Unless you have one of those engines that eats itself and had to be recalled. Ford may have had recalls, but never to replace the entire engine! LOL Something like 721,000 engines. Had a Snivelrado once, worst truck I ever had, went back to Ford and never looked back, at least its not a Ram that can’t Dodge.
As far as what the OP posted, yeah, you get what you get. Sure there are some machines out there far less expensive and do a decent job, but you also have to learn more in order to use it where the BL prints right out of the box, very short learning curve to get decent prints.
They ALL have their quirks, no machine is perfect, not even the H2D, but having 2 of them, and with only one issue between them that was an AI error and totally missed the blob, it was not a fault of the machine itself. The cause was a loose sock, my fault. My X1C however, the H2’s run circles around it. I just finished printing a litho frame in PETG using PLA rafts. The tree supports were stuck to the part. Its the same exact job I run on the H2 using the same filaments and settings and never had the tree stick to the part as it was being printed. The dual heads also waste a LOT less filament compared to the X1C since it has to purge every time it changes to the raft.
I don’t have experience with any other brand, or slicer, but I also only started doing this in July this year and already put 1500 hours on between the machines. I was looking to get a K2 or 2. I could have bought 2 for what the H2D and X1C cost, with 4 CMS. I decided not to based on a few reviews, and then would need 2 different slicer programs and another bin of spares.
Just things that are to be considered going mutli brand. Show me a machine that can actually do more than an H2D that doesn’t cost 2-3 times as much and consumer grade. Check reviews on different brands and comparisons from those who put the machines through a ringer. Aside from a friend of mine who got me started with 3D who has a P1S, it was reviews and comparisons that led me to the H2D. That has a lot to do with why I bought it more than anything else. Frankly I am VERY impressed with Bambu. I have been buying tools for decades for wood working and let me tell you, if you need anything after 90 days, you are SCREWED. It took me WEEKS to get a Dewault 1/2" drive power ratchet warranted. It just stopped dead. It had to be sent to a service center and repaired. I had to pay shipping! No phone support, no chat support. When I found out that you can open a support ticket with Bambu, I was THRILLED! 40 years working with expensive equipment and this is the first time where I could open a chat box and actually get support on something. I’m 61, been doing crafting for a very long time as a hobby, my real job was in IT, and let me tell you what support for THAT can be like! Yeah, I am very pleased with BL support because I know it can be a LOT worse!
