Bambu X1C Review - "WHY" the Bambu X1 Carbon is the best FDM Printer Ever
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So everyone know the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon is the best printer out there right now for the consumer, but why? And no it's not speed. That's what most people think and that's what all Bambu's competing brands think
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I love the X1C because i can just print when i want vs my old bed slinger which needed a sacrifice to the gods to get a first good layer, i think you nailed the Bambu Experience exactly.
I hear you loud and clear, I’m sick of bed slingers
@@FauxHammerThen you will get a heart attack when you see the Bambu Lab A1.
In my opinion is not the type of printer but the company that makes it and the model series it comes from.
Not all bedslinger are sick pieces of junk and not all core XY machines are a gift of heaven, if that would be truth then the FDM fans would have left the Ender 3 in favor of the TwoTrees Saphire (a budget FDM core XY that is just pretty bad, talking about TwoTrees, you need to see the "high speed" 3D printer they announced to compete against Bambu Lab, i think is called the K1-S, is so lame that you will laught by just watching it)
@@FauxHammer still sick of them? :P
It’s not the fault of „bed slingers“ in general that load cells are new to consumer 3D printers. As those are now also available on „bed slingers“. But as a owner of a X1C and a MK4, yea the X1C is far ahead.
I have long said 3D printing instructions start with "First get white chicken feathers, then, while standing in a Fairy Ring at midnight on a cloudless night throw three westward, then ..." So your "sacrifice" had me laughing! Thx! :)
Great video, you're definitely not alone in some of your conclusions and feelings. I had a similar trajectory (resin printers first then FDM) and it become apparent to me that for many FDM hobbyists, the hobby isn't making stuff; the hobby is tinkering with your printer. That's cool, I'm not harshing on the way they like to have fun, but there is a huge market of people like you and me who buy printers to make stuff and we're not interested in tweaking settings by a hundredth of a millimeter or 2 degrees C whilst running test prints in between. We want to make the thing we want to make and then move on to the next thing.
I feel that. I'm cool with tinkering with the settings too for optimal function, but I really just want to turn my 3D designs and prototyping ideas into physical objects in a straight run of ~24 hours vs manual creating a part blank, making a mold, and casting a part which will take me several days or even weeks.
Yeah that’s what I was trying to get at I think when I said there are different types of user.
Those who enjoy playing with the printer itself. And those who just like printing.
Yeah, that's what i though
I don't have a Bambu Lab, but i have used other printers, and i can be sure that the FDM fans being use to tinker is because of the Ender 3. Due to the Ender 3 low price a lot of people start with it.
Time passed and there were new models like the Neptune 3 Pro of Elegoo or the Magician X of Mingda, cheap FDM printers that work out of the box. I can't really speak about prices since im on Mexico (there 3D printers are more expensive, a Ender 3 V2 Neo has the same price of a Neptune 3 Pro) but i can see how the Ender 3 made the FDM fans think that if you don't tweak everything on the printer then your machine is useless.
Prusa started the trending of easy of use printers, BUT Prusa's specially on a worldwide level (remember, USA is not the whole planet) are super hard to get and for that reason most FDM fans did not care about "it just works" 3D printers until Bambu Lab appeared.
Bambu Lab's presence has been great for the 3D printing business since it impulsed companies to make better machines, just look at Anycubic with the Kobra 2 Pro, that machine already can beat the P1P, is really great to see other companies wanting to demonstrate that Bambu Lab is not superior.
Thank you, your review is one reason I bought a Bambu P1S because I wanted to just print. I returned another brand printer because I was spending more time tinkering with it to get it to work than just printing. Keep up the good work!
Great video and you are right I got mine and it has not stopped yet. I had no experience with 3D printing and this has been a great experience. Thanks again for the video
Agreed, I started with the X1C and just started printing straight, defaults just worked!
Can concentrate on learning designing the prints I want to make and not troubleshooting a damn printer, BRILLIANT!
Exactly why I love it
This video is the exact reason why I backed the KS as soon as I found out about it! I've gone through a couple Ender 3's with several upgrades and then a Artillery X1 but the BambuLabs X1C is the S Tier printer.
100% and unlike some other KS, they actually delivered on the promise!
I keep looking around at different printers and this will be my first 3d printer ever. I keep going back to bambu X1 C. I am looking forward to making things and learning how to use this machine to its fullest. I also got the STLFlix lifetime membership. Happy Xmas for me.
Wow, that's one hell of a thing to have!
This was exactly why I bought one. I bought an Ender 3 last October and it sat idle from December through to this October when I got excited again in the delivery window of the X1C.
