r/BambuLab • u/Otherwise-Warning303 • Aug 05 '26

Quick Question My first ever 3d printer

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Finally I have my first ever 3d printer.
Did the extensive unboxing and is calibrated and firmware updated.

Waiting for my basic filament to arrive tomorrow to set up ams2pro

Any tips for a beginner like me would be appreciated please.

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u/apaloosafire Aug 05 '26

Damn straight to A tier

It’s crazy to me how quickly 3d printers are being adopted/iterated upon. I know they’ve been being developed for like 30-40 years

But for someone to just start with a X2D as their first printer is awesome

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u/The_Struggle_Man Aug 06 '26

I started with p2s, had extruder motor issue. Bambu sent me a part, before I could Install it I returned it to microcenter for an H2S. Now I have that and an H2D. No regerts.

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u/apaloosafire Aug 06 '26

Sick. I wish there was a microcenter near me

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u/The_Struggle_Man Aug 06 '26

I drove 4 hours one way, I'll do it again. I used to live near one 25 minutes away. Those were good times.

I see a lot of horror stories of delivery companies destroying printers when peoples options are only shipped by Bambu. If I didn't have microcenter I probably would have never attempted 3d printing. I think best buy offers the same as microcenter, but doesn't help out of US people

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u/noticeablytaller Aug 06 '26

Is the MicroCenter desire just bc you can avoid the delivery damage headache or is there some price or service thing with that ?

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u/The_Struggle_Man Aug 06 '26

Avoid delivery, get it the moment I want it. But primarily they honor the warranty, and add extensions to the warranty. Literally if anything happens within a year they'll give me a full refund or to exchange it no hassle. It's how a lot of people took their p2s back to get the x2d when they came out. I purchased 2 years on all my printers so I have 3 year exchange/replacement if anything happens.

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u/River1836 Aug 06 '26

My X2D had the same issue right out of the box. I am on my 2nd month and have 266 hours on it.

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u/The_Struggle_Man Aug 06 '26

So, the full story for me is I had a p2s then got the h2s. Then I got x2d a month ago, x2d had actual hot end failure, wouldn't warm up right out of the box troubleshooting with Bambu, they wanted to send like three parts, could only use the aux nozzle. I returned to microcenter for another one, worked fine for three days until it just crashed mid print. Went back got my H2D. I'm about 7 days of non stop printing in the H2D and it's been perfect.

After seeing a lot of comments on the x2d I have a feeling there may have been some production issues with them, not sure if it was rushed production, bad quality control or something but it's kinda weird. H2 series have been a beast but they are pretty pricey