BambuLab A1, The most advanced standard size 3D printer, 256x256x256 mm³, auto z offset, multicolor
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2024
- Regarding BambuLab A1 Maximum Bed Temperature - Latest Update: 12/16/2023
The bed temperature of the BambuLab A1 has been confirmed to reach 100°C:
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00:00 Intro
04:26 Setup
07:27 First print, fast Benchy and standard benchy comparison
10:47 Extruder retraction test, clearance and tolerance test
14:18 Decorative test print
16:33 More materials: TPU, PETG
18:15 Multiple color AMS Lite test
25:40 First layer PLA sheet test
26:34 Pros and Cons
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3D models:
Number slider:
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Honeycomb box with lid:
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Tolerance test:
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Tire stack penholder:
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Robo Alpaka:
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Gudetama:
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Hello Kitty:
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I don’t know which I am more impressed with: the quality of the review or the quality of your speech.
There is no better reviewer on CZcams when it comes to 3d printers . I value and appreciate your candor and detail . Ty for your work . ❤️🙏🏻 we are all one
Exceptional review as always. If Bambu ever delivers a larger build volume with a heated enclosure I think everyone else can just go home..
I love the consistency and unflinching criticisms that you are known for. Keep up the good work, young ones, and may you be well-rewarded for it.
Fantastic review as always, thanks for keeping up the good work!
So it's not a miracle machine, but it produces good quality with lots of features at an overall reasonable price. Thanks for your thorough and honest reviews, as always!
For those of us in the hobby for 10+ years, this might as well be a miracle machine. I know many people have only begun their journey 2-3 years ago so this machine doesn't seem impressive, but in mid 2010s you'd be lucky to get a machine 90% slower than this for 10X the price.
@@actualreplyguy Oh heck yeah. It's amazing how far it has come. I didn't get into it for a long time because of the expense and time consumption, but a $99 Ender 3 Pro finally tempted me. I only meant compared to the current market. It's overall quite impressive.
Always enjoy seeing another review from you. You do a wonderful job at testing and objectively ranking products without bias.
Yeah, we really need an open source AMS alternative for Klipper this year. I got a few old extruder in storage that would be perfect to drive a filament changer.
This was so enjoyably thorough! Thanks and keep up the good work.
As always the most detailed test currently on CZcams. Great job!
Great review! I will have to give Voxel filaments a try.
Thorough review on a more detailed level than anywhere else. Keep it up!
With so many reviews of the A1 all being released around 9AM this morning, yours is the first I am going to watch....and then will probably skim through all the others because most of them are no where near as compressive as your review.
What an amazingly detailed review! Well done
Another excellent and thorough review. Thank you.
Wonderful review, WOW we are getting some great new choices for 2024. Enjoy your holidays and THANK YOU all for giving us such value. I thought it was awesome to see processors in the extruder. Its like putting brains in the gripper of a robot. D
I just got mine. My first 3D Printer ever. I’m excited!
Good morning, thanks for the review.
Ordered the A1 this morning :) Btw....Loved you review
Your reviews are the best on youtube! thank you!
Awesome review, thank you very much!
I admire the sensible, formal approach that you take to these reviews. Thank you.
Another Great Informative Honest Review. Keep Up the Great Work.🎉
Awesome review. Thanks!
Love your reviews as always! I feel the same way about the wheels but recently heard the Construct 3D guys say that in all their testing linear rods actually wear out faster. Found that interesting. Personally I haven't put enough time onto any 1 printer to wear out a rail.
Looks like a perfect printer for small decorative products with multiple colour option
Yet another wonderfull review!
I really enjoy your in depth reviews - always fair, rational and based on the facts not the marketing hype.
Very nice and comprehensive review.
It is simply satisfying to rely on you and Helios to explain and review new printers w/r others out there. That said, Bambu Labs is such a force in this 3D printer space that wonder how the other makers are feeling. Given your reviews, these others makers can't rely on marketing specs to gain sales because of your reviews exist. Your work: Aurora Tech - "out of this world".
thank You for that nice review!