I do get why FDM hobbiest love their machines and bristle at the BL printers. They've gotten used to the idea that any problem is just another tinker session away. And they enjoy that back and forth of figuring out and fixing a problem. But for me... I just want to print cool things that I can look at, play with or use. I don't want to have to fight a machine to get those results. To need to spend hours and hours tweaking and testing before I can get one good result.
And the BL printers give that out of the box it just works experience. They are not perfect. I too had to do a full head disassembly to clear a bit of filament that somehow flattened and flared out wider than both top and bottom opening. But the guides to do so were superb. And the design was obviously made with user maintenance front and centre in the engineer's minds.
While I was deciding what machine to buy, the X1C or the Creality K1 Max, I heard a lot about why the X1C existed at all. These bored engineers tried the existing FDM options and found them woefully lacking. So they made a machine that fixed all the things they hated about the process. And they made it intuitive in the process. And now I have been printing for two months straight non-stop (well, except when I ran out of the right filament colour, then I just printed other small things) and I have yet to loose the excitement like I did with the Ender. Because it's not a challenge to make something cool now. It's fun.
And isn't that what we all truly want out of our hobbies? To know we're enjoying the time we spend on them. That precious little free time we get as adults in this modern world.
Very nice! This process seemed so intimidating. Thank you.
OMG 0.2 nozzle miniature fdm printing yes ! I tried this on 0.2 but could not find a way to generate easy to remove support that does not brake the mini can’t wait this video 😊
Well, I’m struggling with that too.
I’ve had some support-less minis come off in the 0.06mm profile looking nice. And some terrain.
But anything smaller or printing my own stuff has been a challenge. I’m not done yet though. Watch this soace
Thank you for sharing your ordeals - These are the same challenges that I've been facing for a long time. You should also add that FDM printing requires begging for help from the public and facing a wave of trolls that look for these sadistic opportunities. This is why 3D printing is so horrible and frustrating. Maybe one day I'll be able to order a Bambu Labs printer. But I feel the pain...
Interesting!
I came fro FDM and recently went into resin. I agree that FDM needs more settings to be set up but since I came from FDM, I felt post processing in resin is tedious. It's like if u started with Starbucks or Coffee Bean.
Nice video bro!
Thanks mate.
Yeah totally agree that post process in a nightmare in comparison to just taking it off a plate.
I've been considering getting the X1 printer, and your video has been very informative and helpful in my decision-making. That being said. Do you have a file available for that poopy shoe you made? What was that orange staircase-looking thing you were making? Once I saw the end product I had to pause and write this comment. That may be the first thing I print when I get my printer.
Great explanation, thank you
So not sure if you mentioned this or not, but you can use the x1 carbon it to dry filament, it has a setting for that. I’ve never tried it as I’m relatively new to printing and haven’t had a roll old enough for said problem
Hey Faux where can I get that model at the end of the video? The one around 12:50? You finally convinced me to get an X1 and I really want to try that model once my printer arrives.
Spot on video! Where did you get the Ashoka style face/skull? That’s awesome would love to try to print that on my X1C!
That one is by Pipe Cox
Well said. I'm still using an original Ender 3 Pro with a Microswiss drive and it's time to upgrade for all these reasons. The quality has certainly increased since the E3P days, but I'd settle for the same and a smooth user experience.
I'm over building and flashing firmware, manual bed levelling, running acceleration towers, and coming down to find a printer pulling a pile of spaghetti around the build plate.
I think $1500 is steep for a conaumer printer, but that $500-600 seems like the sweet spot for me.
Keep an eye out for my K1 review then. Basically this with fewer features and some cheaper parts. But it’s bloody solid.
Don’t forget, there’s also the P1 series which are much cheaper
I went from having my ender 3 v2 neo being dormant for months due to it being very loud. slow, and had to hope that it would actually stick and print good. I got my A1 a few weeks ago and i have it printing every single day. I love Bambu Labs
Great video. I'm sold
Everyone... ( well there maybe be the odd one ) that has bought a Bambu Labs Printer will tell you exactly what this video is telling the sceptical.
It's just Awesome.
I was so happy with mine after the first week I wrote to Bambu Labs & thanked them & their whole team for bringing such a stress free 3D Printer to the printing community & thanks for listening !!
Dont think I am a one time 3D printer user, who hasnt just walked away from my past printers in case I threw them out of the window (2nd floor flat-dangerous ) I started just after Prusa's printer was a china copy build your own printer cheaper, it sort of worked but many hours later fixing & getting these to run & learn code to add other code, yeah you get it.
I still have my Ender 5 Plus, my last purchase a while ago now & yes it was better, still fiddling with it to get it to level the first layer...would never leave it overnight haha, your joking right !!
