Submitted 1 week ago by Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de to 3dprinting@lemmy.world
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EDIT NOTICE: I accidentally wrote “A1 Mini” in the meme instead of just “A1” out of habit. There’s no proof for the Mini to also be affected yet. My bad, sorry. It’s the A1 that might burn your house down.
This has such Anet A8 vibes.
…Although that machine basically had to be rebuilt to be usable and not a fire hazard from the start lol.
Had three of them. Have since had Prusa and Creality and I kinda miss the good old days printing by the seat of your pants and keeping the fire extinguisher nearby
I guess I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, I wouldn’t by it again (or anything from the company), but at the time (just before the company went completely haywire) the A1 was the right machine (“just works” with decent print quality) at the right price (on sale + discount) that got me into 3D printing … so, I “fell” for the YT marketing for sure, but I don’t regret it one second … now that I know that it’s a both use- and joyful technology for me I would gladly pay for a Prusa but at the time I wouldn’t have … and I would have missed out for sure … learned 3D modeling, manufacturing, design, skills that I wouldn’t want to miss.
I guess after well over 1000h of printing I don’t have to expect it to go up in flames, either …
For completeness I should also say that I never updated the firmware and transfer data using the SD card exclusively, it’s not connected to any network … but that was my expectation to begin with, I didn’t know much about 3D printing before and I thought that’s how they work anyway.
I guess after well over 1000h of printing I don’t have to expect it to go up in flames, either …
That assumption can backfire awfully! Please check if your printer is affected, if so you’re just lucky it didn’t happen yet.
It’s A1, not A1 Mini, that is prone to the issue. They have different structural designs.
Isn’t this the Fukona Shoujo machine?
Ok, how am I to enter the 3d printing
Depends on what you want, and how much you can afford. Personally I hate the idea of my printer connecting to the internet, so I’m still very happy with the Creality CR-10 that I bought 7 years ago. You can buy very similar models new for like $300. Less if you’re willing to settle for less build volume, and even less if you’re willing to buy used off of Craigslist or similar online marketplaces
Get one of those old timey sheep stomach water bladders and fill it with molten plastic, then just go to town like you’re icing a cake.
Or buy a different brand
Avoid
Recommend
These are my personal opinions and what I heard over the years.
What’s the deal with flashforge? I can’t find much except that they’re integrating some kind of AI modeling software with their studio program?
I agree with your take on all of them except Anycubic, if you can get them for cheap. By that I don’t mean the forever sale on their website. I started with a used anycubic that I got for less than $100.00 USD. While it does suck it let me see if I actually wanted to spend more money on this hobby or not. I’m already looking into getting a Prusa someday but for now it’s enough. So there is a spot for Anycubic, it’s entry level for printing curious.
I follow a lot of 3d printing news and I agree with these recommendations.
Prusa or nothing. Just s shame they are so damn expensive, and refuse to make a Prusa Mini v.2
Just bought a used, but very well calibrated MK3S last month as my first foray into 3D printing. I love this thing so far.
And it doesn’t know my wifi network or password. I save files to an SD card, plug that into the printer, and print. No apps, no printer connecting to the internet to verify registration, no sending my files somewhere outside the home when printing.
Might run it through a MK3.5 hardware upgrade in not too long, which is another cool thing they do: give you an upgrade path for older models (like mine) to use newer equipment from newer models.
I’m actually really happy with my Snapmaker U. Not only has it been rock steady at printing and quality, they actually open sourced both their firmware and slicer. And flashing a custom firmware is as easy as copying it to a USB drive and plugging it in
Right?! A Mini+ refresh that pushes down the costs without sacrificing performance (very much doable I think, they’d have basically zero R&D cost for that) to hit the 249€ mark would most likely sell like hot cakes, simply because it’s both rather affordable and Prusa! Especially right now.
I do hope they work on something. The fact the website apparently only offers the Mini+ Enclosure Bundle by now might indicate they’re emptying shelves, though they’ll never sell those off at that ridiculous price (500€ semi-assembled).
For real! I love my Prusa Mini so much. I mostly do electronics, and the print volume is perfect for the small enclosures I need to print for that.
