Bambu Lab A1 Mini 3D Printer Review!

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We test and review the new Bambu Lab A1 Mini, the new entry-level FDM 3D printer. With features inherited from its older Core-XY design siblings, this bed slinger is extremely speedy for its size and has its own multi-material filament switcher option that makes multi-color prints more accessible. Here's how its prints compare to the X1C and what you should know about multi-material printing.
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@tested Год назад

Bambu printers and related products at Matterhackers: www.matterhackers.com/store/c/3d-printers/bambu-lab?aff=7553 Disclaimer: Tested may earn an affiliate commission when you buy through the links here. Bambu Lab A1 Mini: bambulab.com/en-us/a1-mini Dancing Fox: www.printables.com/model/560551-supportless-cute-dancing-fox-figurine-remixed-for- String Rain diorama: www.printables.com/model/563912-safe-from-the-rain Flexi Jabba: www.printables.com/model/390761-jabba-the-hutt-articulated Wolf Mask: www.printables.com/model/71266-wolf-mask

@user-mz6qu3hz6m Год назад

You can save a lot of poop by turning on “purge into infill” and then increasing the infill, and you get the bonus of having a stouter print. It will still poop, but it will poop less. You’re just moving Some of the poop into the model.

@sabotage3d Год назад

Where is that option?

@nellynel1233 Год назад

That's smart!!!

@user-mz6qu3hz6m Год назад

@@sabotage3d if you just hit the little magnifying glass in the settings panel, search for ”flush.” I said “purge” but Bambu calls it “flush.” There are three useful options-you can flush into infill, flush into supports, or even flush into a separate object. So if you have a model whose colors don’t matter, you can use it as the purge block or in addition to the purge block. All of these settings will reduce poop.

@bozthescrewup410 9 месяцев назад

Can’t you also use a second model as the wipe tower? Even though it may look crazy it’d be better to have a weird looking part over a tower to just toss.

@AimlessSight 9 месяцев назад

Poop?

@SirBlastalot Год назад

I just clicked for the fox

@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power Год назад

Not "just" but it was an important factor.

@PoserOtaku Год назад

It's a very cute fox

@nareik8017 Год назад

Same

@SharkSkull Год назад

I misclicked

@bakedbeings Год назад

💯

@joesjunkgarage 9 месяцев назад

I’m getting back into being a maker as it’s now phrased today! I’ve been inventing, and or making unique tools, items to solve problems since I was a young man back in the 80’s! I started watching “TESTED” from the start. I’ve always appreciated Norm’s style of reviewing things! He has the ability, gift to provide sage wisdom that is clearly understandable to the masses!

@Noeland Год назад

Thank you Norm for bringing 3D printing content to tested. Your coverage of printers and files sites is appreciated.

@dustydesigners8657 Год назад

Bambu needs to start a filliment recycling program

@Repkord Год назад

Great overview! I love the idea of including practical project kits with the printer to remind people that these machines are tools and not toys despite their appearances sometimes.

@Csimon2429 Год назад

Definitely want a good 3D printer that doesn't need a bank loan to acquire. This and a CNC machine are top on my list for my shop.

@Ilostmycactus Год назад

Ok that rain print is really cool.

@preferredimage Год назад

Woah black Betty.... Bambu Lab.

@SnowflakeCharles Месяц назад

🥇

@SirPoonga Год назад

I think as a single filament printer this looks good. With the AMS lite, it is very wasteful and takes up a lot of desktop space. For single filament it is going to give the Prusa Mini a run for its money. Now that the Prusa Mini has input shaping it would be interesting to see a side by side comparison.

@sober667 11 месяцев назад

agree - multicolour there are better options but single colour is hard to beat

@gavingross2174 11 месяцев назад

The AMS benefits the single color prints as well. You have 4 different filaments loaded. So instead of swapping colors print to print, you just select which single color/material to use and avoid the headache of swapping out. Definitely takes up a ton of desk space though.

@sober667 11 месяцев назад

@@gavingross2174 yeah but if I aim for that I would rather have one of big brothers footprint is comparable with AMS unit on top and on top of that you can daisychain them up to 16 colours

@gavingross2174 11 месяцев назад

@@sober667 I have a P1P, but ordered one if these because I don't need the full print volume for a vast majority of prints. Less heat, less power consumed, technically a little quicker on the small prints like a benchy. I don't mind yielding the desk space for this printer. And daisychaining normal AMS' your going to run into even bigger footprint issues

@sober667 11 месяцев назад

@@gavingross2174 for sure we at work use 2x X1c with 3k hoirs of printing between them no AMS I totaly can see your point still for that many colours there are not many other options aspacjaly reasonably easy and relaible

@jesseburson 11 месяцев назад

Pro tip. Use the extruded material as packing cusion when shipping items. Perfect.