Yes X1 Carbon combo was expensive, compared to the other previous buys, but was it worth it, damm...without doubt, no regrets. Unboxed, FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS, started setup, near had a toilet accident when it went through calibration, I was NOT expecting vibrations like that haha...then just printed, mouth open wide...wow..thats fast !
Info' -Longest prints so far on BL printer @ 18 hours + & 13H 45M started Overnight...then went to work, came back no issues, watched it printing on my mobile at lunch break..ha !
I listened to a U tuber- applogies for not remembering your name- he said "if the print fails on a Bambu Labs printer, it is more likely YOU have done something wrong rather than the printer has"...its true so far...I used old filament that was probably a year old from my stash drawer, it seemed ok, only the first few CM were a bit stiff & twig like, used it a bit further down & fine, within 30 minutes, broken filament in the system...oh crap, this is a major strip down on my old printers, followed instructions on screen, followed the link to video, 30 min's later back up & running, from knowing nothing about this printer & that included stripping down the AMS? That never happens on the old printers....from that point I was a Bambu Labs fan boy (or should say-Old Man )
Only Twice the printer has failed prints & actually stopped & told me, both times I had "chanced" the glue from a few prints ago would be ok, or used "Prit stick after I ran out of Bambu Labs stuff, so both times my fault, Prit stick & regrettably the cheaper stuff tried too, it works, sort of, but not reliably.
Bought another Bambu labs stick & the liquid Bambu Labs stuff to try, that is brilliant stuff a bit more ££, & it just works better.
Changing the hot end assembly is a walk in the park.
I need to stop, this is going to take longer to read than your video did to watch haha
If you want to just print, this is it, Bambu Labs Printer-its here, now. Buy it -use it -be happy ☺
1 Conclusion...
Bambu Labs have a diferent concept of consumer satisfaction than most & its showing.
Cant wait for Bambu Labs larger format..👍
What was that multi colour model that had the mask that flipped up?
Watching your video, I got the impression that you had to go "online" to register and use the slicer program that comes with the printer? Am I right or wrong here?
Love my p1s , was my first step into 3d printing. The best part is the whole bambu ecosystem. It makes it so easy for people like me to get started. From day one when I unboxed and setup my printer and ams to printing my first ever benchy that came out perfect. They really make 3d printing fun
@FauxHammer do you feel this applies to the P1S as well? I was torn between the X1C and P1S
I’ve not had the P1S but very probably so in a few ways.
The lack of a full UI on the P1S is something that I’d miss though and having it give me a we code explaining g how to fix things would be missed
Convincing video. I think I may have to get it. Just wish the print bed was larger. For such a premium price, I feel like it's the least they could do when my $250 Neptune 4 Pro is nearly the same size.
Your YourTube videos (that I binge watched many) have made me confident in buying a 3D filament printer after a 2010 disaster purchase gathering dust on a high shelf somewhere. My final list was the QIDI X-PLUS3 3D, Babmu P1S/X1C and Creality K. That list was based on your mantra of using the machine and not reinventing it, plus the product support and wanting an enclosed unit. I've decided on the Bambu P1S and live across the pond. Do you have any setup for getting credit of me buying from the US Bambu store? The UK link actually discourages shipping to me, which I can accept.
Thanks mate, just click that link then in the top left change the country to yours
I'm actually reviewing the P1S right now and my general thoughts are, why bother with the X1C. this does more than enough.
"does more than enough" was my thought too. Not worth the additional $500
5 different 3d printers, my P1S is the only one that printed perfectly right out of the box.... except for that wonky front panel.... shoulds got the X1?
As a brand new 3D printer, and youtuber , Id absolutely love to be able to get one for use , learning and review from the stand point of a new 3d hobbyist. Ive tried reaching out to them but no luck. Just on the budget of a disabled vet just cant swing the price.
I emailed them a few times. No reply. When they did Contact me, it wasn’t on the back of any of my emails.
They contact you it seems
I started really comfortable with FDM printing, and eventually got my hands on a Form2 for a great price. I've now got two >$1000 FDM printers sitting collecting dust because of the time needed to just get them started and somewhat sorted. The resin printer just works. I'm seriously looking at the X1 as a 'ready to go' FDM printer just so I can do 'functional' FDM prints again.
Nice journey. And yeah. It’ll do that
not joking, the only reason I didn't jump on the Bambu X1-carbon - at KickStarter - was the print volume. I find myself printing bigger things - and they just are too problematic to cut into parts to then assemble. I only wished that Bambu would have been closer to 300mm squared, as it really should have been, as that would have been the best printer all around.
Like... size? Yup everything covered, big ol' build volume (assuming the 300x300 size) Speed? Yup. Ease of use? Yup. it nailed everything - except the size.
