BambuLab A1 Mini, testing with PLA, PETG, TPU. When to use AMS?

Bambu Lab A1 Mini is a fast and small bed slinger 3D printer. The working area is 180x180x180 mm. In this video it was tested with PLA, PETG and TPU materials. As a 3D printer for beginners, this video tries to explain when it is worth using AMS and when it is wasting a lot of materials.

Conclusions:
0:00 Introduction
2:16 Unboxing
3:22 Assembling
5:24 Turning ON, calibration
6:20 Benchy
7:40 Honeycomb organizer
8:15 3 colors Benchy
9:11 Flying toy
9:37 Screw gauge
10:02 Scraper
10:37 2 colors D6 dice
12:08 Bearing, 2 colors
12:37 Bearing, fill tool
13:25 Flush into object
13:47 Noise
14:07 Back to D6 dice
14:57 Two AMS examples
15:23 PETG
16:28 TPU
17:42 Conclusions

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[limpfinger]

This is my 5th printer. It is by far the easiest to use. It just WORKS. No leveling, no fiddling with temps, very minor adjustments for settings. I always struggled with PETG with stringing and zits and this machine doesn't care what brand I throw at it. It just prints flawlessly.

[radish]

I have an X1C and a P1S with 3, 700 hours print time between them. I picked up an A1 Mini with AMS and use it for PLA printing. Like you, 95% of my prints fit on the A1M plate. When I print models with many parts I print the large pieces on the big printers and send the smaller parts to the A1M. It works well and I like the happy notes it plays when a print starts or stops. 🎶😁

[thegrafxguy]

nice! i love my Bambu. after 6 years of diy printers and custom builds, the Bambu is a game-changer. i picked up a P1S with AMS and absolutely love it.

[ИгорьВасягин-лъ]

Hello, Igor! Thanks for the review! I would like to add. In addition to multi-color printing with AMS, it makes it possible to use supports from different materials, such as PLA and PETG. They do not fuse with each other and are easy to separate to create a perfect surface. Once you've tried it, it's hard to give up =) I printed on A1M with nylon (PA6), at 80 degrees Celsius the part does not come off the table using a border and glue. To print with nylon, you need a low speed and a layer height of 0.1 mm, then the part is less deformed

[djDuff]

Switched from Ender 3V2 to A1 Mini (without AMS) last month. After 2 years of tinkering my Ender, A1 Mini is so great to use. Regarding AMS - multi-color printing is nice, but even with all the tricks current waste is too much. I also think that A1 Mini is better as solo (without AMS) - as it is so compact.
If AMS is needed, I agree better to mount on full-sized A1

[Yunora]

I have 1x P1S printer and decided to buy 2x A1 printers when it was re-released. The price of x2 A1 printers with shipping is about the same price as 1x P1S with shipping. I was already intending to mount the AMS at the top and bought the additional screws from the Bambu Lab store without knowing that the new A1 printers ship with the necessary top mount screws. All the parts for the top mount were printed in PLA matte except for the lower half of the top mount that consists of 2 parts, those were printed in PETG. I cannot afford 4kg of spools falling on my print bed. I am happy with the Bambu Lab printers so far, coming from Tiertime UP printers, to Anycubic and Creality Enders.

[vaughanza]

I love the Bambu labs printers. I am hoping they can do a setting that there is no purge of filament, if you don't mind the mixing of colors when it makes a change.

[II]

With AMS A1 mini has a way bigger footprint than P1P with AMS on top. All in all great and beautiful looking little printer! 👍

[HackCausality]

The only really bad thing about the Mini is how hard it is to get the ptfe tube out if you want to print TPU. I feel like I'm going to break the thing, and none of the "ams splitters" work very well.

[BennyTygohome]

I've an a1 and a1 mini and love them both 👍🎉

[Denniss]

Instead of a purge tower where it's a wasted block of PLA, they should give an option to purge into a cloned file. For example: It will purge / make another dice as it purges but it won't be all fancy like the file you're printing with the dual colors. It's better than a block of nothing and you can paint it if you wanted to. At least make something useable out of all of that purged material.

[hakki]

Why u use my printer ? :) i have this one without AMS just as a start and to get compfty with 3d printing in general. If i like it i will get a bigger one with AMS in addition .Thank for your work

[hippopotamus]

Bambu have slowly been downsizing the free filament that comes with it. I'm sure they used to include full spools, then half spools, now just a thread of filament.

[AnonymousHippo]

Desk space measurement comparison between the A1 combo and A1 Mini combo. Thanks

[riba]

I have A1, and presliced 14m benchy came out perfectly, didn't have those poor overhangs like this one. I used polysonic filament, maybe that is a difference.
Btw I really like that printer, and imho it is better for pla and petg than P1 series because it has great auto flow calibration and single gear extruder that give smoother walls. Also quick swap nozzles are great

[emaboy]

Hellooo, I have a question. Have you ever tried to prim POM/Acetal or derlin, I've been trying but is too difficult, and don't obtain a good result yet, 😢

[liquidmetal]

I went with a1 mini with ams as ams isn't sold separately in India :)

[nigel]

i print abs at 80c and it stick fine that on my bambu lab P1S combo and my creailty k1

[benjaminjensen]

tTe bed can actually reach 100 C on the A1....but not A1 mini?
the 100 C for ABS is only needed for the first layer. so get your heat guns. 🙂

[Boz]

That quality is honestly disapointing. i tried slowing down more and more and realised these printers just dont give perfect quality. Entire surface is salmon skin because stepper resolution is low. Yeah it is better than old printer i had but waaay too overhyped