that have come out about the X1 so far.
You can actually configure the purge amounts with the "flushing volumes" setting!
Also, larger sd cards do work, but you have to format it to fat32 on a pc first. I'm using 128gb without issue
Your review of this printer is just as mind blowing as the printer itself. Incredibly thorough and well presented. I really looked forward to review and you did not disappoint, well done.
As expected, you and brother produce outstanding videos packed with real info for us to consider. My use of 3D printers is not models and/or cute items but prototype parts for robotic cars and handy lab/home parts. Thus, printing at high speed is essential (permitting multiple designs versions) while filament changing is unnecessary. This printer still seems like a real winner; I would love to see a version with a 0.8 mm nozzle for even higher throughput.
Imagine this with like a 1.2mm nozzle (because I'm pretty sure those exist for some reason).
More nozzle’s (hotends) are available after release, checkout the spec sheet.
They do apparently now have 0.6 & 0.8 nozzles available, now that it’s shipping.
The user can actually set the purging lengths, so there is a lot of room for improvement before they're shipped :D Hope you shared your findings with BambuLab?
Good review. But, some other channels are reporting a number of problems such as problems with the AMS, where reels that are less than one half full tend to be pulled up by the filament drive, and hit the fiver. It then stops turning. And the filament stops. Other reels may not fit. The spaghetti warming doesn’t seem to work, and a major mess can result. The WiFi is so slow that it can take up to two hours to transfer a model to the printer, and the printer doesn’t retain it after printing, so if a problem occurs, or you want to make multiples, you have to send it each time. The fan us good, but for Jäegermeister models, the temperature varies across the bed, and parts on the right side may come out distorted.
Those are the major problems reported in late updated models. I’m interested in this model, but after seeing numerous reviews, I would recommend waiting for the retail models to come out, even at the higher price, and after a number of reviews come in. 3D printers can be very frustrating, even if they have no major problems. This seems to have more than it should at this point. Software problems can usually be resolved, but aren’t always, as it could be asking for something to be resolved that the hardware simply can’t do, but hardware problems are a different story. They may never get fixed, and if they do, they may not be available for older models because of incomparable design changes, or just because the company wants to save them for new machines coming off the line.
At any rate, this is a company to watch. I hope it works out.
I've watched over a dozen reviews regarding this printer because I was interested in buying it, and you're video was by far the most factual and informative, you answered all the questions I was wondering, especially regarding the noise level of the printer on high speed and silent modes.
Thanks for the review. What gets me most excited about this printer is the company itself. Great to see someone pushing the tech ahead so hard. I love Creality but they need a little friendly competition. For me anyway it would be nice to see periodic update videos on this printer as to updates and how it holds up. I hope it does but for now I'll just keep slowpoking along on my Ender 5 Pro. Thanks again . You two provide a great service to the rest of us.
Hopefully the company doesn't bust and can give the market some competition. This printer does look nice! We'll see how they do after kickstarter.
@@XCF33t Apparently the CEO said that if they do go under then their parts would go open source. They seem pretty trustworthy but time will tell.
Creality should really invest more R&D into CoreXY. The Ender 5 and 6 are okay but they don't really compare to the Voron CoreXY design. A reliable CoreXY printer below $1000 would sell very well, I think.
@@theglowcloud2215 TwoTrees sapphire corexy are very good. There’s also the flying bear
it was your initial review that had me pledge to Kick Starter for this printer. I did see other videos but I do like your matter of fact approach and a focus on the functionality along with the crisp pros and cons.
I’ve seen a lot of reviews about this printer. I’m waiting for the Carbon X1 model with ams.
No other review has been nearly this complete, thanks for making a great review/preview (software still in beta) of this!
There’s no such thing as a perfect, never-fail 3D printer at this time, but they’ve clearly gotten far more right than perhaps anything else out there, and worst-case scenario, that can be stated for the price.
I’m looking forward to adding this to my collection and printing through way too many rolls of filament 🤣🤣🤣
I think the first thing I need for this is to print a poop-chute basket: how tall, I don’t know, guess I’ll have to wait until August (assuming they can ship it out that early, I didn’t get in on-time for early bird).
