Eric A. MeyerRather unexpectedly, a 3D printer is soon to enter my life (long story). It seems like printers are either entry-level $300-$400, or higher-end $1,000+. Is there anything worthwhile in the $750 area? This will be hobby-use only, not for business purposes or mass production. It cannot be resin for a variety of reasons, and I will not budge on this.
Max Nordlund@Meyerweb @timixretroplays maybe you know something?
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Steve Ledsworth@Meyerweb This is the one I have and love it! $800. The AMS accessory allows you to work with multiple filaments at once, which is nice.
https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/p2s?from=home_web_p2s_detail
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Ryan@Meyerweb I am no expert but if you're comfortable with purchasing a Bambu printer then I've been happy with the P1S, which has lots of the same innards as the A1 for a middling price.
It also happens to be on sale right now it seems
Adam Brandon@Meyerweb Gonna pile on with the bambu folks here, if you want to actually get prints done with the least amount of friction.. go bambu. If you want to write Zen and the Art of 3d Printer Maintenance, get something else..
aeberbach@nottadamb @Meyerweb Ignoring Prusa of course. Higher price, no forced cloud participation. To me it’s worth it.
@aeberbach @Meyerweb I run mine lan only mode 🤷
@nottadamb @Meyerweb is Louis Rossman wrong? Says “authorization is required” to initiate a print job, even via LAN.
@aeberbach No idea, but I print locally to mine all day without being authorized through bambucloud. I just have a bambuddy instance setup and i can hit that through a vpn tunnel if i want to send stuff to it remotely..
Ste Grainer@Meyerweb I have had a Bambu Lab P1S for a bit over a year. I still use it regularly, and I heartily endorse it.
https://stegrainer.com/journal/2025/bambu-lab-p1s-review
If it broke down tomorrow, I would likely replace it with exactly the same thing or the newer model.
Graham Ballantyne@Meyerweb you can't really go wrong with a Bambu Lab printer. Find one in your price range that meets your needs, and it'll work pretty much out of the box.
Jim Roberts@Meyerweb I highly recommend Bambu Lab printers perhaps the PS2 Combo at $799
@Meyerweb that would be the P2S https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/p2s?id=664977091405410311
Kevin Teljeur ❄️@Meyerweb If I was getting one today, it would be in that price range, and it would be a Prusa, if could get a good deal on one. Bambu gets a lot of good reviews, but I somehow don’t trust the company.
Heather Migliorisi@Meyerweb - creality k1 max (fully enclosed) is pretty easy to use. We got ours off of Mac.bids (not sure if you have one of those around) for $350 which was a great deal even though the door was shattered (it was easily replaced). Creality is always running sales - I saw them for close to $400 recently. We also upgraded it so it can print multicolor.