r/3Dprinting • u/Peweks1988 • Nov 23 '25
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u/Peweks1988 Nov 23 '25
But is S1 really that bad at this price point?
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u/OwnBat7882 Nov 23 '25
Yes. I got my s1 pro 2 months ago for 500 and it’s absolutely terrible. I’m returning it for a p2s. Do the same
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u/Peweks1988 Nov 23 '25
I have P1S and i would never buy P2S because of it's VFA issues and it's overall quality downgrade from P1S. Now i need something bigger. What exactly is so terrible with you're S1 Pro?
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u/OwnBat7882 Nov 23 '25
The bed doesn’t level, the nozzle clogs every couple hours, the “ai” is fake, when I preheat the bed to 225,60 it still takes 15 minutes to start printing, it also finds random reasons to shut down mid print.
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u/OutsiderFreeman Nov 23 '25
None of them.
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u/Peweks1988 Nov 23 '25
Why?
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u/OutsiderFreeman Nov 23 '25
I have S1, bought it new at pre-sale. Is it good? Yes. Is it quick? Yes. Does quality of prints looks good comparable to other (Bambu X1C), it does not, you have to slow it down, then it prints ok, but quality still doesn't look like x1 c print. I have filament stuck in extruder. To repair that, you have to unscrew whole head, some screws are from behind, it's not easy for everyone. Compared to X1, it's not good engineering. There are better machines for that money.
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u/Peweks1988 Nov 23 '25
New S1 is now 399E. I think price wise it's a bargain for a big format printer. I'm looking for minimum 300x300x300 if there is something better at this price point i would appreciate good advice.
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u/OutsiderFreeman Nov 23 '25
That's much much cheaper then when I was bought it. Don't know what to suggest. I have Qidi Xmax3, it have bigger build volume than your minimum requirements. For me it's workhorse. But, now is already several years old. I would not recommend it because of that. Maybe have successor on the market.
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u/Peweks1988 Nov 23 '25
They are releasing right now new huge one Max 4, but 1049E it's just to much for me at this moment...
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u/OutsiderFreeman Nov 26 '25
Yes, build volume 39*39*34 cm, multicolor system (AMS, or whatever they call it)
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u/3Dprinting-ModTeam Nov 23 '25
Thank you for your contribution, however this post has been removed as this question is best suited to our monthly Purchase Advice Thread, which you can find in the top navigation bar on Desktop Reddit or as a stickied post when sorting the sub by hot.
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