What should we expect next from Bambu Lab?

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With the P2S and H2C, Bambu has basically ticked off the two big “community wishlist” items for 2024–2025:

  • an evolution of the P1S → P2S

  • a practical vortex-style system → H2C

So… what’s left?

The only obvious “next step” in the lineup would be an evolution of the X1C, but honestly, that feels like a tough product to position right now. The mid‑range and “prosumer” space is already very crowded, and the P2S eats a huge chunk of that segment at a lower price point. A straight “X2C” with only incremental upgrades (slightly better cooling, slightly better sensors, another minor quality‑of‑life feature) wouldn’t be very exciting and might not justify the price difference.

Personally, it feels like an “X1C successor” only makes sense if it brings a clear new category (materials, volume, automation), not just a facelift. Otherwise the P2S + H2C combo is already “good enough” for the bulk of the market, and a new X‑series would risk being a niche halo product with limited appeal.

What do you think Bambu will/should launch next year: a true X‑series successor, something bigger for farms, or a completely new category none of us are expecting yet?

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A2? cheaper and even better :stuck_out_tongue:

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ahahahah cheaper than the a1 during the black month I think is really impossible..

Maybe an a1 with a bigger plate, but no enclosure..

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I believe the X1C will be updated with new features like the P2S, plus a heated chamber and built-in external ventilation with an optional 4-nozzle Vortek System.

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A 256mm plate printer with a 4 nozzle vortek system

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I agree… X2C will be a vortek system with 4 total nozzles. I’d say all the nozzles were vortek, and the print head will be a single nozzle swapper.

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An X2C with a heated chamber and Vortek priced below the H2C, but slightly above the U1, would completely wipe out the U1.

If Bambu released an X2C with Vortek today, U1 would not sell a single printer for the next 3–4 months—because people would finally have something they could actually use right now.

Right now, most of these “next-gen” multi-tool platforms exist only on YouTube and preorder pages.

Try to buy a U1 today and see when it ships — April.

Try to buy Bondtech — you can’t even place an order.

Everyone is advertising amazing systems that you can pay for, but you can’t actually get. It’s all hype with no real availability.

So in reality, the only real option today is the H2C.

There is no real competition:

• U1 → “Available,” but ships in April

• Bondtech → Not even available to buy

• Others → Vaporware and demos

This is why Bambu will wait.

They know that once all these platforms finally ship, they’ll come with bugs, delays, and early-adopter problems. Then Bambu can step in with a polished, reliable product and dominate.

Right now it’s reality vs unicorns on YouTube.

Once Creality begins selling the SparkX, Bambu will release the A2s.

Bambu always plays the long game. H2C is se*y ki11er.

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Bambu: “Hold my beer…”

A1-ZERO

Costs $0, but you get / need a two-year subscription to Filament. :eyes:

I shouldn’t give Bambu any silly ideas. :rofl:

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I have seen an interview with somebody from BL on youtube at FormNext 2025 fair, that almost explicitly hinted towards a X1C successor. If I remember right, he said things like “the printer it all started with” or something similar. It was obvious that he said as much as he could without stating a name he wasn’t allowed to.

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Yes, I have seen that one.

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The X1C plate size wouldn’t allow for adding a Vortek as it would sensibly affect/reduce the print size, so tbh, I don’t think Bambu will add Vortek to a possible X2, not unless the X2 will be made larger than X1, which I don’t think it will happen. Improving the current X1 with additional features and tools and then market it as X2, won’t justify the production costs, nor would provide any added value to the end-users. If there will be an X2 sometime in the future, it would have to fill in and address a specific market gap, within a specific price range, and cater to a specific users’ group, willing to pay for that. Given the already existing Bambu models, and the ones sold by their competitors, it might be a while (or never) for Bambu to come up with a better and improved second generation X series. Time (and Bambu) might prove me wrong… or maybe prove me right… We’ll have to wait and see.

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A2C Mini… It’s the next gen A1 Mini enclosed with two chamber heaters and a 16 head Vortec.

AMS 2 Pro Mini. It’s just like the AMS 2 Pro but it’s smaller and only holds those 250g rolls that come in the Sunlu sampler pack.

Makerlab will add a new tool that lets you put in your waist size and inseam and generate TPU pants.

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https://enmetalprintinginc.com/Technology

I would very much like to see a comparable concept from Bambu Lab, ideally not as a paste, but as a filament, similar to BASF’s approach.

What is particularly important to me is that the debinding or washing step is completely eliminated, allowing direct sintering, exactly as implemented in the Gauss process.

At present, the Gauss team from the comparatively small country of Korea is asking around USD 700 per kilogram for their paste. As a company based in large-scale China, it should be realistic for Bambu Lab to offer such a solution at roughly one third of that price - and this naturally applies to the printer price as well.

A Kickstarter campaign for such a system would be very exciting - I would definitely support it :blush:

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I also hope for a X2C with Vortek and I think it makes a lot of sense. From both the interview and most rumors, it seems quite sure that the next printer will be an X2. And BambuLabs urgently needs a competitor to the U1, so a reduced Vortek would be a sensible feature.

I would happily give up some build space for it. If I want big, I have to jump on the H2 series. If thst is not a priority, 25-30mm less X size isn’t that bad.

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I think the next step will be: Full-color 3D printer - but not from Bambu, yet. However, this technology is currently finding its way into industry and may later also find its way into home use. So maybe not what we expect from Bambu next, but maybe sometime in the future.

This technology has the potential to completely revolutionize the printing market. But beware: potential. The costs are still standing in the way and has been around for four years, yet it’s still taking time.

…and if anyone smiling and thinking this is just dreaming: Bambu could take the cheaper route, for which prototypes already exist. You take a transparent filament and mix in the actual color during melting. So a cheap version wouldn’t be so far-fetched. Whether Bambu is willing to do so is another matter, as they ultimately want to sell many different colors as filament.

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You surely meant “underpants”, but (due to the limited print size) you missed the (down)under part. :laughing:

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Great customer service.

You did say what we SHOULD expect, right?

I for one would welcome:

  • Honest sales
  • Owning up to their mistakes
  • Not assuming custom are lying
  • Dealing with delivery partners that fail to ‘deliver’ (in every sense of the word)
  • Being polite
  • Dealing with tickets properly
  • Not responding to a ticket with boilerplate responses that do not relate to the query
  • Stop beings dicks when being nice earns respect
  • Stop taking customers for granted
  • Test big changes and seek the thoughts of the community they rely on for income
  • Stop use BETA as an excuse
  • Actually, stop using BETA entirely, if you haven’t come out of the BETA stage two years ago, you are doing it wrong. BTW you are doing it wrong.

Pick five for this year and aim for the rest for 2027, we know significant change is really hard.

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I think is too small for the vortex system

Same, you need too much space

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ahahah the focus of the post was on the printer, but I understand your point..

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i am curious what could bambu lab do if it played in the resin printing league, with something to spare the tedious after printing process, or resin changing, or maybe they come up with some technology to have multicolor resin printing.

i have a resin printer but i rarely have the time to work anything on it, just because resin changing, cleaning, PPE, ventilation, post printing process…and the list goes on, but maybe just maybe bambu engineers can come up with a machine that eliminate the post printing process and make it fully automated.
@BambuLab just reply with a dot and i will get that there is a future intention to do that. <3

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