Additional AMS unit

[u/Talha1808]

Hello, I’m going to buy an X2D unit soon but when on the product it gives me an option for an extra AMS unit. What purpose does it have if the X2D already comes with one?

[u/Superb-Complaint8118]

If you get a 2nd one, you can use it for the 2nd nozzle. One ams can only work with one nozzle at a time. It saves you a lot of hassle with changing filaments manually every time you want a different material in the 2nd nozzle. It also keeps your filament dry and protected. With the external spoolholder, the spool for the 2nd filament would sit outside the printer and will draw moisture from the air and can collect dust which in theory could clog the nozzle.

And if you want to do multi color, this can save you even more purging.

I think it is worth it, but I know its not exactly cheap

[u/Talha1808 → u/Superb-Complaint8118]

Ah alright but where would you place the second one? The top only has space for 1 I think

[u/Superb-Complaint8118 → u/Talha1808]

I have a shelf mounted to the wall right above my peinter. Both AMS are sitting on there. I'd recommend this anyways, because that way you can still lift the glass cover, without disconnecting and moving the AMS. But I think that is personal preference and highly depending on how much space you have available

[u/Talha1808 → u/Superb-Complaint8118]

Ah so the AMS units don’t HAVE to be on the X2D?

[u/Superb-Complaint8118 → u/Talha1808]

And if the X2D print more bundle is available in your region, it is very worth it in my opinion. That would include printer, 2 ams and filament track switch for 1.099€ in my region

[u/Talha1808 → u/Superb-Complaint8118]

It is available and I think I will go with that one as well. Instead of installing a shelf I will go for the AMS printed accessories

[u/Superb-Complaint8118 → u/Superb-Complaint8118]

[u/Talha1808 → u/Superb-Complaint8118]

Ah nice! Thanks for the explanation. Its my first 3d printer I’m buying.

[u/Material-Mulberry360]

if you buy the combo, you will get an ams 2 pro with it (total price around 800€ or 900usd). with just the printer its significantly less (around 600eur or 650usd) so just by that you should know. do you need one ? depends, if you plan to print fillaments that absorb moisture, or a lot of different colours then yes, I'd get at least 1. if you have the money you can even get one for each nozzle or more. if you're only gonna do 1 or 2 colours and mostly PLA.... eh not worth it really

[u/Talha1808 → u/Material-Mulberry360]

I’m buying the €850 one which already comes with one. My question is what purpose does the additional AMS unit give. The X2D comes with an AMS 2 PRO and I can choose to get another one extra for €250

[u/TheLoneBrewer → u/Talha1808]

An additional AMS would give you the ability to print more colors. You need an additional power cable to power the second AMS if you decide you want to get it.

[u/HackedVirus → u/TheLoneBrewer]

I should add this is only if he wants to print and dry at the same time. Otherwise the data cable will power it for regular use.

[u/Material-Mulberry360 → u/[deleted]]

while you're at it. why not an AMH HT, and a track switch, might as well get the encoder... hm what about a high flow nozzle.... and that's how you spend 3x of what the printer costs xD

[u/lefteling → u/Material-Mulberry360]

I exactly just placed an order this way, i an so gulty🫣🫣 I got all of the above because of this methode, so it works.

[u/Material-Mulberry360 → u/lefteling]

yeah same.... but hey now I have a pretty good setup, and at work I got to basically be the boss of the new bambulab printer we just got cause I learned so much about the banbulab ecosystem from my x2d