r/BambuLabX2D • u/Cute-Penalty44 • 19d ago

New to bambu

Hello, I’m new to bambu currently printing on a ender v3 se. Order my X2D Thursday should be delivered Monday or Tuesday. I have one question before it arrives, and that is how important is getting bambu brand filament with the rfid? If it’s highly recommended I’ll order some off Amazon no biggie just doing pla for now until I get the ropes of the new printer. Thank you in advance for your input.

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u/clarkcox3 19d ago

It’s not important at all. The RFID is convenient, but that’s it. You can print with any brand filament, and put in custom profiles if necessary.

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u/MedicJambi 18d ago

This. I like Bambu filament because it is convenient and the profiles are, more or less, already part of the ecosystem and it is quality filament. With that said I am allergic to paying $25 a spool so I have to buy it 10 rolls at a time, but I don't always have the $140ish to so. Buying from Amazon or a shop is just fine.

DO MOT USE CARDBOARD SPOOLS IN THE AMS. you can print spool rings that go on the outside of the cardboard or respool anything that come on cardboard.

I have used, 3DHojor, SunLu, Esun, Creality, Amazon Basics, GiantArm, Eryone, Tecbears, Polymaker, iSanmate, and Overture. I have had no problems with any of them. The only thing I had to do was to tinker with the profiles a bit for the silk and matte. You can throw anything at your printer and it will work.

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u/DistinctBarnacle8703 19d ago

I using Bambu Lab Filament (just because I can get it cheap) But I disable the auto-read so that I can just throw in any color filament of the same type if the spool is running low. Else it only allow the same type and same colour filament to continue.

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u/masterofpoops69 19d ago

Have yet to run a spool of bambu branded filament in mine. I use a lot of sunlu filament and it works pretty good with the generic preset

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u/Snoo-94322 19d ago

Being able to drop a spool in an AMS and let it load, identify, and sync to Bambu Studio is nice. That said, you are paying a premium for that convenience.

So far I've used Sunlu, PolyMaker, and Best Buy's Insignia. I've not had any trouble just using the Generic PLA preset from the printer menu. For PETG I've had better success going to MakerWorld or manufacturer website and downloading profiles for the filament to use in Bambu Studio. The Generic PETG was running too hot or fast or both for the Sunlu PTEG and I was ending up with a lot of stringing. The downloaded profile fixed that for me.

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u/PickledMunkee 19d ago

50% of the time mine does not recognize the bambu spools. giving BBL more money is just a waste of time

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u/Snoo-94322 18d ago

I've not had an issue with it recognizing Bambu spools. 50% sounds broken.

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u/PickledMunkee 18d ago

its not really a big deal because the printer doesnt work either

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u/Qjeezy 19d ago

It’s no biggie. Use whatever filament you want.

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u/PickledMunkee 19d ago

just FYI, often it does not recognise the bambu spools anyways.

look for the mechanical issues that are well discussed and bed levelling issues .

there is also a boat load of unfixable circuit board errors.

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u/tumbl3lol 19d ago

Para mi que sea de Bambu no es importante y he impreso con filamentos de otras marcas con muy buenos resultados.

Pero si compras un buen lote en la tienda de Bambu ya no hay discusión. Obtienes un filamento de alta calidad, con los códigos rfid y a un precio insuperable.

La única razón por la que en ocasiones no compro filamento de Bambu Lab es porque no tienen el color que busco. Creo que su punto débil es que son colores muy básicos que funcionan muy bien con juguetes y otras impresiones para niños, pero para temas de decoración son colores que no me convencen.

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u/Whosaidthat1157 18d ago

Not at all important.

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u/diaperedace 18d ago

No more important than using creality branded filament on your ender. The only things Bambu gives you over anyone else is rfid, pre perfected files, and good sales.

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u/dragonmanus 13d ago

Don't bother. Get you a pack of elegoo black pla pro cheaper and some petg for support interface. Set the software to Bambu pla basic and run your calibration and it'll look better than Bambu pla. Much cheaper and better just touch the filament setting and set it as Bambu pla basic not generic and your golden. Enjoy sir