Been 3D printing for awhile now (several years), and I can honestly say buying the A1 printer is the first time where the printer feels like a tool, and not a project. Which is great, even if you're a tinkerer. I love to mod things, but sometimes I just want something that works as advertised, and this printer does that.
I love to mod... but my Ender 3 was a real pain in the ass (and still is). I had several problems from the start that took a whole lot of failed prints and modding just to get it to work. Then when I upgraded the hotend to print at higher temperatures, it hasn't worked right since. I have a new v6 hotend for it to hopefully get it back to working condition... but I don't feel like messing with it, because I've spent almost as much time working on it as I have ever spent actually printing with it. Despite the problems from the start, it did print extremely high quality from the start though. I just had problem with the bed/springs, problem with losing zero, z-axis problems and also tilting problems and had to go dual-axis, z stop problems, problems with maintaining temperature, a thermal runaway once despite having a new thermal runaway protected mainboard... and many other problems. It's just insane that Most of these problems are known by Ender, but they continue to sell defective printers regardless, when it would cost them very little to nothing to just fix them.
I tried 3d printing about 5 years ago and got one of those Prusa kits. It came with like 200 pieces and like 500 screws. I probably spent about 30 hours over a weekend assembling it. The next weekend I spent about 10 hours trying to get it leveled and calibrated. Then, I did my first real print which was a small figurine that took like 6 hours to print. After that I was like screw this. It looks like it's gone a long way since then.
I would describe it less like a toy and more of an appliance. Coming from an old Ender 3 pro to the A1 series printers made me fall in love with 3d printing again.
I was the exact same way with my Ender 3 too. Even after adding bed levelling, I never printed as much as I wanted to because of the time it took for me to constantly deal with problems.
Man I had the exact same situation. I used to print on an Ender 3 and I had fun but slowly fell out of love with 3D printing. I picked up an A1 Mini and I’m having fun again and spending so much time just playing with it
damn straight friend. I find the ease of use to be so much better than my slower counter part printers. I have a anycubic mega S, monoprice mini select v2 and a ankermake m5c (the only other fast one is the ankermake)
Our boys bought this for my husband for Father's Day. According to him, it's the greatest gift he's ever received. We absolutely love it. Worth every penny. ❤
As a newbie to 3D printers, I found this review very thorough, clear and honest. It has really helped my understanding of what to look for before purchasing a 3D printer.
I received my A1 mini yesterday, never touched a 3D printer before. I have already lost count of the number of prints I made, and all prints have been very useful. Ofcourse I have also never used any other printer. But from a beginner's perspective: I am very, very happy with it. Before purchasing the printer I asked a local dealer which one I should have. He has all brands and an expert on 3D printing for years. He advised the Bambu Lab in a heartbeat. "It'll be fun, trust me." Man, he wasn't lying.
How's the print duration for you? I've been thinking of building something big so I assume I'd have to print the pieces separately which will take a long time
Did you buy all the different colors? How much are they? I am thinking about buying my first 3d printer like yourself and this looks a very good price for a 3d printer. Any advice you can give would be great. PCG
@@DrabWeeds been anywhere between 20 to almost 5 hours in one go. I’ve printed almost everything you can think of on this 18cm build plate. The time is not the issue because the more expensive machines also don’t complete your work in seconds. To print anything bigger than a keychain will always take hours. Which is fine for me. Just start a print and go to work. And if you’re not going anywhere it is seriously very fun to just watch the robot do its work. I never get bored of doing that! If you want to print duplicates of the same design, you can change the number of prints in Bambu Studio and the software will try to figure out a way to print several copies on the same build plate. That’s not difficult. The quality may differ but that’s something you always have to see to (and learn from). I have just recently started making my own designs and this week I successfully finished a bigger project for myself. It’s a pan stand for Tefal steel pans and fry pans, holding 5 pans vertically in a row. I printed it in three parts that click together. I designed the connector myself, it was not difficult. The project came out working almost a 100% as I had imagined it should be. Keep in mind I’m still no expert by any means. You can do this designing for yourself first without buying the printer and get the hang of it on beforehand. I use Tinkercad. It’s about as easy as Paint (not an overstatement). Just make a simple design and then export the STL file. The STL is what you will feed into Bambu Studio, which will slice it and send it to your printer. Good luck.
I want to say that you should keep making videos. So many people mumble through their presentations and speak so that you just can't understand them. Even when you speak quickly, you enunciate. Thus, your communication is effective. Bravo! By the way, the actual content was good.
I may be beginner and I just bought the same exact printer a week ago ago. It’s been so fantastic so easy to use and I can’t say enough good things about it. Totally worth the money. and this tutorial is next level easy to follow thank you
I am 67 and was an electronics tech but I only worked on hardware not software. So I know nothing about programming, 3d printing. But it looks like fun and would like to try it. Cost is a major factor since I'm on SS and somewhat disabled. I hope the filament is not too costly. I enjoyed your presentation on this machine. If I can afford it I will try it. I found you by accident and I'm glad I watched all of the video.
The A1 is about $200 and filament usually runs between $20-30 on average for your basic roll of PLA. Sometimes it can go higher if you want something more specialized.
Please check back in here and let us know how you make out. Im recently retired and on a fixed income as well. I am just getting into this but haven't made any purchases as of yet. Cost is a concern for me as well. Id like to use you a guinea pig, haha
The a1 fullsize is my first printer ever. I'm about a month deep into ownership and from others that have had other printers theyve been telling me they love theirs. Im having no regrets.
I don't print things very often. I feel a lot of that is because with ny Ender 3-V2, I've never gotten great prints out of it that really showcase what 3D printer can be. I'm a tinkerer and have already modded it, but I'm looking for something that will just work (once i learn the slicer), and you've sold me on this printer. Video was excellent and I am glad you highlighted the good AND bad in a clear and informative manner. Thank you
Thank you for mentioning that people would need to learn the software. It isn't gate keeping. That has been my barrier to entry and what I have been looking for when researching which printer would be beginner friendly. You are the only creator to have mentioned the software when reviewing how beginner friendly it would be.
I have been watching printer videos on RUclips for years, and almost hit the trigger on an Ender 3, but waited out the hype a bit and then lost intrest in it when people started having problems with them. When you peeled off that first coaster, I instantly fell in love again. I don't want the printer to be a new hobby, I want it to be a tool for all my other hobbys, and Bamboo labs seems to be there with this. Of course it comes at a price, but the price for buying another printer that doesnt do the job without tinkering and stands unused is maybe higher
In 2018 I got my first 3D printer, a Creality Ender 3, a glorious workhorse I upgraded in all possible ways. Then I got a Neptune 4 but I was no so happy. Finally I got Bambulab A1. It's on another level. 3D printing made easy. You feel immdiately comfortable in Bambu ecosystem. No tinkering, no worries... just print!!! Excellent build, affordable... I can only recommand it, to newbies but also to experienced. Thank you for you review, really effective and professional.
I have been looking at Bambu labs for a while so I have watched SO many video reviews. This is by far the most informative and well done reviews. There is an enormous amount of information that is presented so efficiently. Loved it!
