EDIT NOTICE: I accidentally wrote “A1 Mini” in the meme instead of just “A1” out of habit. There’s no proof for the Mini to also be affected yet. My bad, sorry. It’s the A1 that might burn your house down.
Prusa or nothing. Just s shame they are so damn expensive, and refuse to make a Prusa Mini v.2
Not as much relentless marketing as it was just the cheapest and easiest enter to 3D printing for me TwT
Too bad I already used it and it’s outside return time anyways
Love my Prusa :)
I’m in the corner with my Ender 3 that barely works and is a pain in the ass but hasn’t had a recent controversy because it’s old.
You might want to try those total conversion projects. There are a few that take parts from one or two Ender 3 and turn the machine into a modern CoreXY machine.
Irbis has a 2 ender3 to1 corexy for little money con ersions. Guy is a genius
and this is why we stan open, easy to modify hardware.
I love/hate my fucking Ender 3. I love it cause I got it for free and it’s my first printer. But boy have I just wanted to take a hammer to it at times. Though, I can use any software I want, no internet connection, and it’s been forcing me to actually understand how that dang printer works. And fuck, when I’m ready to go down that rabbit hole, I can mod it out. I can’t beat that flexibility.
I’m in the other corner with a P1S still on firmware 1.7 putting like 16 hours of print on it a day (mainly my wife printing decoration and trinkets). It’s just th internet finding a new rage bait. The printers are fine, the company is dumb for generating controversy (maybe negligent for the fires). This too shall pass.
You shouldn’t give a fuck of your choice of 3D printer’s manufacturer is controversial.
HP and Dell suck a fat one, but I don’t give it a moments thought when I’m printing out hollow Earth leaflets to hand out at the mall food court.
Hollow earth? What sort of new-age conspiracy is that? True believers know the earth is a turtle.
At least you’re not a flat earther. Etidorpha, am I right?
Get that bitch a direct drive upgrade and print a dual blower mount for it and it’ll never let you down again
Breakin the law
Breakin the law
Breakin the law
Anything highly advertised is always some sort of scam and/or shitty, overpriced product.
Anything you see advertised more than once is a product to avoid. Especially if you see those advertisements on youtube.
I have an A1 mini. I had no idea it was being pushed by influencers.
I genuinely thought it was the “Brother laser” of 3D printing.
Bambu are the hp printers of 3d printing
The Prusa printers are the „Brother Laser“ of 3d printing
It is okay. Don’t believe everything you read on lemmy. It’s not the brother laser, it’s more like the iPhone Mini. Unfortunately closed system, hated by lemmy, but enjoyed by normies.
At the very least when the brand is sponsoring Youtubers to the degree Bambu did. It‘s a huge red flag.
100% - this goes with VPNs, why would I buy that is posted everywhere, such a giant target for an attack.
I’ll do my own research and come to a conclusion on how i spend my money.
Oh no, mullvad started advertising a bit 😱
Only print ads though IIRC
This is why I’ll never use NordVPN. Their ads are everywhere, which makes me not trust their product.
Besides, the most popular products are the most targeted by malware, hacking, adware/spyware, etc. Lesser known security tools are generally better, as long as the product itself is quality.
I didn’t even know they advertised so much because of my adblocker at the time.
I block ads too, but a bunch of YouTube channels I follow slip in their own custom-made ads in their vids, and like 70% of them were NordVPN. I couldn’t escape it for a while.
Quality products have quality, as long as they have quality. Yeah.
In this case though, I don’t think it’s “shitty and overpriced” given the pricepoint. Of course that’s subjective, I’m speaking more from an average person’s viewpoint. I know people who started with the A1 and it was fine. The company is just garbage.
Prusa gang rise
Printed a fidget gun for a guest’s kid with the heating block replacement a just bought. It feels great to print again 😎
I’m pretty excited about blowing all my money on INDX soon :-)
I reaalllly want to upgrade my MK4s but the prices are still fucked by tariffs. That INDX system looks amazing.