And I know that is somewhat a personal preference, but honestly, if the standard size of printers wasn't around 235mm but 300mm - there is almost nothing to lose, and everything to gain.
I had hoped their next printer would be a "X-1 XL" - but.. sadly they went backward and made a bed slinger, sure it's nice and priced well for what it is, but again... it's not what I am looking for. (I'd rather stay away from bed slingers - smallers are fine for small prints, but if you try to go bigger, the larger volume of bed to move around causes problems even software has a hard time dealing with)
So maybe another year we will see some XL.. which could be identicle to the X-1 carbon but you know.. bigger... and it'd be amazingly perfect.
I hear you and I was on the fence about buying one because so many other channels have covered them already.
I’m also waiting for a bigger one
What was the skill model in the video.
I’m about to pull the trigger on a 3d printer and I’ve come to the conclusion that the X1 is the one to buy for exactly the same reason that you described in this video. It’s for the same reason that I use the Apple ecosystem for my personal use. Yes, it’s more expensive, but, as I like to say, “Money is nothing. Time is everything.” I appreciate that there are those who love to tinker, but I couldn’t care less. I just want to print stuff.
Yeah exactly this, I literally emailed Bambu today and said I’m all in with their brand. It is the one fir me and yeah. This is the Apple for every other printer that is more Android
You’ve nailed the difference between Bambu and other companies. Have experienced it first hand.
With BBL I can start printing at any time even if i have no time at all. :D Coming home from work and a friend mailed me a file he wants me to print for the next day but I only got a few minutes before i have to leave again for my other things to do? No problem. Power on the printer open the file make some basic selections like bed and filament. Slice, send. Done and I'm out the door again even before the printer started to print because it does not need me at all. It does load the selected noodles by itself does calibrate and level itself. Oh the selected noodle spool is almost empty? Does not matter. Just smack a second identical spool in the AMS fast and tell the printer to use it if the other one runs out. Done.
I’ve been trying to explain to people I know why I just up and bought 2 Bambu Lab X1 combo 3D Printers after watch printer revives for 15 year saying it is not worth the hassle with my heath issues. I am now just going to send them this video because I’ve never heard it said better and more direct.. thank you.
My second printer turned out to be a bad unit, but bambu lab shipping out of replacement and help to accommodate my disabilities in the way they did it. I refurbish I am cad workstations, most of the price stick parts that I replace I now print instead of purchase, and has made doing this much easier on me having the printer here. Because of issues. I have lots of special things that I need to help make my life easier. I’m able to figure out what I need and print it and have it working and that makes my life much easier
I would say the only company that’s upset I got 3D print is Amazon, Walmart and eBay because it’s cut each of their revenue from me by several hundred dollars a month. I can sit down at the computer and figure out what part I need. What would work better and then I can produce it and have it in stock for me to use.
Thanks and wow that’s an incredible story, I’m so glad these make your life easier!!!
After 7 years of Enders and prusas multiple hours in my underpants late and night messing with marlin I got an X1C, I now have 6 best printer by far, in the last 4 weeks I’ve printed over 500 flexible dragons and various other stuff perfectly…. Great review Ross and if your at Edinburgh comic con this weekend pop over and buy a dragon 😊
Awww I’m at Spiele this week
@@FauxHammer maybe Liverpool at end of Month if your around have a good time buddy
I just got the X1 carbon less than a week ago, I have had problems with it on something’s , but overall there error displayed that pops up tells you what is wrong. Like you I using older filament that is cheap and just is bad, the problems I’m having is not the printer but the filament and some small issues that there menu had me check on that could be the problem and guess what it was the problem was listed a something to check. A easy fix. After using it nonstop I’m dumping four ender 3 clones, and may dump my two other creality printers. Like you I just want to print not spend hours setting up and releveling or changing the settings to make it work. I glad I didn’t get the p1p or the p1s just because the LiDAR and the screen display.
This is the exact experience I had. Yep, a couple of hotdogs but I was able to solve them using Bambus own tools and articles.
This is the only printer that stays on my bench
im glad i started with an ender 3 .but man the bamboo p1s is so worth it .i still cant believe it printed right out of the box after set up without having to level /calibrate the printer .kinda wish it didnt require a phone app /cloud acount set up tho
Your perspective has changed mine. I'll not look at 3d printers the same again. Thanks.
Bambu knows that whenever people hear “calibration” or “adjust” or “tweak”, people’s reaction is f that. We want to press a button and have a model pop out. Period.
Yep! 100% this
Cool. I started out on FDM and to me they're equally frustrating experiences, just in different ways
I understand Bambu's P1S or X1C are FDM printers (hot glue guns) that support PT, PLA, ABS and carbon fiber material.. but what kind of materials are used SLS/SLA (resin+uv) printers?
