How many printing hours on your X1C?

Bambu Lab X1 Series Bambu Lab X1C
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5800 hrs. I was surprised myself at how many.

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I didnā€™t even know you could check this. I am at 6059 hours on my X1C

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1300+ hrs. No major issues, routine maintenance when I think of it. No complaints, good design IMO. I bought like all the colors in the world of PLA starting out then discovered that I much prefer PETG and had to start over collecting filament. I really like the look and texture of PETG-CF and use it even when PLA would do the job. It just prints so dang nice on my machine. TPU is handy for some things, the new TPU for AMS is a tad stiff but does print well. I have used a little PC, it also printed OK. All in all, Iā€™m a happy camper. Just wanting for a bigger one with dual hot-ends to speed the process of multi-color. LOL

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I also found that very few things needed to be replaced until over 3000 hours. I replaced my cutter & wiper at 2000, but to be honest, they didnā€™t show much wear at all yet, I just felt guilty about not doing it previously. I did finally exchange my extruder gears when I got my first jam in it the other day, mostly because since I was taking it out to remove the stuck piece of plastic, I noticed it could use a good cleaning & I didnā€™t really have the energy at the moment, so I swapped it for my new one, and Iā€™ll clean it later on to keep as a backup.

The only thing that I have found has to be replaced a lot more often than I had expected are the PTFE tubes, especially under the AMS! I am learning to check them every 500-600 hours, because they wear the walls too thin somewhat quickly IMHO and then tend to cause a jam at the worst possible moment - not to mention that they require a bit more of a time commitment to dissasemble the AMS to get to them.

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I am new to 3D printing I bought my first printer just a few months ago. I have been printing all kinds of stuff, encountering different challenges and experimenting. I have not let my printers rest much I now have over 1800 hrs. I still have a lot to learn.

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Gonna hit the 4k mark the next few days. Nothing but normal maintenance.

Using gear floss has made service much quicker and efficient. I got a lot of spare parts but still waiting on needing to use them.

Had a couple of nozzle changes, but that was due to bed adhesion and nozzle crashes.