Soon? You don’t have your order in already?
No, for practical reasons. I wasn’t able to secure the preorder for Founder’s Edition, and the current delivery estimates would have it arrive when I’m traveling. I’d rather not have a $1000 investment sitting on my porch while I’m not home.
As much as I’m distressed to see the current situation with Bambu Lab I wouldn’t consider it “falling for relentless marketing”. They are/were genuinely ahead of the curve.
I’ve owned 3 different 3D printers before my P1S in the nearly decade I’ve been 3D printing (I got my first in 2017) and Bambu was the first to actually deliver on being “plug and play” when compared to the competition.
I’m hopeful the situation when my P1S kicks the bucket has changed (it may already have but I’m not in the market so I haven’t checked). But for now I’m just not updating the firmware.
1.7 gang!
Both of my Qidi machines have been plug in, load filament, and print. My current X-Max 3 also provided a rather polished out of the box experience with an on-screen guide and everything. I would much rather have a Qidi than any Bambu machine at this point.
I’m a little disappointed that they’ve apparently recently abandoned their homegrown fork of Prusa Slicer in favor of a home grown fork of Bambu’s slicer, but here’s hoping Bambu’s current litigious fuckery will cause them to rethink that strategy. Still, their stuff is open source enough that there’s nothing stopping me from using any other slicer with it if I felt like it. Or, indeed, any other firmware.
Unfortunately they’ve discontinued the xmax 3, and the newer ones are slightly less open. I would have liked to get a second xmax 3, i got mine for €500 on sale it’s been an amazing deal, absolutely insane value for money.
That’s a little hopeful to hear. When I was researching my purchase I had considered a Qidi machine but the reviews were inconsistent at the time. This was back early '24 though. I think my Microcenter warranty on the P1S is running out soon.
It’s the A1 going to flame. Not the mini. Or I missed something ?
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Bambu_Lab_A1_NTC_thermistor_fire_and_meltdown_hazard
both I think?
But it seems to only affect low voltage grid countries if I understand it correctly
I read high voltage has it worse, because the ac adapter circuit has a lot more work to do, so it runs hotter.
V * A = W
The device operates at a certain wattage. If the voltage is lower, you need more amps to reach the same watt. Amps is what makes conductors hot.
Example:
200V * 1A = 200W
100V * 2A = 200W
To quote the link above that you didn’t read so I had to re-read to make sure I’m right:
The issue stems from the difference in standardized voltages between regions, with the US running on 120 volts, compared to China’s 220 volts (where bambu is based). This requires almost twice the current for the same total power draw in the US compared to most other regions, contributing to higher temperatures being reached due to Ohm’s law.
And about the ac adapter - it’s not the cause of the burning issues. And if they specc it for china’s 220V, it should work fine in most of europe.
I just received the A1 for a birthday gift. I’m hoping it was manufactured after Q3 2025:
Bambu Lab stated: After reviewing field data, we determined the benefits of NTC-based inrush protection were outweighed by potential downsides under rare surge conditions. As a result, we implemented a design change in Q3 2025 to remove the PTC from the circuit.
Fuck, I have one from 2024 that’s been sitting in a box until I had the time to get into 3d printing (like yours, it was a gift). Guess I need to buy a fire fighting ball thing for it when I finally get it set up.
Doesn’t this only happen if there’s a power surge? I feel like I heard that somewhere but have nothing to back up my claim. In that case just put it on a surge protector and it shouldn’t be bad?
Don’t set it up, not worth your house, your life or the life of your love ones. Fire is no joke.
Man, with this news you may wanna sell it and buy another model/brand before getting into it.
Selling it just means someone else’s safety is at risk.
If Bambu just removed the part someone with a soldering iron should be able to do so as well. Although selling a printer as “broken” means getting 50€ at most…
The mini too? Is that real?
Sorry, I think that’s my bad. Made this meme between stuff and added the “mini” out of habit. Can’t find any proof for it being affected as well.