I’ve had an Ender 3 for 5 years and I love it. Upgraded as far as it’ll go. What puts me off this and, say, the K1C, is the proprietary nature of the printer. Also most of these printers have a PCB in the head, and if these boards fail getting replacements sounds like an expensive experience. So, great when they are working, but fixing them and real upgrades (not just prints) sounds a lot more painful than a more traditional (older) printer.
This video is what got me to purchase the A1 Combo and used it for the first time today. I started with resin; the need for filament was for structural and large scale applications; the printer is amazing and I'm blown away by the quality. Thankyou for great, informative content like this, especially printing the shield and poop bin first!
This looks like we're finally getting to the stage where these are basically inkjet printers, and we can just pull them out of the box and click print for great results
And its good thing. I buy my Ender 3 May 2019. It works from box but was not reliable and need constant maintenance and tinkering. Fun as hobby but frustrating if you want to make functional part and your printer refused. Today printers like this are tools, not toys.
Yep. I came to this corner of the internet from another new hobby - locksport. I could totally see me dropping that in favor of this after already spending hundreds.
I just bought one of these thanks to your video. Thank you for this review, even though it was 40 minutes long it felt like so much less. I'm starting my 3d printing hobby, and I hope to get such quality prints as yours!!
Great video. One of the BEST I have seen on any printer and especially the A1. You did a very in depth look and explained everything as to why you made those statements. I do have one question/comment about the 'waste' portion. I also struggle whenever I do prints to keep the waste down and reduce the size of the purge tower and the flushing volumes. One of the things I never see is anyone ever making a comparison between multi-color waste in amount and cost versus the amount of effort and cost and waste that occurs when painting the model. Filament waste is 'permanent' and yes you can reuse brushes and bottles of colors of paint but it still has to wash the brush, some waste when changing colors and the amount of time in prepping the model and the materials and tools as well as clean up after painting. Again, EXCELLENT video and thank you for such an in depth and honest review.
so wished i had got the a1 sooner i feel so at ease with this printer and i have had many printers. been printing nearly 12 hrs straight and it has not let me down hi five to Bambu for creating a great printer x
This review and a few others convinced me to take the plunge and buy an A1/AMS, and I couldn't be happier! I've been printing for 6 years with an Ender 3 and Kobra Plus. The Ender 3 was fascinating as a hobby that more than paid for itself in all the household items and fixes I printed. I got the Kobra to reward myself for all the tinkering I had done on the Ender 3, and for a year was thrilled by the improved quality and low maintenance. Decided I wanted color, and went for the A1/AMS based mostly on your review. The way I feel about this printer reminds of the late 90s, when laser printers became affordable for home use - suddenly a whole world of fonts and formatting opened up, and we said goodbye to tearing the perforated strips off accordion paper. My first A1 project has been to print a large number of little plastic gears for a project for my daughter. My Kobra Plus had been doing great with these, but there was still a fair amount of post-processing - picking off threads, sanding and minor filing - and we're talking hundreds of gears. The A1 cranks these things out perfectly, ready to use, and so much faster. The surface finish on the metallic silk filaments I'm using is amazing - parts shine like actual metal now. I'm getting nicer results with 0.2mm layers than with 0.16 on the Kobra. In fact, the A1's precision is so good I've had to revise my designs a little, to remove the fudge factors I had built in to make parts fit right. This machine totally blows me away, along with the whole Bambu ecosystem. Many thanks for the super clear and thoughtful review and all the demos. You have a new subscriber.
I learned 3D printing with my Ender-3 four years ago. Now the Bambú Lab A1 will be my next printer. This one is a game changer definitely. Thanks for your great video.
Look, I don't usually comment but that was one of the most complete and comprehensive reviews I've ever watched on YT. That second part of the review was amazing. You are, in my opinion, one of the best reviewers out there. That was an easy sub for me. Well done. Cheers!
You sold me on this and I'm not dissapointed with it. I love the thing. I have an Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro modded with Klipper and this genuinely feels like so much less hassle.
I have had an A1 since February and I love it. It’s my 4th and 5th printer. Now my only printer. I have one correction for you. It does not matter on the hot end what color goes to what tube. It only matters on the AMS side and that is clearly labeled. Good video.
I can’t tell you how useful this video was. I really appreciate all of the detail that you provided for this printer, and the exhaustive testing. I’m now totally sold on this printer, as someone looking to get into the hobby without much friction. I also know that the little “finishing touches” you did to the droid were glossed right over but very much lot an easy process. This is the first video I’ve seen from you but I’ll definitely be checking out more of your content!
Blows my mind we've come to a point that a four color 3d printer can be had under $500! Zero personal interest in 3d printing, but have to admit, this is really cool. Thanks for the video.
So, i am new to watching your videos. This is actually my first. Your videos are so in depth and logical. Your analysis of the a1 is so good. Thank you! Very good video.
Idk if anyone has shared with you yet but it doesn’t matter which tube goes into which port on the AMS hub. The color/material is pulled based on the slot on the AMS unit not the slot the tube enters on the hub. 😊
Thanks for showing the printer in such vast detail. I've saved up enough for the Bambu Labs P1S and AMS combo over the past few months and planned to buy it on Black Friday. Although I started debating getting the A1 because the AMS lite can handle cardboard spools, the A1 printer combo is about half the price of the P1S combo, but I wouldn't be able to print some of the materials I've been thinking of. been weighing the pro's and Cons for a while but you went into so much depth into the A1 it answered all my questions. I'm Gonna get the A1 Combo! Btw I love your vids, I've gotten into prop making and when I get to a faster machine I'm gonna make a droid or two.
I have the A1 Combo setup and it got me loving 3D printing again. Its looks are really soft and nice. Functionality and ease of use is great. The print reliability and quality is top notch. Definitely worth the money. My only complaint is I just wish there was at least ONE Bambu printer that is 480-500mm volume.😂
Damn, it's amazing how far the technology have come. My Ultimaker 2 feels positively like a goddamn prehistoric fossil in comparison, and it costed more than 3 times this printer's price! It's only downside is a lack of enclosure, since PLA drools, ABS rules.
Thank you, that was a really good review. One of the best I've seen. I'm eagerly awaiting my A1 (Mini Combo as I won't be printing big things - even more priceworthy and at the moment discounted) 🙂. Anyway, new subscriber.
This 2nd year 3D print enthusiast appreciates your work here. Had the A1 Mini for a couple of months and am blown away by Bambu's infrastructure. Coming from initial learning with the Ender 3 Pro.
It amazes me how far advanced 3d printing has become. For the money, this printer seems to be a really good value for all it's incredible features and user friendly refinement. I have an old Anet A6 that I heavily modified and while it ended up producing some pretty good 3d prints, it cost me upwards of $1000 to get it to print properly and reliably. But alas, it's been sitting in my shop for 5 yrs just collecting dust. This little printer looks like a win.
As I understand it, it doesn't matter which line goes to which port, as the filament is pushed by the AMS Lite into the extruder gears. I've taken mine off to add a printed part, allowing me to keep the AMS Lite and external spool connected simultaneously. I didn't worry about which line went where except for orderliness.
