Bambu Lab X1 Carbon - The TOP FIVE features you NEED TO KNOW

Bambu Lab X1 Carbon - The TOP FIVE features you NEED TO KNOW - TESTED!

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We have had our Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 3D printer for a while now and we have seen some features and hacks online that we were dying to try… so we tested our top five out and in this video we see whether they are worth doing or if they are just a bit of a waste of time!
Bambu Lab have redefined consumer 3D printing, and there is no denying that, even if they do have their critics, and it is the little features like this that are taking the convenience of 3D printing to the next level.
We run through these top features for the Bambu Lab X1:
1. Bambu Lab AMS Filament Backup
2. PLA and PETG Supports - Support Interface Layers
3. Bambu Lab X1 Carbon Drying Filament Function
4. Respool Cardboard Spools
5. Bambu Lab Purge Into Object Function
If you have seen any features that we haven't covered in this video we would love to hear them, and with designing and prototyping we don't get too much time to test everything out to the finest detail, so if you've found some improvements on the features we tested, everyone would love to hear them in the comments!
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Drying Filament - wiki.bambulab.com/en/general/... - We also got the dryer box from here.
PolyTerra Spool Insert (by MyRCode) - www.printables.com/model/3239...
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0:00 Intro
0:10 Never Ending Filament
1:52 Ultimate Supports
3:39 Drying Filament
6:33 Cardboard Spools
8:03 Purge into Object
10:49 Summary

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@chrisjollie4887 Жыл бұрын

Excellent review. Where can I download the rocket ship STL?

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! It's available on playconveyor.com or patreon.com/playconveyor 😃

@finwinyt3d 15 күн бұрын

@@playconveyoryou have to pay:(

@MarceloPaniza 11 ай бұрын

Hey. I had some PETG filaments from 2016 that I gave up back then due to technical limitations. I got them drying in the X1C as "PLA", no plastic containers, in their cardboard box, and... a pile of 4 rolls, for 12 hours, didn't turn. I just wanted to dry excess moisture. Well, I've printed about 10 objects with them, no failures... compared to the 80% failures from 2016, this is marvelous. Cheers.

@zora_tech 8 ай бұрын

For the filament dry feature I actually use it to dry out the reusable silica beads. I put silica holders in all my spools as well as in the AMS and when they get to wet they change color. Then I just pop the holders in the machine set it to 100c for an hour or two with the exhaust fan running. And they are ready to be used again. Also I made all my holders out of PETG, one because its safer to print than PLA and also because PETG is heat resistant enough for the silica to dry as well.

@SangheiliSpecOp 3 ай бұрын

Very smart :o

@davidpatterson1398 Жыл бұрын

For the failover filament, where the AMS continues to another spool when the first one runs out, you don't *have* to have the same color filaments. You can have white as the "ready to run out" filament and green as the failover filament. You just have to tell the AMS that they're the same. They do have to be the same temp/cooling wise, though (PLA -> PLA, etc). I do this all the time to finish off really low spools that can't really print anything by themselves.

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

This is great David! I literally didn’t even think about doing that!

@rosskinard Жыл бұрын

Do you have to set the same color in the AMS though? Regardless of the filament color physically, do you have to set them in the controls to the same? Or will it use any color as long as the material properties match?

@davidpatterson1398 Жыл бұрын

@@rosskinard Only the properties in the software have to match. tbf, I haven't tried different *types* of materials (petg/pla), though. Only pla/pla.

@christiangray3757 Жыл бұрын

The drying filament feature is a good feature, especially since the printer is enclosed, I’ve done this concept back when I had a ender 3, let you filament dry over night, then print the next day.

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

That’s a good point! It did prompt us to buy a dryer box though because it was noticeable how well the filament printed!

@TheCrash0veride 8 ай бұрын

You can also purge the filament into the infill. And have NO waste

@CaptainFettCosplay Жыл бұрын

I had several partial spools and keep loading them into my AMS and it was awesome burning thru all of them!

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s such a good feeling clearly them off into a full print!!

@stevekorzeniewski6895 8 ай бұрын

Lots of great points made here ! But I gotta say that Filament drying is better than throwing away a half a roll because you didn't store or use fast enough. Better than not having it as an option.

@Kungpaoshizzi 11 ай бұрын

The Lidar calibration system is much better than the ability to transfer a cardboard spool lol

@itsboyinspace Жыл бұрын

Amazing video ❤

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! 🤘

@JBGecko13yt 10 ай бұрын

I printed rings for my cardboard rolls. Great video!

@avgjoeshow4208 7 ай бұрын

I cannot wait to order my one carbon. I’m waiting for a pretty substantial check to come in the mail and I really hope it gets here in time for me to order it with the black Friday sale but I’ve been looking forward to buying this printer for at least the last month and your videohas not disappointed me or turn me to a different printer

@elpresidente8730 6 ай бұрын

Great feature for saving purged filament. Most of my prints are practical tools for my wood workshop where colour is not an issue.