Aside from speed and the volume size of the print, how does the technology differ from industrial 3d printers (Stratasys Fortus 450mc, sPro 60, Essentium)? Is it that those support even more exotic materials (Peak Victrix AM 200)
SLA is resin in a vat. using a laser, MSLA is the same using am LCD screen. SLS uses lasters to melt thermoplastic, kind of like reverse FDM. the materials vary but Nylon is most common
I would have liked to see some of the prints quality. I know its FDM but there is a difference if say your printing terrain paint the closer it gets to smooth the better, less post processing.
This was mode of an editorial video to talk about what they do different.
I have 3 more videos coming, including one in Partnership with Artis Opus. To paint models printed on this
At 0:15 to 0:20 , 2:07 to 2:16 , 12:28 to 12:54 , you display a model. What is it called? I would like to print that. Please let me know.
I wanted to get into 3d printing and I was excited as I watched the video but 1500 bucks is to steep for me. What would you recommend for a beginner, I just want to print small things like skulls and trinkets nothing to crazy 😜
Can you afford the p1p or p1s?
@@FauxHammer I’m sorry I should have specified my price range. I can afford around 300 bucks.
@@wonderwonder30Sovol has some nice printers
I feel voron really brought on the fdm speed trend and also the real popularity of corexy.
Fantastic
I just bought a p1s and I've been waiting a month for it to arrive (some delays in deliveries). I hope it will be as good as carbon. Unfortunately x1c was out of my budget.
I don’t have a p1s but hole that Bambu like working with me enough that they will send me more stuff to cover.
This is going well for me, it’s t least my best video despite it not even being a review. I hope it’s good enough for them too
Actually that's pretty great, the P1S is the most balanced product on Bambu Lab's catalogue.
I hope you enjoy it so much
I have a P1S and it works great. You have nothing to worry about. Print a poop chute for it first. You'll understand why after you start printing with it. 😊
You nailed some FDM issues
Thanks
Good point.
I have the opposite thoughts to yourself, I find resin printing a pain in the butt, the smells the cleaning up the washing of the part, I use my resin machine probably half a dozen times a year
Oh no, you are right. I just mean the process of getting a successful print is much easier on Resin.
Yeah the post processing is a nightmare.
We had quite the opposite experience when we got our Bambu Lab X1C, the xy belt/self tightening mechanism was messed up so we had to keep unscrewing and screwing it, then the filament kept under extruding then over extruding. Complete mess, same experience as with every other printer. For the price they still need to make it a bit better.
I do not mind tinkering around with my printer ,but after some time it does get a little bit annoying when you simply just want to finish a project and the printer simply lets you down.
Once I land my first engineering job I think I'll get rid of this Neptune 4 Pro that I have bought and simply move to a bambu lab printer.
Fauxhammer. What is the tower for, printing besides your model when printing.
It’s a prime tower, it’s used when colour changing it when creating a Timelapse
All machines with moving parts need to be tuned and serviced, be it ur lawnmower, car or 3d printer. Tinkering is part of the 3d world, well until 3d mechanics become a thing. Its annoying to tune a machine, but once you do it usually doesn't need to be tweaked much, just a few changes for different filaments.
Oh totally, but what I love about this is that it teaches you how to do it!
What's the roboskull model in the intro?
Can’t remember the name, but it’s by Pipe Cox
@@FauxHammer Thanks!
Goddamn, you NAILED my experience in FDM printing so far. I'm not saying I regret getting my Neptune 4, but it has certainly not been as easy as advertised or claimed by reviews. Looking forward to future videos on these, especially the niche issues like the infamous poop waste people complain about.
I’m reviewing the Neptune 4 at the mo and I’m about to throw them out of the window
@@FauxHammerresin printers are definitely a wholly different animal. Nicer part finish straight off the printer, but then there's washing, drying, and curing on top and resin printing produces higher airborn VOC levels rapidly
@@FauxHammerThat's because the design is flawed, even elegoo admitted it.
The main reason you will see a lot of people saying that the Neptune 4 is amazing is just because the name Neptune, the Neptune 3 Pro was a great printer and just by that people things the Neptune 4 is good, but it fails to deliver.
I don't blame you if you want to throw the Neptune 4 out of the window, Elegoo screwed it
I have used my X1C for 750 hours and only experienced one failed print, which was due to user error.
