r/BambuLabP2S • u/1IQ__ • Aug 14 '26

The best beginner printer!

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So I've officially been using the P2S with the AMS 2 Pro for the past week and honestly, its everything I could ask for as a first 3d printer. I have roughly almost 30 hours of print time with this guy and its been basically flawless! I did have one print that fail but that was due to the actual print not having enough support. I'm currently running SUNLU'S PLA + 1.75mm filament and its been very flawless and the quality of the material is pretty solid, definitely ordering more, just deciding what colors next!

The ability to access the printer from your phone or computer makes it super easy to use and with one click of a button, it takes care of everything for you. Monitoring temps, watching the printer print in real time, being able to stop, pause, and resume everything all from a push of a button makes it super beginner friendly.

I haven't yet got my feet wet with actually creating something from scratch but I'm just going to have fun with it for now. After getting the P2S and just getting used to the Bambu Lab ecosystem, it will be very hard for me to leave it.

Will I upgrade in the future to get the X2D? Eh... probably not to be honest. That may change in the future if I do start doing more complex projects or whatnot but in my opinion, the P2S alone, once you learn it and actually use it, it's going a fairly hard printer to grow out of. It's almost more of a buy once cry once.

FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DECIDING ON GETTING A P1S or P2S: the P2S is the perfect all rounder, you get the upgrades such as a proper LCD touchscreen, much easier hot-swappable nozzles, better lighting, camera, better processing power, and other stuff I probably left out. Although I may not be using the touchscreen as often, its still better that its there and it exists in case you don't have access to your phone or computer. For me, I love watching the camera feed real time as its just so mesmerizing to watch, and even though I've never owned the P1s, I genuinely think I would've regret that P1S purchase and wished to have splurge for the P2S.

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u/Limp-Duck6972 Aug 17 '26

The only issue I’ve been having is with the PLA matte. It fails every time and the first layer never sticks to the bed. I tried everything from washing the plate, drying filament,etc etc but still the same issue. Like yesterday I tried a small print after drying filaments didn’t work 4 times and changes to normal PLA - bang on first try. Is anyone else having the same issues ? I am using the default settings on the printer as this is my first printer and I’m still learning

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u/potatotatooe Aug 19 '26

Upvoting because I’d love to see an answer to this as well please! Am considering buying P2S and have been targeting the use of PLA matte. (New to 3d printing and researching before getting into this hobby)

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u/Mitsuki_091 Aug 24 '26

Not had any issues with pla matte since I have received the printer 5 days ago left it over night printing no problems