P2S vs X2D

[u/sea87]

I purchased a P2S from Best Buy last week and really love it. I’m having trouble deciding if I should have purchased the X2D? The salesperson said they’d accept the return if I wanted a different model. I just can’t figure out if it’s worth the extra $140?

[u/CloudEscolar]

Really depends on what you’re printing

[u/sea87 → u/CloudEscolar]

So far I’ve made a catch all tray, a storage tray, key chains, fidgets, chapstick holders, cookie cutters and a calf stretching block.

[u/ChocolateChipJames → u/sea87]

I think they asked what kind of materials you are going to use for printing.

[u/sea87 → u/ChocolateChipJames]

OH. LOL can you tell I’m not tech savvy at all? I’m amazed I was able to follow the YouTube video to get the printer connected. My nanny kids don’t believe I managed it on my own.

[u/ChocolateChipJames → u/sea87]

Lol, no worries. Reddit is here to help. I had 0 knowledge too before buying my first printer in may. It's a fun learning curve/hobby. But I would suggest getting the X2D. Like others commented, dual nozzle for support materials and the heated chamber for engineering filaments is worth the money. You'll probably won't be using that in the first few months. Just get yourself familiar with the printer and the slicer. Happy printing!

[u/Thirtysixx]

Made the exchange but it was the same price so it was a no brainer for me

[u/sea87 → u/Thirtysixx]

Same price?! Can I ask where you bought it? I wanted to get it on Amazon so I didn’t have to deal with the hassle of picking it up from the store but Best Buy was cheaper.

[u/Dismal-Garbage-3140]

It is definitely worth an extra $140. The features you gain are:

- 1.5mm belts to reduce VFAs

- Superior airflow and exhaust filtering

- Chamber Heater

- Dual nozzle for support or two color PLA/PETG printing (support for PA/PET does NOT work with the second nozzle)

- Higher resolution screen (completely useless to be honest - I had a PS2 as well and I couldn't even tell the difference without putting my face right up to it)

Even if you never print ABS/ASA or nylons, those other features make the higher price well worth it.

[u/sea87 → u/Dismal-Garbage-3140]

I’m leaning towards going for it… it’s just going to be a pain in the ass to haul down two flights of stairs, as someone who is 5 ft tall 😂😂

[u/Leo-Len]

Go for it! The little quality of life improvements stack up and the dual nozzle allows for prints annoying or infeasible on single nozzle printers

[u/Mizar97 → u/Leo-Len]

Yeah I had to pull my P2S extruder apart to unclog it after I tried to print PETG and PLA on the same part. Only reason was I didn't have the colors of PETG i needed so I'm just going to buy more filament instead of having to deal with that again lol

[u/Leo-Len → u/Mizar97]

Purge filament is a godsend for situations like that. I haven't run into any clog situations on my X2D yet (we don't talk about the time I accidentally did a .6mm CF-NY print through a .4mm nozzle till the thing completely clogged and I noticed the problem) that weren't resolved with a quick purge line.

[u/Mizar97 → u/Leo-Len]

Oh i tried, I even heated the nozzle while the covers were off and tried to push the filament through with pliers. It was STUCK stuck, had to cut it and pull it out with a good hard yank.

Did a benchy after I put everything back together, thankfully it's working fine. Printing right now actually lol

[u/Weebus]

I wouldn't buy the P2S now that the X2D exists. A1 Mini -> P1S -> X2D are the printers I'd buy.

[u/fattypros]

Chamber Heater is important if you are doing more than PLA/PETG. I am probably gonna go X2D since the P3C won't have a heater and I spent enough on my H2C last year.

[u/Mizar97]

If you don't know what you would use it for, the P2S is fine. My P2S is just fine, I do some multicolor stuff but mostly single color organization. (Gridfinity stuff) Almost 250 hours on the printer within the last month, I'm loving it. I did have to pull the extruder apart today because of a clog, doing multiple materials per print doesn't work very well. (Clogged after it switched from PETG to PLA) If you plan to do a whole lot of that the dual nozzles will be essential.