As an absolute beginner with an Ender 3 pro collecting dust intimidatingly (lol), I appreciate this video and your take on it. Very good info and suggestions. Thank you!
I just started 3D printing and my first and so far only unit is the A1 Mini. The only experience I have is using my laser cutter/engraver. So, I was completely new to 3D printing. Now I am learning CAD and have created my own designs for brackets, SSD/HDD trays, and cable management clips. The fact even my prints come out needing so little clean up attention is amazing. After watching your video I learned a couple useful features that would help improve my prints even more. Thank you for the variable layer height section you shared and the using a heated iron to lightly melt the support edges. I personally have experienced zero stress learning how to use the printer or the slicer software. CAD on the other hand, a little stressful but interesting.
The worst part of 3D printing hobby was the stage where people forced themselves into believing that not only you need to pay money for the device itself but also spend countless hours adjusting it and wasting additional money on replacement parts when things go bad. We definitely need "straight out the box" solutions so that we can finally stop being slaves of endless tinkering.
to play devil's advocate, that process teaches a person how to fix their device by themselves which in itself might be something valuable for the hobby
I find that a lot of the type of people drawn to the 3D printing hobby are people who like to tinker with things including their new toy, the 3D printer itself. I started back in 2017 with the original CR-10 from Creality. By the time I was done with all the many changes, tweaks, and upgrades I got that OG Chinese printer making prints as good as my Prusa 3s. I personally think that it’s great that printers are getting easier to use and work more reliably but at the same time I will miss the ability to work on them and tweak them even if it was done from necessity in the past. I will miss the old days from the beginning of the hobby the same way I miss being able to work on my car. I love the fact that newer cars are so reliable and efficient but when I open the hood I don’t even know what I’m looking at!
@@lkibbler I started with an OG Bowden Tevo Tarantula, my current printer only has a 40% left of that Tarantula, and yes, while it's a good thing to have new printers that work out of the box, I simply laugh when I see people talking about "The proprietary filament works best with the proprietary slicer for the proprietary hotend of the proprietary printer." This whole hobby started with people using trimmer wire and building their printers out of scavenged elettronics, come on, you can afford to print a temp tower and a benchy to calibrate your profile for a new roll of filament. Meanwhile my Tarantula is out of service the hotend got loose and I had a leak that ruined it, (it was a genuine V6, totally my fault)... Oh noes... Whatever, give me a week and I will have a new setup up an running, it's a good excuse for yet another round of upgrades.
That exists. Qidi Tech. When I bought my Xmax in 2020. I unboxed it. Powered it up, install filament, and set Bed height. Next, send a file and let it go. Which it did, beautifully.
You sold me. I can't believe it's the same build volume as the X1. I've been 3D printing for years and I love my Artillery X2, but this sold it for me.
lock me in that ecosystem baby! its a great feeling knowing you can start a print and walk away to a finished print 97% of the time. compare that to my ender 3 that you would go through a quarter roll just trying to get a few layers down. 100% worth it
Vendor lock-in is not something to ignore, you should be coaching use of a system like this against what they restrict. These are easy to use, but we don't want 3d printers to be like the rest of the printing market.
So, after having my A1 for 8 months now, it was awesome at first, incredibly fast, very precise, and multi color. It was MILES ahead of my ender 3. Then came the failures...and the recall. I've replaced the extruder heater twice, the extruder once, and then the heated bed for the recall. I also had camera problems after an update that took MONTHS to resolve. I am not bagging on the printer, it is still the best thing I have ever purchased in my life, but a Toyota it is not.
That’s the best printer reviews I’ve seen in a long time. You do a great job talking though it all and the level of detail you go into was perfect. Well done!
Great video, I think you've helped me make up my mind on which printer I'm going with. Particularly loved the section on software / slicer halfway through. Fantastic advice!
Thank you for puttng out a thorough review. This supported my decision to buy. One week in, here are a coupole of set-up tips: 1. For the colorblind, if you get x-motor and z-motor errors at the start, swap the green and orange connectors (on the bottom) to the "other" orange and green port. Dark lighting contributed to the mix up. Differing shapes could help. 2. the AMS nozzle multi-plexer is port agnostic. You only really need to make sure that you connect the longer tubes to the far side, and don't need to be precise as to forward and rearward position. This is a cool hobby, but I want to find out recycling options for the waste.
I own an X1C, the failed prints I have had on it is either filament problems (breaks and clogs), or dirty buildplate causing aheadsion issues. And I have done multi-day prints on it and it just works.
Allow me to extend my most wickedly sincere gratitude for your peerless presentation on the Bambu Lab 3D printer! I have prowled through legions of lackluster reviews, wading through a swamp of superficial summaries and tiresome tech specs. Yet, your video rose above them all... most informative, engaging, and gloriously comprehensive!
I enjoyed this review. However, I think your assertion that people who buy one of these are "missing out" on something by not having to deal with inferior machines is misguided. I am a computer programmer by trade. I am not technically illiterate. The assumption that people should have to suffer through screwing around with these half baked models from Creality and Sovol in order to really understand 3d printing is not correct. What I hope Bambu moving into the more affordable printer range does is force these other companies to actually put out a product that at least reasonably works out of the box. There is no world where a machine should have to be manually leveled and have the Z offset manually set when one of the advertised features is "auto-leveling". These machines are filled with bad and lazy software. Bambu apparently put a lot of time in to the software to make it where the machine, after calibration, just works as intended out of the box. These affordable machines are going to bring a lot more people into the hobby, and they are going to force the other companies to do better, or shut down.
I am with you on that you don’t need to have a bad printer to learn . I started with a Tevo Tornado and still use it for the big print volume but I lost so much filament by failed prints. On the other hand I have a Elegoo Neptune 3 pro that never failed one print on 100+ prints so there are good cheap printers out there. But now I need this one for multicolored prints 😅
I've wanted to try 3D printing for years, but I think I will finally get one. I know I'll love it and have been doing a lot of research lately. Great quality vid, and being a Star Wars fan gives you an auto sub from me. lol
Have 3 dozen Enders, dozen and a half Prusa's, and I'm up to six A1's. Slowly replacing the Prusas before their second hand market price tanks even more. They were the most unreliable, finicky printers out of my whole farm. So far the A1's have been absolutely problem free.
Never had one before, got the P1S specifically to keep out dust and so my cats wouldnt jump on it. These printers are absolutely amazing. How engineering masterpieces like this are available for anyone to buy under $1000 is insane.
Thank you for great video!!! The way you explained everything and the details you went into excellent. I am new to 3d printing and my first printer was a Creality k1c. I have struggled with many issues with the printer itself and am working through them slowly but surely. I am 65 years old when I started this hobby this year and I loved the way you stressed the importance of learning the software. I want to print rc airplanes and you have given me great hope that I made the correct choice on ordering the A1 and can learn 3d printing. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge with us and you have a new subscriber!!!
