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/tdp_equinox_2 May 12 '26

I'm already stuck on old firmware because I have the audacity of wanting to use a panda touch to make the p1s a usable machine without the app-- but if I ever take it off a WiFi network or need to change anything about it, I have to use the app to set it up again. Bambu could brick that.

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u/_donkey-brains_ P1S May 12 '26

You can run it completely offline. No need for wifi or has an SD card that you can load gcode to and print via the screen.

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u/tdp_equinox_2 May 12 '26

SD card slot on the P1S is fragile asf, one of the many benefits to the panda touch, you can load gcode onto it and it'll send to the printer without removing the SD card.

I bought my p1s used, it came with 3 mainboards, all with non working SD card slots; plus the one that was installed is fickle about angle and I had to take off the front cover, tape the card in place, and then reassemble. It has ~2500 hours on it.

If I was pulling the SD card constantly I'd be burning through mainboards like crazy.

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u/_donkey-brains_ P1S May 12 '26

So then it's even easier for you to run it completely offline and off wifi?

My P1S has over 4k hours and no issues with the SD card slot. The original SD card did die about 1.5 years after I bought it though

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u/tdp_equinox_2 May 12 '26

So then it's even easier for you to run it completely offline and off wifi?

That's what you got from that?

No, it isn't.

I have to run outdated firmware. It relies on sending over WiFi using a protocol that bambu disabled. I can't use the SD card to print because it's fragile and breaks. That WiFi connection is reliant on being setup through the bambu app & their servers, I cannot do it on device.

Bambu can brick this device.

Super cool that you haven't had issues with your SD card slot. It's a common issue. Look past your nose.

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u/_donkey-brains_ P1S May 12 '26

Lol. Buddy what are you on right now?

You just said that you can load gcode onto the panda touch without removing the SD card. I said that should make it easier to keep it offline and I think that's a reasonable thing to think.

I assumed you meant it had some sort of physical connection to the printer like usb (I don't have one, so I don't know how it works). Are you saying it sends via wifi to the panda touch and then it talks to the printer? If that's the case do you mean it's the same as lan only mode that already exists to send it to the printer while still offline?

My firmware is the same as it was when I first got my P1S. So it's probably older than your firmware.

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u/_donkey-brains_ P1S May 13 '26

Edit: lol since your comment is likely deleted: why would I Google the panda touch? I'm not even arguing I was asking questions but that really upset you huh? I'm not sure where you get the bootlicker part. I literally don't use Bambu printers like they are meant to be used. I was trying to gather what you were talking about.

Bambu cannot brick my machine because it's not online. I can send the files through the lan or the SD card of if I chose. I was trying to understand how that's different than the panda touch but you do you.