@StephenHitelol Жыл бұрын

Biggest positive on the drying feature is for materials you might not be able to dry in a regular filament dryer. Bambu's PA-CF wants 90c for 12+ hours before you even try to print with it- not viable in most generic Amazon filament dryers. It may not be necessary for PETG/PLA printing, but more exotic materials? Could be a godsend.

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

‘Quickly goes outside to check the max temp on my filament dryer’… oh it’s 55c 🤦🏼‍♂️ Luckily we don’t do much with PA-CF but for that the Bambu would definitely be a godsend! Do you print much PA-CF?

@StephenHitelol Жыл бұрын

@@playconveyor Not often, but- for example- the Prusacaster project calls for the strongest material possible to prevent bowing under the tension of guitar strings, and I've printed a few High-stress, durability-needed prints with it thus far and like the results. And come on, Carbon-Fiber reinforced Nylon as a printable material? That just feels space-age to me

@Zyghqwyv 2 ай бұрын

i just dried my PC at 95 degrees for 12 hours. My PLA filament dryer can only go up to 50 C. Not hot enough, but the bed can reach 120 C which is plenty hot

@someot Жыл бұрын

Those $30 filament dryers you speak of typically only go up to 50 or 55C max temp. If you need to dry heavy duty filament, especially the really hygroscopic stuff that requires a really low moisture content (Bambu PAHT-CF comes to mind), you need a dryer capable of up to 90C. Those types of dryers are closer to $200. So yeah, maybe for printing PLA only it's a bit of a gimmick, but if you're printing PLA only you could probably make do with just a P1P anyway. It's still useful too for a novice who just wants to buy one singular "premium product" that does everything they need.

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

The Bambu is definitely more suited to drying the heavier duty filament, your right! I guess our issue was the fact we lose our printer for up to 12 hours at a time, which I guess for many people wouldn’t be a viable option. It’s great for a ‘get out of trouble’ feature though!

@someot Жыл бұрын

@@playconveyor I would still disagree that it's a 'get out of trouble' feature. To me, it's an excellent feature for a hobbyist who has occasional need to print the hefty stuff. Rather than shell out $200+ for a super filament dryer, you just chuck it in the printer. Suddenly, all of those projects that you avoided because they required a Nylon part or similar can be tackled with minimal extra effort.

@robblly8112 Жыл бұрын

@@someot me exactly! as long as i’m not on a time limit, this is an incredibly welcomed feature and i absolutely adore that i can do this!

@jonathanr3258 Жыл бұрын

Now that's a title if I've ever seen one

@JoshFisher567 3 ай бұрын

One way i have seen others test how moisure is lost is to weigh the filement ibefore and after it's dryed. It should weigh a bit less after drying, maybe a few grans, especially if its got a lot of moisture in there as water is heavy so should shave a bit off the weight after its veen dryed. If not, then there probably wasnt enough moisture for it to he dryed. As others have nentioned PETG or any CF mix would be easier to test and more of a real life scenerio. PLA was made specifically for 3D printing which is why it's the easiest to print with. It might if been engineered to reduce absorbing water but thats just me soeculating. PLA ccan sit around for years and still print fine. I'm not sure about soaking it un water though. :)

@zacharytaylor8523 Жыл бұрын

One use of the filament dryer is just having another place to dry filament. If I'm doing anything with nylon it's basically mandatory it goes into the dryer box for 12 hours and stays in there for whenever I print, the dryer on the Bambu just gives me another place if I want to dry something else that can stay out with printing and get it ready for the next day. With a Bambu X1, machine downtime is the least of my concerns.

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

It’s a good point! What temp do you dry your Nylon at in the dryer box?

@JoanneRyallHandEngraver 7 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you very much! One question though - if you’ve elected other parts to be printed with the colour purge, why would you have any poop in the shoot at all? If you’d chosen to print another purge part, would there then be no poop?

@Xalies Жыл бұрын

Maybe you could also do a short drying run and then just keep the filament you need drying in your printer so you can still use your printer unless you need the volume

@londongrace5784 Жыл бұрын

Most of these features require an AMS, or have to do with an AMS. An AMS is optional. You only get one with the X1C if you buy the combo, not if you buy the normal X1C. It would've been nice to see a video of things you can do with an X1C (like the title says), not things you can do with an AMS. Two dedicated videos might be nice, one for things you can do with an X1C, and one for things you can do if you also have an AMS.

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

You’re right about the AMS, but as a stand alone printer the Bambu, whilst being fantastic, doesn’t have many more bells and whistles than other printers - but the features the Combo provides are very very good so we thought lumping them together would be best.

