I am sorry for all the people having problems, but my Prusa mjni is finally just workjng and happily printing all the stuff I throw at it. Its been having issues here and there forever. I just figured out that the hotend has not been assembled correctly (heatbreaker to nozzle seal was weak) which became a greater issue when switching to a 0.25mm nozzle. Now after I fixed it, it is just awesome :)
People will pile on me and say that it’s not the best choice if you value privacy but I’ve never had an issue with my Bambu P1S I’ve owned a total of 3 printers and they all had issues with something except for the P1S. Hundreds of print hours, as reliable as the day I got it.
My A1 Mini damaged 2 plates the stock textured and high temp smooth, when I first got it by freezing and locking up. A firmware up date has appeared to have fixed the issue. It’s been a year since it last happened, but I still don’t fully trust it anymore. Bambu makes decent hardware, poor software, and has dubious business practices.
On the other hand, my 7 year old Prusa Mk3s has never had an issue that wasn’t directly traceable to me. Even after converting it to run Klipper, it’s still every bit as solid and a tank that might not be quite as fast the Mini, (though Klipper and the input shaping has pushed the print speeds to over 100mm/sec), it’s the printer I trust to still be using 10 years from now.
Same, so much so that I swallowed my pride and bought a H2S as well. The P1S has just been a champion since day 1. Zero issues, perfect prints.
I hate the direction they are moving in, but having a partner means compromises must be made. It needs to be fire and forget every single time.
My dream is to have a RatRig in the future that I can tinker and play with, but for now it’s happy partner or no printer in the house.
Or printer of choice and no partner to tie you down!
Where were you and your amazing advice before we bought a house and made tiny humans???
Best time was yesterday. Second best time is now.
I’m so right there with you and know several people in the same boat. We all got so sick of tinkering and still having a high percentage of failures to the point that it became a chore, but now its as simple as slicing and waiting.
I’ve put 2800 hours on my X1C in the last 18 months and have had to do only one repair and have had maybe 10 failed prints mostly from adhesion issues. It’s been good enough that I’ve been able to create a side hustle and just bought a P1S during the Black Friday sale to pump out more volume.
I’m not exactly happy about their recent changes but even if you don’t like Bambu, you have to hand it to them for knocking the ball out of the park and forcing everyone else to match their quality.
I went with the Creality K1 because it was cheap, people can’t figure out a simple 220V/110V selector and it ships by default at 220V (god Mac.bid is so addictive). Getting an enclosed printer/appliance with 3 screws really turned the hobby into the one I wished it was when I started with the Ender 3 Pro. It prints perfectly every time and fast.
Is the nozzle change proceedure as intensive as I hear? I’ve got a prusa mini and xl, as well as some modded ender 5 and 3, but I’m brand agnostic in expanding my fleet
On the P1S its a couple of connectors and two Allen screws (assuming you have a fully assembled hot end to swap in). On the X1C its the same but three connectors. The new P2S is coming with a quick swap nozzle feature which would definitely be worth it if you plan on buying one of their printers.
Love me some quick swaps, I’ll probably be checking one out eventually. I like Prusa’s mozzle design, but they’re flippin expensive for hardened, and torquing the adapter to a standard mozzle has been a certified PITA