Just wanted to say thank you for posting this video. I was on the fence about which printer to get and this one helped make that decision for me. I purchased the A1 Combo the next day. Your videos are all super helpful. I feel like I'm in the room with you getting a lesson. It is a major bonus to find another woman who loves Star Wars as much as I do as well. 😀
Currently I have a K1 and a A1 Mini. And I'm in love with the A1... so much easy to print. Never changed the default profiles on Bambu Studio. 90% of my prints are in the A1 Mini.
Looks like this will be my first 3d printer. Besides wanting to print everything from my childhood in the 80's (Airwolf, A-Team, Knightrider, Voltron ect.) Mostly Star Trek...I want to start printing parts for vehicle restorations. I'd start small but eventually want to buy a belt 3d printer for larger parts like a dash for my 84 Trans Am. Thanks for the VERY clear review describing it's capabilities and limitations. It solidified my choice on this product. I only regret it being a Chinese company. Really hope American companies invest in this tech and compete on this level. Thanks!
I have two Bambu A1 printers, and they are wonderful 3D printers for a new person wanting to get into the space. The phone app is easy to use, and the lab's tools are semi-intuitive. Good stuff...
Great video, thank you very much. Im currently looking for my first 3d printer and diving into the hobby. This video was very informative and i think this will be my first 3d printer.
Awesome video and that multi color Droid was EPIC! I'll be getting my very first 3D printer very soon. A Bambu A1/Combo. I've been consuming hours and hours of 3D printing videos the last few weeks. I cannot wait to start my 3D printing journey!
I just discovered your channel and must say I'm quite impressed! Your delivery is great and concise, pacing also. Video is top notch and your printer setup and printing are very helpful and enjoyable! As someone who has built several 3d printers from scratch and experimented with various multi filament methods, I think Bambu has really nailed it. The single extruder concept vs IDEX really simplifies the filament path! The actual cutting, purging and reloading the next color is brilliant. They have added an inteligence way beyond the norm with the use of MEMS sensors for achieving the ideal stepper control and frequency to minimize noise and vibration, super cool! Did you say that the printer had identified the filament colors while loading? Optical color spectrum analysis perhaps? I think out of all the 3dp channels I've seen over the past 10 years, yours is a cut above and now my favorite!
How the hell are there only 37.6K subscribers on this channel? This channel is more professional that ones with Millions of subs. Anyone? I'm so confused.
Thank you for an excellent review/introduction video of the A1. I am an old-time enthusiast with a lot of Creality time under my belt. I have not used a multi-color printer or any of the Bambu products. I have a K1 Max and S1 Pro and an older Ender3 Max that has been upgraded a fair amount. Nonetheless, I appreciate your time and effort in producing this video and commend you for your open-mindedness.
Really liked your video, I'm an on the fence beginner who may make the leap into a printer soon, and was really impressed with what you got working straight outta the box. Very different from my prior quick experiences with other peoples 3D printers.
Amazing results !!! Just bought mine thanks to a few mates. One told me it was SO MUCH BETTER than the crappy creality concepts.. he had the ender 3 V1, i had the CR10 V2 full of upgrades and we were always maintaining them for a few prints. Even with all the mods that make it more reliable it was still maintenance heavy and my hobby is 3d printing not 3d printer maintenance so it totally sucked my ambition out and it's parked since 2 years now. Can't wait to get it as all the reviews confirm what everyone told me, maybe i can capitalize on it a little i have a few ideas hehe
Been using an Ender V3 KE for a couple months helping my kids after they went to 3d printing camp. I dabbled in 3D printing several years ago when I fixed an old XYZ printer (yuk). We immediately got hooked and knew a multi-color printer was the next step. I've yet to see anything negative about Bambu and this AMS is the route we'll be taking if Santa is nice to them this year. ;-) So glad I came across this channel.
Great review, thanks. This is my first 3D printer for 8 years and wow, what a difference. I do think the camera is a boon. I get a refresh rate of about 3 seconds. Which is perfect to monitor it next door, whilst watching tv. You can also use the ams to print different coloured parts, at the same time, using part and not layer printing . With no waste.
Bought the A1 Mini. I now have two A1 Minis, the A1, P1S, and X1C. I could NOT be happier!!! Bambu Lab has changed the game. It's catch-up time for the rest.
@@arsalino1116 I can honestly recommend all of them. It comes down to your budget. The Mini is obviously the cheapest, but its small size may limit what you can do. Start with the A1.
Thank you for the very in depth tutorial. I do however have one issue. There are extruders to recycle your filament waste which almost fully halts anything going into a landfill. If you do this hobby it looks to me like that would be a must have tool. For reference I have never used one of these printers and YET I immediately found the extruders by searching during your video.
Been 3D printing for awhile now (several years), and I can honestly say buying the A1 printer is the first time where the printer feels like a tool, and not a project. Which is great, even if you're a tinkerer. I love to mod things, but sometimes I just want something that works as advertised, and this printer does that.
i mean..... i am a tinkerer
on my actual projects....
I love to mod... but my Ender 3 was a real pain in the ass (and still is). I had several problems from the start that took a whole lot of failed prints and modding just to get it to work. Then when I upgraded the hotend to print at higher temperatures, it hasn't worked right since. I have a new v6 hotend for it to hopefully get it back to working condition... but I don't feel like messing with it, because I've spent almost as much time working on it as I have ever spent actually printing with it. Despite the problems from the start, it did print extremely high quality from the start though. I just had problem with the bed/springs, problem with losing zero, z-axis problems and also tilting problems and had to go dual-axis, z stop problems, problems with maintaining temperature, a thermal runaway once despite having a new thermal runaway protected mainboard... and many other problems. It's just insane that Most of these problems are known by Ender, but they continue to sell defective printers regardless, when it would cost them very little to nothing to just fix them.
I tried 3d printing about 5 years ago and got one of those Prusa kits. It came with like 200 pieces and like 500 screws. I probably spent about 30 hours over a weekend assembling it. The next weekend I spent about 10 hours trying to get it leveled and calibrated. Then, I did my first real print which was a small figurine that took like 6 hours to print. After that I was like screw this. It looks like it's gone a long way since then.
I sold my Ender 3 V2 because I was sick of the work needed to maintain decent print quality. I am really tempted by this.
@@ProjeKtWEREWOLF Have had the A1 for months now and it just keeps printing with no issues. The price point is pretty good at the moment as well.
I would describe it less like a toy and more of an appliance. Coming from an old Ender 3 pro to the A1 series printers made me fall in love with 3d printing again.
I was the exact same way with my Ender 3 too. Even after adding bed levelling, I never printed as much as I wanted to because of the time it took for me to constantly deal with problems.
Man I had the exact same situation. I used to print on an Ender 3 and I had fun but slowly fell out of love with 3D printing. I picked up an A1 Mini and I’m having fun again and spending so much time just playing with it
damn straight friend. I find the ease of use to be so much better than my slower counter part printers. I have a anycubic mega S, monoprice mini select v2 and a ankermake m5c (the only other fast one is the ankermake)
I have upgraded and upgraded my ender 3, two of them. But its about time to move on. Always troubleshooting and never enough printing.
I still have the ender 3 pro and I'm thinking of getting this...
