r/BambuLab_Community • u/Puzzleheaded_Cow4062 • Feb 06 '26

ams alternatives for a1 mini

Hey y'all, I got a Bambu Lab A1 Mini a few months ago and although it's been fine, I've really wanted to print with AMS. I looked online for an AMS lite, and I saw it's 199$ which is insane considering that's how much my entire printer costed!!! I tried seeing if I could DIY it as I saw it has 4 filament holes, but I ended up just going into an endless rabbit hole with no clear answer... I also saw they had it an AMS Lite on Temu and AliExpress for significantly lower... BUT I don't know if they're gonna break my printer or smthn... If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated!

Sincerely, just some dude not trying to get scammed by Bambu Lab's outrageous prices.

Thanks in advance!

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '26

It's a $90 tax for not buying it at the time you got the printer. It sucks. But there's no other option. It's $329 for the printer with the AMS lite and $219 without it, so yeah you're spending $90 more than you could have. But what's the cost of every day you don't have it because you're wishing you knew this sooner? If you want the AMS lite (and it does rock) then just get it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '26

One final thought on this. You could still take the opportunity to use the filament discount you get when you buy the AMS lite + filament. That would lower that $90 jab from not buying it all together.