That was a superb review. A number of your issues have been addressed.
1. You can specify the amount of purge used on filament colour changes (but presets would still be great)
2. Yes, filament change is time consuming and wasteful, but your poker chip was the worst possible case as it had colours ALL THE WAY through. Using the software, you could have simply painted the upper and lower surfaces of the chip to reduce the number of colour changes.
4. Not only should cold extrusion noty be alloowed, but you can crash the tool head into the base of the unit by using the move commands. Unforgivable. There should be a limiter.
5. The printer produces HIGH FREQUENCY noise (mostly caused by the fan). This is MUCH easier to mask than the low frequency noise of printers like the Guider, slamming the head around. Merely placing it in another room masks most of it. There is also a fan baffle available on Thingiverse that will significantly reduce the fan's output volume.
8. There is a textured plate available from Bambu - it works superbly
9. The nozzle and block costs £14 and shipping is localised. Compare that Flashforge, who sell brass or steel nozzles for a couple of dollars, but then charge £30 in shipping as they have centralised fulfillment and send everything by international courier, with no cheaper option.
Just wanted to thank you for such an awesome, thorough review! Really highlighting both the positives and negatives of the printer makes it very informative and useful for those of us considering the purchase. This thing is a pretty amazing machine, especially at its price point. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out at release and how it is improved over time.
Your reviews are among my favorite. They’re just high quality, detailed, professional and honest. Keep up the great work!
I saw this video and literally was like “ok let’s see if I’m keeping my kickstarted pledge or not” lol you held the power with this video. Great work!
I have just put down my deposit for the X1C so pouring over tons of videos on this machine and I must tell you that this is probably the best video I have seen, to the point and cover every aspect that I was interested in, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Excellent review. This is the first review I've seen that tries PETG, which is my primary go-to filament. And I was wondering about micro SD card capacity, which you answered. Thanks for all your hard work and thorough presentation.
Same, but seems okay for me besides the msd limitations.
Thank you for the best breakdown and review out there. I was waiting to decide to keep my Kickstarter pledge or not based on your pending review. Needless to say I’m keeping it!
I wish I could 3D model like that, you make it look so easy. For those who don't know, if you're a beginner (like me), Fusion 360 is insanely complex.
Watch my Fusion 360 tutorials, it's easy to get started.
Wow, this is the best review I’ve seen of this machine yet! I like the amount of testing you did with it, your clear presentation, and the way you methodically list pros and cons. => The most important thing is that you covered *FILAMENT CHANGE TIME*(!) How is it possible that yours is the first review I’ve seen that gives the timing for this!
I’ve been considering this machine, but the filament change time really gives me pause, because it can so enormously lengthen the print times.
I don’t care so much about multicolor printing, I’d probably mostly just use the AMS to keep multiple filament types ready to go, in a dry environment. My biggest reason for wanting multi-material capability is for better support removal. I guess the time increase wouldn’t be so bad if I just use thin layers of support material at the interfaces, but it’s something I need to ponder. I’m still leaning towards buying the machine, but need to think a bit more about my use cases.
The important thing though, is that you gave me a very valuable piece of information to factor into my purchase decision that I hadn’t gotten from anyone else. MANY THANKS!
Aurora's gotten so much better at presenting compared to her earlier videos! Keep it up!
I'm considering buying this printer, and this has been the most detailed review of the print quality at different print speeds and using different materials that I have seen so far. Superb job!
You both are doing a great job! My fullest recognition on the delivered content and the delivery format. Keep up this outstanding work!
wow the purge material is more than what was used for the print. Excellent review, probably the best I've seen on this printer so far.
Accidentally hit the Aurora channel. I was looking for information about bamboo. In my opinion, a serious application for a new approach to 3D printing.