Our boys bought this for my husband for Father's Day. According to him, it's the greatest gift he's ever received. We absolutely love it. Worth every penny. ❤
As a newbie to 3D printers, I found this review very thorough, clear and honest. It has really helped my understanding of what to look for before purchasing a 3D printer.
I received my A1 mini yesterday, never touched a 3D printer before. I have already lost count of the number of prints I made, and all prints have been very useful.
Ofcourse I have also never used any other printer. But from a beginner's perspective: I am very, very happy with it.
Before purchasing the printer I asked a local dealer which one I should have. He has all brands and an expert on 3D printing for years. He advised the Bambu Lab in a heartbeat. "It'll be fun, trust me." Man, he wasn't lying.
You’ll be a guntuber in no time.
@@Kshthymyla i've mostly been printing body parts lol
How's the print duration for you? I've been thinking of building something big so I assume I'd have to print the pieces separately which will take a long time
Did you buy all the different colors? How much are they? I am thinking about buying my first 3d printer like yourself and this looks a very good price for a 3d printer. Any advice you can give would be great. PCG
@@DrabWeeds been anywhere between 20 to almost 5 hours in one go. I’ve printed almost everything you can think of on this 18cm build plate. The time is not the issue because the more expensive machines also don’t complete your work in seconds. To print anything bigger than a keychain will always take hours. Which is fine for me. Just start a print and go to work. And if you’re not going anywhere it is seriously very fun to just watch the robot do its work. I never get bored of doing that!
If you want to print duplicates of the same design, you can change the number of prints in Bambu Studio and the software will try to figure out a way to print several copies on the same build plate. That’s not difficult. The quality may differ but that’s something you always have to see to (and learn from).
I have just recently started making my own designs and this week I successfully finished a bigger project for myself. It’s a pan stand for Tefal steel pans and fry pans, holding 5 pans vertically in a row. I printed it in three parts that click together. I designed the connector myself, it was not difficult. The project came out working almost a 100% as I had imagined it should be. Keep in mind I’m still no expert by any means.
You can do this designing for yourself first without buying the printer and get the hang of it on beforehand. I use Tinkercad. It’s about as easy as Paint (not an overstatement). Just make a simple design and then export the STL file. The STL is what you will feed into Bambu Studio, which will slice it and send it to your printer. Good luck.
I want to say that you should keep making videos. So many people mumble through their presentations and speak so that you just can't understand them. Even when you speak quickly, you enunciate. Thus, your communication is effective. Bravo! By the way, the actual content was good.
I may be beginner and I just bought the same exact printer a week ago ago. It’s been so fantastic so easy to use and I can’t say enough good things about it. Totally worth the money. and this tutorial is next level easy to follow thank you
I am 67 and was an electronics tech but I only worked on hardware not software. So I know nothing about programming, 3d printing. But it looks like fun and would like to try it. Cost is a major factor since I'm on SS and somewhat disabled. I hope the filament is not too costly. I enjoyed your presentation on this machine. If I can afford it I will try it. I found you by accident and I'm glad I watched all of the video.
The A1 is about $200 and filament usually runs between $20-30 on average for your basic roll of PLA. Sometimes it can go higher if you want something more specialized.
@@SenseiJacksama Ok Sensei thank you for the info on the printer and have a good day.
@@SenseiJacksama Where are you getting an A1 for $200?? It's nearly $400 (with the current deal going on) and it's $498 with the AMS Lite attachment.
@@linkthelegend01 the A1 mini is $200. Apologies I didn't realize they were two seperate models when I initially posted.
Please check back in here and let us know how you make out. Im recently retired and on a fixed income as well. I am just getting into this but haven't made any purchases as of yet. Cost is a concern for me as well. Id like to use you a guinea pig, haha
As A1 owner, I think this is the best and honest review so far.
Amazing review. I bought an A-1 Mini and have watched DOZENS of reviews. Yours was the BEST. I can't believe your channel isn't bigger.
Is the plate size the only difference with the regular A1?
This video is just awesome, camera positioning, lighting, editing, the review itself, everything so well done.
Thank you!
Like everyone else has said, good video. It will definitely help with my purchase!
The a1 fullsize is my first printer ever. I'm about a month deep into ownership and from others that have had other printers theyve been telling me they love theirs. Im having no regrets.
I don't print things very often. I feel a lot of that is because with ny Ender 3-V2, I've never gotten great prints out of it that really showcase what 3D printer can be. I'm a tinkerer and have already modded it, but I'm looking for something that will just work (once i learn the slicer), and you've sold me on this printer. Video was excellent and I am glad you highlighted the good AND bad in a clear and informative manner. Thank you
Thank you for mentioning that people would need to learn the software. It isn't gate keeping. That has been my barrier to entry and what I have been looking for when researching which printer would be beginner friendly. You are the only creator to have mentioned the software when reviewing how beginner friendly it would be.
I have been watching printer videos on RUclips for years, and almost hit the trigger on an Ender 3, but waited out the hype a bit and then lost intrest in it when people started having problems with them.
When you peeled off that first coaster, I instantly fell in love again.
I don't want the printer to be a new hobby, I want it to be a tool for all my other hobbys, and Bamboo labs seems to be there with this.
Of course it comes at a price, but the price for buying another printer that doesnt do the job without tinkering and stands unused is maybe higher
I've never had or looked at 3D printing very closely, but after watching this video I seriously am thinking of getting one for myself.
In 2018 I got my first 3D printer, a Creality Ender 3, a glorious workhorse I upgraded in all possible ways. Then I got a Neptune 4 but I was no so happy. Finally I got Bambulab A1. It's on another level. 3D printing made easy. You feel immdiately comfortable in Bambu ecosystem. No tinkering, no worries... just print!!! Excellent build, affordable... I can only recommand it, to newbies but also to experienced. Thank you for you review, really effective and professional.
I have been looking at Bambu labs for a while so I have watched SO many video reviews. This is by far the most informative and well done reviews. There is an enormous amount of information that is presented so efficiently. Loved it!
I’ve had an Ender 3 for 5 years and I love it. Upgraded as far as it’ll go. What puts me off this and, say, the K1C, is the proprietary nature of the printer. Also most of these printers have a PCB in the head, and if these boards fail getting replacements sounds like an expensive experience. So, great when they are working, but fixing them and real upgrades (not just prints) sounds a lot more painful than a more traditional (older) printer.
This video is what got me to purchase the A1 Combo and used it for the first time today. I started with resin; the need for filament was for structural and large scale applications; the printer is amazing and I'm blown away by the quality. Thankyou for great, informative content like this, especially printing the shield and poop bin first!
This looks like we're finally getting to the stage where these are basically inkjet printers, and we can just pull them out of the box and click print for great results
And its good thing. I buy my Ender 3 May 2019. It works from box but was not reliable and need constant maintenance and tinkering. Fun as hobby but frustrating if you want to make functional part and your printer refused. Today printers like this are tools, not toys.
Great, now I want a new 3D printer.
Same. And I’m still waiting for my husband to recover from the laser I bought. 🤣
Same here lol
Yep. I came to this corner of the internet from another new hobby - locksport. I could totally see me dropping that in favor of this after already spending hundreds.
