Is the bambu P1P really all it's cracked up to be?

Scereth, 10 months ago

You can also head over to lemmy.world/c/bambulab to discuss the BambuLab stuff more.

terawatt, 10 months ago

Maybe better off considering the P1S? At the original price of the P1P, the upgrades are worth it.

solarbird, 10 months ago

I have my 3V2 to the point of being "just print a thing"-ready but it's taken a lot of learning and tinkering, a lot more than you've done. I'm glad I did it but if I were in your shoes yeah I think I'd put that on the backburner until the kid's a little older and not quite the complete time-sponge.

Once they're older it might make a great educational and fun thing to do with your kid, too.

rbusterbuster, 10 months ago

For sure, I vastly underestimated the amount of time I would need to put into it. I have some nephews that are coming of tinkering age so I do wanna keep it around and keep learning. Overall I think it's a rad hobby, so when I have time for hobbies it'll be good.

Kritoke, 10 months ago

I love my X1C, it’s reliable and fast. I can’t comment on P1P, but seems aside from some QC bed issues that I see here and there, probably be worth a shot. Saw it’s down to $600USD today, so on sale. Probably due to 1 year anniversary of the kickstarter. If I didn’t have a prusa, I’d consider getting the P1P as my backup printer.

rbusterbuster, 10 months ago

Dang, a sale is almost too perfect of timing. Might have to pull the trigger then.

Harry, 10 months ago

We just bought a Bambulab X1 Combo for our print farm, and we are posting videos about it: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/harald-schmid-13a56297_unboxing-bambulab-x1-combo-with-ams-activity-7072593075520303104-4K4-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Rolldach, 10 months ago

I can’t talk about the p1p as I have the x1 (I have one at work and one in our hobby space) the both have done about 50h so not a crazy amount of time. Up until now it’s: slice the file and print it flawlessly with not adjusting of anything with perfect results. And the amazing thing is, the (near) perfect print comes out about 3 times faster then any printer we have in much better quality (we have an ultimaker 2, ultimaker original and one I forgot the name of). The only negative thing I have noticed is, that sometimes the seam is more visible then in other printers. Here a link to a pic. I have never had it that bad: https://forum.bambulab.com/t/how-to-prevent-seam-bulging-out/3891

Harry, 10 months ago

We are testing an x1 carbon right now, too. It isnoretty amazing .

rbusterbuster, 10 months ago

Rad, thanks for the insight. From everything I have read so far, the x1 and p1p aren't too different, so should be a decent comparison. I'm mostly trying to do cool looking pots and little toys for my kiddo, so don't need perfect prints. Just need it to be able to print more than twice without having to tinker with it. I have wasted a lot just doing test prints.

Rolldach, 10 months ago

You really can just print without tinkering. I would recommend to buy the textured PEI plate as well. It’s really an awesome printer!

rbusterbuster, 10 months ago

Fantastic, thanks for the recommendation man!

keeb420, 10 months ago

Man I'm really trying to not spend money and you're making that hard. I have an ender 5 pro and even if the print speeds were the same the p1p would speed up printing exponentially just from the everything else associated with it.