I’m at about the same now
Just got an X1c and love the thing. It's my sixth printer, and it is BY FAR the most hassle-free printer I've used. I hate tinkering with printers. No regrets, and just got the AMS and dreams of a few more of each. Even love the touch-screen of the X1c over the others. Tired of cutting corners, now that I know what I've been missing I'll save up for the good stuff. You can keep the Creality clone garbage, and Prusa dinosaur and the Voron hobbyist epeen machine, I'll take something that works out of the box. And don't get me started on the mess from Resin printers.
I started with a filament 3d printer and like to tinker with it, and while I don't think there is a best printer, the bambulab clearly did something, it finally made creality and the other brands move their asses, we were "blocked" with some ender 3 cheap clones for a few year and they just moved the entire industry
You’re right there is no “best printer for everyone as most people want different things.
But this was certainly a huge evolution
100% this. There was no innovation for YEARS because they could be lazy and sell copies of the same design with slight improvements for a markup. Bambu Lab was a nuclear explosion to the industry and it was so sorely needed.
@@fuloran1 great way to put it!
So glad I started the hobby with the x1c. It’s perfect for usable prototypes and I have had near 0 issues.
I have been printing since 2013 at home and 1986 at work and my first printer a Mendel 90 I had to assemble from a kit, all the faults that have occurred with various printers over the years have educated me on 3D printing, saying that though if I had been given the choice I too would have bought a Bambu X1C as my 1st machine LOL
Oh you’ve missed so much pain
The secret of the Bambu X1 Carbon is that people just want to print, not to constantly have to upgrade their printer. People are willing to pay up front to get a device that comes stock with all the upgrades they would have had to do to a cheaper printer anyway. It is expensive because it has all the stuff and just works - especially if you can print with Bambu’s decent-but-limited range of filaments. They don’t sell filament that doesn’t print well in their machines.
Waiting for LAN only mode and i’m buying one🎉
Pretty sure you can just use USB
What's the benefit of LAN only mode
You can use it without internet and usually it will have a way to communicate with it that can be reversed engineered.
You can use it without internet and usually it will have a way to communicate with it that can be reversed engineered.
Some people typically don;t like the idea that this communicates through Bambu Cloud and would rather keep it more offline. Personally I'm not sure what risk to my privacy there is when communicating with Bambu, I;d rather they see what I;m printing and know of it;s successes and failures so they can continue to improve their products. @@RainingYayo
I definitely recommend Bambu labs. Creality needs to wake up. And with Bambu there are almost no layer lines.
it certainly looks like a nice printer, but i think im still going to stick with Resin, it just seems much more geared towards my needs......although printing large terrain pieces on fdm does sound appealing....
It’s nice. I have another printer coming in collaboration with Artis Opus on painting terrain printed on this
@@FauxHammer i will look forward to those videos :)
12:38 did it really take 3days 1hour and 56 mins to print this?
To print the rounds? No it was a couple of hours, why did you think it would take that long?
I've been into 3d printers for 10 years, gone through 5 different printers. I backed the KS because it was plainly obvious that the claims weren't bullshit. It is hands down the best printer I've ever owned. The nozzle probing for bed leveling is probably 80% of the reason people have so much success with the printers. Not having to mess with manual z offset and slivers of paper bullshit, why did it take so long to get here?
The LiDAR for flow is the winner for me. A few have probing now, but value to ting flow rate fir every print is an absolute godsend
FDM printing is what started the home printing revolution and everything was and to some extent it still is, community driven. However, the people who started and evolved this industry are focused on tinkering and playing with the machines, not on making reliable, dependable and reproducible parts. Which is a bit counterproductive since the goal, as far as I see it, is to democratize manufacturing to the masses. And even now, bamboo printers are criticized by many reviewers and users for being basically a fully featured and finished product that works, because it can't be tinkered with, or improved or this and or that. Personally, I keep watching the evolution of 3D printers for years now, waiting patiently for the product that I can just use out of the box, consistently and reliably for stuff around the house. And even with how amazing the X1 seems to be I am still not sure I should just jump on it or wait a bit more.
FDM printers are a complete nightmare when they go wrong (more so the high-end core xy) Resin printers have a screen to fail and that is it. Resin can be messy if you are prone to spilling your dinner down your shirt, I honestly do not have any mess. Bambu Labs are innovating with every release and the quick nozzle change on the A1 is just another fantastic example.
100% agree with this
I mean, I bought a Creality Halot Mage recently and after a failed print the FEP tore and leaked out all over the printer and work surface. I don’t really know what I could’ve done to avoid that though. It’s very difficult to be messy while FDM printing but with resin printing you have to follow a process otherwise you get sticky smelly resin on work surfaces.
It may indeed function just fine.
My issue is that it has a hardware encryption chip which utilizes end-to-end encryption. It sends packets every day to servers in China. It is impossible to know what it is sending as it encodes and encrypts AT THE HARDWARE LEVEL prior to any information handling.