Now, I'm looking at all the reviews, even those printers that I'm not interested in, but the author expresses his thoughts so competently and interestingly that without a doubt, if I buy a printer, I will rely on her opinion. In my opinion, the most interesting blogger, even compared to millionaires. It seems to me that it is worth watching this blog, because you can be practically sure that firms do not buy the opinion of Aurora, which many popular bloggers do. Good luck
i would like a 6months followup video on this before deciding to buy into it. Have they fixed all the issues you mentioned in the firmware? this shows if they're listening to their users and that they care.
I would also like to see a 6 month review as I am looking to buy one as a birthday gift and want to make sure some of the issues have been worked out.
I printed a 130x130x130mm lithopane on my X1 Carbon in PETG using the standard speed and 0.16mm layers. I think that is 150mm/sec or so. It didn't have any issues. The final print time was 3.6x faster than an Ender 3 default. I didn't adjust the temp, but if your PETG was not sticking at 150mm/sec, it might work if you raised the temp by 10-20 degrees C.
Please try also another design with your settings, because It’s literally like a vasemode wall.
Thanks for sharing your detailed results!
Wow! Outstanding video and presentation-clear, concise, thoughtful. I know how hard conveying a lot of information can be and you crushed it!
This young lady is a machine. Bambu you should hire her. Concise and on point review.
I'm blown away. I haven't seen such professional review videos in a long time.
Thank you very much for this in-depth review : it's very informative and a lot better than most reviewers, who don't get beyond telling us the things we already got from the manufacturer's website and printing of parts in PLA . I am surprised that PETG prints need to be printed at slower speed. That is not what Rolohaun is showing on his channel. Did you ask Bambu Lab about this ? PETG is a very popular material : it's almost unthinkable that Bambu labs would build a printer that performs so poorly with PETG.
This is one of the best reviews of this printer I've seen. Well done!
Amazing job w/ the review. It's not often a reviewer actually goes in depth with how someone would actually try to use the machine w/ various materials. Reciting stats and doing a benchy is well and all..but it often doesn't help figure out day in and day out performance. This gave me an excellent idea of how I could use this the printer. I wasn't too keen on getting the AMS but I often struggle with support material on models...I could really use a combination of support material and PLA like you did.
Well done. Best review on the X1 I have seen in weeks. Polished and professional.
GREAT review, thanks! I've Kickstarter backed the carbon-fiber AMS printer, and your review just upped my excitement level. I can't wait!
And if anyone has any doubts, the rack of printers behind you is an excellent visual display of your credentials! :-)
Great review! I do have a suggestion: when listing off the pros and cons with the numbering system, maybe put a short summary of it as text on screen of us visual learners?
Wow you just got a subscriber for this one, lots of specific details I wanted to know and extremely professional for someone your age, keep up the amazing work!!!👍👍👍
fantastic breakdown. I can see myself picking one of these up at some point in the future. With the rapidly increasing energy costs all around the world, I wondered if there is a breakdown on power usage/costs of various models of 3d printers anywhere?
3D Print Beginner does energy consumption tests in his reviews. You can check out his Bambu Lab X1 Carbon review here:
3dprintbeginner.com/bambu-lab-x1-carbon-review/
There's a recent one that's really nice by 247 printing. It compares the prusa mk3, the bambu x1, the ratrig vcore 3, and the wizard 3d printers. ruclips.net/video/P2PxI1F4vsw/видео.html
Also it prints at 30*C instead of 60*C for PLA and finishing much faster. That’s a huge energy save.
My favorite 3dp channel!
Wow... that CON is something I didn't think about! alot of color changes = many many extra hours!
Super impressed by your channel. Top notch reviews y'all are doing! Your the first to do print quality vs speed comparisons on the x1. Been looking for this for weeks. Thank you!
A great feature would to be able to have the printer print internal sections of the part with the AMS as the purge instead of just purging it as trash. Obviously doesn't work for all multi material uses, so would need to be an option for each selected material
This is insane! This is going to clear the market what's currently flooded with junk. Others like QIDI are going to have to step up big time or drop their prices to remain competitive.
