Bambu must have sent one of these to every 3D printing RU-vid channel! My feed is flooded with A1 reviews from everyone. This is the first one with any negatives about it. I recently bought an Elegoo Neptune 4, but this series bears paying attention to for my next upgrade purchase.
Yeah, I have no idea how many received test units but definitely quite a few. It is odd that I notice some cooling issues with the prints since the A1 Mini is running the same toolhead and fan but I did not see this. I will have to compare the profiles, maybe they are pushing quicker speeds with the A1. The tabs is a bummer, I had this happen early on and reached out to let them know. I am hoping some sort of mod or slight revision to the bed housing is possible.
Good for you. Have fun with it, but you might want to cover the camera. A RU-vidr found his private parts on the footage while checking the printing progress in the middle of the night, wearing only his Adam costume.
Me too, but just scrub build plate with soap and water in the sink and dry with papertowel or washcloth etc.... if you do start getting failures like I did, after 24 7 printing u days a week for months lol, but it can't do everything we have to clean the plate once In a while lile every printer it's just SO easy that we forget ahha cuz the printer is so damn convinient
Almost... their customer support is still green, and with increasing users, it is hard to imagine a swift solution. From the business perspective, all the rest is impressive, with an outstanding match between the target market and products.
@@KennyGarland Of course there is corner cutting. The P1 is 2/3 the price of the X1C, the A1 is 1/3 the price of the X1C. How could you possibly expect there not to be corner cutting? Thats like saying Addi cut corners with the A1, compared to the R8. When you cut the price, you lower the spec. The print quality per £ is the important thing and Bambu Labs have hit the mark with each series.
I still think that mounting the AMS on top of the printer will add vibration artifacts to the print. It has to with all that mass mounted that high. Input shaping can only account for so much vibration.
good bedslingers are sometimes the better option. when you print with >1.0mm nozzle and can't go super fast anyway, or when you print small objects. biggest complain i have is the space bedslingers need. my cr10s pro v2 demands ~90cm movement space, my k1 max only needs 60. you can stack them up much better
Im so happy with my a1... i just wish theyd explain on a sticker note on the front showing visual of how you should rinse it in a sink with soap and water and a sponge/brush or hand lol thats literally all it ever needs
With the bed confirmed going up to 100°C and the nozzle up to 300°C, what is still not clear to me WRT printing high temperature filaments (ABS, ASA, PC) is why Bambu Lab are saying on their wiki/FAQ page for the A1 that "We don't recommend enclosing the A1" - any ideas? Could it be due to insufficient cooling for the electronics, or maybe issues with softening the Z axis timing belt? I am asking because I've built my own perfectly sealed enclosure (a lot of sweat went into making it) and I'd rather use that with the A1 if possible than pay for the P1S, especially since the A1 has the quick change nozzle and no "no build areas". Bambu Lab mention they don't recommend printing high temperature filaments on the A1 due to the lack of the enclosure (the A1 is therefore not able to ensure the required higher chamber temperatures and also not able to contain the toxic VOCs), but they never explain why they recommend against enclosing the A1.
For me I am going to get a P1S since it looks nicer, is enclosed and has the normal AMS. But the A1 is probably my new exclusive recommendation for starting out.
I have one in my closet but during these cold winter days I’ve been having many failed prints unsticking to the build plate. Seems like I need an non-textured plate with glue to combat this.
Great video brother. The honesty you have with your community is refreshing. I can appreciate you calling out any cons without hesitation. Still seems to be a great unit. I subbed and thumbs upped. I am currently waiting for my Bambu Labs P1P.
I haven’t had an issue with it but you definitely don’t want to apply force. It can glide and get under things easily but if your not careful there is risk. I may try the plastic blades just to compare.
This is one of the better reviews I've watched for this printer, however, it seems that all the reviews have "omitted" the actual speeds that they were running the test prints. Was this on purpose? Seems that would be valuable information to those watching to decide on purchasing.
he mentioned slicer defaults which for the A1 is roughly 200mm/s with 7k accel but you can go a fair bit faster without dropping quality if you dont mind adding brims (bedslinger moment)
I have seen other multi-color printers do fairly well with just a ‘purge tower’ - is the Bambu’s additional “poop station” really necessary, resulting in so much waste?
3 months ago I sent my family an A1 and it displayed a recall message basically turn off and do not use. It still does not work "calibration errors" despite a TH (tool head) board being fitted. Bambu has finally agreed to replace the defective unit. The Canadian govt finally shows a fire safety / electrocution recall since July 24. This recall happened in 2023 so what was the reason for the delay?
Also check out purge into object go to objects, others and click purge into object i always add 1 more model for the purge and save a lot of waste that way.
Good morning. Would you consider doing a series of resin printer videos focused on those of us who do primarily functional prints with our FDM printers currently? The series could investigate the Pros and Cons of resin printing for functional parts, the differences between FDM and resin printing for functional parts, and best practices for printing functional parts with a resin printer. Most of the resin printer content currently available is focused on miniatures and does not address the specific requirements for functional prints such as part tolerances, part-to-printbed alignment for functional parts, and post-processing considerations for functional components. Thank for considering this request.
