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Do you know when the new printers come out from Bambo I heard it’s in October or November

Great video😍 Thank you! This really removed the anxiety.

very nice review

Thank you for your comprehensive review of these two printers. I was leaning toward the P1S as I hope to print ABS and eventually carbon filled nylon. The A1 is definitely enticing though. Could you please provide a link or information as to where you obtained the riser for the AMS? I see similar printables, but I like yours better. Once again, thank you for taking the time to go through the details of these two printers.

I don't which one to buy, please help me to decide

Great video <3

I am thinking that this will kill the consumer market and that it is on purpose so that onIy large companies will be able to afford usable 3d printers. This is a way to control the market to keep average people from printing what they want. The timing is suspicious with all the ghost gun regulation attempts. Instead of having to regulate printers, they are just using this companies patents to destroy the consumer market.

I started with Crealitys Ender 5 Plus.... Then a Kingroon kp3s to keep me printing while the Ender got BTT'd but that turned into a nightmare thats never ended. So I brought an A1 on its own as i dont need multi colour as a norm, The Bambu A1.... Its like jumping from a deflated Dingy onto a Jetski. Had the assistant tell me the X belt needed tightening and to lub up the screws and rails. Handy reminders thatll keep it smooth.... Although they do get a bit excited sometimes lol.

Don't be under any impression that bambulab is a small start up company, I love my P1P but I purchased stocks in stratasys today because it can only go up at this point. I'm hoping for a settlement or an acquisition

I seen you used diodes in your air assist upgrade, Are the diodes required? I seen another video and it says diodes are optional equipment but doesn't explain why.

My picture on my computer is orientated the same way yours is but it’s then engraving upside down and backwards. Any tips to fix? I can’t figure out how to fix it.

Bambulab is a patent troll. Stratasys is a patent troll.

So what printer does stratasys sell that’s on the consumer market? It doesn’t seem like they have a competitor if there is no printer people are using. My guess with Creality and Prusa, is they won’t be sued since they are foreign entities.

Prusa has been using purge towers for years.

I'm gonna patent air breathing mechanism and sue you all

The patent system was originally intended to protect individuals from large companies. The idea was an individual would patent an idea and could then go after a large company who stole their idea. Of course it has not been used this way for a long time. In my view most patents should not be granted. However the patent office cannot possibly review every patent properly so a lot of patents are approved when they should not be. The idea of a flexible build plate was probably novel enough to have permitted a patent. The idea of tape vs some coating should not matter. They probably had to make this distinction to get around the expiration of the earlier patent or the prior art of using tape. As for RFID tags in the spools, give me a break! Radio Frequency IDentification is in the name. The patent holder of the RFID device is probably getting a royalty for the sale of each device. The patent on using these devices in a spool should have been immediately denied because this is an obvious use of an already patented device. What other ways could this have been done? A bar code or QR code reader. Go really old school and use magnetic ink like used to be used on checks. Or even worse, just tell the software what you are using. Oh wait, we are already doing that for non Bambu filament. Patents these days are often used as bargaining chips. One megacorp contacts another and comes to a deal. Stratasys probably contacted Bambu and tried to get them to give them some money for one of these really weak patents. It isn't at all clear what will happen when going to court. In the worst situation I see Bambu losing in court and simply stop selling here under that name. Form a new company and rebrand all the products. Heck, this is China. You don't actually buy a product made by a company called Bambu. You buy a product labeled Bambu made in factories in China. Bambu can be thought of as a marketing firm for this purpose. Does the court where the suit is filed even have any jurisdiction over anything sold under the Bambu name?

An American-Israeli company.

Most of the 3D printing patents are dumb, because most of the technology already exist in other types of products. For example, a patent on better temperature control when 3D printing by using a in closed space. yeah no shit, captain obvious company, are you going to go after every oven producer to? It is basically the exact same thing, a in closed space with an electric heater.

