Hi everyone, I’ve been looking at 3d printers and not sure which one to aim for anyone got any recommendations on a good entry level?
Been looking at creality and bambu lab what else is out there these days?
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If Bambu is in the budget go for it. Haven’t had a single issue since getting the x1 carbon (almost 2 years) and it just works like a consumer product rather than something you need to fiddle with. Started with Ultimakers and I hardly touch them anymore.
The AMS also makes material switching and multi-material prints so easy.
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Nice, the A1 looks to be more realistic for me
+1 for Bambu
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+1 for BambuLab.
P1S or X1 model with AMS.
AMS:
These are good printers. Unpack and off you go.
//Rolf
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Bambu seems popular why is that? Reliability or ease of use?
I can attest to both of these. Reliability: it says that one should re-grease the Z-axis rods every 2-3 months. I haven’t done so in the last 5+ and they’re still perfectly fine.
In terms of ease of use, it can be as simple as hitting slice and sending to print.
And the Bambu Handy app (odd choice for an app name but I digress) allows you to view the progress of the print whenever, so I sometimes set something off and go out to meet friends or something, and then I can check on it while I’m out at dinner.
Just great value for money over-all.
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The P1S has a large print size, good resolution and high speed for the price.
It is ready to print, right out of the box.
I’ve managed to print some very tall prints with thin walls and no support or infill.
Printing really fast has changed my design strategy. I can print, test and re-model several prototypes in the time it would take to print one model on a crealty.
I’m sure there are better printers out there, but for the price, I am impressed, especially compared to printers from only a few years ago.
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I own the Bambu A1 w the AMS system. It is, to date, a trouble-free workhorse. It is very affordable and perfect for helping teachers with modeling for 3d printing. bk
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I cannot recommend Elegoo Mars and Saturn enough, especially the Ultra versions with the tilting that reduces suction.
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New bambu:
$1899 Standard
$2199 with AMS
$2799 with laser 10w
$3499 with laser 40w
Pretty amazing. Would not want to be laser cutting with that thing though, the “filter” system doesn’t impress me… Lots of toxics in that smoke depending on what you cut.
Pushing the 3D printing of a bike helmet seems pretty irresponsible.
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I was in a similar position last december, trying to decide between creality and bambu
I ended up going with Creality Ender 3 V3 because I was worried about the close system of Bambu Labs, given that 3D printing only got to where it is now after the open source community embraced the cause.
They since have changed some stuff that got people mad and say that they will be locking a bit more of the system for “safety reasons”, from that to charging subscription for its apps is just two steps away.
I did like the option to get AMS with the Bambu A1 however, I did not like the amount of wates that it generates and I decided to get the E3V3P for the openness and because I plan to get one of the open source multi filament systems going in the future, since they include a few better solutions that waste less material (filament is kinda expensive here in South America)
Now about the printer I got, it is freaking amazing, almost no assembly required, everything working fine straight from the box, using their creality print slicer (just changed to Orca Slicer this week to try to test some other features)
The plus is nice because I was able to print one of my boat projects in a 1 to 200 scale without needing to glue stuff together. The printer is fast, reliable and no brainer. I do not use their app on the smartphone because I don’t need too, but I did test sending a print from my phone while I was at work and it worked like a charm.
So yeah, most people spoke about bambu labs, but Creality last generation is at the same level without the shady stuff that I bet in 3 to 5 years will become a subscription system.
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