Bambu A1 Review - An Honest Review of this $399 3D Printer
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- čas přidán 20. 01. 2024
- Should you buy the Bambu Labs A1 3D Printer? This is a non-sponsored review of Bambu Lab's latest printer. I'll cover the price, automated features, filament detection features, high speed printing, easy swap nozzle system, quiet printing, the Handy app, and finish with pros, cons, and my final thoughts.
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Your review of A1 is THE BEST that I have found in CZcams. I have been worried about the noise of the printer but now I’m going to buy one 😍😍 . GOOD JOB! THANKS!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that :)
Great Video and great information. Looking forward to keep watching your content.
Thank you kindly!
Great video. A lot more thoughtful than some others. You cover some details nobody else seems to.
Thank you so much for leaving this feedback!
Helpful review including things others missed out, thanks.
Thank you so much!!
I have used the AMS in filament fail-over mode used up 10+ mostly empty spools, and have never had an issue with it
Thank you for sharing that! The first time I thought about using a near empty spool it was for a color that wouldn't have been used much, so I thought that I might run into problems if it couldn't retract. It's good to know that this shouldn't be an issue. I believe I mentioned a motor in the spool hub, but now I believe it is actually a spring that gets wound to provide back force and it's only the filament drive motor that reverses the filament direction.
@@directedt3ch From what I've researched, thats how it works yeah
Great vid! Thanks. Big step up from my old Enders lol wow
Thank you so much for commenting. It is a pretty great printer!
Very thorough, thanks
You are very welcome!!
Thanks! I am cleaning a spot for mine. Arrived Friday. I hope to inbox tomorrow. Need a more study surface. My old ender 3 rocks this table already.
I think you'll love it! Enjoy the new machine!
I have both A1 and A1 Mini both with the AMS lite. I have run out of my generic filament and the system stopped and notified me I run out of filament. I simply unloaded the empty spool and loaded another spool. Fed it through till it stopped in the exact same spool number and then simply pressed retry and it kept on going like it never stopped. In fact I ran out of the 2nd replacment spool cause I was using up a few spools but the same color. I worked great thought I should share
Thank you for letting us all know! I think I may have recently read that if the A1 detects that there is no longer filament in the AMS when it finishes a color, it will purge that remaining filament since it can't retract it. Smart machines!
Good in depth review, with good detail, without going to slow.
This is the printer I’m interested in, but they are not available at the moment do to a recall.
Might get its little brother instead, as I don’t think I will be printing larger items, and it has a good reputation.
Huge upgrade from my old Getech printer.
I think you'd be happy with the mini too! Only real difference is the build volume and it you don't need that big of a space (which I rarely if ever do), it'll be just fine!
@@directedt3ch Thanks much. It makes sense too, as I already have a 12"x12" printer, that I can fix up, if I need the size. Smaller probably = lower energy cost too, as you are not throwing around as much mass, and heating as big a surface, with the smaller A1 mini.
Big volume prints, eat up filament faster as well.
And there is always the option to glue things together to get larger size.d
Have a great day ☮
I just got mine 3 days ago, and it’s amazing. Really, in this price range if you print mainly pla petg and tpu there is no reason to buy any other printer.
I whole heartedly agree!
What desk did you put it on
@cookcraftedworkshop8801 In this video, the printer is on a 6 foot folding plastic table. It is normally on a smaller 4 foot plastic folding table. It shakes the table a decent amount, but it doesn't impact the print quality.
It's $400. It's overpriced
@@Techno4morefind me another 400 printer have such functions and print quality, please don’t make me laugh by saying ender 3 mini lol
First, let me say thank you for your review. I’ve been looking at buying this printer for a few days now may be a week I intend on buying one as soon as possible. My main purpose is to do color lithophane, and of course other 3-D printing projects, but mainly for the lithophane and I had already considered a toteto keep my filament dry that was certainly one of my concerns so again thank you for this video. Keep up the good work.
Glad you found the video helpful! I saw that Bambu just released a CMYK filament set for lithophanes! You could definitely put the whole AMS in a tote and just run the connection cord and PTFE tubes out of it.
New subscriber. Detailed review, nice. I have one, and its doing well so far. Thanks.
Thanks for joining! Appreciate your review of my review!
Coming from an anycubic vyper, which I love, this printer is absolutely amazing
There is a lot to love about this bargain! Glad you are happy with it as well.
As long as you mod your dryer box to use the fancy sping-loaded spool holders from the AMS lite, you can feed the filament into the AMS from it perfectly fine, so the inability to dry filaments on the AMS is only a pseudo problem. It is solvable, just more effort.
