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6 months ago
For the last year I haven't been using my Ender 3 really at all. Every time I'd think "I could design and 3D print a thing to solve this problem" I just wouldn't. I didn't want to deal with making sure the bed was trammed, loading material, making sure the first couple layers were successful, and 20 other little things that turned using my Ender 3 into a chore.
So I got a Bambu Labs P1S a few days ago. I had no idea a 3D printer could be this fast and easy to use. I just load the filament... load the model in the slicer... print. And it blasts off printing 3 to 6 times faster than my Ender 3 while having better dimensional accuracy, better layer adhesion, and much higher visual print quality. I'm even printing TPU right now. I didn't have to think about the settings and tweak things to make sure TPU wouldn't jam up. I just selected TPU from the drop down and clicked print and now it's zooming along having zero issues.
I'm glad I have the knowledge about 3D printing from using an OG Ender 3 that had none of the fancy features. It was fun and a lot of work to learn that way, but now I just want a tool that works no questions asked.
So I got a Bambu Labs P1S a few days ago. I had no idea a 3D printer could be this fast and easy to use. I just load the filament... load the model in the slicer... print. And it blasts off printing 3 to 6 times faster than my Ender 3 while having better dimensional accuracy, better layer adhesion, and much higher visual print quality. I'm even printing TPU right now. I didn't have to think about the settings and tweak things to make sure TPU wouldn't jam up. I just selected TPU from the drop down and clicked print and now it's zooming along having zero issues.
I'm glad I have the knowledge about 3D printing from using an OG Ender 3 that had none of the fancy features. It was fun and a lot of work to learn that way, but now I just want a tool that works no questions asked.
The better hardware and slicer settings help a lot, but if I didn't know what I know from learning the hard way, it would be a lot harder to get this material working. I'm pretty close already after just three attempts.