Makes me annoyed. I’ve used a Bambu for a few years. Great device, top notch and just ready to go out of the box. I think it’s a model for what a consumer experience should be…
Then, of course, there’s this BS. It doesn’t cut into their business, the number of people doing this are insignificant, and in the end, the person bought the hardware and should be able to interface with it however they please.
So, yeah. Fuck Bambu. I’ll find another brand when I’m ready to upgrade. That, or my P1S will become an offline-only machine.
If you do upgrade, I can happily recommend Prusa Printers. I have an MK3S+ that has been bulletproof for years. I went the route of building a kit as its a bit cheaper, but it took very little effort once it was all together to get it printing nearly flawlessly. And from what I have heard, if you buy the assembled printers they are pretty much ready out of the box.
There are other printers on the market that may be bigger, faster, or better in other ways. Prusa seems to be supportive of the open source community, and if there is any reason to dislike them I’m unaware of it. I think the biggest hit against them is the cost, but I feel like its been worth it to have a versatile and frustration free printer.
The Prusa printers are nice enough, but very expensive for what you get. There are a lot of far better value options, especially the Prusa bedslingers are quickly becoming very noticably outdated.
If you want a reason to dislike them, they collaborated with an Israeli company called Filament2 not too long ago.
Makes me annoyed. I’ve used a Bambu for a few years. Great device, top notch and just ready to go out of the box. I think it’s a model for what a consumer experience should be…
Then, of course, there’s this BS. It doesn’t cut into their business, the number of people doing this are insignificant, and in the end, the person bought the hardware and should be able to interface with it however they please.
So, yeah. Fuck Bambu. I’ll find another brand when I’m ready to upgrade. That, or my P1S will become an offline-only machine.
If you do upgrade, I can happily recommend Prusa Printers. I have an MK3S+ that has been bulletproof for years. I went the route of building a kit as its a bit cheaper, but it took very little effort once it was all together to get it printing nearly flawlessly. And from what I have heard, if you buy the assembled printers they are pretty much ready out of the box.
There are other printers on the market that may be bigger, faster, or better in other ways. Prusa seems to be supportive of the open source community, and if there is any reason to dislike them I’m unaware of it. I think the biggest hit against them is the cost, but I feel like its been worth it to have a versatile and frustration free printer.
The Prusa printers are nice enough, but very expensive for what you get. There are a lot of far better value options, especially the Prusa bedslingers are quickly becoming very noticably outdated.
If you want a reason to dislike them, they collaborated with an Israeli company called Filament2 not too long ago.