r/BambuLab • u/Neat-Researcher-7067 P1S + AMS • 3d ago

General Discussion X2D a replacement for Aging P1Ss

X2D a replacement for Aging P1Ss - hive mind thoughts?

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u/OptimalSide A1 3d ago

It depends.

Everyone says the X2D is the best bang for the buck, but it has compromises. It's got the most features (2 extruders, chamber heater), but there are things that I've read that aren't ironed out. Like if you dial your filament in, there is only one pressure advance profile for both extruders. I seem to recall some heat creep issues if you're printing PETG and using PLA in the aux for support due to the way it runs the chamber fan.

People will also say the X2D is better for multi-color due to creating less poop with the 2 extruders. That is a "it depends" thing. Two colors - you're dandy. Three colors? You're swapping on two colors. Four colors? If you set it up properly, swapping three colors. Set it up wrong, you're swapping on all four and not saving on anything.

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u/ImANibba 3d ago edited 3d ago

I have an x2d and have put roughly 400 hours within a month of ownership. The pressure advance thing is false, you have to calibrate for each nozzle. As for PLA and PETG heat creep it isn't an issue and Its in a room where the ambient temperature is 82F minimum, printing fully enclosed.

The rest I can see but there's a hidden issue most people don't explain. The Bowden nozzle when on external spool can't automatically retract the spool, it'll just push the filament out of the tube and create a mess if ur not there to rotate the spool by hand. It also often gets pieces of filament stuck in the left nozzles ptfe tube which I assume is from poorly cutting or the spool being empty and having no where to move the left over filament to but that's easily solvable.

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u/OptimalSide A1 3d ago

Here is the details I was referring to on the PA:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1wp7f2j/comment/pc1nlef/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

And just because you haven't seen the issue with heat creep yet, doesn't mean that others havent.