It COULD be completely innocuous. You CANNOT know as it CONSTANTLY communicates with cloud based entities which you CANNOT identify.
What information is it sending?
Why is it sending the information?
To whom is it sending said information?
It sends this information even when ostensibly in "LAN MODE" which it claims lets it run in an autonomous environment.
It REQUIRES "cloud connection" when upgrading or replacing parts.
THAT SHOULD worry anyone.
The fact that many just hand-wave this is quite disturbing.
Some FDM printing info video would be so usefull. I have a printer myself and don’t really understand it. Everything you say in this video is exactly me. At first I thought it would be cool but after failing and failing, searching, correcting and making it even worse, I really lost my mind
Will do! It will take some time because I want to make it a simple step by step.
But it is not step by step. It’s one step forward, tow back. 3 forward one back, 7 forward. Fail. Start again
Can you tell me the name of the printer you have? Maybe i can give you some useful information and the name of other channels focused on FDM.
lol my Qidi Xmax 3 was a:) cheaper b:) a hell of alot bigger and c:) prints just as good as a bambu anything. AMS is garbage to me as I know how to paint I dont need multi color 3d prints. Im waiting for all the Bambu sheep to come at my because I bashed the printer, its funny how triggered they get. Love your reviews also man, very informative.
I bought my QIDI X Max 3 first and then got a Bambu P1S with AMS a week later. I love my QIDI, but she's sensitive and prone to pouting, spending a third of her time on the healing bench. With the P1S, I had to clear one clogged head, but otherwise good. The AMS is awesome. I'd love to have one for my QIDI. It isn't really about the multi-color printing which I seldom do much of. Sure, it's nice to use a contrasting color for the top couple of layers on a raised letter print, but I hate wasting filament so nothing complicated. Just straight PLA and ASA.
The spool on the QIDI is a pain, and I have it set up so I can reach the back okay. You go around to the back, unclip the lid, try not to drop the filament as you're holding it in one hand while trying to thread the filament into the off ramp, then keep feeding it until you hit resistance. Then you go around to the front, go to the change menu, heat up the hot end and tell it to extrude while pushing the filament in. Not rocket surgery, but a pain. With the AMS, I plop in a spool, push the filament into the hole where the sensor picks it up and does the rest. Then I sit down and tell Bambu studio what kind of filament it is so I don't have to guess when I'm picking from the four. If I'm getting low on a spool, I can replace the next spool with the same filament and it automatically starts using that when the first runs out. Screw multi-color, this thing just rocks!
I have five FDM printers and working on my 6th with the 100 project, so I'm not new to this. The QIDI is a great printer with a ton of features, but it's not for beginners or the faint of heart. It requires regular care and feeding, which is Fauxhammer's point. The Bambu is simple and yet very capable and very fast. If you like tinkering with your printer, you'll like the QIDI better, but if you just want to print some stuff, the Bambu is by far the better printer. IMO of course. EMMV.
No issues with mine, and i made a spool holder for the side or back , def that stock thing sucked.@@Immolate62
I’m testing that at the mo, but have to be honest. It will print almost as good. But I haven’t needed to touch a single setting on the X1 other than use the presets.
The QIDI is great, but needs some tweaking
Yup
Definitely the best mass production printer. IMO the VORON 2.4 is the best FDM printer.
Boron scares me
2500 hours on the Bambu X1C. Worked my way through an Ender, an FLSUN, and a Flashforge. ALL bragged on easy calibrations. None were correct. Plus, then its calculations as to heat temps and support nuances. The "Big Bambu" takes most/all the headaches away from 3d FDM printing, so you can...just print.
If you would like some tips for fdm printing. I got you.
The biggest thing I've ever done to improve FDM prints was an enclosure. It's also the biggest physical thing.
That's part of why I want an X1 Carbon. The core-XY style takes up way less space with an enclosure. With FDM I still think painting and finishing is the best way to make something look good, but if the AMS allows those water soluble support material, it seems like a win.
I started with resin first too and I hated it. I'm happy with fdm glad I didn't quit.
FDM is much more easier for me and most of all FUN. no more gloves no more masks no more smells no more resin everywhere
Totally agree!
I will add to that presidents
We have 2000+ hours of priting on it
and it chugs any fillament we throw at it
Cheap expensive - it just goes throu it
One caviat to that fillament does not sits here to long becouse we go throu it realy fast
And now we have 2 X1 carbons
Its just great tool
What type of items do you usually print ?
uuh how to give example without saing to much imagine empty inside earth in size wuch make it bearly fit with like 1cm thickness thou bottom half has beefy stand attached to it that type of objects in difrent sizes is majority but we print small usefull stiff like holders for powertools etc - but those are for us so one and done and more litle usefull stuff wich we need at moment@@RainingYayo
Lol I want an X1C so bad but FDM is not hard. There is a learning curve yes, but you don’t need a $1200 printer to get beautiful part… just a little work.