@Mary_tian 11 месяцев назад

Waste material?

@marwinthedja5450 Год назад

The first thing that came to my mind, before you even mentioned the sound calibration feature, was "Man, that thing is _quiet_ !"

@mururoa7024 Год назад

Geesh, at $300 this printer is a steal. The perfect Xmas gift!

@Schwift3D Год назад

Or you could get 2 ender 3's 🤷

@mururoa7024 Год назад

@@Schwift3D Are you kidding? I got better things to do than become the tech hotline for the person I intend to gift it to.

@Schwift3D Год назад

@@mururoa7024 No 3D printer is immune from trouble shooting. and people who can't be bothered to trouble shoot get tired of it or just stop using it after a few months. least with an ender 3 you can upgrade the components and still save money (not to mention print much bigger parts) but to each their own.

@mururoa7024 Год назад

@@Schwift3D Hmm, I don't think so. Our company has 34 Bambu Lab X1C so far, and we're replacing our older printers with a X1C every time one dies. We're done with the "cheap that you can upgrade" but which costs us too much down time. So naturally when I saw the A1 it only made sense.

@Schwift3D Год назад

@@mururoa7024 I'm talking about first printers for beginners. Lol A $1,000 printer had better come with less issues than a $120 printer. But still stand by my statement that every printer needs trouble shooting at some point. Just a fact that something needs tweaking or replacing down the road. Not arguing that a more expensive printer can take less effort to fix.

@Baldavier Год назад

Why does it need a purge tower if it's already doing purge poop?

@miahi123 Год назад

It's not required, but it's on by default in the slicer so many users leave it on by mistake.

@Koushakur Год назад

@@miahi123 Just by the look of things I think it might help to ensure the nozzle is fully primed

@Oliver1071 Год назад

@@Koushakur Yup that's why it's called a prime tower and not a purge tower.

@paintballercali Год назад

The tower makes sure the nozzle doesn't have any strings and is clean. The poop keeps your tower from taking up too much room in the bed.

@Shinkaze33 11 месяцев назад

Thank you Norm, I apprecaite you highlighting the proprietary aspect of their software and hardware, that says a lot of where they are going with their product line. That likely works for some, but I am personally looking for an open ecosystem so will keep looking for something that can do ABS, CF and maybe a little larger.

@Mary_tian 11 месяцев назад

How do you explain open ecosystems? Is the device compatible with more materials?

@Spencer323200 10 месяцев назад

@@Mary_tian For me that means a system that isn't strictly controlled by one company. Buying this now is essentially betting all of that money that Bambu labs will not screw you over down the line. What happens if they go out of business/ or decide to shut down their cloud service? What happens if you need a different hot end but they have raised their prices to be far higher than they should be? Open systems may have a bit more setup than a system like this, but in the end will likely last longer, either from a repair standpoint or a support standpoint.

@Rudgged 5 месяцев назад

@@Spencer323200that’s a lot of what if’s

@trsfc1595 11 месяцев назад

This printer will be ideal to add to my collection, all the car parts I print will fit on this buildplate, looking forward to ordering, when available

@ankasgaming 7 месяцев назад

What type of parts are you printing typically?

@trsfc1595 7 месяцев назад

@@ankasgaming Rallye Historique

@ChrisPirillo 11 месяцев назад

17:47 - that's my Baby Yoda model on MakerWorld! :)

@UncleJessy Год назад

Omg that Fox Model 🤯🤘

@shizzywizzy6169 Год назад

2:43 The printer seems good but you can really see the flaw in the cantelever design. The extruder's linear rail is sagging heavily on the left side. Sure abl will compensate but it doesnt inspire confidence in the longevity of the design.

@LilApe Год назад

It sags because the build quality is shit and uses bearings/rails with sloppy tolerances. Typical Poor build quality as all bambu lab printers.

@NorwayVFX 11 месяцев назад

@@LilApe Tell me you have you never used a Bambu machine without telling me you haven't used a Bambu machine. No cantilever design will ever be perfectly sturdy, and this is a super early pre-production machine. If it prints fine like this then does it matter? If you want to see something wonky look at the Prusa Mini cantilever machine with plastic parts instead of the steel and aluminium Bambu used.