RUclips sure does get expensive...
I just bought one of these thanks to your video. Thank you for this review, even though it was 40 minutes long it felt like so much less. I'm starting my 3d printing hobby, and I hope to get such quality prints as yours!!
This is one of the best reviews I've seen. Just for reviews in general. You cover everything so well. Thank you.
Great video. One of the BEST I have seen on any printer and especially the A1. You did a very in depth look and explained everything as to why you made those statements. I do have one question/comment about the 'waste' portion. I also struggle whenever I do prints to keep the waste down and reduce the size of the purge tower and the flushing volumes.
One of the things I never see is anyone ever making a comparison between multi-color waste in amount and cost versus the amount of effort and cost and waste that occurs when painting the model. Filament waste is 'permanent' and yes you can reuse brushes and bottles of colors of paint but it still has to wash the brush, some waste when changing colors and the amount of time in prepping the model and the materials and tools as well as clean up after painting.
Again, EXCELLENT video and thank you for such an in depth and honest review.
so wished i had got the a1 sooner i feel so at ease with this printer and i have had many printers. been printing nearly 12 hrs straight and it has not let me down hi five to Bambu for creating a great printer x
This review and a few others convinced me to take the plunge and buy an A1/AMS, and I couldn't be happier!
I've been printing for 6 years with an Ender 3 and Kobra Plus. The Ender 3 was fascinating as a hobby that more than paid for itself in all the household items and fixes I printed. I got the Kobra to reward myself for all the tinkering I had done on the Ender 3, and for a year was thrilled by the improved quality and low maintenance. Decided I wanted color, and went for the A1/AMS based mostly on your review. The way I feel about this printer reminds of the late 90s, when laser printers became affordable for home use - suddenly a whole world of fonts and formatting opened up, and we said goodbye to tearing the perforated strips off accordion paper.
My first A1 project has been to print a large number of little plastic gears for a project for my daughter. My Kobra Plus had been doing great with these, but there was still a fair amount of post-processing - picking off threads, sanding and minor filing - and we're talking hundreds of gears. The A1 cranks these things out perfectly, ready to use, and so much faster. The surface finish on the metallic silk filaments I'm using is amazing - parts shine like actual metal now. I'm getting nicer results with 0.2mm layers than with 0.16 on the Kobra. In fact, the A1's precision is so good I've had to revise my designs a little, to remove the fudge factors I had built in to make parts fit right. This machine totally blows me away, along with the whole Bambu ecosystem.
Many thanks for the super clear and thoughtful review and all the demos. You have a new subscriber.
I learned 3D printing with my Ender-3 four years ago. Now the Bambú Lab A1 will be my next printer. This one is a game changer definitely. Thanks for your great video.
Great point on the slicer software. This is a tool and people really need to invest some time into learning how it works.
Look, I don't usually comment but that was one of the most complete and comprehensive reviews I've ever watched on YT. That second part of the review was amazing. You are, in my opinion, one of the best reviewers out there. That was an easy sub for me. Well done. Cheers!
Thank you for showing this printer in amazing detail.
You sold me on this and I'm not dissapointed with it. I love the thing. I have an Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro modded with Klipper and this genuinely feels like so much less hassle.
Without a doubt the best video on the A1 I have seen you have covered all the pros & cons with honesty. Keep up the good work. 👍
I didn't think I'd ever want to do multi-color printing until watching this video. Awesome color choices and they look amazing.
I have had an A1 since February and I love it. It’s my 4th and 5th printer. Now my only printer.
I have one correction for you. It does not matter on the hot end what color goes to what tube. It only matters on the AMS side and that is clearly labeled. Good video.
Hi.. good to know.. have you any experience with K1C, I'm confused between A1 and K1C as getting both for similar price
I can’t tell you how useful this video was. I really appreciate all of the detail that you provided for this printer, and the exhaustive testing. I’m now totally sold on this printer, as someone looking to get into the hobby without much friction.
I also know that the little “finishing touches” you did to the droid were glossed right over but very much lot an easy process. This is the first video I’ve seen from you but I’ll definitely be checking out more of your content!
Blows my mind we've come to a point that a four color 3d printer can be had under $500! Zero personal interest in 3d printing, but have to admit, this is really cool. Thanks for the video.
So, i am new to watching your videos. This is actually my first. Your videos are so in depth and logical. Your analysis of the a1 is so good. Thank you! Very good video.
Idk if anyone has shared with you yet but it doesn’t matter which tube goes into which port on the AMS hub. The color/material is pulled based on the slot on the AMS unit not the slot the tube enters on the hub. 😊
I was going to get the standard Bambu lab A1. You just convinced me to get this version.
Thanks for showing the printer in such vast detail. I've saved up enough for the Bambu Labs P1S and AMS combo over the past few months and planned to buy it on Black Friday. Although I started debating getting the A1 because the AMS lite can handle cardboard spools, the A1 printer combo is about half the price of the P1S combo, but I wouldn't be able to print some of the materials I've been thinking of. been weighing the pro's and Cons for a while but you went into so much depth into the A1 it answered all my questions. I'm Gonna get the A1 Combo!
Btw I love your vids, I've gotten into prop making and when I get to a faster machine I'm gonna make a droid or two.
A bit of electrical tape stretched around the rim fixes that cardboard spool problem.
I have the A1 Combo setup and it got me loving 3D printing again. Its looks are really soft and nice. Functionality and ease of use is great. The print reliability and quality is top notch. Definitely worth the money.
My only complaint is I just wish there was at least ONE Bambu printer that is 480-500mm volume.😂
Damn, it's amazing how far the technology have come. My Ultimaker 2 feels positively like a goddamn prehistoric fossil in comparison, and it costed more than 3 times this printer's price! It's only downside is a lack of enclosure, since PLA drools, ABS rules.
This is one of the best reviews of a 3 printer I have watched so far! Great job and I'm looking forward to see more of your videos.
Thank you, that was a really good review. One of the best I've seen. I'm eagerly awaiting my A1 (Mini Combo as I won't be printing big things - even more priceworthy and at the moment discounted) 🙂. Anyway, new subscriber.
This 2nd year 3D print enthusiast appreciates your work here. Had the A1 Mini for a couple of months and am blown away by Bambu's infrastructure. Coming from initial learning with the Ender 3 Pro.
It amazes me how far advanced 3d printing has become. For the money, this printer seems to be a really good value for all it's incredible features and user friendly refinement. I have an old Anet A6 that I heavily modified and while it ended up producing some pretty good 3d prints, it cost me upwards of $1000 to get it to print properly and reliably. But alas, it's been sitting in my shop for 5 yrs just collecting dust. This little printer looks like a win.
I just got this printer last night. First printer ever. 100% agree with your comments about the camera and build plate.
As I understand it, it doesn't matter which line goes to which port, as the filament is pushed by the AMS Lite into the extruder gears. I've taken mine off to add a printed part, allowing me to keep the AMS Lite and external spool connected simultaneously. I didn't worry about which line went where except for orderliness.
