Watch This Before Buying the Bambu A1...

Today, we're taking a look at the relaunched Bambu A1 and exploring whether it ranks among the top bed slingers for beginners. The A1 boasts a bunch of impressive features that make it user-friendly, and it comes at a reasonably affordable price.

What do you think? Do you own one, or are you considering getting into 3D printing? Let me know in the comments below!

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[ubist]

It seems ironic to see everybody complain about the waste without questioning that they're printing 3d pokemons and cartoon characters.

[MyBrokenStuff]

A couple of things: First, there is an option called "flushing volumes" in Bambu Studio and Orca where you can lessen the waste. You can also print the waste to an STL if you want to add an extra item on the plate that you don't care about the colors of (I print the waste to screw driver bit holders). You can also print the waste to the infill of the objects you're printing. There are also more efficient nozzle profiles and updates coming from Bambu to reduce waste. You'll never get rid of all of it, but you can greatly reduce it. It's also important to note that the waste is the same if you print 1 item or 10 of the same item.
My favorite advantage of the AMS is that when printing PLA you can use PETG as your interface layer between the supports and the item you're printing so there is very little waste and the support basically just fall off.

[nicolaslavigne]

If you are printing something small, you can print in multiples on the same plate and you will save in filament. 1 change for many vs 1 for 1

[rogerwa]

I started my 3d journey with a Biqu B1. Lets just say I learned a lot about repair, tweaking, upgrading, and Cura settings. Moved to a Ender 3 Pro ( got it at Microcenter for $99. I just had to buy it). Learned more but that was pretty bullet proof after the upgrades. But slow. I just got the A1 a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. I also love the Bambu studio for the most part.

My grandkids love all the neat little things I can make for them. One of the downsides is that you go through filament a lot faster ;-).

[anthonyflynn]

the apple/android analogy is actually pretty spot on

[TwoMooseDesign]

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[VadersFirst]

I got an A1 Mini and loved it so much I got 3 A1s. Now they’ve been great workhorses and have paid themselves off for a while. My next investment now will be to start getting X1Cs so I can be a bit future proofed and use other materials. Also nice not having to worry about temp and breezes

[DadsRCGaragePNW]

I have the x1c. I saved for month. Decided after going thru 3 different printers having to tinker with stuff isn’t in my time frame. I LOVE how easy it was to set up. I love all the sensors and how smart it is. Only issue is learning fusion which I am doing slowly. Managed to make a bracket and 2 different fridge shelf’s so far.

[jamesmoreno]

I’m totally going to try printing those crocs

[shanold]

I just got one and It works really well, with it being closed source I'm worried for when they force some BS but so far so good....

[BeamBros.]

PETG would be better for your car. No doubt its gonna heat up and possibly warp, but the UV resistant properties of PETG as well as the heat resistance would be a more logical choice.
About the AMS waste, You can drastically cut down waste by playing with the flushing volumes. The default 1.0 is waaay too much. Upon my month of usage, I have found a range of 0.30 - 0.50 is the "butterzone" dependent on color pallatte. There is also another method bambu is working on for a firmware update, it will soon retract some of the filament before cutting and starting the purging thus wasting even less. Another way to help make it not as wasteful is to print several models in the same print. A prime canidate for that would be the pikachu.
Something you should have also done for the new users watching this video (good job btw!) was to enable the dynamic flow calibration. It truly does a great job. Will be good for the user who just wants to print without doing manual calibrations.

[CodyMartin-qz]

Was it just me or when going over the multi-color printing you had the X1C selected in the slicer?.. The AMS Lite changes colors slightly faster due to not retracting the filament as far like the AMS. Also like others stated, due to defaulted flush volumes the amount of waste will differ per user if actually calibrated which essentially brings down the waste to nickel amounts (depending on colors)

[Happydprinting]

I’ve got an x1c, P1S, a1 and a1 mini, the one I would recommend is the A1 as the maintenance and nozzle changes are far easier if you don’t intend to print abs/nylon. All multi material single extruder printers poop like crazy, Bambu just got there ahead of the rest to understand the problem. Now creality, phrozen and Elegoo are but some to jump onto the poop production wagon.

[kiptoa]

i love that monster on the filament poops

[enosunim]

I have 'older' machine with wheels, and actually I think they are great! What maintenance do they need? I just use Ender 3 for two years and more and never touched those wheels after I set them up. What 'little' frustration is it about? What can give you a big frustration is maintenance of rail carets. You will understand when you will have trouble with those. = )
As for color printing, when it changes from certain layer, you can print that on any printer which support filament change on the fly. For example... Ender 3 = )
So AMS gives automatically color change. Also you actually can reduce waste percent, for example add some figure which does not depend on any color, and use it as 'waste' tower. You will get a usable 'bonus' item which you can use or sell. But it should be tall enough for the last color change takes place.
Thanks for honest review. Not everyone cares about opensource, but it is a good point at least to inform people of what this device allows to do with it.
As far as I know there is an opensource firmware for X1, if I am understand correctly it is X1Plus. Bambu was not very fond of it, but after all they allow to use it in exchange of loosing warranty(which will end in a year anyway). So at least for X1 there is some alternative software. But hardware is in big question. Also I heard on some markeplaces there are already alternative components, but not all of them.
I personally prefer Ender 3. 'cause it supports filament change, load and unload, filament movement sensor, and who knows what else? You may say 'But my XYZ printer also supports this'. OK, but I want you to remember Ender 3 is already more than 5 years on the market. And new features are still available (because of Marlin firmware and opensource structure).
But of course you will need to spare some time to set it up, may be to debug and fill a bug report.
Luckily now people who just want to pay to print can just -place order on 3d farm- buy a Bambu printer.

[TheGnthreman]

Bought an a1 mini last week and I love it over my ender 3. So I bought the x1c and another mini. Better to have it (x1c) and not need it than not have it and need it.

[jojomondo]

I love my A1. It was the first printer I ever got besides my resin one and it’s so fun so much so I decided to buy the A1 mini so I can print multicolor stuff and then print bigger stuff on the A1.

[szymusiek]

About that one element loose after missing power. You can skip objects using phone app (so other on plate can finish). Usefoul when there is something wrong with one on plate (multicolor = print many to reduce cost of purge).

[virgiliod.]

I like a printer that has it's own recycler, after all some chose to 3d print to save money.

[RegularInternetUsers]

I have a p1s, and i really hate the waste. I use the AMS to print multi part prints with multi color, but never color paint. I print by object, layered to minimize switches, or print by plate. Almost no waste.