@LilApe 11 месяцев назад

@@NorwayVFX Owned a P1P that was DOA basically. Dead stepper motor in just 10hrs and took a month to get a replacement. Tell me you never owned a prusa without telling me you never owned a prusa

@NorwayVFX 11 месяцев назад

@@LilApe Have you seen the sh*t Prusa is delivering recently??? The Prusa Mini just got a rushed firmware update that bricked a bunch of machines. MK4 with firmware bugs, non-functioning touchscreen, released without functioning input-shaping, weird print artifacts and poor quality printed parts. XL is taking years to deliver, $500 ''fully-assembled'' option still requires hours of assembly, also has badly printed parts, many faulty heated beds, almost impossible to get the tool-heads perfectly calibrated, no enclosure or chamber, super slow print speed. I've owned a MK2 and MK3, and had the XL pre-ordered for a while. Those early machines were great value and way ahead of other hobby machines but the got lazy and fell way behind. They were known for awesome support but that is lacking now as well. People buy $3000+ XLs that arrive faulty and when contacting support they get told to just fix it themselves. Bambu support is absolute ass indeed but Prusa aren't that much better nowadays, and Prusa's products are garbage compared to the competition. They got too comfortable being the top dogs and stopped looking at what the competition was doing.

@kevinhansen5145 9 месяцев назад

Yo Norm you don't need a purge tower and you only need to purge about 65 percent of the amount that it does stock with the poop. i waste a little over a quarter of print weight with amazing results. No mixing in the colors if you just take a little time to tune the purge amounts.

@MrDrakeSirlit Год назад

That fox is one of the cutest prints I've seen.

@saveriovenezia6158 Год назад

The umbrella is impressive!! 9:01

@wekster Год назад

Good review! Thanks for including my Jabba model :D

@rainmannoodles Год назад

So nobody is commenting on Bambu Lab's extremely user-hostile privacy practices? And what about their contempt for open-source contributions to the projects they've ripped off?

@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power Год назад

Do tell.

@Voyajer. Год назад

Not surprised that former DJI employees continue their same practices elsewhere.

@AlbertoMartinez765 Год назад

How can you steal Open Source? Also the average consumer doesn't care about the politics or ethics of a product they just care if it works. See Apple

@Chrobrzak Год назад

@@AlbertoMartinez765google: GPL violation

@spencerlange125 Год назад

You don't think youtube and facebook privacy policies are just as bad? Because bambu privacy policy is standard business practice. Nothing in it is out of the norm. Every other company collects the same data on you. And they also sell it to 3rd parties so that hackers and governments can buy it from data brokers and spy on you. This stuff happens in nearly all companies, not just bambu lab. And if you think they are under the thumb of the CCP, there is not a single large corporation in america that is not in the same position. If the US gov wants your data from any company or service you use, they will get it. I promise you that. US government, most world governments, are not any better.

@mikebal7777 6 месяцев назад

can't wait for other companies to get into this more mature multi color FDM printing.

@mickobee Год назад

Is all that scrap plastic from the one build? That looks like a crazy amount pf wasted filament

@Daan_Music_ Год назад

Ya that looks bad, it is a major thing putting me off. With no way to recycle filament it is a big no from me.

@RetroDaddyPH Год назад

It's true, but in retrospect, this is actually low waste compared to previous iterations. Hopefully they can make it even better.

@dil6969 Год назад

It's pretty normal for a multi-color print where there's color differences at every layer. It has to purge filament otherwise you will get a nasty blend between the exchanged colors. Granted, you can reduce the purge filament quantity significantly in the settings, often with no degradation in color rendering. It's why I generally don't do multi-color prints very often, and when I do, I try to keep the color changes per object rather than per layer.

@PeterBrockie Год назад

I don't know if the software supports it with the A1 Mini, but their other printers can actually use the purge tower plastic and print an object with it. If you want to print something with jumbled colors where it doesn't matter what it looks like, you can at least use the purge tower.

@mvadu Год назад

Add the wipe tower as well..

@TheVFXAssault 4 месяца назад

100% Can confirm horizontal banding is WILDLY less prominent on the A1 or A1 Mini. I've since switched over my print farm to A1 Minis and two A1s, the layer consistency is incredible.

@spooky2466 Год назад

Can you set it to purge more from the nozzle instead of having a purge block? I thought that the whole point of that so you dont need a block

@scottthecrazy Месяц назад

I love mine so far. I'm new to 3d printing. Size is a problem but the price was good perfect for me.

@andrewcastiglia9548 7 месяцев назад

You can reduce the large amount and the tower size as you see fit. Different colors and filaments purge out of nozzles differently so it's all tuneable.

@funnysay2404 2 месяца назад

Why do I even need that tower? It seems to me, that the printer is pushing out so much filament, that the color already completly changed. Could I just don‘t print the tower?

@andrewcastiglia9548 2 месяца назад

@funnysay2404 even better you can set the printer to purge to the infill this basically eliminates the tower altogether while increasing print time as the layer geometry changes with each color purge. It also requires sufficient infill space to accommodate the amount of purge.

@funnysay2404 2 месяца назад

@@andrewcastiglia9548 oh cool, that sounds really good. Thanks for answering so quickly, thats very nice of you😊

@andrewcastiglia9548 2 месяца назад

@funnysay2404 if you look it up there's several videos from a lady explaining how to optimize or eliminate the poo and the purge tower.

