I've done the ender dance; never again. Too much tuning required, and even then not the most reliable printers I've had. I have two A1s and an A1 mini and they've been excellent and reliable.
@@anthonylong5870 Ender 3 is 220x220x250 IIRC; it's been a while since I stopped using mine, but I remember for sure it wasn't as big as the A1. Less than 9" for sure. Also, the A1 is still $489 for the combo, the A1 mini combo $349. They kept the discounted prices going after the sale. Don't take any of what I'm posting as combative; just trying to inform.
The waste of the color tower it prints is a lot, along with the poop rolls it spits out when using multiple colors makes me not want the ABS, just print in one color and paint when done. for smaller things it wouldn't be bad, but you can waste more filament on the color tower than you use in a print and that is crazy.
@ToastyDIY I noticed that mostly on the A series, but I've seen them on the x1 as well. Their software makes it just keep the z height on the back of the build plate, but....still better than most bed singers for everything else. That webcam placement and FPS is pretty bad as well, overall though its a competent machine. Great vid BTW, no criticism on the vid, just the filament loss.
Not a bad printer it's a pain for the repairability and upgradability because of it being proprietary. Not to mention the waste of multi filament printing.
I thought that too, but bambu has a comprehensive wiki for repairs, and parts are cheap and readily available. I've had no issues with the four bambu printers in my house. Nozzle swaps are about the only real maintenance I've done.
@@NWGR 99% of the time parts are NOT available from Bambu. They are not cheap, are very difficult to remove and replace, they use this stupid alan key screw setup and a weird waffle cable thing. I also see something REALLY sketch about your post. You say "Ive not had any issue getting parts and they were cheap" but then you say "Ive never done any repairs on my 4 Bambu's"....VERY hard to know about repair parts if you never had to buy any
watch your video. the sound is broken. cracks and pops. like you have a broken cable on your headset (except i am wireless and don't have the issue with anything else other than your video) and it's the reason i am not watching the rest past 1 minute. wich is sad because it looked like it was going to be the better video out of the options
Super cool we just bought this week for my nephew as a group gift. He has started printing already.
What does he print?
Love watching your vids man! I got the P1S, A1 mini and the A1 and love them so much!
Honestly for 450 bucks, not bad at all, prob a couple Ender 3 from second hand could still be more useful but for larger prints this is awesome
At $489 is closer to $500. Still very cheap for what it is, but let's stay completely honest without distorting it.
I've done the ender dance; never again. Too much tuning required, and even then not the most reliable printers I've had. I have two A1s and an A1 mini and they've been excellent and reliable.
It doesnt do larger prints....And it is $549 for the A1, the A1 mini is $399 wih the color ams lite
@@anthonylong5870 Ender 3 is 220x220x250 IIRC; it's been a while since I stopped using mine, but I remember for sure it wasn't as big as the A1. Less than 9" for sure.
Also, the A1 is still $489 for the combo, the A1 mini combo $349. They kept the discounted prices going after the sale.
Don't take any of what I'm posting as combative; just trying to inform.
@@NWGRI would 100 percent agree I’m getting rid of my Ender 3 and replacing with this
Hey did your box include the 4 spools of filament or did you buy that separately
i just got one and its worthy lol. so many sensors
The waste of the color tower it prints is a lot, along with the poop rolls it spits out when using multiple colors makes me not want the ABS, just print in one color and paint when done. for smaller things it wouldn't be bad, but you can waste more filament on the color tower than you use in a print and that is crazy.
Honestly I'm not totally sure why it did the color tower. It hasn't done that on my P1S or the X1 Carbon lol.
@ToastyDIY I noticed that mostly on the A series, but I've seen them on the x1 as well. Their software makes it just keep the z height on the back of the build plate, but....still better than most bed singers for everything else. That webcam placement and FPS is pretty bad as well, overall though its a competent machine. Great vid BTW, no criticism on the vid, just the filament loss.
Not a bad printer it's a pain for the repairability and upgradability because of it being proprietary. Not to mention the waste of multi filament printing.
Yeah, its really not as good as the Any Cubic Kobra 3 combo at $449
@@anthonylong5870 still proprietary printer with very little upgrade path and still only having to use any cubic parts.
I thought that too, but bambu has a comprehensive wiki for repairs, and parts are cheap and readily available. I've had no issues with the four bambu printers in my house. Nozzle swaps are about the only real maintenance I've done.
@@anthonylong5870 The kobra 3 AMS is nicer, the printer itself is still a fair bit behind the A1 in terms of features and reliability.
@@NWGR 99% of the time parts are NOT available from Bambu. They are not cheap, are very difficult to remove and replace, they use this stupid alan key screw setup and a weird waffle cable thing. I also see something REALLY sketch about your post. You say "Ive not had any issue getting parts and they were cheap" but then you say "Ive never done any repairs on my 4 Bambu's"....VERY hard to know about repair parts if you never had to buy any
Hello!
watch your video. the sound is broken.
cracks and pops. like you have a broken cable on your headset (except i am wireless and don't have the issue with anything else other than your video)
and it's the reason i am not watching the rest past 1 minute. wich is sad because it looked like it was going to be the better video out of the options