I have a prusa mini and I think it doesn't make much sense for me to buy a little larger (but faster) printer even if it has AMS, I love how bambu stirred up the pot, and I'll wait for the large version.
I'll be honest, bought an a1 mini and already have a prusa mk3s with pinda bed levelling. So far, bambu has nothing on the prusa with consistancy and reliability. Alot of faffing with the load cell levelling and ams load fails. Has all the technology and prints nicely when ok but its 50/50 at best
@@jacobplatt3066 ouch. Haven't heard of many bad experiences yet, I suppose they will have to iron out the flaws very quickly if they want long term sales numbers.
@@dingdingdingdiiiiing Yeah, it can be frustrating. Only explanation is that the PEI textured bed is the culprit (Or oozing filament) because of the surface texture but surely this wouldnt cause this much disparety
If you want perfect quality at speed you still need to buy the non- bed slinger versions IMO. And I'd rather have an enclosed AMS to help prevent moisture which makes a big difference to quality. Since I've been using an enclosed filament heater with my Creality Ender 5 Plus the quality has jumped up several notches. I know the A1 is a good price but personally I'd rather save up for one of the other versions from Bambu.
Thanks for that. I've been waiting for my local microcenter to get some P1S in stock. They seem to be really trying to get people to buy the truckload of the A1 they have.
Out of these which one should I get ? • Elegoo Neptune 4 plus • Creality K1 • Ender 5 S1 • Anycubic Kobra Plus • Bambu A1 Or any other printer thats in the £300 price range
Bambu A1 has bed heater issue and Creality k1 isn’t a good printer. Ender 5 S1 is a good printer but when you are planning to add mods to it. Kobra printers are good, but bed slingers aren’t very good at handling heavy prints
So, can dry boxes be used with this system, and have you printed using dissolvable PVA filament? What is your recommendation. I am looking to use a dessolvable for support filament.
A friend gave me his old ender 3 and wow what a nightmare. It works but is way too much work to get things going. I really want to pick one of these up. I just want to print!!
Hi i bought one recently and i was impressed but lately i heve been having a issue that i can not fix it and its hapening all the time. basicaly im using winkle filament and it doesnt print properly. its always clogging even though i tried to calibrate it... does anyone knows what i can do?' like someone is having this same issue like me with other filaments??
There is a printed part out there to fix the plate registration that goes where those guides are for the other printers. I wonder if it will work for the A1.
What material is used in this video? At the end he said that cooling is not a issue if you use PLA or PETG, but what material is used in the video that needs additional cooling?
Hello and thank you for your excellent comment, I hesitated to take the P1s , but I ordered the A1 that I have not yet received, I print only pla and I look for the quality of prints, I wonder if I did not make a mistake, Many people say it’s worse than p1s in terms of print quality, will I be able to change my A1 to P1s if I’m not satisfied? Are there any problems with bambu lab returns (I am French)? Thank you in advance for your answer, thank you again...
I am not sure what the return policy is like especially outside of the US. Worst case I would think you can sell it locally for at least very close to what you purchased. Honestly if quality is your biggest want you just may need to slow down the speeds a bit. P1S has added cooling and a more rigid frame so yes you will be able to go faster and maintain quality but at the increase in cost.
What I don't understand is how a company comes years and years after all the other companies, and makes something worse? How do you use plastic parts on hot beds? Why? My cheap Prusa has an all metal bed. It's for a reason!
ill subscribe if you could make a video directly comparing the p1s to the a1, im thinking of buying one but i just cant decide, but i have the money for both. also if you cant dont worry about it, i dont want to add more things for you to do, goedendag!
So the A1 gets a touch screen while my P1S still have a vizio TV remote covered up with my ESP32 touch lol. Jokes aside looks like one hell of a lil printer. Ender 3 S1 killer!?
I own an Ender 3 Pro, I've dumped a stupid amount of money for parts for it and messed with Marlin & Cura constantly and I can't get quality prints and I still feel like it isn't up to par. Would this be a good thing to go for?
I have an ender 3 S1 - I am going to trash mine - I am looking at this - I like that there is no option to have to run paper and fiddle with screws at the corners to try to get it level. I am going to get this or a car xy variant - I just want to know if the bed slinger design effects quality like you are asking - it is not good that he saw imperfections in the benchy - but I would take an imperfect benchy over what I could do with my old printer.
@@tomsop Me too man, I just ordered one for Christmas because this looks promising- gonna see if I can make any money off my Ender 3 Pro but I think this is a great start into the Bambu Lab line up which have some great products.
I would not be surprised if this ended up being more durable and print higher quality than the p1p or x1c. Having experience with plenty of other bed slingers, all they were missing was some software and sensors for convenience. Sure it might be slower than the corexy printers, I’m confident all other pros will outweigh the cons. I’ll keep my p1p’s but I’d prefer some of these fellas.
