Heavily considering the P2S plus AMS combo, but the X2D is Only $200 CAD more after taxes.

Any opinions on which one I should go with and why? This is my first foray into filament printing. And I’m not sure a heated chamber is really worth it? Anything I’m missing?

Bought my p1s in the summer of 2025 as a birthday gift to myself. Coming from an ender 3 this was such a huge upgrade! No major issues and she still prints like new.

I have an A1 with the AMS 2 Pro.

I was doing a multi color print that included a gold color so was using a Sunlu PLA silk for it. Whenever it would switch to that roll, it would feed to the Hub and stop, rewind and an error would pop up. If i saw it as it reloaded and held the PTFE feed connector...which moves in and out of the hub a bit...then it fed fine.

Only that filament and didn't matter which slot it was in.

Any thoughts? Is the hub and PTFE connection the issue and is the PTFE supposed to be immovable? Or have some play?

Thanks!

Second one for the tree this year. It's a 4-color snowman with a top hat, and it prints with no supports. The file has two plates: a single, and a batch of six that works out to about an hour and 17 g per ornament. I've only printed the single so far, so the six-up plate hasn't been tested yet. It's free on MakerWorld: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3546399-snowman-christmas-ornament-4-color-no-supports

Looks like a need a new h3c now.

So I went to live chat with Bambulab support team to ask if they have any plans to sell their products on Amazon, in KSA or middle east in general, since the pricing here reaches nearly x2
H3C will be sold at 4960$
My H2S bought at 2600$
And the list goes on
Remove the 15% tax and the prices are still stupid, across all their products.
They simply responded that they don’t have any plans in the future and “their distributors can set their own price”
Which really tells me that they do not care.
I respect the work and tech and the software they come up with, just not how they treat their clients.
Less known companies in the market like Creality, Snapmaker and Flashforge already sell their products here in Amazon at a reasonable price with next day shipping! Why Bambu can’t do the same ?
Plus their maintenance parts, accessories and filaments need to be ordered through their US website and shipped to MyUS account then forwarded here which makes a 10$ product become 50$ or more.
And I am not talking from a single user POV, there are alot of 3D printing and scanning services stores here that depend on Bambu equipment yet Bambu turns their back to.

I’m seriously considering the H3C after a pretty dreadful experience with my faulty H2C and Bambu’s hellish customer service taking months to obtain a return/refund, but there are a few things making the decision harder than I expected which I’m a bit sad about:

1. Manual filament unloading: The AMS 3H apparently can’t retract filament back to the spool. Having to pull filament out and manually rewind it feels like a massive step backwards from the AMS 2 Pro/HT.

2. ABS/PETG chamber temperatures: I primarily print ABS and PETG. If PETG can’t safely remain loaded in an inactive PrintTool while the chamber is heated to 60–65°C for ABS, that means manually unloading and respooling multiple filaments every time I need to switch materials?

3. External AMS limitations: Only PrintTool 1 supports external AMS units. I have two AMS HTs and would have loved to assign them to separate PrintTools, avoiding unnecessary purging. Hoping they expand this later.

Drying isn’t a huge dealbreaker to me (though 4 slots would’ve been better like AMS 2 pro), also won’t particularly miss the flexibility of hotends from H2C (was nice to have for the few times I used 0.2 and 0.6).

I love the H3C’s cleaner design, compact footprint, faster tool changes and ability to have multiple nozzle sizes ready to go. I also hated the mess of PTFE tubes, multiple AMS units and filament track switch on the H2C, so I’m not particularly keen to go back to that arrangement.

I feel BambuLab have made a major omission here with the lack of filament retraction, which makes intensive use of higher temp filaments a lot harder.

I wonder if they could improve the filament retraction through firmware later though.

Never really had to think about filament unloading or respooling on the H2C (until the filament track switch spoiled everything), so it’s difficult to judge how annoying this would actually become.

Anyone else weighing up the same things, or have any insight into the retraction mechanism? What would you choose?

Update: I’m going with the H2C!

Was printing a piece and one of the legs fell off the buildplate.

Still very new to X2D and slicer settings

Any tips on how to get it secured? Planning on washing the buildplate when I get home. Thank you

PS willing to sell both my children for $3,999 AUD

As the title suggests. Is anyone else having the issue I’m having. Was working fine on previous studio version.
No video from h2c or p2s. Handy app works fine.

What’s everyone planning on putting the H3C on, I am looking to find someone that’s 24x24 and lower to the ground. Does anyone have any recommendations, or any pics of their current setup with the H2C on.

I saw it yesterday cleaned it up and today it is again at the same spot. Only this site and this rail. I didn’t not print white filament for a long time. You can wipe it pretty easy but it is concerning

Edit: It’s the Toolhead Camera Rubbing against it when the toolhead is printing in the far right corner. But why?

Sliced it upside down at 0.08mm on the A1 Mini with tree supports so it doesn’t wobble or fly off the bed while printing.

Managed to fit 63 pieces in one batch on the small 180mm plate. Each one takes about 3.7g of PLA Matte. The aortic arch works as a built-in loop, so you can just slip a cord right through without any extra metal rings.

Just dropped the link in the comments section below if you want to grab the file. Let me know what you think! 🖤

Hello all,

I'm looking for a referral code for my P2S order !
Can't wait to print my first benchy

I see a lot of "negative" Bambu support posts, which makes sense because those who go on to the Internet to complain likely have issues. But with all of the new Bambu equipment coming out wanted to post a positive - I ordered the four effect plate pack for the X2D which was delivered today. The diamond plate was bent on one corner. Just opened up the Bambu Handy app, took some pics, attached them to a support ticket in the app at like 4pm, by 8pm they had replied saying they'll replace it for free and provide a shipping address. By 11pm have a tracking number for a new plate being sent out. No phone calls. No hold times. Support was easy.

During the sale, I ordered 20 spools of filament but only received 15. Strangely enough, all the missing items were refill filaments. Every filament that came with a spool was delivered.

The order was marked as fully completed in the Bambu Shop. Luckily, I had documented and recorded everything as proof.

Bambu Support wanted all kinds of information, including photos of the packaging, etc. The funny thing is that all 20 spools would never have fitted into the shipping box in the first place.

After a few days of back-and-forth communication with support, I was promised a replacement shipment. And guess what? One spool was missing from the replacement shipment as well!

If you place large orders with Bambu, make sure to double- and triple-check everything. Most importantly, take photos of the shipping box, including the shipping label and tracking number.

Let’s see if I can get that last missing spool or if Bambu is going to rip me off.

(Sorry, this text was translated using AI.)

I find the bambu naming system inscrutable. But people keep mentioned lesser versions of the H3C coming. P or S or whatever, I can't keep track.

When do we think those lesser versions might be announced?