As Jack said, the filaments can go in any tube, it doesn't matter to the printer as they all come out the one nozzle.
As an absolute beginner with an Ender 3 pro collecting dust intimidatingly (lol), I appreciate this video and your take on it. Very good info and suggestions. Thank you!
I just started 3D printing and my first and so far only unit is the A1 Mini. The only experience I have is using my laser cutter/engraver. So, I was completely new to 3D printing. Now I am learning CAD and have created my own designs for brackets, SSD/HDD trays, and cable management clips. The fact even my prints come out needing so little clean up attention is amazing. After watching your video I learned a couple useful features that would help improve my prints even more. Thank you for the variable layer height section you shared and the using a heated iron to lightly melt the support edges. I personally have experienced zero stress learning how to use the printer or the slicer software. CAD on the other hand, a little stressful but interesting.
Fantastic walkthrough! So much information and really well paced!
The worst part of 3D printing hobby was the stage where people forced themselves into believing that not only you need to pay money for the device itself but also spend countless hours adjusting it and wasting additional money on replacement parts when things go bad. We definitely need "straight out the box" solutions so that we can finally stop being slaves of endless tinkering.
to play devil's advocate, that process teaches a person how to fix their device by themselves which in itself might be something valuable for the hobby
Ya we don't have time for anything in 2024. @@inoob26
I find that a lot of the type of people drawn to the 3D printing hobby are people who like to tinker with things including their new toy, the 3D printer itself. I started back in 2017 with the original CR-10 from Creality. By the time I was done with all the many changes, tweaks, and upgrades I got that OG Chinese printer making prints as good as my Prusa 3s. I personally think that it’s great that printers are getting easier to use and work more reliably but at the same time I will miss the ability to work on them and tweak them even if it was done from necessity in the past. I will miss the old days from the beginning of the hobby the same way I miss being able to work on my car. I love the fact that newer cars are so reliable and efficient but when I open the hood I don’t even know what I’m looking at!
@@lkibbler I started with an OG Bowden Tevo Tarantula, my current printer only has a 40% left of that Tarantula, and yes, while it's a good thing to have new printers that work out of the box, I simply laugh when I see people talking about "The proprietary filament works best with the proprietary slicer for the proprietary hotend of the proprietary printer." This whole hobby started with people using trimmer wire and building their printers out of scavenged elettronics, come on, you can afford to print a temp tower and a benchy to calibrate your profile for a new roll of filament.
Meanwhile my Tarantula is out of service the hotend got loose and I had a leak that ruined it, (it was a genuine V6, totally my fault)... Oh noes... Whatever, give me a week and I will have a new setup up an running, it's a good excuse for yet another round of upgrades.
That exists.
Qidi Tech.
When I bought my Xmax in 2020. I unboxed it. Powered it up, install filament, and set Bed height. Next, send a file and let it go. Which it did, beautifully.
You sold me. I can't believe it's the same build volume as the X1. I've been 3D printing for years and I love my Artillery X2, but this sold it for me.
lock me in that ecosystem baby! its a great feeling knowing you can start a print and walk away to a finished print 97% of the time. compare that to my ender 3 that you would go through a quarter roll just trying to get a few layers down.
100% worth it
Vendor lock-in is not something to ignore, you should be coaching use of a system like this against what they restrict. These are easy to use, but we don't want 3d printers to be like the rest of the printing market.
I can not just leave after watching 40+ minutes :) Thank you! This is a super review. Well explained, nice footage, so yeah, thank you ^^
So, after having my A1 for 8 months now, it was awesome at first, incredibly fast, very precise, and multi color. It was MILES ahead of my ender 3. Then came the failures...and the recall. I've replaced the extruder heater twice, the extruder once, and then the heated bed for the recall. I also had camera problems after an update that took MONTHS to resolve. I am not bagging on the printer, it is still the best thing I have ever purchased in my life, but a Toyota it is not.
Would you recommend it then? As a first printer?
Yes, I would. Despite having to change a few parts, it is still the most unbelievable thing I’ve ever owned in my life!
Is the combo worth or for a beginner?
It is
That’s the best printer reviews I’ve seen in a long time. You do a great job talking though it all and the level of detail you go into was perfect. Well done!
These came out so clean without an acid bath either, they look like they were injection molded parts. Color me super impressed!
Great video, I think you've helped me make up my mind on which printer I'm going with. Particularly loved the section on software / slicer halfway through. Fantastic advice!
Thank you for puttng out a thorough review. This supported my decision to buy. One week in, here are a coupole of set-up tips:
1. For the colorblind, if you get x-motor and z-motor errors at the start, swap the green and orange connectors (on the bottom) to the "other" orange and green port. Dark lighting contributed to the mix up. Differing shapes could help.
2. the AMS nozzle multi-plexer is port agnostic. You only really need to make sure that you connect the longer tubes to the far side, and don't need to be precise as to forward and rearward position.
This is a cool hobby, but I want to find out recycling options for the waste.
I own an X1C, the failed prints I have had on it is either filament problems (breaks and clogs), or dirty buildplate causing aheadsion issues. And I have done multi-day prints on it and it just works.
Allow me to extend my most wickedly sincere gratitude for your peerless presentation on the Bambu Lab 3D printer! I have prowled through legions of lackluster reviews, wading through a swamp of superficial summaries and tiresome tech specs. Yet, your video rose above them all... most informative, engaging, and gloriously comprehensive!
The bed leveling isn’t “excessive” if it delivers “easily one of if not the cleanest and most perfect first layer I have ever seen on a print” 😁
I'm here to echo all the complements on presentation and production of this review. Subscribed.
I enjoyed this review. However, I think your assertion that people who buy one of these are "missing out" on something by not having to deal with inferior machines is misguided. I am a computer programmer by trade. I am not technically illiterate. The assumption that people should have to suffer through screwing around with these half baked models from Creality and Sovol in order to really understand 3d printing is not correct. What I hope Bambu moving into the more affordable printer range does is force these other companies to actually put out a product that at least reasonably works out of the box. There is no world where a machine should have to be manually leveled and have the Z offset manually set when one of the advertised features is "auto-leveling". These machines are filled with bad and lazy software. Bambu apparently put a lot of time in to the software to make it where the machine, after calibration, just works as intended out of the box. These affordable machines are going to bring a lot more people into the hobby, and they are going to force the other companies to do better, or shut down.
I am with you on that you don’t need to have a bad printer to learn . I started with a Tevo Tornado and still use it for the big print volume but I lost so much filament by failed prints.
On the other hand I have a Elegoo Neptune 3 pro that never failed one print on 100+ prints so there are good cheap printers out there.
But now I need this one for multicolored prints 😅
I've wanted to try 3D printing for years, but I think I will finally get one. I know I'll love it and have been doing a lot of research lately. Great quality vid, and being a Star Wars fan gives you an auto sub from me. lol
Have 3 dozen Enders, dozen and a half Prusa's, and I'm up to six A1's. Slowly replacing the Prusas before their second hand market price tanks even more. They were the most unreliable, finicky printers out of my whole farm. So far the A1's have been absolutely problem free.
