A new collaboration has been formed between Bambu Lab and Slice Engineering. The result is the Mako™ Hotend for Bambu Lab X and P series printers. Experience effortless nozzle changes, optimized high-flow performance, superior thermal stability, and a durable, rugged printing experience.
This. Whole point with the Bambu printers is they “just work”, why would you shoot yourself in the foot by implying that’s not the case and that the original parts aren’t good enough by officially endorsing an alternative?
The form you use doesn’t allow me to enter my email address. It ONLY recognises one associated with GOOGLE, I do not use Google associated email with BL.
Cheers for that, you disqualify me straight out of the gate.
Also, why use a form controlled by Google?
You expect people to give up privacy to a company who already knows more about me than any other organisation and it doesn’t recognise my rights to not have my information harvested according to EU and U.K. laws.
It is disappointing that every time you ask us to fill in a form or questionnaire it is always from a third-party.
You are more than capable of creating and processing forms.
The others have been bad enough, this one is hugely disappointing.
The only thing I can see is the quick release feature. Strangely (and stupidly) the A series has these already.
The A series hot-ends are far easier to swap and much cheaper than the P & X series Nozzles.
No cables to remove and no thermal paste to deal with. Having to but something three times the cost to avoid dealing with thermal paste is also stupid.
Now you get the convenience of 10 times the prize of an A series hit end with this collaboration.
Same thing here. Haven’t quoted your entire post Malc, although it reflects exactly what I think and the total disappointment with BL’s choice of venue for this action. Factually, it automatically disqualifies anyone who’s not using Google (for personal privacy, or for any other reasons), or who might have registered with BL with a different email address than the one they have on Google.
No matter which is the case, the undeniable fact remains that BL’s appointed staff hasn’t given the slightest consideration to BL’s customers privacy concerns or having Google access issues, and by doing so, it automatically discriminates hundreds of its customers. Shame on you Bambulab!
No offense Bambu, but you don’t know your audience with this one.
It’s too expensive, and that’s coming from a guy who dropped the money on the E3D and the Revo.
There’s no real benefit for the buck. Despite what Slice wants to claim it’s not that much easier to unscrew a nozzle (the way we’ve been doing for years) and unscrewing the whole hotend. I would say the only savings is the need to apply the thermistor and heating element once. That’s not worth $100+
The “flow up” isn’t worth it either, and has been done far cheaper. What are you thinking here? I mean, Slice as a brand isn’t worth the asking price.
Here’s a thought, retrofit the PS/X series creating a plug that fits into the existing board that’s magnetic. Slap a magsafe like end to a thermistor/heater cart and boom…2 screws to swap a nozzle no connectors to fuss with.
X2, P2 put a hotend like the A1 series in, license that to others for variety or flows sake.
I will pass on this. Too expensive and I’m not a fan of Slice.
I don’t find that an issue. Try swapping one for the P OS X series, if you don’t purchase the complete hot-end, you have to remove all the cables, and the heat sink and use thermal paste to swap the nozzle. You have to do this each and every time.
If you have the complete hot-end, it is easier (three times the cost though), but, you still have to remove cables from a circuit board.
Plus the A series benefit from no enclosure (I like enclosures not the pint here though) you can easily access the head, on the P and X series, you have access it throw the lid, which most people place the AMS on or through the front, mostly blindly stabbing at it.
I’ll take the clip any day. Even my disabled body with hand tremors can deal with that.
Bambulab you say you have 5 hotends to giveaway but nowhere do you state you need to have at least 5 printers or a print farm to enter.
Why is it only mentioned that the competition is open to people with print farms when you visit google to fill in the questionnaire?
Why not mention this before people go ahead and fill in half the form! Annoying😡
Bambulab why do you need it just testing by print farmers and not the “equally” competent home users?
You also need to provide photographic evidence that you do “own” at least 5 printers.
Any more hoops you want us to jump through?
Just a bunch of bad decisions in general.
I dont understand why the need to make the competition exclusive to print farmers only.
Is it because they have spent so much on buying your machines you can afford to give them a little gift and exclude everyone else who hasn’t?
Don’t get me wrong I’m not hating on Bambu and love my P1S and appreciate the competition for the hotend but why close it off to the majority of users?
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