@Deathbyfartz Год назад

i can't help but wonder if they already have more machines planned for the A1 series, since they use the mini on the end. also i think you could get away with just using the poop shooter for color change, can't see why it would also need a purge tower at the same time.

@seljd Год назад

It's because Prusa mini

@malaythakkar8772 Год назад

They mentioned this was the first of the A1 line

@footbal.edits.1324 11 месяцев назад

Could you please compare this with the elegoo Neptune 4 pro, I'm looking for my first printer and I don't know what I should get.

@Geologist_Mike 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the banana for scale. That makes it a lot more understandable.

@brooksmatthewjohn Год назад

I don't like the fact that Bambu is building a walled garden like Apple, it's the antitheses of what it means to be a maker IMO

@mwells67401 Год назад

I just recently got a Elegoo Neptune 3 max but live in an condo what would your possibly recommend for an enclosure for that? I am not good at wood working btw. Love the Bambi labs stuff might get one of these for smaller parts. I will most likely be using petg the most as I want to make a life size robot. I have been concerned with breathing plastic parts etc. Awesome review! Love your content.

@jasoncombs3232 Год назад

Bamboo is knocking it out of the park! Although I would rather paint my prints than waste all that filament

@skywardsoul1178 Год назад

Multiple heads is the way to go to avoid waste. Either toolchanger or Idex. Just ends up being more expensive and limited to how many heads you have. The amount of waste here just isn't worth it to me either, damn.

@saulrecktom5310 Год назад

@@skywardsoul1178your right....prusa xl 5head will purge all over this thing.

@skywardsoul1178 Год назад

@@saulrecktom5310 Definitely, though there is quite a price difference. This wouldn't produce so much waste if it was a less complex model and it was optimised for minimum wastage.

@malaythakkar8772 Год назад

@@saulrecktom5310i mean thats a complete different market, $500 vs $2000

@boboscurse4130 5 месяцев назад

Such a marvel of engineering, but they couldn't come up with a better poop situation. LOL

@JonE5FPV Год назад

Great overview, hope to review on my channel soon!

@bonniewyke1750 5 месяцев назад

Very thorough review, thank you!

@WMARUoriginal Год назад

It's really remarkable to get something like this at this size, quality, and price. Really amazing.

@vd853 8 месяцев назад

I have the A1 Mini for a while now, been printing almost 24/7. It is not as good as my P1P, but prints are similar enough. I do find the mini AMS to be much more reliable than P1P AMS. The problem with the A1 Mini is that the bed moves, so prints often gets thrown off the bed and makes adhesion more difficult. The AMS mini also have problems. The machine will not push filament in and will print in mid-air unless you push it pass the first tube which is often difficult to do manually because it keeps hitting something inside. There are not enough colors in the screen to pick my filament color so my prints comes out in different colors because I was confused with the settings. It also causes filament to tangle often because it is difficult to insert the filament from the bottom and I would accidently drop the strand and insert it the wrong way which tangles during print. It also doesn't turn off after a print job. I use an outlet timer to turn it off but sometimes the printer gets stuck and the timer keeps running so the print suffers from power loss.

@SneakyJoeRu 11 месяцев назад

I have X1C+AMS and I'm thinking of getting this mini without AMS just to print my DND minis. Or maybe handle it to wife so she starts learning... idk, I just want it.

@tbip2001 Год назад

Very surprised at the price. I expected it to be more

@ClarkyMalarky 9 месяцев назад

Got one for camper travel for quick fixes on crappy made products. Will use a silicone mat for sure from what I’ve heard

@Mongo63a Год назад

How about accuracy? not all of us use printers to make toys.

@aiyouwocaonimade Год назад

I wouldn't worry about it.

@danhyde7501 11 месяцев назад

Came to this video to see what the speed comparisons were. Considering it costs not a lot more than an ender 3 in the big scheme of things. 15% more than x1 is still like half the time of my ender 3 probably

@johngrouse 10 месяцев назад

Couldn't help but notice, but is the X axis arm bending down/not level with the bed? Is that correctable with a few screws or does the unit's bed levelling correct for this during printing?

@SomewhatAbnormal Год назад

I like that BambuLab is trying to appeal to entry level users, but I wish this was a CoreXY machine because I’d buy it. I just bought an X1 Carbon after years of working with a bed slinger and I love the smaller footprint of the Bambulab machine.

@cunty Год назад

if you want a corexy machine then just upgrade to the p1s

@SomewhatAbnormal Год назад

@@cunty thanks, great info.

