Anyone Using the Bambu P1S for a Print Farm? Seeking Long-Term Reviews

Bambu Lab P1 Series General Discussions
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Hey there!

I’m currently running a small farm of six Ultimaker 2+ printers. I ordered a Bambu P1S, and it just showed up today. Printed a Benchy and ran a few calibration tests. My Ultimakers are getting pretty old—they’re running close to 24/7 and have almost 30,000 hours on them. They still work great, but they’re definitely starting to feel outdated.

Over the years, I’ve taken the Ultimakers apart more times than I can count, fixed whatever needed fixing, replaced parts, and they’ve just kept chugging along.

The Bambu P1S is a whole different beast—very closed system, with a lot of proprietary stuff inside. I’m wondering how well they hold up over time.

I know the P1S has only been out for about a year and a half, but is anyone here running theirs almost constantly, like 24/7? How do they hold up after thousands of hours of use?

If I keep up with maintenance and replace parts as needed, do you think it could last 5,000 hours? 10,000? Maybe even 20,000 or more?

I’ve got until the end of the Black Friday sale to decide if I want to go all-in on the P1S. I’m loving what I see so far with it brand new, but I’m curious what to expect down the road.

P.S. I guess Black Friday is the best time to buy a bunch of P1S’s, and I shouldn’t expect similar pricing until next year’s Black Friday, right?

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I think the P1S is probably the go-to for many people starting up print farms, many of them not very technical people to start with. A P1S with AMS is almost a turn key print farm starter kit for people selling on Etsy. Even if you don’t do multicolor prints, the AMS is handy for auto loading the next spool if one runs out mid-print.

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I think the non-replaceable pulley will fail before 5000 hours. People have certainly gotten thousands of hours on the carbon rods, but there was a manufacturing change in the sleeve in the last year so I don’t know how they are holding up now.

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Yeah I think the Bambu’s are the go-to for people starting print farms, I doubt they are the go-to for people operating print farms.

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Here’s a place to start. May be too late for the OP, but anyone else that visits this topic might want this info.

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