thanks everyone for your responses, im just gonna hope that mine dosnt arrive damage.
For bambu I dont rely on their support for timely repairs, I try to keep most common parts on hand for any equipment I run. On my X1 I had a TH board failure, but I was running dual heaters for a while for my HF hot end. I also had the toolhead USB cable fail from flexing after 5000 hours and a few other smaller things. AMS funnels were also a good spare part to have for the original AMS as they wear out with CF filament. But as I mentioned I had all of those parts, and Bambu stuff is relatively cheap it was not a big deal. Support still sent me replacement parts after I fixed it myself, but having them on hand made getting back to printing much easier.
I was initially happy with my results for small parts such as the built-in Benchy (it wasnāt great, but I put that down to the fact that it is tuned for speed). Iām running test prints now using Bambu PLA Basic at default parameters and Iām no longer happy with the output quality. Iām seeing very pronounced z-banding on simple parts. This is with the latest Beta firmware and subsequent full recalibration. Iām not confident this machine will satisfy me long-term unless some sort of breakthrough occurs. My brotherās X1C produces much better-looking prints.
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My two cents: My first 3D printer ever was a Raise3D E2 and that set the benchmark in quality for me. Speed on the other side was very limited. Iāve had several other printers since then and Iāve owned an X1C from the start and added an A1 and A1 Mini afterwards.
I found the all three bambu printers outclassed the Raise3D in both quality and speed and specifically with the X1C have been extremely impressed (except for a weird issue with a sensor that was fixed with a bit of tape 
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So when I pressed the buy button for the H2D and most of its accessoires (HF hotends, vision plates etc) I thought I wasted over 2000 euros on a bigger machines which wastes a little bit less poop, a heated chamber and an upgraded AMS.
But I have adjusted my opinion since then. The entire ecosystem has improved since I bought the H2D and without exception my prints have been coming out the machine flawlessly, but to such a standard that it far outshines the X1C.
Since my wife (who is not a techie at all) has found printing stuff so easy and good she claimed a lot of time on the H2D. So much so and so much so impressed I decided to buy a second H2D.
I performs equally as impressive as the first one. I litterly think this is the best printer that is relatively affordable on the market now. My big beef with is are some of the akwardnesses (which I can live with) and still the rather steep price.
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I just looked at two Benchys that came out of my brotherās X1C and thereās no comparison. If the H2D is capable of that kind of print quality, I havenāt seen it. Itās no contestānot even close. Not with Bambu PLA basic using default profiles, anyhow.
My H2D 40W laser edition arrived yesterday. Setup was fully automated, simple, and quick. Since then Iāve been printing non-stop and itās far exceeded my expectations. I am blown away by the speed and surface quality, without any profile tweaks. I couldnāt be happier. Canāt wait to try more Multi-Material and High Temp prints.
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I have around 50 hours on mine so far mostly PETG.
Quality has been on par with X1C.
I did get a blue plate off amazon which holds much better than stock plate.
No major issues so far.
I think they have lots of room for improvement on the software side. Iād like to see it retract filament not being used for a long time though it hasnāt been an issue for me yet.
The comments on here are funny, Iām curious if some of those folks actually own the machine. Iāve had mine for almost a month and have had zero issues. But I suppose this thread was created to stir up drama.
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Logic doesnāt work that way ā¦
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Been using it for a week, itās fine. Working perfectly as expected.
For new user who is very new to 3D printing, it is going to be a deep learning curve.
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No drama being stirred up from here. But I will be posting photos later to back up my points.
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Iām happy with my H2D. So far I only had to replace the camera, most likely due to a tiny bent pin in the original cameraās ribbon connector. I consider it more reliable than my X1C. The main strike against it is no orca slicer support. I cross my fingers that will get resolved in the future, as I really miss it a lot. 
Aside from the orca slicer being missing, it feels like a step-up from the X1C. In some ways it like an X1C 2.0 (2.0 for twice the price but a lot of refinements as well). The vision encoder plate is under-rated. It possibly puts the H2D in a different league from other 3D printers.
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Iām reserving judgement really until I cross 500 and 1000 hours, but impressions for myself have been 10/10 so far. Both nozzles are getting jobs done, big parts that barely fit in the P1S, now Iām doing them with other parts beside them.
Two compatible materials in one print is really nice.
Two parts can be each different materials, so often Iām basically running a pair of prints simultaneously in one print. Definitely feels like 300 percent capacity versus my single home machine previously. Tall parts have gone really well also.
Itās a much better motion system than the previous machines, no doubt about it. After 5000 hrs itās barely going to need anything. The build quality here is much closer to the nice CNC machines I grew up with, itās obvious how well put together the XY system is from any angle.
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The print quality without manual calibration is very good.
Laser dust will not be a problem if you are a light user of it, say an hour a week. If you a lot of lasering, get a dedicated laser machine.
Firmware has fixed the heatbed issues for me.
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EDIT: I take it back. My z banding is not gone. I originally posted after printing a few items that were singular items with straight walls that my printer was printing beautiful now. After I did some parts where there are multiple parts with geometry changes, holes, multiple levels the problem came back. Anywhere on that part or any other part on the bed that has a geometry change I get z-banding for that layer on ALL parts. This is with BambuLab PETG-HF that was dried for 8 hours at 65*c. All factory filament profiles. Iām going to try and dry the filament out for another 10 hours in the AMS 2 this time. But a few parts I did with that same filament printing straight out of my Space Pi dryer that day came out perfect. I didnāt watch the print as I had family stuff to take care of so I donāt know if the print temps or something else were different that what was on the slicer. As it looks like wet filament or it printed too hot.
Original POST:
My z banding is gone and overall iām super happy with the printer. The last update fixed a hand full of things for me. My print quality is really really good now. Thereās a few things I want to print to verify some issues I had before the update but after tightening up a bunch of screws, doing the update, my z banding is gone. I had really bad warping with PETG in the corners, Iām doing a 6 hour print now and will be checking over the weekend. Really impressed with this printer as of now.
As I stated before, I own two. If you like I can proof that
Having said that, I actually sold my X1C yesterday because I feel the H2D is a superior machine in nearly all aspects. But it seems that there is a difference in quality either in H2D print output or X1C output that makes these comparisons so different.
Iād like to sum my answer up in the lettersā¦ Yes.
Super happy with the H2D!
Yeah, it still has a few small quirks but so did the earlier models when they launched, and Bambu fixed those pretty quickly with updates
For me, the overall package is great: quiet, fast, solid print quality, and
And honestly, comparing the H2D to the Core One doesnāt make much sense ā theyāre completely different machines.
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It depends on when you purchased your Prusa. My experience was as bad as it gets. My first āready-to-useā Prusa came with a defective stepper motor, which they claimed I had damaged during assemblyādespite the fact that I had bought it pre-assembled.
Three months later, they reluctantly sent me a replacement, but I still had to pay for shipping again.
It seems theyāve learned from that experience.
Iāve had no issues with my H2D 40W laser. Iāve tested everything from basic PLA to PPA-CF. The only time I encountered adhesion problems was when experimenting with what materials would stickāor not stickāto the smooth PEI surface without using glue.
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Did I reply to you when I made my comment? If so that was a mistake. Print quality is highly subjective overallā¦ Every machine is also different but I still question several on here that claim such bad experiences. My H2D has been near flawless in doing everything I ask it to do. Sounds like you are having the same experience. /cheers!