@cunty Год назад

@@SomewhatAbnormal okay sarcasm. not trying to be mean or anything but. why complain about a non-corexy machine being not corexy when there are lots of corexy options out there. i'm assuming the majority of the price savings on this machine are from it not being corexy. if you made this corexy it'd basically just be the p1s.

@SomewhatAbnormal Год назад

@@cunty it's not a complaint, it's a comment about the new offering. If the machine were CoreXY, I would buy it because the format seems to be superior to Cartesian when it comes to accuracy. Since it's not, I'll just stick to what I have which is the X1 Carbon. I want to expand on the printers I own, but I don't want to go back to a bed slinger even if the price is attractive. I've owned a Cartesian "bed-slinger" for about 4 years so the more I print with a CoreXY, the more I see that it's a superior way of laying down filament. As far as it being basically the PS1 - it's really not. It's 76mm smaller in all directions which makes it perfect for smaller parts which I print a ton of. Were this machine CoreXY, the footprint would have been even smaller and perfect for my shop. Anyway, just because I have an opinion, it should not be taken as a complaint. Rather, it's my feedback on the new offering. And since I've already invested heavily in the Bambulab ecosystem, I feel it's okay to have an opinion.

@SomewhatAbnormal Год назад

@@cunty also, the sarcasm comes from you informing me that I could just buy something else. I 100% realize I could just buy something else, but that's not the topic of conversation. The topic was the new machine, and I gave my opinion of the new machine.

@lesterkakepetum2586 Год назад

What do you do with all that scraps ? Do you just throw it away, with that scrap pile , looks like you would have been able to print few of those

@lwo7736 Год назад

I bet that scrap represents about 30 cents of filament

@dirediredude Год назад

Yes 99.9% of people throw them away. Multi color printing is certainly fun but it's a pretty huge turnoff for me. Always has been for this very reason.

@janellegodin2934 Год назад

@@lwo7736there are purged ends and the layer tower. I bet you there is more scrap wasted than the final weight of the fox. It's way more than 30 cents of waste.

@wildhogget69 6 месяцев назад

Man that AMS is so big defeats the object of having a mini

@prebenhansen9846 Год назад

I can understand the poops, but why does it need a purge tower as well? I think it was mentioned in another review that you can turn off the purge tower, do you know if that is true?

@deadlyapollo Год назад

You can turn off purge tower, you can also adjust how much waste is actually extracted. Doesn't look like they did either of these for this print....

@dannonyogurt98 Год назад

@@deadlyapollo Probably for the sake of the video to show the print in the best possible light. More waste makes a better print with cleaner lines and no bleed over. Problem is that its aimed at newbies so I think most people will leave the default settings making it the most wasteful products I've ever seen.

@NoizieWorks Год назад

the sheer amount of waste is mind boggling

@garydurn7983 Год назад

Commercial viability seems to be off the table 🤔

@TheDustyShed 11 месяцев назад

If you are printing with only one filament there is very little waste. This demo is a practical example of changing filaments every layer. Is there another printer doing this without the waste?

@TheDustyShed 11 месяцев назад

@@garydurn7983 not really. You just charge accordingly for the time and filament needed for the project. The alternative is sanding, priming and painting. If you are charging for that kind of manual labor, this is far more efficient. Just be sure to recycle.

@NoizieWorks 11 месяцев назад

@@TheDustyShed true, but the way prusa is doing it on there core xy is A LOT better with waste by using dedicated print heads.

@TheDustyShed 11 месяцев назад

@@NoizieWorks When you look at the price difference, this isn't a reasonable comparison. The money saved on this bambu printer vs cost of waste is more than most people will ever make up with that Prusa. Then there is the issue of availability. If you order the Prusa today it might be delivered in June next year, so 8+ months and $4K from now. The A1 is expected in 5 weeks for $500 for 85% of the capability with far less complexity than an extruder swapping system. The size difference is obviously a benefit to the Prusa but for most the smaller printer is plenty adequate for what most prints need. Anyway, now is an exciting time for consumer and enthusiast 3d printers. Both of these machines are large jumps forward from just a couple years ago. It is good for us all. Take care and enjoy it.

@JD_Presents Год назад

Thanks for the info and great review.

@jeanneobryan5675 Год назад

What is the model that is briefly displayed at 20:27 of the video? I am impressed by the small printer, but I do have my concerns. Bambulabs is not friendly to open source, the amount of waste is significant, the cantilever looks like it may become a problem in the future because of no support, and may become easily damaged or unusable after prolonged use. I do like the spare build plate, and the small footprint for single color prints, but the AMS makes the Mini printer suddenly so much larger, and won't fit in a small space. I do like to faster build speeds.

@elchavode6479 7 месяцев назад

And now it can catch on fire 🔥

@michaelmcbride809 Год назад

Curse you Norm! One more thing I "must" have. Thanks for a great review.