But after having played around with the MK4S, I really do miss a lot of the new features. I met Josef Prusa at Open Sauce last year, and tried my best to convince him that they need to do a v2.
Not as much relentless marketing as it was just the cheapest and easiest enter to 3D printing for me TwT
Too bad I already used it and it’s outside return time anyways
Just be safe, alright? There should be info out there if it’s an A1 about removing the dangerous part (seems to be optional). And make sure to take those devices offline via LAN-mode and blocking their internet access in the router.
Love my Prusa :)
I’m in the corner with my Ender 3 that barely works and is a pain in the ass but hasn’t had a recent controversy because it’s old.
You might want to try those total conversion projects. There are a few that take parts from one or two Ender 3 and turn the machine into a modern CoreXY machine.
The Ender of Theseus project.
Irbis has a 2 ender3 to1 corexy for little money con ersions. Guy is a genius
and this is why we stan open, easy to modify hardware.
I’m in the other corner with a P1S still on firmware 1.7 putting like 16 hours of print on it a day (mainly my wife printing decoration and trinkets). It’s just th internet finding a new rage bait. The printers are fine, the company is dumb for generating controversy (maybe negligent for the fires). This too shall pass.
I love/hate my fucking Ender 3. I love it cause I got it for free and it’s my first printer. But boy have I just wanted to take a hammer to it at times. Though, I can use any software I want, no internet connection, and it’s been forcing me to actually understand how that dang printer works. And fuck, when I’m ready to go down that rabbit hole, I can mod it out. I can’t beat that flexibility.
You shouldn’t give a fuck of your choice of 3D printer’s manufacturer is controversial.
HP and Dell suck a fat one, but I don’t give it a moments thought when I’m printing out hollow Earth leaflets to hand out at the mall food court.
Had us in the first half, not gonna lie. This is a quality comment, right here. 😂
Hollow earth? What sort of new-age conspiracy is that? True believers know the earth is a turtle.
At least you’re not a flat earther. Etidorpha, am I right?
The mini too? Is that real?
Mini too it seems: consumerrights.wiki/…/Bambu_Lab_A1_NTC_thermistor…
That seems to be an isolated incident (the mini I mean)
Sorry, I think that’s my bad. Made this meme between stuff and added the “mini” out of habit. Can’t find any proof for it being affected as well.
Oki thx for the correction
As much as I’m distressed to see the current situation with Bambu Lab I wouldn’t consider it “falling for relentless marketing”. They are/were genuinely ahead of the curve.
I’ve owned 3 different 3D printers before my P1S in the nearly decade I’ve been 3D printing (I got my first in 2017) and Bambu was the first to actually deliver on being “plug and play” when compared to the competition.
I’m hopeful the situation when my P1S kicks the bucket has changed (it may already have but I’m not in the market so I haven’t checked). But for now I’m just not updating the firmware.
1.7 gang!
Both of my Qidi machines have been plug in, load filament, and print. My current X-Max 3 also provided a rather polished out of the box experience with an on-screen guide and everything. I would much rather have a Qidi than any Bambu machine at this point.
I’m a little disappointed that they’ve apparently recently abandoned their homegrown fork of Prusa Slicer in favor of a home grown fork of Bambu’s slicer, but here’s hoping Bambu’s current litigious fuckery will cause them to rethink that strategy. Still, their stuff is open source enough that there’s nothing stopping me from using any other slicer with it if I felt like it. Or, indeed, any other firmware.
Unfortunately they’ve discontinued the xmax 3, and the newer ones are slightly less open. I would have liked to get a second xmax 3, i got mine for €500 on sale it’s been an amazing deal, absolutely insane value for money.
That’s a little hopeful to hear. When I was researching my purchase I had considered a Qidi machine but the reviews were inconsistent at the time. This was back early '24 though. I think my Microcenter warranty on the P1S is running out soon.
I just received the A1 for a birthday gift. I’m hoping it was manufactured after Q3 2025:
Bambu Lab stated: After reviewing field data, we determined the benefits of NTC-based inrush protection were outweighed by potential downsides under rare surge conditions. As a result, we implemented a design change in Q3 2025 to remove the PTC from the circuit.
