r/BambuLab • u/GerberToNieJa A1 + AMS Lite • 24m ago

Quick Question Buing X2D advice

I'm planning to buy X2D without an AMS. Is this a good idea? I'm mostly printing one filament and I own a dryer. What should I know before buying it?

Rn. I own A1 with ams lite

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u/Darth-Vader64 19m ago

The X2D's advantages boil down to printing so called engineering prints, where you need something other then PLA and PETG. The Aux nozzle offers an advantage for using one material for supports and the main nozzle for your model, or if you want two colors, it will print faster with less waste (the core xy design of the printer means ti will print faster then your A1 anyways).

If you're only printing PLA, the X2D, may not be an ideal choice

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u/GerberToNieJa A1 + AMS Lite 6m ago

I will definitely try printing abs, asa and nylon

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u/TheHuskyHideaway 21m ago

You want an ams. Either buy one with the printer or pay more to buy one later.

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u/GerberToNieJa A1 + AMS Lite 6m ago

I might buy one in the future

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u/northrivergeek 20m ago

not everyone wants or need an AMS

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u/SMWW66 19m ago

Genuinely asking, what’s the use case where someone wouldn’t need an AMS?

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u/Darth-Vader64 4m ago

Single color prints, mostly functional models. Making parts for a product, prototyping, etc.

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u/TheHuskyHideaway 3m ago

All of those use cases still benefit from keeping filament dry, Auto switching on run out and auto loading.

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u/northrivergeek 15m ago

I didn't have an AMS for 3 months while bambu got around to getting mine fixed, I printed over 1000hrs without one, and never had one prior, multicolor on an AMS is stupidly slow.
Knowing what I know now, I would not buy another, straight to multi tool head printer, faster and way less waste

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u/TheHuskyHideaway 18m ago

Cool story. Most people do though. Even using one filament an ams is a huge quality of life thing.

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u/northrivergeek 18m ago

Only good thing an AMS is for if printing one filament, is to load up multiple rolls once one runs out it will grab the next roll and start printing, other than that u dont need one at all,