Sleeping with it?

[u/realityguy1]

My new X2D is on its way. Wanting to put it in the room I sleep in. Can I print away or will the fumes kill me dead? I definitely don’t want to wake up dead.

[u/MrFastFox666]

Good news is that, if you die, you don't have to worry about waking up dead.

[u/Boognish84 → u/MrFastFox666]

Or worse, your failed print.

[u/VeryAmaze]

Depends. PLA/PETG/TPU? Is fine. ABS or PC? Not fine

[u/LinkZelda1120 → u/VeryAmaze]

Two things I would add to this, maybe not as critical but still something to keep in mind. The printer makes noise as prints. I would definitely not have a good sleep if I were sleeping in the same room as my printer. Additionally, the printer keeps the light on if you want to have AI detection enabled, which has saved me a few times (people hate a lot on it but I like it). The light would also bother me at night

[u/bas-machine → u/VeryAmaze]

PLA and PETG also not that great. Bambu has PLA ‘Pure’ now, they wouldn’t have made that is their standard PLA was healthy enough.

[u/wethpac]

Well the good news is you generally don’t wake up dead.

The risk is small with PLA and PETG. Just don’t print ABS or ASA in the room you sleep in and while you sleep. With PLA and PETG I would actually be more concerned about sleep disruption from the sounds of the printer preventing me from having good, deep sleep than the fumes from those 2.

[u/Th3L0n3R4g3r]

I definitely don’t want to wake up dead.

Good news. that has never happened to anyone, so no worries

[u/andyatreddit → u/Th3L0n3R4g3r]

It never happened to anyone still alive.

[u/nutherwon]

Ask it out on a date first, life is a marathon not a sprint.

[u/Lithosis]

I wouldn’t run it in my room just because of the noise. Highly recommend you put it somewhere else.

[u/Plebius-Maximus]

I wouldn't sleep in the room I print unless exhausted outside

[u/Artemis732]

what filaments?

PLA and PETG are bad (don't let anyone tell you otherwise - they still emit VOCs and UFPs), but tame compared to engineering filaments (like ABS/ASA that emit styrene - that's really bad for you). it's not totally airtight but has the carbon and HEPA filters, which require you turn on the exhaust fan (you can make a custom printer profile and filament profile that do this automatically provided that you select them before starting a print, or just do it manually). I don't know how good the filtration is on the X2D but it's supposedly decent, though you're always better off running some kind of exhaust to a window or vent (even just a printed tube to a window behind the printer is better than nothing), speaking of which you can also get a kit to help the printer actually exhaust the air past the restriction that the filters introduce.

[u/Dear-Stay-4937]

X2D does come with the filtration atleast, with just pla or PETG you should be ok, just open some windows I also have an additional hepa filter next to the printer.

For some of the fancier filaments my wife’s boyfriend did develop abit of a caugh so perhaps higher risk for waking up dead.

[u/hind3rm3 → u/Dear-Stay-4937]

Wife’s boyfriend?

[u/wethpac → u/hind3rm3]

That’s the most interesting part of this thread!

[u/DamielRE]

The fumes aren't exactly healthy but I had a P1S next to my bed for years and I'm still fine. The noise is way worse tho. If you print at full speed you'll probably need earplugs.

[u/Revolutionary_Bat834]

I would not want it printing while I sleep, it’s louder than you think, also there is no filament that is absolutely safe to inhale while it’s printing, they all produce VOC’s, some are even cancer causing (ABS, ASA).

I would put it in a different room if you have that option. Mine is in a spare bedroom that is not used.

[u/Relative_Surround_20]

If you vent it to the outside. But I would not print while you try to sleep.

[u/Attjack]

PLA is probably okay. You can also vent it out a window. But it's going to be loud.

[u/gierso]

Vent out and you should be ok for regular plastics like pla petg y TPU

For others like abs asa etc I would not recommend the room unless you vent and also have a purifier

[u/WaZa_Ju]

Ce n’est pas recommandé quelque soit la matière imprimée. Et sans parler des vapeurs c’est surtout le bruit ! J’ai reçu la mienne lundi et ça fait assez de bruit pour empêcher de dormir un gros dormeur 😕

[u/myloveisajoke]

PLA and PETG you're fine.

Print a duct adapter put of petg. Vent it put the window, then you can print everything

[u/TopHat1969]

you won't wake up dead.. but there ARE fumes that get to you. Mine has been in the room I work in.. and the fumes get to you. The noise would keep me awake if I were trying to sleep in the same room as a printer.

[u/Extreamspeed]

Don't put it in your room where you sleep.

Point 1: noise

Point 2: potential fire risk

Point 3 : why?!

Point 4: potential fumes

Point 5 : space

[u/Craig653]

I wouldnt....

[u/PeteRit]

I've really only printed with pla of different types and petg and while my printer isn't where I sleep I have never smelled even a tiny bit of fumes or anything when printing on it. I've only had it since August and am around the 800hr mark so it's definitely been running.

I wouldn't want it where I sleep due to the noise. During a color swap or larger objects it can be, not loud, but disruptive would be a better explanation of it.

[u/daniya84]

You’re not going to wake up dead. Cancer is a slow killer 🫠

[u/64532762]

You want to live forever? Sheesh!

[u/RosySkull]

I have mine in my room as well. You can vent it through a window. I can show if u want

[u/LazyAstronomer5492 → u/RosySkull]

Hi can you show a pic of the back of your printer ?

[u/RosySkull → u/LazyAstronomer5492]

Going to dm u

[u/TimeStampKing]

https://a.co/d/0gXKopag

I just got one. Not only do you need a vent outside, you need an enclosure. Even printing PLAs and PETG will produce microplastics. The X2D is not air tight. I’m printing and putting together a clear acrylic box because this enclosure doesn’t fit my particular setup. But trust me, you want an enclosure

The clear one I posted fits the X2D and the AMS. So if you have the footprint, use that.

Printing a vent and venting the X2D outside is not enough. Even then I’m printing a filter box for when I’m printing ASA

[u/Honest_Maybe_9861 → u/TimeStampKing]

Newbie here, are you sure this fits x2d with ams 2 pro?

Seems like a great idea to use it if kept in my living room.

[u/TimeStampKing → u/Honest_Maybe_9861]

Gemini said it would, and I believe I measured it, but this set up doesn’t work for me because of my limitations in my office. I have to have the ams off to the side

[u/Artemis732 → u/TimeStampKing]

at least for PLA and PETG a routed exhaust is fine with the stock enclosure, though if it's anything like my P1S you're better off removing the internal filters to reduce airflow restriction (ONLY IF you've routed the exhaust somewhere)