Fuck, I have one from 2024 that’s been sitting in a box until I had the time to get into 3d printing (like yours, it was a gift). Guess I need to buy a fire fighting ball thing for it when I finally get it set up.
Doesn’t this only happen if there’s a power surge? I feel like I heard that somewhere but have nothing to back up my claim. In that case just put it on a surge protector and it shouldn’t be bad?
Man, with this news you may wanna sell it and buy another model/brand before getting into it.
Don’t set it up, not worth your house, your life or the life of your love ones. Fire is no joke.
Anything highly advertised is always some sort of scam and/or shitty, overpriced product.
Anything you see advertised more than once is a product to avoid. Especially if you see those advertisements on youtube.
This isn’t the case here. Their printers are some of the best out there. Their cost is high but not unreasonably so for what you get. The company, on the other hand, is garbage. They’re breaking the law and doubling down saying they’ve done nothing wrong. People are pissed off about that, not their products.
So, more on the scam side than on the shitty, overpriced product side.
I have an A1 mini. I had no idea it was being pushed by influencers.
I genuinely thought it was the “Brother laser” of 3D printing.
Bambu are the hp printers of 3d printing
The Prusa printers are the „Brother Laser“ of 3d printing
It is okay. Don’t believe everything you read on lemmy. It’s not the brother laser, it’s more like the iPhone Mini. Unfortunately closed system, hated by lemmy, but enjoyed by normies.
At the very least when the brand is sponsoring Youtubers to the degree Bambu did. It‘s a huge red flag.
I would love if this attitude caught on with enough people to make the marketing industry implode.
I am aware of when I have a vague familiarity with a product or brand and know that that familiarity doesn’t equal good. These days it could mean anything from best in class to absolute shit. The only thing they have in common is that a lot of money was spent on marketing.
Other than that, I need to either take a gamble or do deep research into the thing I want to do (though I’m learning that the real thing I want to look into is the result I want because I might be starting with the wrong process to get there, but after that will still be research on the process and tools to do it, followed by what materials and features are good for that).
Funny thing is that in the end, I do want advertising. Only difference is I want advertising that can be trusted when marketing is often either pushing outright lies when it thinks it can get away with it or has flipped around their message so much so that they can talk their product up without outright lying. I want a reviewer that will call garbage garbage (or even better, go into detail about why they think it is garbage) and not have to worry about whether that means some producers won’t want to send them free shit to review.
In this case though, I don’t think it’s “shitty and overpriced” given the pricepoint. Of course that’s subjective, I’m speaking more from an average person’s viewpoint. I know people who started with the A1 and it was fine. The company is just garbage.
100% - this goes with VPNs, why would I buy that is posted everywhere, such a giant target for an attack.
I’ll do my own research and come to a conclusion on how i spend my money.
Oh no, mullvad started advertising a bit 😱
Only print ads though IIRC
This is why I’ll never use NordVPN. Their ads are everywhere, which makes me not trust their product.
Besides, the most popular products are the most targeted by malware, hacking, adware/spyware, etc. Lesser known security tools are generally better, as long as the product itself is quality.
Prusa gang rise
Printed a fidget gun for a guest’s kid with the heating block replacement a just bought. It feels great to print again 😎
I’m pretty excited about blowing all my money on INDX soon :-)
Soon? You don’t have your order in already?
I reaalllly want to upgrade my MK4s but the prices are still fucked by tariffs. That INDX system looks amazing.
It’s the A1 going to flame. Not the mini. Or I missed something ?
consumerrights.wiki/…/Bambu_Lab_A1_NTC_thermistor…
both I think?
But it seems to only affect low voltage grid countries if I understand it correctly
I read high voltage has it worse, because the ac adapter circuit has a lot more work to do, so it runs hotter.
Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I really don’t advice eating 3d printers you buy online. It will be at least a bad bowl movement. At the most, you has died. A true tragedy, so do not treat as pizza or other edible delights
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Is there a Lemmy version of r/IHadAStroke?
Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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