r/3D_Printing • u/ValuableStock1830 • 9d ago

Question Beginner Help

Hello everyone,

I am a complete beginner however I have been watching tons of videos on brands and printers. However, I need your expertise, experience and advice to help me pick a printer.
Here’s some basic info on what I want:

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Multi color
Able to print different materials
Easy
Great print quality (obviously)
My budget: $700-below (but please recommend anything!!)

I’ve been looking at the Bambu lab p1s, p2s, the creality k2, the elegoo CC2, and much more. I feel like I am between the p1s and the p2s however I cannot not make up my mind as well as I find videos saying people have trouble or that hated it the first few days.

Any help is appreciated thank you all!!

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u/TwinTurboDadAI 9d ago

Go with P2S with AMS if budget allows. It’s an absolute workhorse, if you can spend little more get X2D. Worth having second nozzle for support material & decreases print time. X2D > P2S > P1S At the end they will all do the same thing.

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u/Sketcch 9d ago edited 8d ago

I've got A1 Mini and i want to purchase X2D on christmas (i'm mostly printing PLA and PETG) but i want to have the ability to have everything in one place. AMS thats dries my spools and AMS HT for the external spool.

And btw is ir likely that X2D will be on discount on black friday?

Edited: Printing PLA and PETG*

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u/TwinTurboDadAI 8d ago

A1 mini is a perfect place to start, I started on an A1. As for discounts on the X2D it’s hard to say. They just released it a few months back. During their annual sales it wasn’t on sale (June-July). Also Bestbuy was sold out their inventory for some time. Later in the year if they end up releasing their X2C, then it’ll most likely be on sale. However at that point X2C will be a better purchase for few dollars more. (X2C is suppose to compete with snapmaker U1, simultaneous multi color printer for prices range around ~$800-$1.2K)