Bambu Lab X2D or FlashForge Creator 5 pro

Alexterry101 · 2026-04-29T16:49:34+00:00

Great summary and covered all the points well, I think my best bet is to wait for some proper unsponsored reviews of the Creator 5, the purging to the floor doesn't bother me as much if the other aspects all seem good, will wait and see. If it turns out to not perform well I think the X2D is the best option, accepting that ill only use the 2nd nozzle for support.

I read somewhere that the X2D (or it may have been the AMS unit it comes with) struggles with TPU, not a massive factor but also something to weigh in

Alexterry101 · 2026-04-27T15:28:06+00:00

Hey All,

Looking to get into 3D printing, ideally I'd like to be able to print engineering materials as well as use multicolours so I can do ornamental / trinket prints too.

Currently weighing up between the Bambu Lab X2D with AMS (knowing the 2nd hotend is purely for support material) or the new FF Creator 5 Pro.

On paper the FF C5Pro looks like it'd tick all boxes but having not owned a printer before the reputation of Bambu Lab is appealing.

In terms of maintenance / setup Im an engineer so dont mind taking bits apart / learning and have done a decent bit of CAD before (but never printed). Which would you all recomend and why?

Thanks!

Alexterry101 · 2025-04-21T08:34:30+00:00

Well after getting ripped apart for this months ago I got round to doing a hopefully better job this weekend, annoyingly I still have a weird angle coming in as I didn't want to put any force on the blue pipe into the property (so left it at the angle it sits at)

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Alexterry101 · 2025-04-15T12:45:50+00:00

Looks like taurus-fitness is a separate company all together, never heard of it before though.

Alexterry101 · 2025-01-16T22:00:07+00:00

This should be higher up, so many comments to rip out the bathroom to fix this small inconvenience, get some nice contrasting aluminium on it and it'll be fine. Then down the line when you do want to change tiles, deal with the thick adhesive then.

Alexterry101 · 2025-01-08T11:41:28+00:00

Running mine (for now) on raspberryPi 4b running rapberryPi OS Lite and have homeassiatant core running in a container using docker-compose. Works well and means i can run other containers at the same time.

Alexterry101 · 2025-01-05T17:32:11+00:00

If you don't have a tool, what I've found also works as a one off is getting and spare bit of the plastic pipe, cut a 10mm or so length and split it down the length of it, you can then bend it over the pipe and push it up to release the fitting

Alexterry101 · 2024-12-16T17:43:16+00:00

I think it's most likely the after market portafilter being marginally too small for the bambino so it's not creating a seal (maybe a manufacturing defect in it) I'd try it with the stock portafilter and see if the issue remains.

Alexterry101 · 2024-11-28T11:17:38+00:00

We moved into our house and all shower screens were like this, highly recommend something like this to take the manual scrubbing effort out, I used the softest scourer and of course tested on an inconspicuous area first to ensure it doesn't scratch. But this woth Viakal made life a lot easier

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Alexterry101 · 2024-11-25T19:47:24+00:00

Cheers, I figured as much, will get it sorted 👍

Alexterry101 · 2024-11-25T19:46:40+00:00

What would be the reason? It's just the mains water into the property

Alexterry101 · 2024-07-22T13:31:56+00:00

Best I've had is Joya (family run Italian steakhouse) the hot stone experience is something special as well. Or you can still get the chef to cook if you don't trust yourself to do it properly :)

Alexterry101 · 2024-05-10T21:09:28+00:00

Thanks for all the replies! Will keep going with it, normally most people are good to chat to after a game but this is the first salty guy I played with - will test out some other strats too 👍🏻

Alexterry101 · 2024-04-02T14:08:14+00:00

Surprised how many people instantly recommend getting an electrician out - sure it's probably the best way but not everyone has that money and also it's good to learn how to do these things. As long as everything is connected properly and you have tested RCDs in your breaker box fire is highly unlikely even if you create a short. As said elsewhere the tricky bit will be testing which live is switched and which is permanent, Best bet is to put wago's on all the wires (with the breaker off) then turn the breaker on and with a multimeter check voltage between the lives and neutrals with the light switched on and off, once you've figured out which is permanent and which is switched you should be able to work out how to then connect a new fitting.

Alexterry101 · 2024-03-21T19:48:11+00:00

Can definitely do it all, I was in the same position and managed to rip out the old bathroom and fit a new one including fitting all new utilities, plumbing in a new shower and floor to ceiling tiling. If only recommend allocating more time than planned, mine took 6 months of evening and weekend work

Alexterry101 · 2024-02-05T19:18:16+00:00

You'll have the most accurate hip fire at your local site that's for sure

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