As a person who's never used a 3D printer but is considering buying one, this is one of the best reviews I have seen of the A1. I am really trying to figure out what I need to get started and this goes a long way to showing me what I need to consider. Bambu has a lot of accessories on their website for this printer and I am trying to learn more before making a purchase so that I get what I need to get started. Thank you.
waiting for mine good job Aurora
I bought the a1 mini because of your opinion!
Ooh.. I’m saving up to buy myself something during the holidays. I mainly print in PLA, so this and the P1S seems like good contenders
Another excellent review!
Exceptionally talented and professional-this is one of the best, if not the best, channels I've ever seen. I trust your insights more than those of many engineers and online sources.
i personally like the printable vertical AMS lite stand, reduces the footprint, makes the hygrometer mount sit nicely on it and then you can also add tower caps to each number so you can see exactly what color syncs to each number
Another great review. Straight to the point. 🤩
I can see hobbyists getting this printer. Great addition for a line, if you print masks and armour pieces, for example.
The main downsides for me are the max bed temp, the fact that I can't manually adjust what I need in the printer itself and having to keep this printer online (this last one goes for all BL printers)
The most detailed A1 review ever. Other A1 reviews are just mention about "Colour printing wastes too much filament. period" but Aurora Tech shows that more objects on the bed, waste less filament than a single object. Great job!
Great Video as always
Another excellent review.
great lil printer for sure. Thanks!
great review, as usual.
Another great review!!!
Those multilateral prints really stand out vs the single color prints in other reviews... as do the ones other makers are posting. I think Bambu is really clever to push their AMS so aggressively, it's really enticing.
Awesome and thorough review as always!!! I think in the first layer test what might've caused the squishing are those 2 little tabs at the back at the print bed, some people seem to be having problems with it because it is so small and sometimes the bed just stays over it
Always like your reviews
Best review of A1 on CZcams
I love this. Instead of just talking about the printer with some random images, you are showing how the printer is doing and put them through the stress test. Your review style should be the standard. I even learned about the temps and settings and see it in time lapse how it was doing. Also the noise sample you got, it's like no other youtubers dare to record it and play it back at the real level.
Thanks! And another good news about the printer, it's finally available in EU without the AMS, right from the start. I think even a month after release, it was only the combo available in the EU. Good thing I didn't get the mini back then because I'm getting this one now. It even says it's shipping before Christmas.
Aurora you should test those larger and fast bedslingers with a tall print, like a vase with constant gemoetric details from bottom to top and see how the quality deteriorates as the height increases due to wobbling of both bed and Z axis. It's too convenient to test those printers with just short benchies, people may buy those for the build volume and speed yet those printers won't deliver as things get tall.
Same for testing the AMS on top: bigger print to see how it impacts quality with speed to make it wobble and taller to see how that increase with height. It's a terrible idea to put 6kg of stuff on top of a badslinger yet without it both the A1s take an awful amount of space for poo + printer + AMS.
While I agree that bedslingers aren’t the best for tall prints, especially skinny ones, Bambu is t the only one making a fast bedslinger. And let’s face it unless your making a lot of cosplay armor and weapons your probably only using about half of the build volume about half or more of the time. I don’t think this printer is focused on experienced seasoned printers, I think they are focusing on entry customers or relatively new to 3D printing. And the fact that you get multicolor printing for around 550 bucks is pretty darn cheap. A p1s with AMS is almost double the price of the A1 with AMS lite. And it appears like there are multiple ports on the back so in theory future firmware updates could unlock multiple AMS lite units. At the end of the day it’s a bed slinger, but it is direct competition to the other manufacturers.
Your assessment is sound. The motion compensation needs to be based on bed heights given the z axis compliance - stiffness issues. If I were Bambu Labs, I would certainly add your suggestions to the calibration routine to show their total understanding of this issue which you address well.
Yes, I printed 500mm tall models with the AnyCubic Kobra 2 Max and Elegoo Neptune 4 Max in my previous review videos.
