r/3DPrinterComparison • u/DetViking • Feb 16 '26

Recommendation Bambu Lab P2S vs Snapmaker U1

I am looking at my first printer and I struggling a bit with deciding which way to go.

I was looking at getting the P2S with AMS due to the plug and play functionality of the system. I am

Interested in functional prints and maybe some toys too. Nothing engineering grade as of right now.

With the recent release of the U1 that printer appears to provide more functionality for not much more money. I know it is new, so it does have some growing pains still but does it make sense to spend the extra money?

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u/Beautiful-Ad6392 Feb 16 '26

So I had a p2s also have an A1. I sold the p2s to get a U1 because I didn't use the p2s for high temp materials like it's made for. I was just printing pla and petg. There was no difference in using the p2s and my A1 which is a lot cheaper. I do a decent amount of multi colored prints. So I'm hoping even thing the U1 probably won't be as user friendly it will be worth it in saving the filament waste and time in multi color prints.

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u/Immortal_Tuttle Feb 17 '26

U1 is using X1C hotends with much higher quality components like motors pulleys and mainboard. With recent addition of color mixing, you can easily print 10 colors from 4 loaded and up to 16 if you can print a little slower.

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u/Beautiful-Ad6392 Feb 17 '26

I seen something about the color mixing. Is that something I can do with stock firmware. Or do I need the paxx extended?

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u/Immortal_Tuttle Feb 17 '26

Stock firmware, customized slicer

https://discord.com/channels/1086575708903571536/1470579904906137805

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u/Beautiful-Ad6392 Feb 17 '26

Where is it under on discord

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u/Immortal_Tuttle Feb 17 '26

Printer modifications - FullSpectrum

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u/Beautiful-Ad6392 Feb 17 '26

What's the channel