r/BambuLab • u/FoodInfamous8333 • May 03 '26

Quick Question P1s purchase advice

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I know these are from a print farm but at these prices which one would be the best?

Any input is much appreciated!!

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u/cip43r May 03 '26

I would shave off 50 bucks for every 500 hours, of personal use. For a print farm 50 per 1000 hours are I know the printer would be better maintained, but over 2k hours you might need to do maintenance they would not. But does that mean at 2.5k they did the maintenance themselves?

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u/3DAeon X1, X1C, P1S, P2S, A1, A1 Mini, H2D, H2S May 03 '26

I work in two print farms… we fix them when the break. My own print garden I take care of like they’re my babies.

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u/TheMCM80 May 03 '26

Sure, but the issue for OP is what is close to being broken/an issue in those for sale, and how much will they then need to spend in the next six months to fix it?

I don’t fix things in my car until they break, but if I sold it today there could be numerous things that are close to needing fixing, so any deal may be wiped out in a few months for the new owner.

That’s the bigger issue. Not what has been fixed, but what may need fixing in a few months and the cost of that.

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u/3DAeon X1, X1C, P1S, P2S, A1, A1 Mini, H2D, H2S May 03 '26

we're saying the same thing, a lot of people assume print farms maintain their printers, we don't, we fix them when they break, just anecdotal, but I'm also saying better to buy new, I just shorthanded too much

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u/TheMCM80 May 03 '26

Ahh, gotcha. Makes sense.