So, I posted previously that I got an H2D early on but I sold it for quite a bit more than I paid and it went to a friend who was desperate to upgrade his A1. Long story short, I made enough of a profit to either get another H2D since they’re pretty easy to come by now or an H2C. Well, my P2S pretty much runs around the clock so I’m thinking of going with the H2C this time out. I know the benefits of the Vortek system but I’ve also gotten a few complaints from friends who already own the H2C. I know no system is perfect but I would like to hear from a few owners if they felt the upgrade over the H2D has been worth it, I get the multi-color benefits, but the grass is often not greener even if it’s only another $500 or so (and yes I that is alot of money to me). Please let me know if or how the H2C might not be meeting expectations.
Thanks in advance as I would like to pull the trigger in the next week or 2
i like both, and use both quite a lot, i do like the convenience of not having to manually switch nozzles, but in all fairness it’s not that difficult to do in the H2D either, it’s really just comfort i’d say
in terms of print quality i really can’t tell the quality difference between them, after a few days when i no longer remember which printer i used i can’t really tell from which it came
thanks for the response, I honestly have trouble seeing many differences between the A1, P1S,P2S. I always say you’re paying for the additional features not any huge leap in quality as it is quite good across the board from my limited experience. The heated chamber is a must though which is why I back on the H series train
Would help if we know what they complain about. I have 250hours on my h2c now and no real complaints so far. I do see where i want them to grow and work on stuff.
I have the H2C and the H2D and I love both of them. Had zero issues with the H2C except the silicone sock came off at some point and ended up inside of one of the prints…
if you do a lot of printing of more than 2 color, get the H2C, if not, get the H2D.
Like others, I have both and think they are wonderful machines. I prefer the H2C because I do a lot of multicolor prints.
I’m new to the 3d printer world but not to CAD and maker tools in general. I definitely set up my H2C with “it’s appliance” concept in mind. I design something in my cad program and print it out. So far (100hrs and about 2 spools of filament PLA/PETG/ABS without any serious problems. A few plate misalignments that just required me to re-place the plate and one spaghetti incident where the failure should have had a support. It’s a very accurate, and so far predictable machine. Mine has 2 AMS Pro and one AMS HT. So I can just pretty much print whatever I want with colors and most of the time they are in the AMS ready to go. That’s the greatest part, very impressive printer. I’m definitely buy what you want and good quality and cry once camp. It doesn’t waste much filament either. All in all I’m very happy with my H2C. OK on the opposite side you have a few trade offs. First the bed is slightly smaller than the H2D. I’ve already run into one case where the bed was slightly too small to print what I wanted to do without either splitting the job between the two heads or physically splitting the object. The second and more subtle issue is color. This machine is a color printing monster that has to be fed. That means more filament and you are likely to use more filaments of various types and buy more filament in all kinds of colors. I didn’t realize this fully when I when with the H2C. It does filament changing so easily including back-ups of the same filament that I’m sure I use more filament more filament types and more colors in my stock. I’m pretty sure if I was running an H2D I’d have less stock on hand in not so many colors. From my perspective this is a great feature of the H2C environment, however it does add up quickly and if you are watching the bucks you want to keep in mind that it’s very additive having all this color capability. Hope that helps. I’m not sure what kinds of problems your friends have run into with the H2C. It’s not perfect but it is quite excellent! FWIW I noticed the other posters said they had H2D and H2C printers and I have to admit if I ever were to get a 2nd printer I’d go with the H2D because I find that the bulk of the long big print jobs are single color, mostly black and gray. However with only one printer I definitely made the right choice with the H2C.
Thanks everyone for the replies, just got back from holiday but I read every one, I ordered another H2D Combo because for my use case the H2C isn’t really necessary at this point. I do plan to upgrade in the future, but I suspect there will be a number of improvements coming in the pipeline to address what I consider to be the 2 major problems and what caused me to get another H2D. I expect a larger, faster H2C variant, maybe not in the near term, but I just don’t think BBL is quite done in this space yet. Either way, my P2S, H2D combo will serve me quite well unless my needs drastically change and an extra $500 in my pocket didn’t hurt too much either. Again, thanks for the replies as I was seriously on the fence.
I too have several hundred hours on my H2C and also have a P2S. I use the P2S for single color prints now and have used the H2C for up to 6 color prints. Other than the sever vibrations when printing in standard mode or above, I have no complaints.
I struggled with this too. I decided to go for the H2C because I’m sure I’ll save more than $500 in wasted filament, electricity and AMS/Printer maintenance (Due to higher usage) going with the H2C over the H2D.
I haven’t done a high volume of multi-color printing up to now but that has mostly been due to not wanting to waste time/money more than desire.
I don’t know if it’s just my set of printers, I have 5, all Bambu Lab, but the H2C’s prints are the best quality. Might be my imagination too, who knows…
I have about 500 hours on my H2C, swapped from my H2D that had 2500 hours. Reliability wise its pretty much identical to the H2D, no complaints about either one from me. I would definitely get the H2C as the convenience of the auto nozzle swapping and faster induction nozzle heat up time is a step forward even if you dont do multi-color.