Im not trying to be funny but what do you do with all of them? That sounds like a LOT to someone just trying to learn about these printers
Never had one before, got the P1S specifically to keep out dust and so my cats wouldnt jump on it. These printers are absolutely amazing. How engineering masterpieces like this are available for anyone to buy under $1000 is insane.
One of these days I need to get a 3D printer, but I'm currently buried in a dozen something lasers 😭
Lasers are cool too! Except that you can only do live laugh love signs with them practically
@@raiden72 pretty much. I like my fiber laser for engraving blades though.
You can apply laser engraving on printed parts
@@JojoJogetyeah that’s one thing I would like to try too. A cheap laser Modul attached to my cnc router should be good enough.
Sp you are the supernerd
Thank you for great video!!! The way you explained everything and the details you went into excellent. I am new to 3d printing and my first printer was a Creality k1c. I have struggled with many issues with the printer itself and am working through them slowly but surely. I am 65 years old when I started this hobby this year and I loved the way you stressed the importance of learning the software. I want to print rc airplanes and you have given me great hope that I made the correct choice on ordering the A1 and can learn 3d printing. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge with us and you have a new subscriber!!!
Just wanted to say thank you for posting this video. I was on the fence about which printer to get and this one helped make that decision for me. I purchased the A1 Combo the next day.
Your videos are all super helpful. I feel like I'm in the room with you getting a lesson. It is a major bonus to find another woman who loves Star Wars as much as I do as well. 😀
Your video is the sole reason I just ordered one! Excellent video and I feel like I’m set up for success now!
Currently I have a K1 and a A1 Mini. And I'm in love with the A1... so much easy to print. Never changed the default profiles on Bambu Studio. 90% of my prints are in the A1 Mini.
Looks like this will be my first 3d printer. Besides wanting to print everything from my childhood in the 80's (Airwolf, A-Team, Knightrider, Voltron ect.) Mostly Star Trek...I want to start printing parts for vehicle restorations. I'd start small but eventually want to buy a belt 3d printer for larger parts like a dash for my 84 Trans Am. Thanks for the VERY clear review describing it's capabilities and limitations. It solidified my choice on this product. I only regret it being a Chinese company. Really hope American companies invest in this tech and compete on this level. Thanks!
I’m blown away by how clean the prints are and multicolour is so cool. This might be the one that I drop the hammer on.
I have two Bambu A1 printers, and they are wonderful 3D printers for a new person wanting to get into the space. The phone app is easy to use, and the lab's tools are semi-intuitive. Good stuff...
Great video, thank you very much.
Im currently looking for my first 3d printer and diving into the hobby.
This video was very informative and i think this will be my first 3d printer.
Wast is an issue, but what i like is the colours go into the print not just on the surface, even eyes they print deep into the model. Loved the video!
I had to watch the video twice. Once just to appreciate the items and the 2nd for the actual printer info.
This review was it for me, thanks I feel like this printer is an excelent choice. Loved the video!
Awesome video and that multi color Droid was EPIC! I'll be getting my very first 3D printer very soon. A Bambu A1/Combo. I've been consuming hours and hours of 3D printing videos the last few weeks. I cannot wait to start my 3D printing journey!
I just discovered your channel and must say I'm quite impressed! Your delivery is great and concise, pacing also. Video is top notch and your printer setup and printing are very helpful and enjoyable!
As someone who has built several 3d printers from scratch and experimented with various multi filament methods, I think Bambu has really nailed it. The single extruder concept vs IDEX really simplifies the filament path! The actual cutting, purging and reloading the next color is brilliant. They have added an inteligence way beyond the norm with the use of MEMS sensors for achieving the ideal stepper control and frequency to minimize noise and vibration, super cool!
Did you say that the printer had identified the filament colors while loading? Optical color spectrum analysis perhaps?
I think out of all the 3dp channels I've seen over the past 10 years, yours is a cut above and now my favorite!
How the hell are there only 37.6K subscribers on this channel? This channel is more professional that ones with Millions of subs. Anyone?
I'm so confused.
Thank you for an excellent review/introduction video of the A1. I am an old-time enthusiast with a lot of Creality time under my belt. I have not used a multi-color printer or any of the Bambu products. I have a K1 Max and S1 Pro and an older Ender3 Max that has been upgraded a fair amount. Nonetheless, I appreciate your time and effort in producing this video and commend you for your open-mindedness.
Really liked your video, I'm an on the fence beginner who may make the leap into a printer soon, and was really impressed with what you got working straight outta the box. Very different from my prior quick experiences with other peoples 3D printers.
Amazing results !!! Just bought mine thanks to a few mates. One told me it was SO MUCH BETTER than the crappy creality concepts.. he had the ender 3 V1, i had the CR10 V2 full of upgrades and we were always maintaining them for a few prints. Even with all the mods that make it more reliable it was still maintenance heavy and my hobby is 3d printing not 3d printer maintenance so it totally sucked my ambition out and it's parked since 2 years now.
Can't wait to get it as all the reviews confirm what everyone told me, maybe i can capitalize on it a little i have a few ideas hehe
Excellent presentation of this particular 3d printer. Thank you so much for your time and effort. You are appreciated.
Been using an Ender V3 KE for a couple months helping my kids after they went to 3d printing camp. I dabbled in 3D printing several years ago when I fixed an old XYZ printer (yuk).
We immediately got hooked and knew a multi-color printer was the next step. I've yet to see anything negative about Bambu and this AMS is the route we'll be taking if Santa is nice to them this year. ;-) So glad I came across this channel.
Great review! I was already looking to get the A1 (next week) but you made me confident that I've made the right choice.
Thank you!
Great review, thanks. This is my first 3D printer for 8 years and wow, what a difference. I do think the camera is a boon. I get a refresh rate of about 3 seconds. Which is perfect to monitor it next door, whilst watching tv.
You can also use the ams to print different coloured parts, at the same time, using part and not layer printing . With no waste.
This looks like an awesome printer.
I have a CR10 S4 which is great for large prints… but that printers quality looks amazing.
Excellent vid. To the point and edited precisely 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽. No fluff 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
Bought the A1 Mini. I now have two A1 Minis, the A1, P1S, and X1C. I could NOT be happier!!! Bambu Lab has changed the game. It's catch-up time for the rest.
which do you recommend most?
@@arsalino1116 I can honestly recommend all of them. It comes down to your budget. The Mini is obviously the cheapest, but its small size may limit what you can do. Start with the A1.
Thanks. Im a beginner, and its my birthday. I finally can get into the hobby. Subscribed so I can find out more
Thanks to your review, I now own a A1, I love it! have now had it about a week...
Fantastic video, extremely informative for someone who knows very little about the Bambu Lab system. I’m sold, thank you very much! 😊👍
Gosh, how did I not know about your channel before. What an amazing review, instant fan!
Best review of this product I've seen. Well done!
Thank you for the very in depth tutorial. I do however have one issue. There are extruders to recycle your filament waste which almost fully halts anything going into a landfill. If you do this hobby it looks to me like that would be a must have tool. For reference I have never used one of these printers and YET I immediately found the extruders by searching during your video.