@@AuroraTech Exactly, If I recall that was quite a slow print at 50mm/s with hi flow and yet it showed artifacts.
That's why it would be interesting to see fast printers like this A1 to print something tall with the bed moving so fast, maybe a geometrical vase mode with standard line width at hi speeds. It would be also good to test consistency of flow and vertical lines on the whole Z axis extension.
I'm afraid that people see these cheap hi speed bedslingers and may come to belive that they are as good as the more expensive coreXY: they are not when you print tall, but usually they show you just short benchies.
Aurora, with the greatest respect, I really think you should do a “review” with one of your friends that knows nothing about 3D printing. Box it all up, give them the box and see how easy it is for someone who doesn’t have your knowledge to set it up and start printing. Even with the A1 mini which is even more of an entry printer, no one has done a video like this and it would be good to know. It’s like professional race car drivers reviewing and explaining a power wheels kids toy to other race car drivers, when they should be gearing it towards children.
I want my friend (who has never 3D printed before) to buy an A1 or A1 mini and I want to send him a video about the printer but I feel the videos out already have too much “knowledge” in them for a beginner. For example, you open up the video with looking at and describing the mother board chips and talking about Klipper, when they would have zero idea what that is. Food for thought!
Thanks these videos are really useful. I have never done 3d printing but might buy a printer soon. I am mostly trying to compare price vs features and the reviews of the bambulabs printers are really helpful.
Please also check out my website, auroratechchannel.com, for price and specs comparisons of different 3D printers and a recommendation list.
Exceptional review and testing mythology. Great internal electronic and firmware details are not a typical review topic, but were very educational.
It would be a useful feature if could have a multi-color printer like the BambuLab (with AMS) dedicate the purged filament to another printed object where the color banding would not matter. Having this choice would seem much less wasteful. There are many "utility" type prints where what color, or having color-banding would not matter.
There's a mismatch here. Their website shows the bed can go up to 100 C. But Aurora and CNC kitchen are saying it goes only up to 80 C
I can use the screen to set it to 100°C, but the actual measured temperature of the heated bed only reaches up to 81-82°C. Therefore, I would say the maximum temperature is still 80°C.
Maybe there is a software issue 🤔
CNC Kitchen also confirmed that bamboo says it was an error in marketing material. It’s 100 C.
@@Eric_In_SF Aurora Tech channel tested it and measured the temp. They set it to 100 C but only got to 81 C
@@elleryfg7853 CNC Kitchen measured it to go close to 100C. Maybe a recent firmware upgrade allowed it to go all the way to 100C.
Another great video
Good voice, good review, good 3d printing life !
Love the hello kitty army! Thank you for this very thorough review. This review is the best one out there for A1.
Just discovered this channel. Man, my kids are sooo uderdeveloped for their age... A few more yound folks like Aurora and our future will be in good hands.
I wonder if their software is going to support using purge material as infill. Also thank you for this no shenanigans content, yours is the one I always watch and don't have to suffer from extra drama, clickbait titles, waiting times.. (I hate waiting)
Hey Aurora! Just found you guys afyer having to change printers. Just have to say that you have such an amazing speaking voice, perfect for presentation of anything...you should look into reading audiobooks.. seriously. I could listen to you all day!
Thanks for this look at the A1...i just bought my first printer, the Elegoo Neptune 4 plus thinking as a first time user amd complete noob to it all, that was a good choice... unfortunately after printing the benchy, and a test flower pot, the third amd fourth trial prints were complete disasters with the last one totally wrecking the hot end and extruder, as i left it overnight and it jammed itself up so bad it's unrepairable. Luckily Amazon takes returns so easily! So i ordered the A1 instead as i dont want to be a 3D printer engineer just to use it...i want ease of use, and quality and this looked to fit that.
Your video here helped assure me of it and i hope you do more on the A1....like upgrades , settings etc!
Thanks so much, you guys are fantastic
The most trusted source of 3d printer reviews on all of CZcams, by far. Thanks Aurora!!
Amazing review thanks! When you say "a little cleanup", do you mean you re sanding to remove the layers or do you have another technique?