The purge tower is configurable on the printers via software it's not built into the printer itself. So turning it off means no patent infringement.

This is stupid. I’m 200$ from buying my bambu lab and now what is going to happen? Will it shut down the software and brick the printer? Or should I buy a few in order to sell them later?

Boycott Stratasys!

As far as purge towers, BBL really doesn't use them. They use a Prime Tower that is not used in anyway as a purge. Thats what the Poop Chute is for LoL.

Time to Boycott Stratasys.

Stratasys is full of it!

what the heck is going on in this world ? why just why? i hope they dont patent of our home at least

Stratasys did not invent purge towers, but they do hold patents related to them. Purge towers, also known as prime towers, are structures used in 3D printing to manage filament changes, particularly in multi-material or multi-color printing. They help clean the nozzle of residual filament to prevent color bleed and ensure print quality[4][7]. Stratasys has been involved in legal actions concerning these patents. They have claimed patent rights over purge towers, among other technologies, in lawsuits against companies like Bambu Lab[3][7]. However, it is important to note that while Stratasys holds patents related to purge towers, they do not currently use this feature in their own machines. Instead, their professional and industrial 3D printers typically employ other methods for managing material transitions[7]. The concept of purge towers is not exclusive to Stratasys and has become a common feature in the new generation of desktop 3D printers that support multi-color printing[7]. Therefore, while Stratasys holds patents and has been active in asserting these rights, they were not the original inventors of the purge tower concept. Citations: [1] www.stratasys.com/en/about-us/history/ [2] investors.stratasys.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/418/inventor-of-fdm-3d-printing-and-co-founder-of-stratasys [3] www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1eo6z3r/stratasys_claims_patent_on_purge_towers_now_suing/ [4] arstechnica.com/civis/threads/stratasys-sues-bambu-lab-over-patents-used-widely-by-consumer-3d-printers.1502317/page-2 [5] www.stratasys.com/en/resources/blog/the-story-of-saf/ [6] forum.bambulab.com/t/potential-painful-blow-to-fdm-printing-in-the-us/92623 [7] 3dprint.com/312182/stratasys-vs-bambu-lab-a-3d-printing-patent-dispute-with-far-reaching-implications/ [8] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratasys Stratasys did not invent heated build plates for 3D printers. While Stratasys holds patents related to heated build platforms, such as US Patent No. 9,592,660, which covers heated 3D printing build platforms, the concept of using heated build plates is not exclusive to them[4]. Heated build plates are a common feature in many FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) 3D printers and are used to improve first-layer adhesion and prevent warping during the printing process[6]. The use of heated build plates predates Stratasys's patents, and they are widely employed across various 3D printing technologies and manufacturers. Therefore, while Stratasys has patented certain aspects of heated build plate technology, they were not the original inventors of the concept. Citations: [1] openpress.universityofgalway.ie/designingthedigitalworld/chapter/brief-history-3d-printing/ [2] www.rnd-tech.com/news/a-brief-history-of-3d-printing/ [3] www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1eo6z3r/stratasys_claims_patent_on_purge_towers_now_suing/ [4] 3dprintingindustry.com/news/stratasys-targets-bambu-lab-in-new-patent-infringement-lawsuits-232084/ [5] ultimaker.com/learn/the-complete-history-of-3d-printing/ [6] 3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/10683/why-keep-the-bed-heated-after-initial-layers-with-pla-or-petg [7] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratasys [8] xyzdims.com/3d-printers/3d-printer-history/ Stratasys did not invent support structures for 3D printing. The concept of using supports in 3D printing is fundamental to the process and predates Stratasys's involvement in the industry. Support structures are necessary in 3D printing to provide a base for overhangs and complex geometries that cannot be printed in mid-air. This concept is widely used across various 3D printing technologies, including stereolithography (SLA), selective laser sintering (SLS), and fused deposition modeling (FDM), among others[1][2][8]. While Stratasys has developed and patented specific methods and materials for support structures, particularly in FDM technology, they were not the original inventors of the general concept of support structures in 3D printing[4][6][7]. The use of support structures is a common practice in the industry, and many companies have developed their own approaches to implementing them. Citations: [1] ultimaker.com/learn/the-complete-history-of-3d-printing/ [2] www.iopp.org/files/IoPP_Central_Ohio_Chapter_-_3D_Printing_Webinar_Slides_13MAY21.pdf [3] openpress.universityofgalway.ie/designingthedigitalworld/chapter/brief-history-3d-printing/ [4] patents.justia.com/assignee/stratasys-inc?page=5 [5] patents.google.com/patent/US5503785A/en [6] www.stratasys.com/en/materials/materials-catalog/fdm-materials/fdm-support-materials/ [7] www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/stratasys [8] visionminer.com/blogs/articles/3d-printing-support-structures-explained

