I have an ender 3 v2, upgraded the springs/leveling knobs, and slapped on an auto leveler. I do really enjoy the printer, but I’ve found between work and raising a toddler I just don’t have the time to tinker like I thought I would. I assumed I would need to do general maintenance, but mostly be able to just print things fairly regularly. Seems I mostly just re-level this printer and barely get to actually print things.
What I’m wondering is if the P1P is as “tinker free” as it is marketed. I don’t mind maintenance, cleaning and all that, but do want to be able to have an idea and just kick off a print job.
Thanks in advance, I could just be leveling it crappy all the time too. Wouldn’t surprise me if I am just missing some critical information or something on how to level and keep it leveled.
I have my 3V2 to the point of being “just print a thing”-ready but it’s taken a lot of learning and tinkering, a lot more than you’ve done. I’m glad I did it but if I were in your shoes yeah I think I’d put that on the backburner until the kid’s a little older and not quite the complete time-sponge.
Once they’re older it might make a great educational and fun thing to do with your kid, too.
For sure, I vastly underestimated the amount of time I would need to put into it. I have some nephews that are coming of tinkering age so I do wanna keep it around and keep learning. Overall I think it’s a rad hobby, so when I have time for hobbies it’ll be good.
You can also head over to lemmy.world/c/bambulab to discuss the BambuLab stuff more.
Maybe better off considering the P1S? At the original price of the P1P, the upgrades are worth it.
I can’t talk about the p1p as I have the x1 (I have one at work and one in our hobby space) the both have done about 50h so not a crazy amount of time. Up until now it’s: slice the file and print it flawlessly with not adjusting of anything with perfect results. And the amazing thing is, the (near) perfect print comes out about 3 times faster then any printer we have in much better quality (we have an ultimaker 2, ultimaker original and one I forgot the name of). The only negative thing I have noticed is, that sometimes the seam is more visible then in other printers. Here a link to a pic. I have never had it that bad: https://forum.bambulab.com/t/how-to-prevent-seam-bulging-out/3891
We are testing an x1 carbon right now, too. It isnoretty amazing .
Rad, thanks for the insight. From everything I have read so far, the x1 and p1p aren’t too different, so should be a decent comparison. I’m mostly trying to do cool looking pots and little toys for my kiddo, so don’t need perfect prints. Just need it to be able to print more than twice without having to tinker with it. I have wasted a lot just doing test prints.
You really can just print without tinkering. I would recommend to buy the textured PEI plate as well. It’s really an awesome printer!
Man I’m really trying to not spend money and you’re making that hard. I have an ender 5 pro and even if the print speeds were the same the p1p would speed up printing exponentially just from the everything else associated with it.