As someone who does not presently have a 3D printer, but is looking to buy one at some time, I am watching many video reviews, to find out what would be the most suitable printer for me. I will say that, out of all the reviews and reviewers I have seen, I find Aurora Trch Channel to be the best! She is very clear about her views on each printer, giving the pros and cons without any favouritism. She tests everything with similar methods to come to a clear decision. I enjoy watching the videos here, and have to admit that I am seriously considering the A1 mini at this time! Thanks for your great channel!
Friend of mine said, I’m looking for a printer for 2 years already. I spent too much time on watching videos about it, I might as well buy it and stop wasting time 😂
you know you are a fan of the channel when you play their soundtracks on a Sunday morning while making breakfast 😂
Well done, truly complete review, as always.
Just a note, bambu lab bed specs say 100°?!
As I'm watching this video I get an email from MicroCenter that this printer is available in all stores today. 😄 I'm not in the position to need another printer, but Bambu Lab is the first place I'll look in the future I think.
Well done young lady. Great vid..
Great job pointing out the reasons the machine can't run Klipper and that their firmware isn't just a klipper copy.
Excellent review👍👍. There was no mention of the new zero waste AMS from Ankermake though🤔.
So, it seems BL is replacing P1P with A1, trying to fix the price parity with P1S. Still would have liked, some improvement to reducing waste with multicolor printing. They could actually do an image analysis patch to choose purging amount at start of a specific print. It should not have taken much effort though. Seems like they were in a rush to fix the reduced bed volume, and the toy like appeal of A1 mini leading to reduced sales.😊❤👍
waiting for this week s video.. in my country prices way too high its hard to choose which one to get in daily use. dont want to regret it after buying. b budget bambu series out of stock.. thank you for the reviews.. keep going.. 🙏
Nice !
Will you be trying out any more DIY projektstyrning, like the VZBoT in the future?
Is there a good test for determining Max Volumetric Speed for different filaments on Bambu printers?
I have enjoyed the reviews on this channel very much. I am hoping to see the ability of remote control for the printers. The ability to monitor the printer over mobile phones. Many people need to be away from the printer during the print time. It would be imported to be able to cancel the print, or shut down the printer, remotely if something goes wrong. I haven't seen 3D printer reviews covering this area.
Interesting. I know that Bambu was using their own proprietary firmware and all. But, it is pretty surprising to know to know how low spec their MCUs are given how capable the machine is.
To be fair I can do a 21minutes benchy on an Ender3 with Marlin, Klipper is better but if you go through the hassle of updating, re calibrate and upgrade cooling and extrusion then Marlin is pretty much capable to drive a bedslinger at 250mm/s with a standard board.
@@eaman11yeah, optimization makes grrat results
@@omegadeepblue1407 But be aware: it takes me 3 times to tune Marlin than Klipper and results are inferior. Eeeh but good enough and worth the trouble if it's an old printer.
@@eaman11 i know but people loves optimizing things, just look at apple that bases all what they do by optimization (not saying what they are doing is good, but is usable)
When you printed the figures, what is the square block printed in the back? Did you manually insert that block there? Or was it placed by the A1?
5:53 Are you using ultimaker printer as filament storages? 😅
How do you feel this stacks up against the P1S ? Love the videos
Good review, as usual. The bed temp is a non-issue: you'd never print high temp plastics on a open air printer anyway.
On a personal note, I don't need a better open air bed slinger, I need a XL version of the X1C.
As much as I agree with you Bambu is being smart here and after scooping up market share and causing a ruckus with the legacy manufacturers on speed, print quality, ease of use, and cost with the x and p series they are now focusing on entry level customers. I have to imagine the other manufacturers are again scrambling to meet the Bambu entry level printers. Hopefully this time next year they will offer the next gen flagship core xy printer with larger build volume.
@@shawnhicks619The only printers I haven't replaced with BL are my CR10Pros and CR6Maxs because of the volume, but it's itching me and the more I use my BLs the more I hate my high maintenance CRs.
