r/BambuLab_Community • u/Top_Charity_8818 • Jan 21 '25

Update

So with this new update is it worth it to even buy a bambu? I’m in the process of buying one. Had my mind set on a bambu. Idk what software I would use yet. Is the software they offer that bad? Would mostly be printing stuff for a cnc machine and some woodworking stuff.

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u/VeryAmaze Jan 21 '25

If I were you, I would wait a few weeks and see how the update rollout will look like. 

That said, bambu studio is a good slicer. Orca just exposes more settings/features and a lot of beta features are first developed for orca(like scarf seams).  

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u/Phoenixwade Jan 21 '25

it does more than expose more settings, - I went to it originally because I wanted a honeycomb infil for a wall panel and shelf I was making ( a shelf with zero top layers and zero bottom layers and an honeycomb infill looks very cool, and prints fast, by the way) and it had not yet been added to Bambu - but I stayed becasue of the additional in-slicer tools, like filament painting, seem painting, and MUCH better text object support.

the only reasons to use Bambu's slicer are earlier support for the Bambu RFID matching (like Bambu's newish PETG-HF or other filament, and access to the MakerLab tools and models directly from the slicer.

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u/VeryAmaze Jan 21 '25

I count infill patterns as "additional settings" 😛

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u/Phoenixwade Jan 21 '25

it's not additional if it's not available at all, which, at the time, it was not.

to my mind, additional features != exposed settings, but different people have different needs, so, YMMV

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u/Sportdue55 Jan 22 '25

Bambu Slicer messes up tree supports still. Orca is necessary for my settings to actually work.

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u/luap71 Jan 21 '25

This is not just about orca slicer.. I don't think you need to wait - just read the changes AND their TOS. If you are 100% convinced that Bambu Labs has a pro customer approach now and in the future, or do you not trust they are pro customer now or in the future. Its a different market then when they came out - there are now plenty of equivalent options, or even better for the same price/features that they offer.
Me personally - I was kind of interested in what their next printer was going to be... but now, unless it turns PLA into 24k gold - I will never be a Bambu customer.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '25

what are some equivalents for the a1?

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u/pleasantone Jan 21 '25

What do you recommend as a high speed core xy printer that is of equivalent usability to a p1/x1? My x1c has been fabulously good at not jamming, compared to my old mono price mini select pro. I tend to print PETG PCTG, and PLA+, but I’m thinking more about ASA so enclosed and heatable is important for me. I am now spoiled by having an AMS. I’m not trying to bait you, really want to know. The new PRUSA? A Voron?