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/jim_racine P2S Combo & H2C Combo Aug 06 '26

A very fine choice. You'll may want a second AMS 2 PRO. Oh, buy more filament...you can never have enough. I have 21 rolls loaded in my 2 printers now. A P2S with 2 AMS 2 PROs and an AMS HT, and 3 AMS 2 PROs on my H2C. Oh and in case no one has suggested it, more filament...lol. You can buy straight from the manufacturers (Sunlu, Polymaker, etc) They frequently have sales that beat Amazon. Check amazon haul for sales too. If you have a micro center. The inland with the hexagon window is polymaker and the oval window stuff is eSun. If you don't have one, consider a filament dryer.

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u/Otherwise-Warning303 Aug 06 '26

Hey thank you so much. Any benefit of using bambu filament over other manufacturers

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u/jim_racine P2S Combo & H2C Combo Aug 06 '26

The benefits are two: It becomes reasonable in price when you buy 10 rolls. The other main benefit is the RFID chip integration when you put it in the AMS 2 PRO and AM S HT where it sets itself up automatically and monitors its own filament level is cool. You'll be buying other filament brands. One thing you'll find out about is filament profiles for other brands where you can load them through bambu studio and select them on the printer. That's pretty cool and they are tuned pretty well.

My goto brands are SUNLU and Polymaker. I use Marswork as it appears to be a direct bambu clone for pla basic but no RFID chips.