I was even contemplating buying a few $5K machines from other brands to replace them until BL came along (thank god they did!).
Is the elegoo Neptune 4 plus video ever coming out? Or is the Neptune 4 max all we're getting?
Am I mistaken in my understanding that the Flow Calibration option only works with the LADAR equipped Bambu printers, all 1 of them?
can u flip the ams adaptor to be more centered then rear heavy? worth of a try know the filament tubs wont have better clearence
I will going to buy it to replace my two Ender 3 first generation because I need a multicolor printer and it's a good price despite that I can't use it for printing with more technical filaments that I can use it on my (always broken) K1. I was thinking to spend more money on the X1C with AMS but I will wait for this after Xmas because I will like to have more real opinions from normal people who reached to get one before taking the decision to buy it.
I’m curious to know how many of those test boxes y’all have by now
Just got this printer and so far impressed. I have a LulzBot Mini 2 that’s likely to become my secondary printer. Question for those who have this or the Mini. Do you enable bed levelling with each print? What about IS calibration?
Just Another amazing job.
You are my hero.
I'd still like to see some extended use and maintenance videos in the future.
They're almost all great out of the box... But what happens a year after daily use?
How to fix the slop after they get worn in a little. And what models are the Easiest, cheapest and best to maintain...
I can't wait to see where you and your brother will be in another 10 years.
Just inspirational.
Nice to see Helios on the public side of the camera and not just playing piano in the background! :)
Hey Aurora, since you seem to know a lot about 3d printers, I was wondering if you have any print recommendations/favorite topics, I think that would be enjoyed by many new tinkerers and veterans a like.
Much thanks.
I am from the UK maybe only in the uSA
God bless America 💕
I wonder since the sizzle has some height to it if time could be saved by for example with the alpaca printing each leg 3ish layers before the next one
I don't think I could ever go back to bed swingers just because of the desk space they take up.
Ciao ottimo video ti volevo chiedere il piatto di stampa che arriva insieme alla stampante va bene x il PLA e x PETG ?? visto che con la mia Prusa se si stampa il PETG si consiglia un piatto in Pei Grazie
does the A1 need to tram Z when installing? And how would you go about doing that if you need to in the future?
My order arrived - non ams. I was surprised how light the base was compared to the cr10se. So far it prints well. I feel my x1c is more consistent. I am not fond of the spool holder. I feel it’s a bit flimsy- it’s attaches solidly, but the “branch” the spool fits on seems flimsy. I wish Bambu did something different for their hotend cable and ptfe tube management. Not terrible, but feel something else could have been done. X rail is a little crunchy, and the hotend cable management box on the base cracked some where the z cable passed through as well as the clip that attaches to the base. I was gentle and careful. Not a big deal, however be careful. Also watch out when you put the base cover back one as the rear clip flexed outward and could have been snapped off if I hadn’t noticed. 3D printers are getting even closer to an appliance compared to my ender 3 days.
Wow looks awesome! Do you prefer this one or anycubic kobra 2 pro?
This machine is currently ranked #3 on my recommendation list and the Kobra 2 Pro is ranked #6. Please check out the list at auroratechchannel.com
i watch some others review of the 1A, most of them did mention it doesnt work as good as it small brother 1A mini.
good job kid.
Thanks so much for sharing! Are you certain the top mount AMS bracket is facing the correct way?
I'd think it should be flipped so the knob is towards the back and the weight is more centered, but maybe I missed something...
Either way, a fabulous review as always. Have a great holiday season!
-J
Yes, I tried to flip it over, but it gets in the way when the bowden tubes move. After adding the TPU pads, I no longer have the back-heavy issue. I also tried different combinations by flipping the AMS orientations. However, adding 4.5kg weight on the gantry top may still shows some minor impact on the print surface.
@@AuroraTech Ah, understood. I see they just posted an AMS top-mount installation video on their channel last night. Looks like they added a set of legs in the back to accommodate the shifted CG. Thanks again!
Can you print it on a humid area? Prolly around 40 degrees. With 41 degree celsius heat