It’s a thing. $300. Stellar reviews from veteran YouTubers. Uh-oh!
Watched more videos. Elegoo just destroyed Bambu today. Wow.
Let the war begin…consumers win.
Watchu got, Bambu? P1S combo for a thousand bucks is now ridiculous.
I mean it’s cool but nothing new, Any cubic basically did the same thing.
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Yeah, it’s been on my radar as one of a couple of possible printers I’m watching for 2025 as an off-ramp to Bambu.
Here’s a link to a paid-for review masquerading as an objective piece:
https://all3dp.com/1/the-elegoo-centauri-carbon-is-a-lot-of-3d-printer-for-300/
It sure sounds promising, but here’s my heartburn with everything said so far about it.
- It’s vaporware at the moment. It’s in pre-order status, allegedly shipping in May. That’s a #1 big red flag.
- Don’t brag about what you’re gonna do; show me what you did and then tell me about it.
- All the YouTubers that got early access are bought-and-paid-for shills. They even admit to this on their channels.
- Page #1 of the “Red Flag for Consumers’ Playbook”
- Specs subject to change. Oh really???
Sounds like “trust me.”
All in all, it shows promise, but for me, it looks half-baked, and this recent press barrage is only intended to hold up orders for other products with the intent of Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). I consider these marketing practices unethical and predatory, preying on the weak-minded who cannot see past the blatant play on emotions.
Bottom Line:
I’m waiting for this to bake further and get real reviews from real reviewers that aren’t getting paid. Those are harder to find these days but they are out there if you know what to look for.
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I’m also looking at the Qidi Plus 4. Although it’s much higher priced (double in fact, than the Elegoo), it is clearly one to keep an eye on. They had a very bad misstep with a dangerously faulty chamber heater relay upon launch. This is not only a big black mark, but it’s also good reason to let that printer bake in the marketplace too.
Here are the specs that matter to me and the chart I’m currently using. The K2 is not a realistic choice for me for the kind of printing I do, but I keep it there as a comparison because it is the upper end of the spectrum.
| specification | Elegoo Centauri Carbon | QIDI Plus 4 | Anycubic Kobra S1 | Creality K2 Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $299.99 | $799.00 | $549.00 | $1,569.00 |
| First Ship Date | Not specified | October 2023 | January 2, 2025 | July 31, 2024 |
| Build Volume | 256 x 256 x 256 mm | 305 x 305 x 280 mm | 250 x 250 x 250 mm | 350 x 350 x 350 mm |
| Print Speed | Up to 500 mm/s | Up to 600 mm/s | Up to 600 mm/s (recommended 300 mm/s) | Up to 600 mm/s |
| Acceleration | 20,000 mm/s² | Up to 20,000 mm/s² | Up to 20,000 mm/s² | Up to 30,000 mm/s² |
| Nozzle Temperature | Up to 320°C | Up to 370°C | Up to 320°C | Up to 350°C |
| Bed Temperature | Up to 110°C | Up to 120°C | Up to 120°C | Up to 120°C |
| Extruder Type | Hardened steel dual-gear extruder with 5.2:1 reduction ratio | Direct drive with hardened steel gears | Dual-gear direct drive extruder | Dual-gear direct drive extruder |
| Build Platform | Double-sided flexible magnetic plate | Dual-sided textured PEI plate | Magnetic PEI-coated plate | Flexible magnetic PEI-coated plate |
| Leveling Method | Fully automatic 121-point calibration | Hands-free automatic leveling | LeviQ 3.0 automatic bed leveling | Automatic anti-tilt leveling with optical distance sensors and strain gauge |
| Motion System | CoreXY | CoreXY | CoreXY | CoreXY |
| Enclosure | Fully enclosed chamber with removable lid | Fully enclosed with active chamber heating up to 65°C | Fully enclosed chamber with built-in LED lighting | Fully enclosed chamber with active heating up to 60°C |
| Cooling System | Triple cooling: high-speed 5020 model cooling fan, dedicated hotend fan, additional cooling fans | Enhanced toolhead cooling system with larger hotend fan and advanced air duct design | 1+1+1 cooling system | Dual auxiliary fans for chamber cooling |
| Filament Compatibility | PLA, PETG, TPU, ABS, ASA, PLA-CF, PETG-CF, ABS-CF, ASA-CF, PET-CF, PA-CF, PET, PC, PA | PLA, ABS, ASA, PETG, TPU, PA, PC, carbon/glass fiber composites | PLA, PETG, TPU, ABS, ASA | PLA, ABS, PETG, PA, PA-CF, PLA-CF, PET, ASA, PPA-CF |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi, USB | Wi-Fi (2.4G), Ethernet, USB | Wi-Fi, USB, LAN mode | USB drive, Ethernet, Wi-Fi |
| Display | 4.3-inch full-color capacitive touchscreen | 5-inch HD touchscreen (800 x 480 resolution) | 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen | 4.3-inch color touchscreen |
| Camera | Integrated for real-time monitoring and time-lapse recording | Built-in low-framerate camera (up to 1080p) for monitoring and timelapses | Integrated for real-time monitoring and time-lapse recording | Dual AI cameras for monitoring and calibration |
| Dimensions | 398 x 404 x 490 mm | 505 x 487 x 550 mm | 400 x 410 x 490 mm | 495 x 515 x 640 mm |
| Weight | 17.5 kg | 27 kg | 18 kg | 33.5 kg |
| Noise Level | Not specified | Not specified | ≤46 dB (Standard mode); ≤44 dB (Quiet mode) | ≤45 dB at 300 mm/s |
| Additional Features | Not specified | Filament runout and tangle detection, power loss recovery, input shaping, Klipper firmware (V0.12.0) | Spaghetti detection, belt tension monitoring, power-loss resume, filament run-out detection | Multi-color/material printing with optional Creality Filament System (CFS), filament runout sensor, automatic filament cutter, power loss recovery, input shaping, active belt tensioning, air purifier, LED lighting, RFID sensor for filament recognition, AI-powered print failure detection, flow rate tuning, auto tilt reduction. |
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Nice chart, do you know if there is a reason behind the 256x256x256 build volume or is it just because Bambu did it?