@londongrace5784 Жыл бұрын

@@playconveyor I can see that reasoning, good point. Did feel a little misleading at first.

@bjmand6236 8 ай бұрын

Seems like it should be possible to use the purge tower as extra filament as well?

@Exstaz Жыл бұрын

Might want to use a filament that is more hydrophonic like nylon. PLA won’t suck much moisture in. An expensive spool of nylon will get ruined after 20 minutes out in the open. Would be endive prints if you bought a new one after each print. Same with tpu, you want to dry even the new spools.

@xyzalt3141 8 ай бұрын

It can also help to purge into infill & supports.

@MetallicMelon Жыл бұрын

Oh that purge feature is real useful! I think with different filament it might make them much better and useable?

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

Yes 🙌 imagine a couple of silk filaments like purple and blue! Would look like dual filament!!

@thestagelightingguy 23 күн бұрын

Hey Playconveyor! Does the ultimate supports one work with Prusa Printers or just the Bambu Lab printers?

@treymurff 10 ай бұрын

Try using dynoclip chip bag clip for good purge model

@TonyHoangPodcast 10 ай бұрын

for the support filament, why does it print an extra block on the side?

@joshxcaron 4 ай бұрын

hmm i paint some models so the purge to another model sounds good to me i wonder if i can make all the purge be into a model instead of out the back?

@0x80O0oOverfl0w Жыл бұрын

Neat, but why does it purge when switching between filament rolls of the same type/color? Can't wait until my X1 shows up, it's on the way!

@kahangunubro 6 ай бұрын

Can I set it to purge as infill instead/as well?

@joshuamontoya-gandert 9 ай бұрын

I think the dryer is useful for nylon because my printer would have to be down till it is dried anyways and cheap Amazon dryers don’t get hot enough for nylon the cheapest ones anyways

@andrewnewton9137 Жыл бұрын

I will be trying that purge in to item.

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

It’s great! I’d just say pick better colours than we did! 😅

@andrewnewton9137 Жыл бұрын

@@playconveyor I have been thinking about this. It might be worth creating a reference sheet with height and weight of 'purge' items. You can then match a purge item with a printed one and hopefully it will then create less poop as they match in height. If you have a model that is 150mm and produces 100g of poop then find items that are same height and multiply number until weight uses up as much poop as possible.. Hope this makes sense!

@senurasenaratne5782 Жыл бұрын

filament like nylon CF is where the drying feature comes in handy because nylon is the most prone absorb moisture fast compared to other filaments and the small CF tubes in the filament absorb moisture rapidly because of the capillary effect. Ur test was a little flawed because while PLA is nice to keep dry, iv printed with 2 year old filament with no problem. but the CF Nylon filament was useless within a week if kept outside. so for the people who moslty print with PLA can use the printer to dry there engineering grade filament when the need arise instead of keeping a special equipment to dry that's sitting idle most of the time .

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

Yeah great summary at the end, we haven’t used Nylon for quite a while now so it will save us buying a £200+ heater for it (it’s been sat in the workshop for a long old time). It’s a bit of a trade off I guess, losing my main printers for 12 hours would just not be viable, but for certain people it will be a god send! Thanks for watching and sharing! 😃

@djispro4272 8 ай бұрын

Hey - I would probably cut a sample of a baseline, print that, now do a wet sample against the moist wall, print that, dry it and print again. It only may work since there was no baseline to speak of...

@SuperHeld1337 10 ай бұрын

Tip 5 u could do it with grifdinity boxes or other boxes

@airflo1 10 ай бұрын

6:30 of course this is only my opinion but it defers from yours. In my case I don't want to print at night so i use that time to dry my filament. For me real feature that is included and does the job really well after a few experiments.

@Narolerix 9 ай бұрын

Drying Filament is good if you have Filament like ESD-PETG, a roll cost over 100 dollars.

@richthemagicman 2 ай бұрын

I cannot get my a.m. ass unit to work when I go to the Handy app. Do I have to go to the slicer every time?

@TheConductor... 3 ай бұрын

I think if you only have a single filament dryer, it’s nice to have that drying gimmick. To be fair, you aren’t going to use a printer 24/7! (Though it is definitely a good investment to get a filament dryer. It’s a life saver!)

@TheConductor... 3 ай бұрын

Follow up because for some reason it won’t let me add this into the original comment. There is something you can use purged filament for! The artme 3D is a kit you can purchase for around 630-700 USD. It’s truly a helpful machine. (Disclaimer: You have to 3D print some parts yourself I believe and you need a lot of purged filament for it to be worth it. You do need to shred the filament to be in smaller bits. You can shred failed and old prints to put inside of it. Make sure you keep materials with materials. You can’t combine something like PLA with lets say ABS. Plastic types should not mix.)

