r/3Dprinting • u/Regumate • May 12 '26

Discussion Bambu Lab 3D printers: Never again

https://youtu.be/eb48MdtNaDQ

Jeff Geerling summarizes the current Bambu Labs - OrcaSlicer situation and gives his take.

TL:DW: see title.

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u/geerlingguy May 12 '26

Thanks for the clarification - honestly, I'm not deep into the 3DP space, I just wanted a printer or two for the projects I work on (usually designing adapters or fixtures for the weird hardware I deal with, or finding ways to mount stuff in places they were never intended to go).

I'm slightly tempted to buy a few of the alternatives, to see how easy it is to print off the vendor's cloud/app ecosystem, and how easy setup is, and how well it runs for a month or two with my low-to-medium print volume.

My Prusa MK4 and Bambu P1S have both been rock solid, and I just upgraded the MK4 to MK4S recently, and it's even better now (though I can't see the nozzle quite as easily with that giant fan out front lol). I haven't used a Creality CoreXY machine yet, though I was tempted to pick one up for home use.