Its more likely Bambu lab prices will increase, these machines are made to a certain price point as can be seen by the motion system and the type of construction but even still the initial sales prices do seem low even for Chinese manufactured hardware, so either they have basically no profit margin and are hoping to sell a huge volume and disrupt the market or they have made an error in their costings and will end up needing to up their prices. only time will tell. Its also certainly not true LIDAR at this price point.
Best, most honest, most detailed printer reviews. Thank you!
Exceedingly well-educated speaking voice and pacing caught me off-guard. That's impressive. Love the no-bs format of the reviews in this channel - subscribing immediately.
Wow, this video was excellent. Perfect amount of non-bias information. I purchased mine yesterday, and can't wait. Really impressed with the video!
At this stage I just press the Like button during the intro to save me time later. Incredible yet again.
Awesome review, this is the most detailed X1C review on youtube for sure.
Your video is awesome! I learned a lot and bought one. I work in lighting in TV and film, and I just wanted to suggest you play with a key and fill lighting setup for your talking head portions, you don’t want to flatten yourself out!
I am thinking of buying this printer but I am worried China might lock down fully and it is not able to ship. Thanks for your hard work, this video is EXACTLY what I was looking for.
consider they plan to ship 3300 units july 2022. most of them must be in assembly and testing phase. theres 1000 more gonna ship aug 2022 (mine included). i dont think they ever lock down on exports. might lock down on factory if that area has high covid risk.(which shanghai just did, already lifted i guess? )
You don’t have to worry, if it’s available for you on Amazon it will be already in EU/German stock.
Fantastic review. Videos always well organized and insightful. Beautifully done.
Wow. What an great review. Clear and concise and no fluff, amazing job!
Very professional review and calm voice! This printer might be my first 3D printer considering the ease of use and how good it is for the price :)
There is a menu option to select length of purge. I've seen other reviewers adjust it. Not sure where it's hidden.
Saw the same but it would be nice if we get a drop down help with minimum as the length of the internal left filament is known by BambuLab.
I'm glad you got one to play with. I'm experiencing bad customer service from Bambu Lab so far. After 9 days of numerous emails and an opened service ticket I still get a run around "scripted" responses from Bambu Lab about my returned package since I wasn't home to sign for it. All I need to know was if they could redeliver so I can plan my works accordingly but can't seem to get an answer to it. I think they outsourced their customer service to a remote third parties so all I got were scripted answers to a simple question. Bad customer experience with Bambu Lab so far.
At last a clear, concise and BS free review of a product. Subscribed.
thats one of the best reviews ive see on that printer ..you well deserve the printer
Another great review. Thanks.
I'm excited about the Bambu Lab!
Side note: I think you say "FilaMEN" when it's "FilamenT" 🙂
Interesting results you got with the petg, I have printed a decent amount myself on my x1 and never slowed down from the default standard speed with good results so far.
Great job once again. 👍
12:20 I continue to be amused by the printer pooping filament. 😆 But yes, all of these detriments are why I prefer IDEX (or even simple dual-nozzle printheads) as the primary method of multi-material printing with filament-changing units such as this only serving a supplementary role.
14:50 Huh. That's really odd.
15:40 Yeah, while I do get the upsides of the construction, especially for an out-of-the-box consumer product, IMO the downsides outweigh them. I'd still love to get this machine, but this is a major minus.
17:00 Most heartily agree. A much-needed push for the industry, and as far as I can tell Bambu Lab absolutely deserve the success.
X1 came a long way since that video. Lot of things have improved and currently it is THE BEST printer on the market.
Good to see this review. I watched your original review and bought in on the Kickstarter. This does seem to be ahead of its counterparts.
Excellent review ! I really appreciate the no nonsense information, and and the way you have presented the information. This was very helpful indeed. Thank you.
@13:17 I don't know about the Bamboo, or the slicer you're using to run it, but with my MMU2 equipped Prusa, using PrusaSlicr, it alternates which layer it starts with, so you save one filament change per layer.
@15:36 Hopefully, they'll adopt the E3D Revo before they begin production. Hopefully, E3D will offer steel and tungsten options for their Revo line.