I think, that biggest problem is in Bambu lab way of patenting things are already in use.

I think at this point Bambulabs could most likely ride out the storm and sink Stratasys in legal fees anyway.

I believe the idea of losing IP if you don't defend it is mostly a trademark thing? I am not a lawyer though. But if that applies to patents than frankly they should have most of the listed patents invalidated, as things like heated beds are industry wide at this point. But they have an absurd number of them, I imagine that they can hold Bambu Labs in court for a long time if they want to.

They just want to be hated by all 3D printing Community. Just look up on those dates of that patents. - Additive manufacturing method for printing three-dimensional parts with purge towers | Placed on 2013 LOL - Heated build platform and system for three dimensional printing methods | Placed on 2014 - Method for building three-dimensional objects with extrusion-based layered deposition systems | Placed on 2006 - Three-dimensional printer with force detection | Again 2013 - Three-dimensional printer with force detection (second) | and 2015 Who the hell give them those patents? I dont know how accurate is chatGPT, but it says that heated buildplate was introduced in early 2000's and first 3D printer was build in 1983 by Charles Hull. So who and why give them those patents, i dont get it. Also using force detection by BLTouch i bet was introduced in <2013. They cannot patent things that was used by ppl many years before patent. They will lose for sure.

You're missing an important bit of context here. Some if not all of these technologies were in regular use in the industry and 3d printing community before Stratasys filed the patent. A patent should never have been granted and is therefore illegal.

Why don't Stratasys compete and come out with something better since they are the pioneer of 3d printing. Instead of spending money on useless lawyers, put that money into R&D. Competition is always good.

Stratasys is going to have a hard time defending why they have slept so long on alot of this stuff. It feels more like an intimidation tactic than anything. Theres also the fact that alot of this stuff has been created/worked out different ways than the original patent. Which is part of the way to get around patents when reverse engineering and creating clones/competing products. Which is something taken into account when deciding patent cases. For the most part this feels like FUD. It wouldn't surprise me if its tied up in the courts for the next 10 years, at which point the patents which some are close to expiring already, will be expired.

The parallel to this is Kodak. Kodak owns virtually all the digital photography patents. They waited until so many digital camera manufacturers were generating revenue, before they sued for infringement. Kodak reaped $400M per year from royalties. Stratasys likely needs/wants the revenue stream, so I’d guess they try to get royalties from all the violators.

I think that they are seeing that these small cheap desktop printers are starting to become capable of the same quality and efficiency as their high end machines, so they feel it is high time to crush the competition -- because if companies began to realize they could ditch their overpriced Stratasys for a $500 Bambu Lab they will lose a lot of money! A company like Stratasys depends on convincing manufactures that their machine is 1000x better than a $500 printer and that's beginning to not be true. It is truly a case of big business lobbying for themselves through lawsuits.

This lawsuit is just so dumb to me. I mean I understand having to protect your patents but these patents are so vague that they should have never been approved! Even when the patent's were approved, there were multiple 3D printer manufactures who used some of these features. I just think they should have to file lawsuits against every printer manufacture and not single out Bambu and if they don't, the lawsuit should be thrown out and their patent voided. They are just upset that Bambu has made 3D printing easy and relatively affordable compared to their overpriced machines. Its all about greed to me.