@gergerflarg Год назад

If that pile of purged filament AND the purge tower is just from that fox and not from prior prints....man. thats a major turnoff for this printer.

@reservoir_flow Год назад

Well, thats what happens is you have multiple color changes per layer. You can either choose to not have purged filament, only purge to infill or swap the tower for another print object of more use, just like any other MMU

@bobpancakes6075 Год назад

The stock settings are ridiculous generous with purge. Some people have cut it to between 50% to 75% with no color bleed. Unless you get a printer with multiple extruders, there will always be waste.

@MadStyle1911 Год назад

if that turns you off, then any other MMU will turn you off as well, they all do the same thing, a lot of the waste depends on how complex and how many colors you have on your prints.

@llllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIl1 Год назад

in addition to what others have said, you can also make the filament purge inside the infill

@gergerflarg Год назад

@@reservoir_flow I know that multi-material will inevitably have waste, I just mean that the sheer print-to-waste ratio seems very extreme on this printer specifically. Things like the Bambulabs X1 and the MMU2 from Prusa I've seen prints from and they rarely have a massive pile of "poops"

@Mitsuolevel Год назад

Id still get a prusa mini, support with babu is 💩. Also a lot of code is prusa code anyway

@NorwayVFX 11 месяцев назад

Because Prusa support has been sooooooo good lately...... They literally just rushed out a firmware update for the Mini that ended up bricking a bunch of machines.

@ethobbyshow Год назад

Tell Adam to check the voltage on the switch next time he plugs a printer in lmao

@GheorgeVieira 10 месяцев назад

thaks for the review Kaká Grafith, I love your songs.

@Skylax-o7 Год назад

Norm reviews are great !

@kevchua67 3 месяца назад

I'll wait till Bambu comes out with a less bulky design. I just dislike the idea of having the 4 filament rolls sticking out like that. 😊

@chuckmccollim Год назад

Great review!

@SAOS451316 Год назад

Proprietary software only, 'cloud' operation, cantilevered hot end, and double the material waste? Any of those is an instant 'no'. That's a tiny build volume for the footprint and a lot of money for a multi-material setup. The bed in the video is crooked. The purging time is slow and I'm watching at double speed. You can't move the filament spools but ok sure, Bambu, it's definitely an A4 footprint, not dishonest at all. It can't even do ABS. Call me a grump but apart from print accuracy I don't see anything good about this printer. If I want a four-color print I'll just make each colored section a different part or paint it rather than wait a whole day and deal with a printer poop pile.

@aiyouwocaonimade Год назад

What you said about multi-color printing waste is mostly right but pls remember that if you don't want multi-color printing, A1 is only 300, which is an awesome deal as an entry level printer considering how much if offers.

@aiyouwocaonimade Год назад

W.r.t. multi-color printing waste, those waste + purge towner are needed by all MMU machines. I would say it's cost that you have to pay if you want to do multi-color printing. However, as an X1C owner + 2 AMS, it's really not that bad. 1. Default purge volume is super generous, which is why you need this much waste in the video. You can tune the settings yourself. You only need a large purge volume if the prior color is very dark, like black. 2. Object to waste ratio can be significant reduced if you print more than 1 objects because purged filament is fixed per layer so the more you print, the larger object to waste ratio it is. 3. The waste doesn't have to be wasted, I mean you can: (a) purge into infill. (2) purge into another object. With (a), just be careful when you use non-opaque filament, e.g. Polymaker PLA Yellow. With (2), you can print a functional part along with your main print and a lot of purged filament can be used to print that object.

@SAOS451316 Год назад

@@aiyouwocaonimade What exactly does it offer? The new Ender 3 models have auto bed leveling, and a webcam is 15€, so that's half the price for those features and you get a more stable printer with a bigger print volume. Edit: I know why purge towers exist but having both the tower and the poop is what's objectionable. I also think that if you're paid to do a review of a product you'd probably want to adjust settings to show it at its best. Not being told that a review is as out-of-the-box makes one assume it's been fiddled with for the camera.

@user-cg3em4cw4f Год назад

@@aiyouwocaonimadethat is not a good deal anymore. An ender 3 pro is like 100 dollars and is very comparable and also not a cantilever. Hell i built my own printer with auto bed leveling and input shaping for like 80 bucks. 300 dollars is far above what this machine is worth.

@timr86868 Год назад

"a lot of money for a multi-material setup" Please, do elaborate. Prusa charges $299 for just the MMU upgrade (which works very poorly [I have one] and isn't even in stock ATM). Bambu charges $349 for their normal AMS. $460 for a complete multi material setup (including the printer) is insanely cheap.

@gpckoleco 7 месяцев назад

Thoughtful and thorough review! Well done ! Makes me want to go get one , minus the hap-hazard disposal of the filament during the swap process 😆Love how it just chucks it like.. you are dead to me lol

@NightviperMT Год назад

Is that Y X'S bar slanting ?

