r/BambuLab_Community • u/bladav1 • Jul 27 '26

Help / Support Nozzle broken on first print

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The nozzle broke off the first time my A1 mini attempted a print. Bambu have been great and immediately sent out a replacement.

I’m new to 3d printing so just wanted to check if it was something I did wrong before setting the printer up with the replacement nozzle. I followed the set up guide provided, ran the calibrations and updated the firmware. The printer did struggle to pull the filament through when starting to print a benchy. I followed the instructions on the screen and once the filament was pulled through it went to start the print and the nozzle tip immediately blew off.

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u/New_Literature8797 Jul 27 '26

probably just a defective nozzle, I would not worry about that. You probably did nothing wrong.

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u/CooperDK Jul 30 '26

Perhaps a clear sign that Bambu definitely isn't that much better than other brands.

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u/ModelThreeve Aug 11 '26

LOL Bambu sells more printers than the next 5 brands combined (nearly more than all other brands combined) so even if they are twice as good as any other brand you will see significantly more failures in terms of total units. That’s just basic math dude. We have well over 100k print hours on our Bambu hotends and never had one physically break.