The whole opening rant is exactly why ive returned a FDM printer years ago and never got back into it.
I just want to plug, print, play. The printer isn't my hobby. The terrain I'd potentially print THATS my hobby.
Thanks so much, I was so worried that rant would put people off
Auto Z probe offset ?
yup.
Pardon?
Do i even want to know what a "poppy shoe" is? I do want this printer. Too bad its triple my budget.
poppy shoe?
@@FauxHammer Doh that was supposed to say "poopy shoe."
I hand built a 300x300x300 FDM myself. Costs as much as X1c, for much less functionality 😂
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that hassle does sound fun to me! Jig it till you Rig it!
Totally and if that’s the part you enjoy then go for it. Whilst expensive. This is Ames at people like me would would rather remain ignorant to that.
I have am X1C and I like the cleaness of it but I miss the hassle sometimes. That sense of accomplishment and pride.@@FauxHammer
WOW! Someone who gets that Bamboo Labs is so far beyond all the other filament printers that the competition isn’t even close. I have one off the P companies top o the line printers and a Benchy From that printer was not as good as the P1P.
Right, they are so far behind it’s almost laughable.
Buyer Beware, the support is horrible, possibly non existent (still waiting) so if you know this upfront it won't be so bad waiting days possibly weeks staring at a new machine that won't print. I bought four printers and yes the ones that work are pretty cool machines but imagine with the lack of any way to communicate with the company this will be my last purchase from Bambu Lab.
What happened in the end? Were you able to return it?
He said he was about to buy it but the contracted him just before he did.
Was this meant to be a reply to someone?
Actually resin printing is older than FDM printing.
I just meant, In the consumer space FDM has taken off more widely
@@FauxHammer That's true, thanks to the lower price of entry.
so true. i have 2 neptunes, after an month i was sick of it bought the P1S. it just works.. Dont ever buy those cheap ass things again.
Thanks, and yeah I still have issues with Neptune 4s
I was looking to buy a bambu as well...and suddenly I realized I have not enough money. Lucky you
Yeah they aren’t cheap unfortunately. Worth every penny though if you want to avoid printing pains
Like Apple, Bambulab did figured out that it’s all about the user experience and the whole ecosystem. I started my journey in 3D print with a Anycubic Kobra Plus printer, not bad but after unpacking and assembling, you have to manually set the parameters in Cura (forget about the version of Cura that comes with it, it’s already lagging behind the current version). Then start tinkering with it to get a decent first layer and print… rinse and repeat. This lasted three months until I got my X1C, a world of difference; first print and subsequent were a success, regular update of slicer and firmware to make the machine and process even better, great user group to get things sorted out as needed. They indeed figured out that it was all about the experience and based on sound engineering, removed the largest irritants of the pre Bambu era. Now in the after Bambu era, the other manufacturers are being pushed to bring innovations and they do which is fantastic for all of us that enjoy the 3Dprinting world.
*AMS
I know that now….
Actually a close VERY close second is CUSTOMER SUPPORT.
I won't (at this time) mention any names in the big 5, but their customer support suck.
In my field if my suppliers provided the lousy customer support that the 'other names' did, I would yank my $50,000,000 in biz from them... well actually I would have never bought their products to begin with.
Oh you are so right, and they have been top in this regard too! I should have added that.
I’ve had so many bad experiences, even when I have a bit of an in tk some if these companies higher ups. It’s still like pulling teeth
@@FauxHammerx
It's the same philosophy that got Apple started - it just works. I started with an Ender 3 and I hated it. After a year of failed prints (with about 5 total successes) I smashed it with a hammer and threw it in the bin. Bought a P1P and over the first weekend has more prints and with far better quality than that goddamn shitty Ender curse
does the P1P have all the monitoring and ux (except the screen) as the X1C he tested?
@@adamjosephs7365 it doesn't have the lidar scanner and the associated AI to determine if a print spaghettis, but frankly it's not needed for 99% of prints - it's so reliable
Yeah, this. Exactly this!!!
All I know my next 3D printer will not be Prusa. I have spent hundreds of hours just to fine tune every single print job. Gazillions of problems... that was Prusa MK3S.
Now, with Prusa MK4 there are gazillions minus ten problems. Stay away from Prusa if you need to 3D print and not just tune 3D print.
Resin printing is still dangerous for your health. And you need a room made for it. And the chemicals are expensive. The bambu is amazing.