I'd also like to add I've near exclusive used bambu handy and it's worked perfectly non stop. Perhaps you mistakingly chose A1 mini or it defaulted to it and you didn't notice or something. It slices on their servers according to the printer model and filament(s) you select.
TPU also prints fine, just not on AMS lite unless you want to do a fair bit of overinvolved modding. Someone did achieve multi-colour TPU printing on the AMS with a lot of mods, however.
I totally agree. It's not quite as easy as just adding a filament dryer like I can with my other printers, but it's not super hard to address.
@@KannaKamui I definitely can't rule out user error on my part! I've notice that quite often when I open a model from makerworld into the bambu slicer it's loaded a profile for the X1C. If I'm not paying attention that'll cause problems. I'm just more accustomed to only dealing with loading .stl files and then setting all the printer/filament/profile settings on my own. Thanks for the insights!
My old printer can start a print within 2-3 minutes of powering it up! Can those leveling etc. checks be skipped?
I don't believe so, but it's worth the wait!
Great video and always very informative! Maybe if other reviews were this in depth with pros and cons, I would have bought printers that came with a bunch of problems! I'm really looking forward to sending this QIDI X-Plus 3 back and getting a P1S with AMS since the QIDI is giving me horrible results no matter what I do. I also like that you bought the printer yourself so we all know we are getting a completely honest video about what customers would expect when purchasing for themselves. I feel like most CZcamsrs who are sent free printers are getting cherry picked printers that have a better QC than what the customers will actually receive. Plus I think most people will have some sort of biased opinion when a company gives you a free product to review. Anyway, Bambu is definitely changing the 3D printing scene allowing customers to get consistent quality results that is easy to setup and use and aren't much more than other Chinese branded machines. The added price over a new Ender, Anycubic, or Elegoo is completely worth it when you account for the ease of use, larger bed, linear rails, camera, accelerometer, and consistent quality!
Thank you so much Joseph! I really appreciate all your feedback and totally agree!
@@directedt3ch I can't wait to see more videos of what you print. Even timelapses in YT shorts and TikTok!
Great advice!!@@jmp7624
I read that you can print 256x256x256 when the AMS system is NOT used. 180x180x180 is tiny. Even smaller than my Neptune 4 Pro that I'm sending back due to issues and print volume. Have you tried the bigger build volume yet?
I haven't tried a full volume print yet. Someone else comment though that the hacks are only needed on the X1 and P1.
i have a1 mini awsome machine have a1 be here tomorrow
Congrats! You'll love that machine as well!
ill order the ams lite in few weeks have to save up for it
The AMS Lite was my first entry into multi color printing and I love it!
@@directedt3ch I tried the mosaic pallet 2 it was ok hard to get timing right got the a1 mini combo love it so I ordered the a1
Thanks for the review. As soon as the recall is taken care of, I'm grabbing one of these. I'm fed up with my old ender 3 pro. I just want a printer that prints well without constant babysitting. And thanks for the purge bin model!
edit: What color/brand did you print the bin out of? That's an amazing green.
I think you'll be very happy with the A1! Hope they come back really soon. The green is a silk PLA in "Emerald Green" that I bought from Amazon years ago. I'm not sure what brand it is.
@@directedt3ch So far, it looks like they'll be back around May, so I have a bit longer to put up with my ender 3 until then lol
Thanks on the color info too, it should be easy enough to find one similar.
TPU btw is not issues with a bedslinger unlike the other materials you mentioned. Or need higher temps or enclosure, etc. Otherwise, all other parts of review and information seem informative and good =).
Thank you for the correction! I appreciate it.
What’s your experience with 3D printing in your bedroom? I’m mostly concerned about odours and health risks!
No issues at all for me. I have only printed PLA and PETG which don't produce any odors.
Recall .. I wouldn’t dare
Don't worry, you can't. It'll be back :)
I hope you like the printer because its coming tomorrow with the ams lol!
Awesome! I think you really like it!
@@directedt3ch I just printed a 3 color benchy and my goodness, this thing bridges the gap between typically bed slinger and corexy, that was a fast one. Its very well made! I am a newbie, I only had the Ankermake M5C before this for a week but I returned it after I did my research and saw how much more advanced Bambu Lab printers were
Hi top video thanks , the ams light not perfect mi printer for update , the printer printer its very nice for 1 spool , i hav problemms for ams sensor . ,i love yur video abd lukking warning vor ams light ,det its may problem 😢 , lg ps abbo kliking thanks😊
Hope you get your AMS sensor issue sorted out :)
@@directedt3ch thanks for messige.
Defeats the whole concept of rapid prototyping because that's what I would use it for rapid prototyping
I don't follow. What defeats the concept of rapid prototyping?