The bamboo slicer is similar to PursaSlicr and does the same
Young lady!
You are an absolute boss & superstar!
Well done & thank you
Very thorough. Thank you! You answered things I didn't even think to ask.
Thanks a lot, great test of the printer. Love your chanel. I am realy interested in a comperison between the Prusa XL and this one. I already have 2 3D-printer so no need for a 3 one. At leasr yet 🤣
They aiming different targets and the XL is priced nearly double so a comparison wouldn’t made sense!
But a general review would be nice if they manage to deliver before Christmas.
Thank you very much for the detailed review. Please keep updating if you get new fw/sw improvements. Also please try some(4) high speed benchys 90* turned to test the big side fan and the missing on the other side. Also please print some torture toasters in PC and other professional filaments.
Really thorough review you've made! This was one of the critical factors to weigh in and buy the printer myself!
Speaking of which, you've printed with all of those materials. Would it be possible if you could share the profile for the materials you've printed in?
would be nice if you can review the X1 with TPU since the TPU cannot be in AMS. would be interesting to see the back and forth from using the AMS, to using TPU and what this consists of, the challenges, etc.
Thank you. Very helpful review. This is an intriguing printer and you have shed a lot of light.
Wow thanks for the great video! It was very helpful. I was going to buy this for the multicolors, but because of the wasted filament, no way! It'd be nice if they could address that and find a better way not to waste so much. That is crazy.
👏Great review! You covered quite a lot. Well done! Despite the few cons I am still eager to get my hands on one of these. I don't anticipate allot of color changes per print for my needs but it's nice to have the option.
The best thing about this channel is how unbiased it is. You know what I'd like to see? I want to see this girl read thousands of pages of legislation and give an unbiased review of Trump, Biden, and some of the leading U.S. congressmen and women. You would be very surprised at the results. This girl (or whoever is writing her script) could clean this country up and make it run like a fine tuned 3d printer LOL.
Absolutely brilliant review @Aurora
👍🖒👍
Great job on this video. In depth but also concise and easy to understand.
Incredible detail to this review! Thank you for your effort and this video!
Thank you, I appreciate your thorough reviews.
Very good review, pro and cons are well presented.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you for the great information. In a future video it would be a good idea to weigh the waste of filament and multi-colored printed object with one, two, three and four colors to give viewers an idea of wast to final product ratio in grams. Thanks again....great job!
I do not have this printer and have not tried it, but I saw another review where the guy was able to go into the menu & change the filament waste settings to his own settings FWIW.
this is so much beautify and I would like to watch it again and again 🤔
This channel is a hidden gem.
Excellent review, I've decided to purchase one based on this detailed overview🙌
It would be interesting to know how they developed this printer. Coordinating the efforts of a 100 engineers to be produce a cohesive system must require some interesting strategies. I'd love to know why they didn't go with an automatic tool changer instead of the AMS; economic hurdle or technical hurdle?
Economic
Thanks for answering my question and your in depth perspective on print quality.
Amazing video, you explained everything so well. I can't wait to get my hands on one of these Bambu Lab printers :)
Compared to VzBot and the speed version of the Voron v0, this printer seems to be missing a right-side auxiliary part cooling fan (big fan)... From some other youtuber reviews, I noticed that a benchy facing away from the big cooling fan suffers from a lack of cooling... According to your tests with this Carbon X1, how much can this be problematic? This issue will be worst when delivering more material fast (thicker layers, large nozzles).
Awesome video and review!!
Please keep up testing the X1C and print benchys rotated 90 degrees and compare them.
I'm a noob to 3D printing and this is a dream for person like me.
Thank you for the detailed review, I can see you being a very good 3D printer Designer and Engineer in the future...with your own design and brand😜.
I don't see an issue with the purge material unless you are doing a ton of color changing per layer.. Our Statasys F370's have dual nozzles and still purge a lot of material on each layer change.
I was able to decrease the amount of multi color purge during my testing phase quite a bit.