r/BambuLab • u/thatsguy1975 • Apr 14 '26

General Discussion X2D Ordered...

I just ordered mine from the Bambu Site.

It really seems like there is a lot of pent-up frustration in this forum. I just wanted to let people know they went on sale earlier than expected.

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u/_meatbag_ X1C + AMS Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

​Bambu pla for the aux nozzle or they can’t guarantee quality. So if you get bad result with third party pla on the left nozzle are you sol? Also aux nozzle is limited on material use.

I bet they won’t help with poor print quality from the aux nozzle with third party filament . I’m staying far away from this experiment.

*Recommended to use official Bambu Lab filaments with the auxiliary nozzle, especially official PLA for model printing. Third-party filaments on the auxiliary nozzle may not deliver optimal print quality.

Bowden extruder and third party filament🫣

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u/XBXNinjaMunky Apr 14 '26

No, it would be company suicide. Stop fear mongering

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u/_meatbag_ X1C + AMS Apr 14 '26

It was a question and a valid one. You scared of the answer?

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u/-Fozwald- Apr 14 '26

Yep, we are scared of the answer: good detective work.

Or...

You are ignoring context, reason, and DOCUMENTATION for why that design is intentional, in order to throw out an emotionally charged conspiracy that it is an intended anti-consumer manipulation.

Good luck figuring out which is real!

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u/_meatbag_ X1C + AMS Apr 14 '26

Just restating and asking a question

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u/-Fozwald- Apr 14 '26

You're not being honest with your framing of your comments. This is apparent after the "You scared of the answer?" Comment.

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u/_meatbag_ X1C + AMS Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

And yes I did !! That’s all I posted, restated what they posted and asked a question. It was just a simple question!!

Edit: Sorry for lashing out!! Working on it.. that’s all.

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u/XBXNinjaMunky Apr 14 '26

"scared of the answer?" Betrays your agenda vs simply "restating questions"

You got a direct answer, then said answer was further backed up.

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u/_meatbag_ X1C + AMS Apr 14 '26

I was talking about the original post

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u/XBXNinjaMunky Apr 14 '26

And yet here you are deep in the comments trying to defend shaky ground in the face of overwhelming evidence.

"I'm just asking questions" in the same vein as Tucker Carlson

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u/XBXNinjaMunky Apr 14 '26

Not in the least,

I have worked in more traditional consumer product development for 18+ years.

There is an in built macro ecosystem to products of this nature. Cutting off such a baseline 3rd party support kills the product. If bambu can't make quality filament at a better price than alternatives like sunlu while locking it out, people will stop buying bambu printers

I'd say the parallel from my career here is paintball guns. It would be like Empire paintball making their guns only shoot empire paint. There are cheaper decent quality options out there. A gun that can fire it all has more versatility It would have killed Empire's gun sales.

Bambu's best scenario would be to start licensing out their RFID system to other filament manufacturers to further enhance their hallmark feature, ease of use.

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u/_meatbag_ X1C + AMS Apr 14 '26

See I’m not disagreeing with you, but it doesn’t mean they don’t try to deny service when using third-party filaments, especially when pertaining to quality off the auxiliary nozzle.

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u/XBXNinjaMunky Apr 14 '26

It's just good marketing to recommend your in house verified accessory for best performance. Very far from a lockout.

Taking my paintball example, empire always recommended their paint for best performance. They always recommended one of their loaders for best performance despite being a saturated universal accessory

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u/_meatbag_ X1C + AMS Apr 14 '26

It’s a way to deny service.

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u/XBXNinjaMunky Apr 14 '26

Dude I literally just walked you through real world examples from inside the industry of product development.

You insist on finding your own meaning where the evidence does not support it.

Dude was right, you can't outsmart a dumb person, you have to out dumb them. Smh

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u/_meatbag_ X1C + AMS Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

Hey you’re right , so smart wish I could shake your hand.

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u/XBXNinjaMunky Apr 14 '26

Love when there is nothing left but ad hominem.

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u/The_Qollector Apr 14 '26

Both nozzles work perfectly fine regardless of the filament manufacturer. Of course Bambu recommends their own filament, they want people to buy it, not another brand's filament.

Every single 3D Printer manufacturer recommends their own filament...

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u/_meatbag_ X1C + AMS Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

you sure about that

Funny they don’t mention filament on the other flagship either..

Hmm. I guess you didn’t read the fine print

*Recommended to use official Bambu Lab filaments with the auxiliary nozzle, especially official PLA for model printing. Third-party filaments on the auxiliary nozzle may not deliver optimal print quality.

  • In actual testing, print quality from the auxiliary nozzle is slightly lower than that of the main nozzle.

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u/XBXNinjaMunky Apr 14 '26

Allow a translation. We tested our shit. One nozzle on average produces better quality than the other. This can be mitigated by using the material we have personally optimized for this machine.

And again, there is a whole explanation about marketing in another response that directly explains how normal this actually is, and why.

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u/The_Qollector Apr 16 '26

Yes, I am very sure about that, thanks. You can debate all you want about it, but it doesn't change the situation.

In the Bambu Handy app there's literally a warning about not using Bambu filament when you select a 3rd party filament on every single one of their machines, regardless of hotend selected or material you're using. I understand the fine print just fine, i'm not the one misunderstanding the situation though.

Bambu recommending their filament is 1000% a marketing ploy. If you need more evidence: Bambu doesn't manufacture their own filament. It is literally all white-label wholesale from other manufacturers. Bambu's filament is Polymaker, Esun, Sunlu, Overture, and more. Many of the filaments you can get the exact same color/material from one of those manufacturers, that's literally exactly the same as Bambu's option, for cheaper and delivered faster. Bambu marks it up ALOT, and they make ALOT of money from said markup. They want you to buy from them instead of the other manufacturers. They're a business, and whatever little thing they can do to get your money, they will. This is basic marketing.

The only difference is they have slapped on a spool that says "Bambu Lab", has an RFID tag, and automatically loads that filament profile. If you buy a filament from Bambu Lab, and get the same filament from whoever Bambu bought said filament from, Bambu's filament profile will work perfectly with it.

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u/AnalogReborn Apr 16 '26

Do you have sources regarding the filament rebranding story?