Bad move from Stratasys... i think

Lol. Now show all the nozzle options that you have for that bambu.

@directedt3ch This is great software. Been watching it for a few months now and I'm really close to adding this to my arsenal. Many of our customers would really appreciate this. The problem we're having is getting from a 2D photograph to 3D. Not sure how to accomplish this using Relief Maker because it's expecting an .STL or 3D variant. We have all the proper tools (Aspire, Adobe CC, Epilog Laser cutter, ShopSabre CNC). Any suggestions??

This scanner seems very promising for the technology it uses. Software is definitely one of those things that can make or break a product though so hopefully they have the resources to make it more user-friendly. That stuff usually comes with feedback from customers though. I haven't looked into many other scanners but the scanner itself does seem to go a great job. I can see this being very helpful for people not wanting to drop $1500+ on other models that use different technology. Great video by the way, I am really enjoying the new flow of the videos and the overlays!

Is it mac 🖥️ compatible? Ty for review.

A note about filament print speeds … if you have a well tuned printer like the A1, you can exceed these print speeds without any artifacts. For example, I usually use a PLA+ that is rated at 40-80 mm/sec and have printed successfully at 200 mm/sec with the A1. Use tests to determine what speed you can print your non-Bambu Lab filaments. One other issue I have is that filament print speeds are measured in mm/sec. What nozzle size is this for? Melting equal lengths of filament in a smaller nozzle should push out at a higher speed and a larger nozzle used at the same print speed will require faster heating. There should be 2 filament flow statistics instead. One for the printing speed limitation due to viscosity expressed as mm/sec max speed and a second one measured in mm^3/sec that indicates the melt rate range. When using non-proprietary filament, take some time to do fine tuning on overhang settings. The A1 seems to set the fan speed too low and overhanging deposits tend to warp upwards and threaten to dislodge the model when the extruder hits them.

Kind of unfair comparing an older design Prusa to a newer design Bambu.

Thank you for the video. Got me a lot of insight. I just bought the A1 today. I originally didn't think of buying any printer today. Just went to Micro Center for filament but then 15 minutes before I left the house I saw on their website that they were having deals on Bambu printers. I was kinda thinking of getting one for a while but wasn't serious about it as I already had 3 printers for what I needed them for. Just kinda wanted to try a multicolor printer. I brought money for a P1S but ended up bringing home an A1 after seeing them in person and asking questions and A1 seemed to fit my needs the most. I really like it that it's open for easy access all around it and easy to change nozzles kinda thing. Still stuck in my head though if I made the right decision since I didn't really have time to research before I bought it so I searched on UA-cam when I got back home and found your video.

greaat vieo ... but putting brushes on is a real pain!. understand why tou just did a few . reaally tight fit .

Great review, one of the better ones I've found. Do you know if when in the auto humidity mode it has any issues maintaining lower levels like 10%? Just curious how often it'd be turning on and off especially if the room humidity is a lot higher (like 70%)?

I really appreciate that you covered the noise levels of the printer. I think a lot of people like me are at first off put by the A1 when they first get it because they aren't used to how loud the cooling fans are on a high speed printer compared to say your regular bed slinger of yesteryear.

This is a very helpful video however I did have an issue that I have not solved as yet. We all the steps were complete and I started to run my test I see in your video that Lightburn has the air off on the low air part and on when it's going to high pressure air. My Lightburn has both air as ON. When I started my test the which should have been the low pressure air, the hight pressure air solenoid light was on. I took the air hose loose from the leaser head and connected a piece so I could easily monitor the air flow and the air pressure stayed the same. Any suggestions ?

Good review. Is the fan speed adjustable/does it change according to the "heating level"?

Hello. Can i use abs filament in a1?