Given the numerous complaints regarding the H2D units sold to date, I think it’s interesting to understand — even from a small sample — what the current situation is among forum users. I realize it’s not a complete sample, but at least it provides a small reference point.
Yes I would definitely buy it again. No doubt about it. Mine came with a few small issues but it printed perfectly.
Yep, will be buying a second one soon and any future printers they release. They have earned my blind trust, I purchased the H2D 3 min after it released. Bambu Lab is in a league of their own when it comes to UI/UX, printer firmware, integration, cheap spare parts and overall polish and reliability. They are not perfect like any machine, but no one else is even close and Ive owned many of the other major brand printers.
They are like Apple, if you want to get work done they are it. It you want to tinker you get Windows/Linux or a another brand printer. If you want a transparent tool that will just work 99% of the time, its Bambu. Great for beginners or advanced users.
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Yes, but I wouldnt have bought 2. I would have only bought a laser edition. Because of the nutty power situation. There are plenty of other great printers from other companies though. Dont listen to the extremists. When you dig in, youll find they had a $150 ender 3 clone or something.
If the single head h1d was out at the same time, I would have just gotten that. Im not a fan of the h2d toolhead setup.
I’ll buy one as soon as it’s fully supported by Orca.
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No regrets for my H2D, but I think I would more likely wait for the H2S next time than another H2D. I dont have nearly as much time in on mine as I do my others but fixing it (inevitably you’ll have to any printer in some capacity) makes me a little more nervous and I dont actually see much speed improvement over my P1S though its good to mention majority of my printing consists of very few color changing. I stick with factory settings and dont do to much experimenting with setting adjustments unless I need to get something something to work that doesnt with the factory profiles. I actually use my H2D more of a back up to keep the “milage” off it as compared to my cheaper P series machines unless i need the size which is where the H2S would come in. The size was the biggest selling point to me so asking if I would get another or get it again, yes (if my only option) as I have no regrets with it, but no if I have the option of a H2S.
no. My motor controller has failed after ONE print of less than 15 minutes. The QA on this is unforgivable.
Yes - I’d buy a second one if I had the room!
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There is no doubt that I’d buy this printer again. Unlike many others, this is my first experience with 3D printing myself. I have friends who have 3D printers and they were always lamenting all of the things they had to do “just to get it to work”, which dissuaded me into pursuing it. That said, when I had a few collegues at work mention the Bambu printer series, I started researching. I could find no other printer that would be as easy to use and understand from a first time perspective. I compared it to an Apple product. It may be more expensive, but it just works. I don’t want to “tinker” with my printer, I want to design, to build and use it as the tool it is. I’m not interested in manually leveling the bed with a piece of paper, nor do I want to have to buy $$$s in upgrades just to get it to where Bambu already is. Did I go a tad overkill on this? Perhaps, but the H2D with its dual color/material option made it an easy choice for me. My wife is enjoying this hobby also, and she doesn’t have to be an expert to understand how to load something up in Bambu studio, load the filament into the correct AMS’s and hit print. She loves it. I love it.
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Speaking for myself and from my own experience, I wouldn’t buy it again. I’d wait a year or so for the product to mature, especially on the software side. I feel it was released a bit prematurely.
In my opinion, those who rate it overly positively probably have never used an X1C, and this is either their very first printer or at least their first Bambu Lab.
As of today, in terms of efficiency, software completeness, and print quality, the X1C surpasses the H2D in every aspect.
These are just my opinions — please don’t take offense.
Yes, I would buy the H2D again, as I now only have minor issues that are more annoying than affecting the print quality.
However, I wouldn’t buy it as a laser combo printer these days.
Im not even sure if id buy a bambu again mate…
Should I interpret the negative votes as meaning that as long as the hardware is good, you don’t care how poor the aftermarket support is?
I disagree. Ive owned the P1P, P1S and X1C with over 10k hours on them, they ran 24/7 when I owned them. The have some weak points that can crop up after a lot of use (filament buffer, filament sensor, TH board, AMS funnels).
H2D did have some growing pains like the AI fail detection, but with the most recent firmware updates that was mostly fixed, especially if you put it on lower sensitivity. IMHO the H2D is next level hardware and software, things like auto PA are leaps beyond the X1. I had to make my own chamber heaters and buy aftermarket HF nozzles for the previous gen printers, having both on H2D from Bambu is a game changer for engineering filaments and printed part quality and strength.
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@maxim3D Probably your unit isn’t affected by uneven layers or Z-banding like ours… At this point I just can’t say that the H2D prints as well as the X1C — it doesn’t even reach the quality of an A1.
As for calibrations with the Lidar, I’ve always had great results. On the other hand, with the Eddy sensor used on the A1 and now the H2D, I don’t see the same positive outcome: if I apply the K value obtained from calibration, I actually get a much worse print than the one produced with the pre-print auto-calibration — which itself isn’t optimal.
The print profiles are still rough, especially when not using Bambu filaments.
I’m glad you’re satisfied with it — I wish I could say the same…
Yep no regrets with mine, it prints beautifully and has tackled everything I throw at it, which up till now has been PLA, ASA, and TPU… Sucks other people have problems though.
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@Cylonmode That’s exactly what I don’t understand — there are two possible scenarios: either the users who say it prints perfectly just don’t notice the defects on the print walls while others do, or there really are units that print poorly and others that print well. In that case, it wouldn’t be a software issue but rather units with assembly or component quality defects (probably production batches more or less “lucky”). And that would be even more serious.
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Qidi’s offerings are more suited for the engineering-grade materials thermals, and you can get 3x as many.
Prusa’s XL are more suited for multi-material low-waste fast-change large-format.
Bambu’s other printers are more suited for Pretty Toys© and you can get 8x as many.
Idk, lets say no
If I have the money, yes.
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For me H2D works perfect without issues, i love two nozzles. I don’t need another H2D but a cheaper printer with dual toolhead maybe yes (or P1 upgrade kit or similar)
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