@pedoncule36 Жыл бұрын

Does it have filament end sensor in case I'd use only 1 spool (without AMS.. Unfortunatly too expensive )? Thanks in advance

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

Yes there is a filament sensor in the tool head, really recommend the AMS though, worth every penny if you can stretch to it 😀

@markhackett8019 5 ай бұрын

Do you still need to add glue to the bed plate?

@dosdont 10 ай бұрын

That last feature is great, it's too bad you didn't spend more time teaching people how to do it. Maybe you can make a video explain it in detail.

@arthurtorricer4544 7 ай бұрын

So the poops is only when changing colors , correct? I guess less poops if you make more random items to maximize the work area?

@weisnowhere Жыл бұрын

Love that poop collector print, where can I find that one?

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

I printed it a while back, think it was from Thingiverse - called something like the poopy shoe!

@edgley 11 ай бұрын

Did you import the Bambu from the states or buy from the "UK Store"?

@playconveyor 11 ай бұрын

UK store!

@KevOXO Жыл бұрын

Nice clip, I have wondered about infill used for other parts. Drying filament if it is too damp for basic heat box, is in the range of cheap food dehydrator for single spools. For a few spools, your electric oven, gas oven I'm not sure of, naked flame and all that stuff could be too near to a whoosh bang, ooh nasty moment. Before you get carried away it is a good idea to check your oven thermostat is not telling you porkies and if you clean the oven after use, it will reduce any danger from contamination from plastic fumes but mainly gaining appreciation from her indoors removing the need to sleep with your eyes open.

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

Thanks! The purge is great, I’ve just done a load of clips for my workshop and purged it all into them, they look pretty funky but are hidden so it’s a great use of the wastage!

@minalghorpade1572 10 ай бұрын

i can print at the silent speed rest other printing options give me rough print

@NERO-ez1mn Жыл бұрын

is there a way to recycle it? do you have a 3d design tutorial?

@foam27 Жыл бұрын

Open the desiccant trays in the bottom of your AMS. Your desiccant bags are still in the plastic bags. I can tell because your humidity level was high.

@grandegeek1130 8 ай бұрын

I use a modified toaster to bake mine

@TheMoody876 Жыл бұрын

Why can it not purge 100% into infill?

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

I guess you would need a lot of infill, which most models don’t need. The purge into object at least creates a new model which can be useful, even if in random colours.

@c0mputer Жыл бұрын

You’re well below the ignition point of cardboard. Ignition point is in the hundreds of degrees C. Different for different types of cardboard but it starts at like 250°C. So having cardboard in the printer is fine.

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

Yeah you’re right, I’m just cautious about stuff like that, the plastic lid seems to help with circulation a bit better too

@c0mputer Жыл бұрын

@@playconveyor All good brother! Great video none the less!

@K8Stuff Жыл бұрын

Hang on - Bambu doesn't support TPU ?

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

Yeah it does, but only on the external spool holder. Not in the AMS unfortunately 🥺

@deze0158 7 ай бұрын

Or Just get a food dryer for 20€

@garyboekelman1048 Жыл бұрын

Yea Bambu X1 carbon.....watch out for Firmware updates as they have obviously shuffled there software team around...mine is in the bin....wait till you need to change a core XY belt...will take you 2 days to do both. Cant run ruby nozzle's for PA-CF....AMS idea is good, but requires more refinement.... Bed leveling system is good...The Bambu X1 is a complex build with PCB;s scattered all around the unit....it will cost a fortune to repair as the machine needs to be stripped down almost completely to do anything. Yes its fast and multi layer...will be replaced quite fast by other manufactures that will learn from Bambu's mistakes....and there are many....

@playconveyor Жыл бұрын

It’s really interesting to hear people’s experiences like this, we’ve been really lucky and the only issue I had was the AMS jamming and the belts retensioning, but simple fixes! Time will tell when a real problem comes along! Thanks for watching 😀

@alexanderalguire8064 25 күн бұрын

I hard disagree with you on the stance of the heated bed not being practical. Sure you COULD go and jus tbuy a new role on amazon... and then wait 2-4 days for it to show up. If you're in a place where you have 6 hour shipping, then you are in a. nuanced position. And if you're not, then you're still waiting the time for the new fillament. What if taht was your last role? What if the work check didn't come yet and you're down to your last role of wet fillament? What if youre someone who just doesn't want to waste? It's a totally practical feature that uses pre-existing infrastructure to allow for the accomplishment of yet another task. How in any way is that not the defenition of practical? It has muti use application. I feel like you tossed that one in there just to throw a a dissaproval in, or you did not think about the stances and inccidents where that would be a wished for and very useful tool. I love the rest of your video. That part just upset me in a "you're not doing the printer, or the team who designed it, or anyone who is in that situatio where that's useful" justice😂 not actually mad. Couldn't help the response.