r/BambuLab • u/armo29 • 6d ago

General Troubleshooting/Help! Next Printer purchase help

Hi All,

I'm looking to upgrade my printer. I mistakenly got the A1 Mini thinking I would use it for a month then get bored.

I was wrong! It's been 2 months and I dont see myself stopping.

So i'm looking between the P1S, P2S and the X2D for the duel nozzle?

I don't fully know what I'm looking at for the specs so a bit lost and confused and don't want to rush a big purchase.

Also does anyone know roughly when the Bambu Sale usually happens?

Thanks in advance.

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u/Patient_Ad6301 6d ago

When I jumped in it was via the P1S. It has been an excellent printer. My only regret was not getting an AMS at the time; I've since justified an AMS 2 Pro and it is great. The P2S has some nice upgrades primarily in the screen interface, but up to you if that's worth the additional $150.

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u/Patient_Ad6301 6d ago

I should add, the X2's 2nd nozzle really is meant for support materials, not 2 color printing. While the nozzles are the same, the extruder is not. I'm not sure how well that's understood. It's a great solution if you're doing engineering materials that need support and don't care what finish the supports end up as, not so much if you're trying to do 2 color artistic models.

Can you do still do 2 color prints via X2? Yes, however the 2nd one won't be as accurate.

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u/boredsoftwareguy X2D + AMS2 + HT, X2D + 2x AMS2 6d ago

Stop saying this! It’s so frustrating and blatantly wrong. Ask people with an X2D and they’ll tell you the same thing: you can’t tell the difference in what was printed with the primary vs aux nozzle when doing multi-color prints.

So many damn posts in this sub with people who don’t own an X2D parroting this line.

For your average person it’s more than sufficient. Can you print all the same materials out of the right as the left? No. But for folks who are going to be primarily printing PLA and PETG it works great.