I got a X1C about 5ish months ago and I must admit that i would have a hard time picking the X1C over this again. its like 1/3 the price even with the AMS. The only thing I don't like is the poop chute flinging everywhere
I see a lot of creators showing Z banding, and cooling inadequacies. Was excited for this model, but most likely going to stay away, I don't see anything special here, except ease of use. Was hoping the quality would be just as good as the X1 but it does not seem to be the case.
I would definitely say print quality is better on the CoreXY printers at least if you are trying to print at these higher speeds. A more conservative profile will definitely help. The Z banding is odd, I printed a tall cube to see if I could spot it but did not see any at all. The silk filament seemed to maybe have some but I actually think it was caused by the infill pattern.
Keep in mind these videos were made before a lot of firmware updates. The banding has been pretty much eliminated now. Yes a 5mm round 200mm tall tall rod will probably still wobble, but that's a part issue, not a printer problem.
can u help with the problem with x belt. My printer shows the error with timing belt of x and says its loose and my printer has damaged my last 5 prints and i have been frusted in not to solve that problem . can u help with it.
my a1 crapped the bed on me in3 days and kept throwing codes for LOOSE WIRES when they were brand spanking new, i sent back for the p1s with 2 AMS just shoulda went to the p1s for 4-16 colors instead of a1 just 4...
I have only seen it on that print. I used another filament and printed just a tall square cube and saw no signs of it. Not sure if it was the silk filament or something with slicer settings.
Prusa tried to weaponize his friendly you tubers and fanboys against Bambu... I feel this is a fitting retaliation from Bambu. I have no idea how Prusa is supposed to compete with. This has him beat on parts quality, software, maybe slicer, the AMS is incredible. AND... it's under half price of an i4
Having only owned what I would call a starting inexpensive, (ie (Cheap) 3D printer, I can say that Bambu has earned their place with solid printers and good software. Nothing is perfect, but my A1 was one heck of a step up. in speed, and reliability.
I ordered one of these after my Kobra 2 broke for the third time in 4 months of ownership. I just want one to work without much tinkering.... we shall see.
Im unsure to buy one of this… I got a Prusa Mini but i want a bigger one with multicolor, so the A1 combo is like the perfect one. But is the print so good and consistent like the prusa mini? Can u help me with some infos?
So far all the PLA i use in my A1 is not from Bambu and it works fine. you can use generic PLA or create customized settings in the slicer for certain makers, like Inland or others.
@@TheFighterX4 If you go into Bambu Studio, and select to add a custom filament, you can chose from a reasonable list of vendors, though no where near all of them that are out there probably. Then you then chose the type of filament ie, PLA,PETG, TPU, ABS, more etc. then you define whether its basic, matte, Silk, Marble etc, then you can chose settings from an existing preset or generic for standard settings. So far for most any filament I've used Generic PLA, with other defining factors has worked fine. Bambu Filaments if using the AMS, reads information somehow from the reel to setup up what it is, color, and other settings automatically. When you switch colors on the AMS, it purges of the nozzle of the previous color before resuming printing. This many consider to be wasteful, however I like being able to have color models, not a single color for some models not all., However when doing color, if I can do it with a reasonable number of color changes during the print. I will, and Bambu Studio tells you all these details. Considering how much filament I've tossed even before color., and perhaps many others as well from failed prints, waste all a matter of perspective. It would be nice if some filament companies could setup a recycling program to recover filament from failed prints and using color. Not aware of any yet..
According to my grandchildren an A1 delivered this week has a recall notice. Why is Bambulabs delivering faulty units that are not even registered with the Canadian govt recall database? This is probably a criminal violation or a good reason for a class action.
Notices of the recall and a fix have been available for months. It's a completely new product, from a completely new product line. It will have faults. I am waiting for those faults to be ironed out before I buy this. If you received a faulty version, I suggest contacting bambu labs. They were even handing out vouchers and a fix, a replacement, or a no questions asked full refund with paid return shipping. Having experienced Creality's way of handling these things, I'm very happy to hear positive experiences with this recall.
I think that may be because the A1 mini was the first in their A1 line so it was a lot of new things while this carry’s much of that over. Main perks of this one is 100c bed and bigger build volume. No bed tab issues on the mini but a lot of it comes down to space. The minis really won me over but for $100 difference the bigger size and two towers for z probably makes more sense for many.
@@ModBotArmy thank you very much for the answer, now I have a Neptune 3 Pro and give me problems and I want go with a bambu because I want to print and not think about anything else. I'm very undecided between the a1 and the a1 mini, and also whether or not to get the ams which perhaps I would never use 😅
@@pieronompleggio3910 given that you save $100 by getting it in the bundle I would opt to get it. If fore some reason you don’t use it I imagine you can recoup at least close to that amount given the standalone price.
@@ModBotArmy do you mean selling the ama light? Play with bambu studio with a1 and a1 mini profile I notice that for some models the a1 mini is faster than the a1, it’s because it have less travel to make?
Yeah exactly I mean to sell it locally if you end up not wanting it. Versus not getting it and decided to buy it later at $100 more. I haven’t compared profiles between the A series.
Someone mentioned packing material, another was for planter mix inside of a pot. I saw someone recently that created an aluminum mold and was selling custom coasters out of it. Definitely some options to repurpose.
