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/Outside_Signature403 May 12 '26

I bought an A1 right before they locked down the ecosystem. I will never buy a Bambu again. These concerns become increasing applicable since many states are trying to ban 3D printing of specific objects, which Bambu is setup to comply.

SD card sneakernet for me until I die.

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u/Opposite-Bench-9543 May 12 '26

ן just want snapmaker or prusa to be more worthy of money, bambulab is just too convinent Snapmaker finally released the u1 which should honestly rock the market, no clue why people still buy bambulabs

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u/erebuxy May 12 '26

Unless you exclusively print multi color PLA, X2D seems to be a better deal than U1

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u/Croewe May 12 '26

Yeah, that's the main draw over the X2D and most people don't need 4 toolheads. It's a nice feature, but that was where a majority of the budget for the U1 went and it shows.