Bambu Lab P1S 3D Printer

When we started 3D printing in January '24 and after lots of back and forth trying to decide which one would be better, we went with the "other brand".

That machine needed parts replaced under warranty within two weeks and has required constant repair/maintenance ever since.

We bought a second hand P1S about 6 months later which had been part of a printer farm, but after a couple of tweaks has been running great.

When the "other band" machine developed let another fault that wasn't fixable straight away, we bit the bullet and bought a shiny new P1S to replace it.

Imagine only ever have driven a manual car from the 70's with no pow...view more When we started 3D printing in January '24 and after lots of back and forth trying to decide which one would be better, we went with the "other brand".

That machine needed parts replaced under warranty within two weeks and has required constant repair/maintenance ever since.

We bought a second hand P1S about 6 months later which had been part of a printer farm, but after a couple of tweaks has been running great.

When the "other band" machine developed let another fault that wasn't fixable straight away, we bit the bullet and bought a shiny new P1S to replace it.

Imagine only ever have driven a manual car from the 70's with no power steering, windows that crank down easily enough, but you have to push up on the glass with them to go back up and no air conditioning. Now jump in a modern car. Automatic transition, power steering, cruise control and all the other modern conveniences. THAT's the difference between the two machines.

The AMS unit is fantastic. Even if not doing multi colour prints, just loading the filament is a breeze. I was running a print and the roll was getting low, but the machine simply switched over to the new roll I had sitting in the next slot, no user intervention required.

It can be a bit noisy at the start of a print as it self-calibrates, but overall, it's much quieter than the old machine.

As far as print quality goes, even when the old machine was tuned to the max, I never got results as clean as I'm getting now.

The online knowledge base for Bambu Lab is first rate with lots of helpful tips and instructions which is also a bonus.

The phone app is great. Easy to navigate and you can check on your print when you're out and about. The other band app fails to load the feed from the camera about 90% of the time, but the Bambu Lab app hasn't let me down once.

the only real downside we've come across since getting the secondhand machine last year is when the spool is getting low, it can get lifted out of place when feeding filament and cause a jam. I've printed a cylinder to sit inside the center of the spool and have approx. 200g of 10c coins in it which I just insert after a couple of prints and haven't had any issues since.

Long story short, if you're thinking about buy one of these, but not sure... just do it. You won't regret it.

This 3D printer was very easy to setup and immediately get started with my first 3D print. It's fast and gives really high quality results. The AMS makes everything much easier when using different filaments. Loving it so far!! This 3D printer was very easy to setup and immediately get started with my first 3D print. It's fast and gives really high quality results. The AMS makes everything much easier when using different filaments. Loving it so far!!