Seems like the shift in philosophy has been missed with that product after the announcments of competitors like snapmakers (u1), Bondtech (Indx), etc. Looks to me like the currently starting trend is going to be about multiple tool heads and increased multi material combination abilities.
Seeing the price announce being 2x that of a printer with 4 tool heads. This will be a real tough nut to crack.
I don’t see any “big ways” here, sorry…apart from the build volume maybe.
Probably a great printer, don’t get me wrong, but only in the means of replacing the X1 Series.
(Sure, the laser is a fancy addon, but i don’t like a laser polluting my printers hardware (mechanisms, lenses, sensors,…))
edit/ and now there it is, right away…H2C. Thank you!
I have started to wonder of climate is a differentiator.
I have never needed glue on any plate for any material.
I have only ever dried two filaments and mostly to try it rather than a need.
Each of my five supertak build plates suffered damage with the coating coming away from the metal plate in tiny pieces. One plate still has the base of a matte support base that cannot be removed and two thin for a blade to get under it.
Total waste of money on entirely useless plates.
Four of them (P/X series) became unusable after a few prints each.
The bone with support welded to it was the first use of the plate on my A1 mini.
On my P1S I have to have glue if I used textured PEI or risk adhesion issues. I can use supertack and no glue print after print with no issues. I had to up the temp a little from base to get that though.
What am I missing here? If I don’t care about the laser, why would I throw away an extra $100 on the H2S instead of just buying an X1? Heated chamber aside, there’s nothing in that price tag that justifies the bump. The gap is so small it looks like Bambu padded the number just because they could. At least a $200 spread would make sense.
Still no Ethernet. No USB. Two of the most basic features in 2025 - and dealbreakers before I even get to the “Banned Orca” soapbox.
Meanwhile, competition is tightening the screws. Snapmaker’s 4-head vaporware is hanging around ~$800, Elegoo’s Centauri is fully released at $300, QIDI’s new Q2 is $500, and the Plus 4 just dropped to $700. And here’s the kicker: the year-old Plus 4 is now mature, fully debugged, and past its launch pains - yet it’s cheaper and more stable than Bambu’s so-called “next big thing,” which is still riddled with bugs and missing features. The consumer math is brutal, the value proposition is gone, and Bambu’s justification is not making sense. At this point, you’re paying $1,100 for the name - and that name is already being dragged down by lousy customer service that many of this community continue to share here. As for their draconian walled garden? It doesn’t look curated anymore; it looks like a junkyard of weeds.
This launch was hyped as “the next big thing” but feels more like a dead cat bounce.
What I really expected/hoped:
A $900 unit with the X1 pushed down to $700 to actually compete with the Centauri.
A larger build plate with full-volume access - not one-side-versus-the-other like the H2D misstep.
Ethernet or USB.
Faster speeds.
Focus on hardware and stop shackling users to a declining Bambu Studio. Open it up and let others drive innovation - give us back control.