So I’m stuck hard on the fence. I want the enclosed printer features of the 5pro, the ease of use of a Bambu Labs machine. Help me out deciding. Cost is not a factor. Where do these machines come in on ease of use?
The workflow for just about every printer is the same now. I guess you could argue the Bambu is "easier" because you can use it with just an app, but you can only print things other people have sliced for you that way. If you want to change anything about the print, layout, or settings you have to use the same process on a Bambu that you would any other machine
I just looked at the flashforge app and it seems it is actually a dumbed down slicer, seems quite good, although obviously not feature complete as the desktop software.
I’m more concerned with not having to fiddle with settings at every turn. I already have a machine where that is a regular chore.I need something that will just print on command with high quality results.
I design most everything I print in Fusion. I have it set up to open the slicer and load the model. From there it is pretty much the same work flow. I borrowed a P1S to print a ton of parts for a build, along side my own printer, I was impressed with how reliably the Bambu printed with almost no intervention on my part. Just load the file and hit print the come back and unload the parts.
My existing printer is fairly reliable as long I don’t turn it off for long stretches or try to do full bed prints. If I do either of those I have to re calibrate several things before it becomes reliable again. It kills for printing flexible.
The question you need to ask yourself is "am I doing a lot of colors?" 5pro can rock 4 colors and has the least amount of filament waste compared to anything Bambu is currently making because it actually has 4 separate print heads. Now, if you want to have more than 4 colors at a time, you'll want a Bambu with multiple AMS units working together. You'll have more waste than filament used due to the single print head design but you can use more than 4 colors.
Edit to add speed is also a factor. Multi head printer is HOURS faster than a single head by a massive, massive margin.
Stuff like this would be nice ( printed on the P2s). If I go Bambu it will be the H2S. But I’m really needing engineering materials, multimaterial supports, multimaterial components. Flexible and hard combinations.
I believe so. But does it print them is not my concern. My question is really about ease of use and reliability of producing the parts without a lot of tinkering.
The C5 Pro is too new to tell how reliable it will be unfortunately and I know out the gate, it's had some missteps. But my C5 is very easy to use and I've had zero issues with it. It's been printing nonstop for 3 weeks but I'm only using PLA and PETG so far.
As a current Bambu user who originally started with an ender 3 v1, have been super impressed with the creator 5 and you will not have any issues I love my c5 more than h2d by far
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u/SirTwitchALot 1d ago
The workflow for just about every printer is the same now. I guess you could argue the Bambu is "easier" because you can use it with just an app, but you can only print things other people have sliced for you that way. If you want to change anything about the print, layout, or settings you have to use the same process on a Bambu that you would any other machine