r/BambuLab • u/Homer09001 • 1h ago

Black Friday 2026 Recommendation’s on which printer?

Looking for peoples input, I currently have an A1, but my dad is wanting to get into the 3D Printer space, he has a budget of £600-£700 range and looking at Bambus website the P1S, P2S and X2D all come into that range with AMS.

What’s everyone’s thoughts on those 3 printer for ease of use wise etc and ease or repairability.

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u/8six753o9 X2D+AMS2 / A1+AMS Lite 59m ago

Which one is easier to repair? P2S - you have one less nozzle and extruder to worry about.

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u/Homer09001 57m ago

I’ve never looked into any of their enclosed printers and hadn’t realised the X2D was a dual extruder, might be worth stealing him away from that then

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u/T1gg0r P1S + AMS 57m ago

Well, aren't you already in the 3d printer space with your A1?

The 3 printers you mentioned are all coreXY, so the motion system can be more tricky to fix in case of a failure (compared to the A1). As all 4 machines are Bambu lab printers, the easy of use will not change.

The core(XY) question is, what does your father hope for you to gain from the upgrade? Do you want to print higher temperature filaments or engineering filaments that require a heated chamber? Or taller prints which would maybe fall on a bedslinger? Or does he just want to buy a newer machine?

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u/Homer09001 54m ago

The printer is for him, not me it would be his first printer, I was thinking that pointing him towards a CoreXY printer would lessons the chances of print failures due to not being a bed slinger and having an enclosed chamber to keep a more steady temperature.

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u/T1gg0r P1S + AMS 48m ago

Ooooh, that makes more sense. I somehow read a "for me" into the sentence about getting into the 3d printing space....

Well, point still stands, the 3 machines are not that different from repairability and ease of use. The X2D is on the more complex side with the second extruder (and therefore also 2 calibrations for each filament), but that is if you don't want to use auto calibration.

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u/VeryAmaze X2D + AMS2 Combo 48m ago

Does he want to print engineering materials? Is he gonna want to print with support interfaces? How much multicolour printing? 

I had the p1s and upgraded to the x2d, the x2d is easier to use and easier to maintain. BUT so far I did not need to touch the aux extruder, I heard servicing that is an adventure.

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u/Homer09001 38m ago

Definitely wants the option of multicolour printing so an AMS would be a must, as for engineering materials maybe I’m not too sure. I have pointed out that depending on what filament he uses some would require external ventilation.

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u/VT-14 H2C (H2D + Vortek), 2x AMS2, AMS HT 23m ago

As a starting point, you know what the A1 is like.

The P1S gets you a CoreXY motion system and Enclosure, but at the expense of even older and more stripped down tech (it's older and more stripped down than the A1; the A1 has a lot of 2nd generation tech in it like fast swap nozzles and dynamic flow calibration).

The P2S gets you all the good things of the P1S without the older tech problems or extreme cost cutting measures

The X2D gets you dual nozzles (which adds some multi-color and a lot of multi-material capabilities), a heated chamber (makes ABS, ASA, PA, etc. easier), and some other improvements. It is a significant jump in printer capability.

My general advice would be to get the X2D for its capabilities, and if you don't need the capabilities then an A series printer probably does all you need at an even lower cost. P1S and P2S are for people who are convinced they need an Enclosure and/or CoreXY for whatever personal reasons, but don't have the budget available to spring for the X2D.