Bambu Lab - A1 3D Printer - Silver

So far, this printer has been great. I haven't gotten any clogs during prints nor needed to constantly re level the bed on it as it does it on its own and able to upload files to print from a far on my computer without having to move a SD card to the machine manually. I have been printing for a solid month so far no fails nor problems. Compared to my old printer with the Ender Pro 3 This machine feels like night and day to me. I'd say its great only thing needs to be done is cleaning the plate and lubrication every month or so with the silicon light oil for the x and y axes and grease for the Z axis screws. Other than that pretty gud.

I originally bought this 3D printer “just for fun”… and maybe to make a few laser jigs for our laser cutting and engraving business. That was the plan. A simple, responsible plan. Fast forward to now, I use this thing for absolutely everything. Sometimes I print things I don’t even need just because I can’t stop watching it magically create objects out of thin air. It’s like living with a tiny robot factory that never sleeps. At first it was practical stuff like wall hangers, shop jigs, little organizational helpers. Then it escalated. Decorations. Toys. A custom door stop. A laundry detergent cup holder that drains back into the bottle (because apparently I now solve problems no one asked me to solve). You start looking around your house differently. “Could I print that?” “Should I improve that?” “Why buy it when I can design it?” Before you know it, every room slowly becomes… populated. Honestly, it might be an addiction. A productive, creative, wildly satisfying addiction — but still. So maybe don’t buy this. Unless you’re ready for your home to slowly transform into a showroom of things you proudly say, “Oh that? Yeah, I printed that.”

I have very little experience with 3d printers and printing and really knew nothing about them before 5 months ago. After searching the web for a couple of months to see which one was most popular among beginners and had a good track record as far as dependability the Bambu Lab was at the top of the list. I decided to go ahead and get this model and give it a try to see if I could get good results like others I had read about. I also read where a lot of people had given up because they couldn't get results and the whole process was to difficult and frustrating to waste any more time on. I honestly thought I would probably be in that group as well because I don't have a lot of patience if things don't improve in a short time frame. After purchasing my printer I came home and immediately started setting it up. I was really impressed with the ease and the small amount of time it took to get it up and going and printing some various projects. For over 30 years I've had a set of blueprints for the B9 robot that was used in the tv show Lost in Space and since then Ive had a dream of building my own full size replica to display in my game room. After purchasing this printer I decided to start the long journey of building my robot. I was so impressed with how easy it was to operate and the print speed that i went and purchased another one the following week. Its been about 6 weeks since I purchased the first one and I can't believe the progress I've made in that short amount of time. There's no way I could have gotten this far along with my project without this printer. I highly recommend it for beginners because its so easy to get it up and going in such a short amount of time.

What a great way to learn about 3-D printing! Very beginner user-friendly with easy set up. We had a multitude of things to print straight from our phone with the free app. I would definitely recommend getting an extra role of PLA filament because the starter roll goes pretty quick. This will also give you some time to learn about the other types of filament. Without the 4 spool feeder “AMS” it’s limited to one color however I guess there’s a complicated work around but there’s a lot you can do without it. That part seems to be difficult to get separately but I chose to wait so I could get ours before Christmas. The combo version is definitely the best way to go; but again there’s a mind blowing amount of things you can do without it. Prints take time even though it’s running pretty quick. (The dragons pictured were about 7 hours each) I certainly don’t have regrets and will probably not outgrow this one.

This is my first 3d printer and it’s been a wonderful experience. Apart from putting it together (which is very easy with the tutorial) it is very plug and play. The phone and desktop apps are easy to use and very beginner friendly. The camera though is pretty awful, blurry and captures images in less than a frame a second