I find that the H2D is more accurate with print lines than the X1C…every time.
I am not an engineer nor do I say I have lots of experience with 3D printers. (All of you know I am just 2 years into this journey). I would say there are more likely the factors of the tension of the belts and friction in the rails that would limit a realization of whatever the calibration does and how that affects the actual print…if I understand the “encoder” correctly.
But…it is only $73 more…(and NOT my money). So I think you should get it.
The question I have: They are not charging much for it and if it really makes a whopping difference, wouldn’t you think they would just include it so that people get the best experience possible?
I doubt I would buy either. I have a Centauri Carbon and when it comes out with their MMS system I will probably buy that to upgrade and that will meet all my 3d printing needs. The Bambu system seems like an apple product to me, which is great on the surface but when there are problems with no solutions your only recourse is to replace rather than upgrade.
I just mean you can only get parts from bambu rather than other generic providers for parts but to be fair a lot of other printers are starting to go down that same rabbit hole.
My brother and I dropping into Al’s hole near Moab. First time I did this I was 15. I was the first one in our group to try it, and there wasn’t a single skid mark down it. We named it after our scout leader who tried to go down after I did and chickened out and tried to turn out of it. Ended up tumbling to the bottom and separated his shoulder. Some folks call this the toilet bowl… but the toilet bowl is actually a little farther south east and requires a drop into a sand wash at the end.
Pardon my French but to HECK with THAT! Erik, you’re a maniac! I went down that little mountain behind Willow Springs Raceway on a 60 year old Greeve’s trials bike, and I said I would never “drop in” to anything again.
And forgive me because this is hastily written in between classes…
Regarding Bambu versus the competition, I agree that the whole walled-garden ecosystem is lame, but I maintain that Bambu have done more to advance 3D printing than any other company in the space, that most other core XY machines (aside from like Formlabs, Vision Miner, etc) are copying their tech, and that if you want functional and cutting edge machines on a hobbyist budget, that there is truly no other choice.
But everybody is entitled to their opinion, of course.
I am surprised no one has mentioned it. Check out the Snapmaker U1 - 4 tool heads, no poop and can multicolor print much faster than any AMS system out there for all under 1K (pre-sale at $849 now). This is a much better price than the H2C or anything I can see bambu coming out with in the future at this price point. If you want fast single prints than Bambu has proven themselves, but then again the Centuri Carbon has also been great from reports and a lot cheaper. Good luck and have fun.
Surely it should be in the conversation…and while it isn’t here, it is in dedicated 3DP spaces. I’m “aware” of it…
Personally I’ve always been a bit leery of presale printers. There have been more than one of these companies go belly-up without being able to deliver. I’m not saying Snapmaker will be in that camp, but it’s been enough of an issue to make me think twice.
I love the continued innovation, and I love that Bambu continues to have competition. The U1 has some really cool tech. The price tag is VERY impressive. There are certainly things I don’t love about it, but that’s just my personal use case. Still, I hope that it will drive down the price of Bambu’s printers. Because maybe I’ll sell my old X1C and buy a second H2D when they do.
Watching the trials riders along the slickrock trail as a youth that is something I always wanted to get into… There were 8 kids in my family, and not allot of money to go around… I had to borrow mountain bikes to ride till I bought my own when I got my first job after HS. Trials riding is something I could really get into. I love the technical rocky riding. With age, I have noticed that I have to work allot harder at it on my mountain bike than I used to… someday I may have to move on to something motorized to get my glory back.
I was in the same boat looking at Bambu. Then I spent time looking at the Snapmaker U1. This isn’t there first 3d printer and the company has been around for years with a decent track record for 3d units. They ran a good Kickstarter campaign that was funded to over 20 million in sales. They have final production units being delivered now to backers already and numerous reviews are on Youtube for the new production units. Just something else to think about before spending a lot of money. Just depends on what and how you want to use your printer. Good Luck.
Thank you! Yeah, the actively heated chamber, smart ventilation/filtration, and 320+mm/3 volume were top of mind for me; the dual 350°C nozzles are enough for most of my intended usage, with an AMS providing the flexibility to do “more” when absolutely necessary. With my X1C, I’ve only used more than two filaments once or twice in the years I’ve owned it.
My first three 3D printers were all so heavily modified that they really didn’t even resemble the units they started out as. As much fun as all that was, I actually kind of prefer the “plug and play” nature of Bambu’s products, and have actively avoided 3rd party mods with X1C. And I’m actually considering the switch over to their filament, moving forward, just for the RFID support, and because the handful of times I’ve used it, the profiles were really close right out of the gate, and the prints were always flawless.
People say “Bambu fanboy” like it’s a bad thing. But, I came from an Anet A8; I’ve had Creality’s and I’ve got time on Prusa’s. Before I bought the X1C I was leaning hard towards building a Voron instead.
In the end, I just like the Bambu product. And I hope the H2D will live up to the impression its predecessor has made on me.
Erik, you’re a maniac! I went down that little mountain behind Willow Springs Raceway on a 60 year old Greeve’s trials bike, and I said I would never “drop in” to anything again.
