One Year With Bambu Lab X1 Carbon

Got my P1P a couple days ago, which is very similar. Been cranking out parts like crazy and haven’t stopped since. The auto calibration is a lifesaver and makes me actually enjoy the hobby again

This printer has changed 3d printing for me. I use mine for work so its awesome to just click print instead of spending my free time messing with stuff

It's nice to see an update! You should do that for more of your printers and projects! Long term experience outweighs first review impressions.

Now, this is what I call feedback and a long term review. Thanks for all of these valuable points, very valuable for my decision making!

Very comprehensive review, I appreciate how you looked into every aspect of owning one : from using one to support & even community. Hopefully Bambu Lab sees this.

I love my x1 carbon combo. Best printer I’ve ever purchased.

Love my P1P, once I get some more sales in my shop, I plan to just keep buying more. Eventually I'll pick up an X1C, but the P1Ps are phenomenal and make prototyping new products enjoyable and so fast.

I've only had my X1C for a couple weeks, but so far it's been nothing short of amazing.

Great video as always. Clean, concise, and no unneeded fluff. I'm not surprised to see that you like the machine but dang that bed cable was wildly difficult!

I have a friend with one of these and he prints some incredible stout parts. I cant wait to get one for myself.

Thanks for this! I've been fairly satisfied with my X1C. Recently started to have minor mechanical issues that needed tending to, most noticeably my first nozzle clog! Which took forever to deal with - plastic had managed to back up into the cold end of the nozzle assembly when the hotend fan plug wasn't seated properly after a nozzle change - but eventually I realised that "this is hardened steel. My pin vise uses cheap AliExpress bits. There's no way they're harder than the nozzle." And then used a 1mm and 1.8mm drill bit in my pin vise to clean it out. Other than that, my only major issue has involved some low-quality ABS not sticking to the damn bed, but I think I've finally figured out how to cajole it. I think I was overheating it in the drying box before it got into the printer. So that's not the X1C's fault! The heads-up about the bed cable is good to know, I'll keep an eye out for symptoms. I'm about 6 months behind you (and suspect my duty cycle is lower) so this gives my a good sense of what to watch out for in the future. So sad to hear about people being jerks on the forums etc, though. :(

Love my X1C! Can't wait to see what the next gen is like and tank you for putting out a well thought out video!

I have had mine for a few weeks so far I'm liking it alot. I am happy that I got the X1C with ams.

Thanks for skating this very informative video. Youve answered a lot of questions that I had. Im still looking and definately considering making the purchase. Im long overdue for an X1. Hopefully I'll get my hands on one soon.

We have X1 carbon at work for over year now and could not be happier - its such a great tool - we where not super expierienced before and we where using Rise 3d E2 solid but comparitivly on slow and expensive site - now we have 2 X1 carbons and we have so little issues - only one worth mentioning is a lile bit of warping on big ABS prints - becouse of that we Print mostly PETG and prints go of great

Thanks for the update on the 3D printer.

Great video, on the nose with key issues and thank you for making this video and giving feedback on slicing issues, I haven't had any major issues that required posting or anything breaking since receiving it back in mid-September. So far all the info required has been from their wiki, forum, and discord server. It's asham you get to see more than usual the negativity towards a brand, I hope that changes, a well-working printer you almost get not to hear. This printer works great, thank you again for this video.

Nice balanced video. Good to see an honest and clear account of your experience with the X1. I don’t own one myself (nor would it be at the top of my personal shopping list) but I appreciate the innovation and features that some people find attractive. It’s definitely shaken up the hobbyist 3D printing scene.

It has for sure been more maintenance than I had thought it was going to be when I bought it. Overall I am super satisfied with my purchase though and would gladly buy it again. It did push me to finally take on Klipper and have since upgraded a good number of my old printers. That has probably been its biggest impact on me, making me realize how badly other printers suck.

I used to have the Mk3 4 years ago but it required a good deal of tinkering and even though it was fun I decided to give it to my son who makes it sing songs even to this day (obviously he's more skilled at this then I am). I recently purchased the UniFormation GKTwo Resin printer ~2 months ago and completely love it but there are applications that a filimanet printer would lend itself better so based on a slew of videos including this one I ordered the X1 over the Mk4 today and can't wait to have the same experience many others have had and of course 2 printers are better then one ;-) Thanks for the video!!!!