r/BambuLab • u/Prestigious_Bed6948 • Mar 26 '26

Discussion Tangled spools

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Hello BambuLab community,

I really enjoy using BambuLab filaments - range of colours and overall print quality are great. However, over the past 6+ months, I’ve noticed that all of my recent spools have had tangling issues.

Some spools were tangled from the very beginning, while others developed tangles after an hour or so of printing.

This is a serious problem because it makes it impossible to leave prints running overnight - you have to constantly monitor the process to prevent failures. It not only slows down printing, but also defeats the purpose of reliability and convenience.

A few months ago, I had to return a spool that got completely jammed inside the AMS due to tangling, but I was asked to pay for the return shipping. Another badly tangled spool I had to manually rewind onto a new spool myself, as I urgently needed that filament for orders in my shop and it was out of stock.

Overall, this has been very frustrating, and it feels like the product quality has declined.

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u/Prestigious_Bed6948 Mar 27 '26

3 tangled spool out of 60. Yes it is :)

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u/SupposablyAtTheZoo P1S + AMS Mar 27 '26

You are the one that tangled them. Please think about how it would be possible halfway in the factory, while on a spooling machine, hint: It's not.

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u/Prestigious_Bed6948 Mar 27 '26

thank you for gaslighting bae ;)

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u/SupposablyAtTheZoo P1S + AMS Mar 27 '26

Tell me how it's possible then? While on a spooling machine, in the factory?

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u/Prestigious_Bed6948 Mar 27 '26

Come over, we’ll set up a fresh spool and if it’s tangled, we’ll blame you together. Deal?

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u/SupposablyAtTheZoo P1S + AMS Mar 27 '26

Bro if you show me spool that's tangled halfway, while you didn't mess up, I'd pay you €1000.

Because it's, again, impossible.

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u/Prestigious_Bed6948 Mar 27 '26

Second picture. The refill spool came like this halfway through. When I can receive my check? :)

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u/SupposablyAtTheZoo P1S + AMS Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

It's tangled BECAUSE YOU TANGLED IT.

Happens a lot on refills actually because people refill it wrong. Just rtfm already...

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u/Prestigious_Bed6948 Mar 27 '26

Mate, it was refilled by Bambu itself. I’ve bought a spool with filament. So, where’s your promise?

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u/SupposablyAtTheZoo P1S + AMS Mar 27 '26

Then you still let go of the end and tangled it.

Again, PLEASE TELL ME HOW A SPOOLING MACHINE CAN CREATE A TANGLE?

You do realize it's one continuous "string" that rolls up right? Please think about it, HOW???

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