Can use your bambu plates is a good selling point. Plus theyre piggybacking on 3rd party bambu plates too.
One difference is this has no exclusion zones on the bed.
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Elegoo really copy/paste the X1C and just flip everything 
Display is at the botton instead the top, Poop-Chute is on the right instead on the left, … 
I guess if you didn’t have to finance Research & Development, you can go really low with the price 
This is something people miss about new stuff as reviewed by content creators. All the reviews for all the printers I’ve seen were all “this printer is good” which is far from true. And also due to content creator race to be “on the wave” no content creator has enough time to go through usual work period and “break-in” of the machine.
What I’ll be looking for will be regarding issues in 6 months time from the deliveries of printers with initial issues fixed. This means that if Elegoo CC starts shipping in 31st May, 1st production printers will reach consumers by mid June, the break-in period will last 6-8 weeks for most (if I remember correctly tons of issues with Creality K1 were detected within 3 weeks of them reaching consumers) so that means by August 1st to have 1st decent info. For me that means that by August one should have enough info for deciding whether to “impulse-buy” Elegoo Centauri Carbon and by Feb 2026 buying Centauri Carbon would be an informed decision.
Additional thing is multi material system - I like the AMS and convenience it brings. Lack of MMS on launch is understandable, but that’s a big added value that comes with it’s own set of problems.
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I hope this point wasn’t lost on everyone. There’s an old saying: “If you’re going to steal ideas, steal from the best.” Bambu built its designs off the open-source work from the 3D printing community. Not the first to do this, obviously, but they failed to give back to the community. This and their current anti-consumer practices makes it hard to muster any sympathy and is the primary reason for my loss of fealty to the company I once admired.
Poetic Justice? Bambu’s Comeuppance?
Does anyone see the absolute poetic justice being meted out here?
Follow this narrative:
“A company innovates and takes the market by storm with a product far superior to all competitors. Then, within two years, they are outmaneuvered by Chinese companies that copy their design, using stolen ideas and cheap engineering labor to outcompete the innovator on price.”
This could be the story of any Western company, but the beautiful irony is that we are seeing one Chinese company’s predatory practices turned against another. Yes, I realize I’m gloating, and I plead guilty as charged to a severe case of Schadenfreude.
Life is gooood!!!
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Looks like Trump tariffs are working in reverse or is Elegoo an American company? The price is $299USD and $699AUD 
Elegoo is Chinese and both companies are in Shenzhen. Google says Bambu Lab and Elegoo’s offices are 20 miles apart.
and the Centauri Carbon won a Muse Design Award
I wonder how much money museaward.com makes by playing everyone against the middle. They charge for their ads, then they charge the companies that “win” the awards, and finally, they charge media outlets for including their promotions.
This scam has been running since the PC Magazine rackets of the 1980s. Back in the day, Ziff-Davis ran multiple publications and turned it into an industry—pay up, and your “featured” product lands on the cover. The Kardashian clan took that same playbook to new levels in the age of social media. 
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It reminds me of the old “Who’s Who Among American High School Students” scam. Sent to all parents and all you had to do to get listed was buy the book lol.
Aurora show’s the usual tests, which i think gives a good view on what the printer can do (we won’t know about reliability of course, that will come with time)
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Not sure why, but on my S1, in Anycubic Next(their slicer), a print that is 250mm high gives an error that says it’s too tall of a print for build volume. I wonder if it’s a profile issue?
249mm works, I hadn’t tried 1/10th increments yet.
Did u noticed that some of the reviewers had serious issues with the electrical saftey of the printer?
They run into electric shocks while the printbed was powered to heat up.
As i saw there are some connections problems with the groundwires and therefore your body is ground. Pretty harmful and dangerous.
Maybe this is just a pre series failure but before this is not fixed and checked by goverment customer protection i won’t get me one.
And there are no long term knowledges about that thing…
Shocking! 
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So Bambus information on Q1 reveal of new printer never to be seen until now most likely gets delayed … for Q2 or Q3.
Unless they thought to offer P1P printer in purple colour for about 1500€ - subscription based which will let you pay per print on it will be next leap forward
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If you look at the specs of any printer on paper and then look at the lockout area in the slicer, the slicer is always a smaller cubic volume. The technical term for this is “marketing specsmanship” otherwise know as “pure bullshit”. 
So let’s take an example. Here’s the BS on Bambu’s site. (BS doesn’t mean Bambu studio in this context)
But the printer settings tell a very different story. First, I have an exclusion area of between 18 and 28mm and then my height somehow is 5mm short. So riddle me this; if you take away 28mm of the build plate and then 5 mm off the height, why aren’t you advertising the “Actual print” height separately. There is likely a totally logical explanation for this but the fact is, it is not disclosed and that’s the problem. This is the distinction between Chinese companies and Western. If Dell or HP tried this stunt, they’d be in front of consumer group lynch mobs in a nanosecond but Chinese companies? They get a free pass??? WTF???
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i guess you wanted to say electro-shoking, don’t you?
