Is this the end of Prusa? Bambu Lab A1 Mini + AMS Lite

Bambu Lab just released their new A1 Mini + AMS lite. Could this be the final blow to Prusa?

Buy the Bambu Lab A1 Mini Now:

_____

_____
On this channel, I show you how to design and 3D print practically anything. The videos on this channel are mostly how-to videos and are not necessarily designed to be entertaining.

3D Printer Academy mission:
"A 3D printer in every home, school, and business."

____
The world's most practical 3D print: Thread Boards

[SlujM]

I’m a huge Prusa lover, but Bambu Lab takes the W now

[zakariakhamees]

Every 3D printer company was sleeping until Bambu Lab came out of nowhere. I am thankful to bambu for bringing innovation into the hobby at these prices. I think Prusa is done for now until they come up with something interesting.

[judd_s]

The reason they put “not recommended” is because people will not accept the term “supported”. This is a way to fend off the incessant e-mail enquiry.

[TechBuild]

Prusa making their Mini faster with a firmware update recently seems more than a coincidence. Also, that ESP01 board at $6.9 is very expensive. It can be easily bought online for around $1.5.

[lancefrancedance]

I'm glad that Prusa as well as the 3D printing industry is getting a huge wakeup call with Bambu. I had a terrible experience with the Prusa Mini, so much so that I sold it out of frustration. This A1 has caught my attention and I most likely will be purchasing it once its fully released.

[lxjmwoh]

Prusa been sitting comfortably for way too many years... And now they are being clowned on by Bambu. It's kind of sad in a way, but they did it to themselves by not being more innovative and staying ahead of the competition. I love Prusa's Printables website, and I appreciate the foundation and the slicer they helped build, but they need better printers at a more affordable price to stay in the printer game. I think it is time they give up on marlin and move to Klipper.

[Niclord]

Bambu Lab's Not Recommended filament is that those filaments needs an enclosure to use (+ even a filament dryer). Same goes for Prusa mini.
Prusa slicer is based on Slic3r by Alessandro Ranellucci.
Other brands use mostly a version of Ultimakers Cura.
I like Prusa and Bambu lab. Still have the MK3s+, mini, BBL X1CC and now ordering a A1 Mini. It brings a good competition which is good for the wallet and innovation.
For example: If the Prusa mini can handle fast print speeds then why has it been so slow all these (3) years?

[prodeous]

How did you give material to bambu, while they themselves stated that they dont recommend most of it..

[mariehertz]

Thank you so much, I now don’t have to resist the temptation to order

[gabrielescholz]

From the first day they announced it, I knew it was going to be a mini machine similar to the prusa. So glad I heard these clues.

[nashrn]

The Prusa is now quite expensive but don’t forget production (a lot of it) and design in the eu compared to china, reachable support and upgradability. We‘ll see how it is with the Bambo, I’ll wait a while. Actually forced to wait cause there will be no 299 version for a long time

[hamoodhabbi]

I was about to buy the prusa mini, but then I saw this. Thank you

[Gigaloader]

I'm always amazed by the amount of cheerleading going on in the 3D printing space. Why not compare the brand new A1 with a 10 year old printer instead of the 4 year of the prusa mini?

[jessikasankt]

Its maximum acceleration appears to be 10 m/s^2, rather than the 20 m/s^2 of the p1p and X1C. Not sure if this will make a noticeable difference

[Dprintyou]

Excellent review and your opinion on the new bambu. I have to agree 110% with what you are saying. I really think that Prusa is out of their league with the new printers coming out, not just from Bambu. So tired of all the Prusa fan boys that just can't accept the new reality. For too long Prusa has just sat back and done nothing innovative except continue to put his picture on everything they offer. Great video!

[ntrancedffs]

So if you don't need a large build area you can buy two BL A1s for the price of one Prusa Mini if you don't need multi color (and who really does that often). I have more Prusa printers than BL but give it another year or two and that equation will change, 3d printers are just tools for a job. If BL bring out a larger corex-y anytime soon they will have all three of Prusa filament printears beat on specs, speed and price. I was, and probably still am, a Prusa "fan boy" so to be clear I'm not saying Prusa are to "blame" - it is just a fact of life. All companies and tech has its day, and Prusa will be just fine.

[LilApe]

Everyone been saying "riP pRuSa" for the last 1.5 years...and yet here they are still selling out printers left and right. Their MK4 launch was sold out in under 3 mins. And them releasing input shaping for their mini just confirms one of the many reasaons why people buy their products, they continue to support their machines years past its launch. Remember when bambu lab discontinued the base X1 just because it didn't sell as well as the X1C? That only took like 2-3 months. Well I guess now they will discontinue both the P1P and X1C since the P1S out sells both.

[jolanderz]

Will the combo fit together on a LACK table/in a LACK enclosure? I'm only finding measurements for the printer, not the AMS lite.

[elmonni]

prusa fanboys coping hard in the comment section 🤣🤣🤣

[DPrintingbuilds]

Prusa used to be my favorite but they got too greedy 😢