Good one.
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Most likely your local mall has one of those small shops with a flat bed UV printer in it that can print stuff for you if you just want to try it out or have limited needs. Some people in the PCB etching community were doing that even years ago. Look for the people who can print pictures on coffee mugs and then negotiate a price. They thrive on printing chatskiās. If there were more demand youād probably find them at a farmerās market or an art fair.
Of course, a lot of malls have been shuttered in the last decade, so YMMV. In that case, you may have to go to a print shop, especially the ones that can print signs, which are mostly still around.
Im really interested in the tech more than that actual printer. I think this tech is the end game for 3d printing. Sucks that this particular one only does 5mm. Cheap resin/ink will come eventually.
I think mine has several kiosks where they print phone cases on demand. The kickstarter seems successful but itās only 8000 printers. If a 1/3 of them end up in the US itās like 1 per 100000 people?
Not sure if Bambu could have gotten in on this even if they wanted to. Anker must be 10x bigger? Bambu is trying to find some synergy and overlap for their distribution and makeworld, laser is good but UV printing would have been better.
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For sure, that may will make all those cheap Etsy laser products look old and cheap and may youāll have to amortize the machine pretty quickly before you canāt get anything anymore by salinge the products.
There, every housewife and even the Chinese guy in the most remote area with living expenses of $100 a month will squeeze and fight for the very last cent out of the machine - so for sure if you do so, you will need to by quickā¦
I had a case three years ago, I calculate to trying bringing 3D printing to a remote region in an island in Asia. The weight of the products and the associated transport would have offset the remote labor and infrastructure costs. That wouldnāt be the case here anymore, but I have other things to do.
a new X2 is not annouced yet? or is it?
Nope. Not a word, or even a rumor in that regard. It might be that Bambu is not considering launching a second gen X (or P or A) series, so soon after the launch of the H2D. Itās very possible that a gen 2 for the previous series is not in Bambuās development pipeline, at least based on their statements made in The Verge article.
thats sad!.. I dontāt want to buy a X1 since the technology is in my opinion a little bit outdatedā¦
Difficult to say, but for me it is now time to close this X1 topic. Outdated, not completely, but for sure well paid for the thing delieverd. At least, there is something in the X1C box that still can be used. But everyone has to decide for themselves.
Since last week my new answer to the X1C: Nice to have an X1 but it is no longer needed. As long it`s there - ok but if the printer get brokenā¦Although, the space isnāt free and if it will stay there for another yearā¦ I do not know.
If you need a printer, buy it. If not, wait until you need it 
A lot is going to happen nowā¦
what do you mean? would you recommend it or not?
If I would recommend a X1C? Thatās a tough question! Depending on your user base, there will migh still be cases where an X1C might can sense.
Would I buy it now again? No. Was I glad to have it? Yes. Can it might make sense to buy? Yes. Does the X1C still bring advantages - yes, but in my cases only dispensable ones.
If you are in buissnes and you need a new printer becouse one is broken and you overslept (printjobs whoe need to be done and so on)ā¦ than yes.
Also if you havenāt adapted the process yet and you need to secure customer requestsā¦ than yes.
If not, it is quiet the very last railway to take a look at some other printers! I wouldnāt say the X1C has been overtaken. Itās more like a competition across multiple disciplines, were the X1C getting more and more far to winning all of them. But the X1C wants to be paid as if he were the one and onlyā¦ I have the X1C, so Iām keeping it. Would I buy another one now? I donāt think so. Iāve already got the new ones running so I donāt have to get them into the jobs. In additional, after a lot of runninghours, mine is starting to squeak. I donāt think it will be able to stay in the same place for another 12 months and the new generation is now here.
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thank you for your answer! I appreciate it!
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@hank What cool stuff have you found lately that we probably may not know about?
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??? I didnāt hide anything
M5 are printing fine, are pure workhorses. TPU is also solfed by the AD5X (which I will not order since it is not that urgand and the bild volium are on the way and exciting)! I tell me daily that I am strong enough to wait on those flashfroges. I can hardly wait, almoste bursting with excitement!
The S1 Anycubic has the failer detection and plastic glases. Well, the slicer is not the thing who someone likes and the printer has it problems. But this problems suche as insufficient development for Mainternance, hiden Z soindel and so on - those problems I have on the X1 as well. So if I can choose between the cheap built X1C and very cheap S1, I choose very cheap because both are not finished - if it needed, the S1 is more than ok and the fail printdetection is onā¦
Anyway all have there screams so what is missing or unknown? I never order a P1S or an P1P - 30 Bugs for a scream, I simply like to get one and just buy those how have oneā¦
Then thereās the Eleggon Carbon. I really have to stop myself every day from ordering one ā only for TPU, so I never have to bypass an AMS ACE againā¦ but Iām staying strong. Enough printers, and weāre waiting for the Flashfrogs. I have to tell me every day that Iām strong enough to wait for the Flashfrogs So why should I wait for an X2C when it took two years for the H2D to arrive? And even if itās available in a smaller size, it probably wonāt be three times cheaper than its big brother H2D?.. and even if they do so what would happen with a X2? I only see one-way streets and dead endsā¦ If Iām wrong, Iām happy to be wrong. If they go the way I need, Iāll gladly buy it. H2D is for hobists with a bigger wallet but a lack of space - itās good that they have something now, right?
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Who knowsā¦ I am sure before September 2025 we will hear about a new BambuLab Printerā¦ I am very positive about it!
Somehow I doubt Bambu will announce another new printer this yearā¦ Weāll see.
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And even if so, it would even have to be the one I want, given the avalanche of new models. Itās a bit like hoping to win the lottery but being married and having kids. Keep watching or this will be gone too
What is truly amazing is the contest from Makeronline ā3D Printer Gears Designā. One model after another absolutely important to have - that after this type of core XY has been on the market for almost 3 years. Now they even start selling Metal Filament riser on Aliexpress for the X1C (which looks like is still worth even for printers becomes old iron). Ok, it can be that an important idea like the āKobra S1 Combo ACE Pro - Poor Manās Riserā comes for an S1, Anycubic were busy catching up with the S1 and probably had no time for such simple but important integrationsā¦ But what if such ideas come up in a contest like this in overwhelming numbers and the other one has been selling such printers for three years and there is nothing permanent and standardized included in his purchase? What he will do and grow the next 2 years?
I think the problem is relatively simple: The Chinese are used to all the workers saying yes to everything. They will save every last cent and make the maximum profit (also in Europe and the USA, but saving on everything and letting workers work more is simply even a bit more common in China) Everyone will continue to toiling away dutifully and wonāt dare to share even one idea with their boss, as theyāll be fired immediately. But hereās the big but: The printers arenāt being bought by other bosses for their employees, who are forced to keep quiet. Theyāre being bought by the people who then have to deal with the savings. This makes sugarcoating the situation extremely dangerous, because everything thatās sugarcoated is being paid for by the people who actually work with the printers.
