FYI, Nathan Builds Robots and his techy friend just today gave their critique of the SV-08 on youtube. They point out the limitations, but, considering the low price, pretty much gave it a thumbs up. I just mention it, in case you want to decide prior to launch day and whatever discounts there might be then. At 350mmx350mm, it’s not quite big enough for what I need, or I probably would be getting one. It’s not as polished or capable as an X1C by any means, but for lower requirements it looks like it could be a lot of fun.
After reading your comments, I can only conclude that despite the time and technological advances from competitors, I would still buy an X1C as my primary printer today.
The SV-08 seems to be a fantastic printer for anyone comfortable tweaking and calibrating a printer. It is not intended to compete with any BL printers. Despite its weakness, it permits printing conventional high-temperature filament, has a large volume, works with Klipper, and comes preassembled, all at a relatively low cost; it seems a pretty fantastic deal.
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Here’s another one which is for Sure XL.
An Idex printer, for two different filaments.
The components also look somewhat stable. More stable and a lot more sustainable than anything I saw in this price range. My eyes only noted - massive stuff. And when you look at the machine weight of 33 kg… For the first time I saw Z-spindles that didn’t look like a toy (at least on videos of printers below 6k).
I haven’t noticed it yet, perhaps because I’m now so satisfied with my printer solution that I no longer have to constantly keep an eye on it… But things like this, I still take my time to look at it.
Well, if you like that printer, then you’re sure to love this one:
It’s hugely ambitious. Yet he thinks he can build it in just two weeks!
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For sure I like the idea 
However, put the 1269 USD for the marathon in relation to what you see. Of course I like Mr. Sliced Bread 
Also spent hundreds of hours playing around to make something happen, but at some point the dollar sign comes along which you need to include the design. And the hours you put in to get the dollar sign are counting too.
The god point: Marketing guys will never understand what he understands - but one day he will know what the marketing guys know. Then some management practice, some basics in accounting and then he’ll be the weapon.
Yes I like the video - but more because of him than because of the printer
When I was his age, my boss told me very wise words: I have enough idears myself - I need someone who can solve my problems and not someone which coming up with new ones 
Intrestingly enough, more and more manufacturers seem to be copying BL approach to multicolor printing.
Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo, for example, looks like a BL A1 Combo copycat.
Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo
$449.00 - $557.00
Product Features
● Smart Multi-Color Printing, Print in 4 to 8 Colors
● Print Fast,Seamlessly, Max 600mm/s
●ACE Pro: Dries while it Prints in Multi-Color
● Expansive Printing, 250x250x260mm
● Co-Created with Pantone Color Institute
I wonder what “dries while it prints” really means?
The funny part is that even at its “early bird” pricing, it already seems over-priced compared to the A1 Mini combo at $399, which is known to print well. Since the Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo is of unknown quality, then in theory its pricing should be even further discounted to adjust for the risk of that. The way it stands, you’re buying a “lucky bag” printer, and who knows what you’ll get.
Ankermake gave up on its multi-color solution. Apparently they couldn’t make it work the way they wanted to. Its M5C is now selling for $239, so the downward price pressure must be enormous. Similarly, the creality K1 is selling for a fraction of what it did initially, so the people who bought that must be feeling rather pissed. It sems that rather than fixing the shortfalls, Creality simply released new printers. Well, that is its history after all, so not exactly surprising.
It simply has a heating chamber. This product is either going to hit reviewers with positivity or severe flames. Honestly the aspect of heating isnt hard itself, but regulating that heat is. I’m not so sure I’d trust their mainboard to do everything like an AMS and heat plus regulate that temp…
Oh, gosh, it already sounds half-baked. Literally. 
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That doesn’t bother me so much. PID and other forms of heating control have become very cheap and easy to implement. And for something like this, it wouldn’t need terribly accurate temp control. It only needs to slowly dissipate moisture. My guess is it maxes out around 55-60C, and is likely not fully sealed. Which would make me assume it needs to be heated pretty often (not a good thing for all filaments). This is where I do have a problem with it. If it is sealed… great no issue here, but I would think they would need to evacuate the moisture and unseal the enclosure. This would require constant or repeated drying, which could degrade some or a number of filaments over time (depending on temps and filament type).
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Yeah, that seems to be a common problem with a lot of filament dryers. The only thing I’ve seen to date which tackles that issue is:
which is admittedly crude, but at least it has a way of getting rid of the moisture buildup. If the one-way valves could be made more air-tight, to prevent moisture re-intrusion after the drying cycle is complete, it might check your boxes. Some kind of damper, similar to those found in HVAC, could probably do it.
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Yeah, I loved the idea when I saw it, but the cost… WOW. IRCC, it was almost $50 for that size membrane (or more, can’t recall completely).
Oh yeah, you’re right, that was yet another way to do it.
Oh… just in case anyone missed the AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit, Bambu Lab went on the record, again, saying something BIG is coming soon.
It also alluded to the idea of multiple extruders or a process that might have similar advantages. Stay tuned.
It’s too bad Ankermake failed to perfect their multi-filament print-head. It had something like 4 hot-ends in there, and each would cap itself to prevent oozing as it switched from one filament to another. That way there were no retractions and no wastage.
I case you missed it. A very interesting post a couple days ago.
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Aha, so that’s probably it then. While one extruder is busy changing to some other filament, the other one is already on deck, ready to go, and can jump in at the moment of transition, saving time.
Meanwhile, the nozzles are at the same height, by virtue of the geometry, so they avoid the problem that the IDEX printers seem to have.
LOL, thanks. I had missed that. And it clears up why they were a little bit ambiguous in there affirmation of multiple heads.
But if I’m honest, that design looks to be very unBambu-like. Looks like a hot mess of flopping mechanical parts. Not sure it would have the same trouble-free experience or accuracy, but I’d be willing to try it out. A swinging hotend assembly with one extruder motor but two extruders and hotends. Likely is bed leveled for each hotend pre-print and the Z offsets set at that time. I would assume they will have a calibration hole in the bed plate to measure the X/Y offset.
The AMS dual exit has me stumped though. 4 into 1 into 2, could be useful for splicing, but I don’t see a good reason to do that. Otherwise, I can’t think of a reason for the second outlet. Maybe one path is specifically for TPU and is optimized. But that’s all I’ve got, and a long shot IMO.
Be warned, I have not seen the actual patent application this picture is from so I cannot confirm it is from Bambu.
It’s very possible it is from a much older application.
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To make any sense, it’s gotta be 4 into 2, not 4 into 1 into 2. Right? Even if it were just two 2 into 1, in parallel, side-by-side, it would make more sense.