@LilApe Год назад

It is, shitty build quality. People need to stop shilling for shit CCP printers.

@moo00se Год назад

Great video. I like the testament to the quietness that you are doing this next to the printer while the printer is running. I got one on the way. Been thinking of a space saver idea for the AMS LITE. Do you think you could hang the AMS LITE upside down above the printer? Make the Bowden tubes shorter and attach it to the bottom of a shelf.

@dannonyogurt98 Год назад

From what I understand the bowden tubes are a very specific length. the retraction process relies on a spring under tension and not a motor. So it is expecting an exact amount of travel. I could be wrong though, I just wouldn't start making any plans until its in hand.

@moo00se Год назад

@@dannonyogurt98 ahh i see, that makes sense. I just assumed it was similar to the regular AMS, it doesnt matter the length of the bowden tube from the machine cause there is a sensor that picks up when the filament hits a certain point.

@capthowdy126 10 месяцев назад

so tempting, just wish it had a bigger bed. the a1 should have a 235x235 the p1 should have a 255x255 an the x1 carbon should have a 300x300. that is my only complaint. im getting one of the p1s as soon as i can sell a couple of my existing machines to make room. this a1 is tempting but i need more build volume.

@Kid_illithid 2 месяца назад

My first printer was the anycubic kobra 2 neo. It prints well enough that I got the bug and ordered an A1 mini today. I did not get the AMS kit tho. Kind of feel like I should have

@Symbole22 5 месяцев назад

I notice some warping on the model and the wipe tower, calibration take a while I dont understand how that can happen and your plate look clean to me so ...

@nadinearcand Год назад

I add fidget cubes and buckles n shackles fidget bolts and purge into them. I get less waste.

@ScottLahteine Год назад

I've got a great concept to replace the poop flinger. It's a simple device, simply made of shaped silicone and a spring, that turns your purged filament directly back into 1.75mm filament right on the spot. Stay tuned for more details!

@john_barnett Год назад

That sounds very complicated but doable, good luck

@uranhbarl4921 Год назад

Hope to see your creation working in future.

@technobuff79 11 месяцев назад

Sounds interesting. Do update us when you have it going 😊.

@Dubtee 3 месяца назад

It's been 8 months. He didn't do it.

@ScottLahteine 3 месяца назад

@@Dubtee Indeed, he has been busy maintaining Marlin, but he did buy the two part silicone and other equipment and has been trying out some things.

@acer8123 3 месяца назад

I want to try my hand at 3d printing and wondering what else I should know about it. The A1 Mini is on sale rn so I'm considering pulling the trigger

@MetalDEmpire 7 месяцев назад

This is gonna change things

@arenke28 10 месяцев назад

It seems you also have the problem of purges falling on the bed, occasionally causing prints to fail

@sundance2005 10 месяцев назад

Am I correct in assuming since the filament spools don't ride on the rim like the AMS does that you will not be as restricted in the filament you use as long as you have a profile for that filament. My only complaint is not selling on Amazon. I'm used to Amazon and only waiting 1 or 2 days, currently it's almost a month 😞

@daniladergachev Год назад

is it just me, or X axis isn't parallel to the printbed?

@brisance Год назад

Yep I saw it too. It's too obvious.

@LilApe Год назад

It's bent because its just typical bambu lab build quality. Shitty as can be. No different than a creality.

@jolanderz Год назад

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.

@josephb3147 5 месяцев назад

Nice review...

@Voyajer. Год назад

So much wasted plastic... Bambu Labs better be coming out with a filament extruder for recycling all of that back into filament.

@DracosMinions 11 месяцев назад

You can repurpose the poop, you can't reuse the poop. A lot of people have silicone molds they Melt the poop into using a toaster oven. And you don't have to grind the poop up

@crooker2 11 месяцев назад

Is there anyway to recycle wasted filament? It should be shreddable and re-extrudable if it's the same type of material...?

@alexxiao6067 2 месяца назад

the jabba model is too big for a1 minis plate size, is there anyway to scale down this model?

@arthurtorricer4544 9 месяцев назад

Question: I live in Hawaii ( US ) but when I go into the purchase or form , it says send to China Malaysia etc.. are these the locations where they sending from their warehouse? Why isn't there the typical US listing for shipping options?

@kezzaman Год назад

They should try to incorporate the purge material into the print as infill

@skywardsoul1178 Год назад

That's really smart, I've never thought of that. It doesn't matter so much if you miss a few mm of extrusion. Hoping Prusa or Bambu integrates something like that at some point. If one does it the other will likely follow. May be worth reaching out and making a suggestion.

