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The Bambu Lab P1S has become one of the best-selling enclosed CoreXY machines, and for plenty of home print shops it serves as a reliable baseline. But what does the newer P2S bring to the table, and is it worth swapping out a proven machine for it? This article compares the two models where...
In Monday’s close look at the A series, we examined how Bambu Lab appeals to complete beginners, and one question keeps coming up with the entry-level A1: buy the bare printer, or go straight for the Combo variant with the AMS lite unit for multi-color printing? The difference between the Bambu Lab A1 and...
The Bambu Lab A1 and A1 Mini are among the most frequently recommended first printers, and at first glance they look almost identical. Both are bed slingers from the same A-series, they share the same software ecosystem, and they take the same approach to an easy start. But the difference in price, build volume,...
Winter tends to be the perfect time to buy a 3D printer. It’s the season for desk projects indoors, manufacturers close out the year with new models, and sales usually push entry- and mid-range prices down. This article wraps up the past month’s block of posts and doubles as a practical Buyer’s Guide 2026...
Once your printer count grows past a single hobby machine and the topic of the week shifts to scaling a print farm, maintenance stops being an optional ritual and becomes an economic necessity. A neglected machine doesn’t just show up as one ruined print; it shows up as a cascade of failed parts, a...
The Elegoo Neptune 4 and Neptune 4 Max share a name, Klipper firmware and a claimed top speed of 500 mm/s, but in day-to-day use they are two very different machines. The difference is not just that one is bigger. They differ in hotend construction, bed heater power and maximum bed temperature, network connectivity...
An enclosed CoreXY printer with a hardened steel nozzle, a chamber camera, and fully automatic calibration used to cost twice what the Elegoo Centauri Carbon does today. The machine launched in early 2025 and kicked off a rather uncomfortable price war in the budget segment for the established brands. Enough time has passed since...
An enclosed CoreXY printer at a price that fits inside the budget for an ordinary computer monitor was, until recently, more of a wish than a reality. The original Elegoo Centauri Carbon changed that when it landed at $299.99, and its successor, the Centauri Carbon 2, builds on that position with the Canvas multi-material...
The past few weeks brought an unusual number of questions into the editorial inbox, all tied together by a single theme: what to buy, what to avoid, and where people most often go wrong. This month’s block therefore revolved around hardware, how to choose it, and the mistakes that cost both money and nerves....
You can pick a new 3D printer in an afternoon, or it can turn into a week-long maze of reviews, comparison tables, and contradictory recommendations. Over the past month on Printara3D we looked at printer selection from three angles: what you actually get in the lowest price class, what you’re paying for with flagship...
Multi-material and multi-color printing has gone from a premium luxury to a standard that Bambu Lab has put within reach of beginners. The question is no longer whether to print in multiple colors, but with which system. AMS Lite and AMS 2 Pro represent two different philosophies: an open, lightweight frame for the A1...
This week on Printara3D we’re focusing on multifunction and flagship printers, and one question fits right into that discussion, the one every more advanced maker eventually asks: does it make sense to build your own machine from the last screw to the firmware instead of buying a finished one? The Voron 2.4 is an...
Most multi-material printers handle colors and materials with a single nozzle that swaps filaments and spits out a chunk of waste with every change. Prusa XL takes a different route. Instead of one head, it offers a toolchanger with up to five independent tools, each holding its own filament, its own nozzle, and its...
Monday’s roundup of the best printers under $600 in 2026 showed that the entry segment stopped meaning compromise across the board long ago, and the A1 mini is the best example of that. The Bambu Lab A1 mini is the smallest and cheapest printer in the brand’s lineup, yet it still brings most of...
Just a few years ago, a budget of around $600 was the line below which you mostly found kits for enthusiasts rather than finished machines. Today the situation is reversed. For this amount you can buy a printer with automatic calibration, a smart touchscreen interface, and in some cases even color printing, features that...
This week’s Monday topic focused on flexible materials on modern hardware, and the Prusa Core One is exactly the kind of machine that finally handles this material category sensibly thanks to its actively controlled chamber. After years in which the MK4 and later the MK4S defined the Prusa portfolio as reliable bedslinger printers with...
Few brands have divided the 3D printing community in recent years as sharply as Bambu Lab. Some users insist that after their first experience with one of these printers, they simply cannot go back to another brand. Others warn about the closed ecosystem and cloud dependency. The truth lies somewhere in between and depends...
Last checked: August 17, 2026. Status check: the Bondtech INDX — the 8-material toolchanger add-on for Prusa’s CORE One — is real, hands-on reports confirm the mechanism delivers, and you still can’t easily get one. The 1,000-unit Founders Edition shipped in July. The first batch of standard conversion kits sold out back in April...
From Theory to Practice In previous parts, we unveiled the technological lead and strength of the Bambu Lab printer ecosystem. Now comes the most important question: which model is right for you? Bambu Lab has strategically divided its portfolio to appeal to everyone, from absolute beginners to professionals. In this concluding article, we will...
More Than Just a Printer In the previous part, we unveiled the technological innovations that enable Bambu Lab printers to achieve unprecedented speed and quality. However, the true strength of this brand lies not only in its hardware. Bambu Lab has built a comprehensive, vertically integrated ecosystem that includes hardware, software, materials, and cloud...
The world of 3D printing has just been shaken to its core. The long-awaited new release from Bambu Lab, the H2C model, was officially unveiled yesterday, promising to solve the biggest pain point of color FDM printing – endless piles of waste filament. With the new Vortek system and the ability to print with...