@tested Год назад

The slicer will let you do that, or use purge material in supports! Purge infill works well if you’re printing very dark/opaque shells so the color doesn’t bleed through

@johnflux1 11 месяцев назад

@@tested Is there any particular reason you didn't do that?

@steveng6997 7 месяцев назад

Is there a way to scale a large 3d print to fit the Bambu A1 mini so it can be printed

@tomhollett 11 месяцев назад

What is the smallest footprint (length, width and height) the printer and AMS lite can occupy without impeding printing?

@user-cy7ws4it9g 6 месяцев назад

Planning to print a turboprop engine with a1 mini. Is it recommended?

@Blowinshiddup Год назад

For anyone grossed out by the purge pile, there are filament recyclers out there that allow you to make new filament. Not sure which is best, as I'm not a user yet...

@GoldenAura32 Год назад

Those are generally not cheap and also take a chunk of time to set up to a reasonable degree.

@meikgeik Год назад

In the US, I have to pay to recycle my filament, and I have to keep different types of plastic separate.

@Blowinshiddup Год назад

@@GoldenAura32 Yeah, I don't really know anything about them. I build a lot of model kits, which waste a lot of plastic on sprue. It just seems like you should be able to do it cheaper than the cost of new filament, to save in the long run.

@Dave_the_Dave Год назад

I like this machine because it reminds me of NES and SNES accessories. Like this thing is Gyromite.

@aware2action Год назад

Nice well rounded, excellent unbiased review👍👍. One of the few reviews, that actually shows the amount of poop waste. I would have preferred Bambu Lab better innovation to reduce waste instead of doing nothing much, while exponentially increasing it by making multicolor printing more accessible to everyone. I feel the focus here is to sell more material, since it could be more lucarative, like the nespresso minting money in making a robust espresso machine, which makes a lot in pod sales several magnitudes than the appliance itself. Most of the new innovations, are just to improve user acceptance, if you think about it. I would have loved, if they had done even a tiny bit to reduce the waste. I see it could be done in a couple of ways, simpler being a reduced melt chamber volume, with faster heating using high power on demand. The more involved being re-orienting model in slicer with a snap support material, still could be done with a loss of just one color. Another is to re-extrude into a new multicolor filament coil, instead of a useless purge. Could add cost,but could be provided as an option to a more conscientious user, that cares for the environment. Just some 💭♥️👍👍

@missingdogmusic Год назад

The poop thing bothers me a lot as well; one option would be to use the would-be poop to print infill where possible so there is less waste produced. I don't care if my infill ends up blue or red in a red and blue print...just have it alternate based on the last color used.

@zombieno1 Год назад

The amount of waste is incredible. I do multi color prints of my own design but never make things that require this kind of process.

@aware2action Год назад

@@missingdogmusic That feature is already there, but not perfectly implemented, still will end up with lots of waste, if the layer changes are frequent. There is also the possibility to make the purge tower print like a support(print at a little higher Z-height, so it could be snapped off, sorted and saved for recycling later). But this will involve lot more pre-processing and planning in the slicer. It is not a bad idea, firstly will not leave flying poop debris all over work area, secondly will not reduce usage of material and associated profits. But any optimization, that cuts down on poop volume, will cut into their profits from projected material sales, and probably not worthwhile(from BL's point of view)☺️.

@aware2action Год назад

@@zombieno1 You are perfectly right!👍. Noting is impossible, with some creative design and a bit of superglue or hotmelt glue stick.

@joeking433 10 месяцев назад

When will this be available without the multi filament device? It's going to be $299, right?

@michaelbraaten Год назад

I can’t help but think they’re leaning on the multi-material heavily because with all the excess filament being used, they can sell beginners a ton of filament… if their branded filament does actually perform better, then that’s great, but I would hope there’s no tangible penalty for going outside their ecosystem.

@saulrecktom5310 Год назад

They are just TRYING to dunk on the prusa mmu's ... can't wait for my 5head XL to come. Who knows when😢 but my mmu upgrade is on its way atleast

@michaelbraaten Год назад

@@saulrecktom5310 I'm just getting into the hobby (still shopping)... I know about Prusa but I'm not sure what 5head XL or MMU is lol... I'll do some googling

@michaelbraaten Год назад

@@saulrecktom5310 From context I'm assuming MMU is Prusa's version of multi-material printing?

@muramusan Год назад

Wow bambu already makes great performing printers and now even cheaper im sold now

@LilApe Год назад

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@MaxwellsUnearthly 10 месяцев назад

I'm super new to all this 3D printing world and I'm looking for something like the Bambu Lab Mini...quick question for everyone here and you as well Adam. If I wanted to have someone design a small floral necklace with two colors, what would they need to know in order to design it and have it printed on something like the Bambu Lab A1 Mini? Thank you.