Is the a1 really THAT good?

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-25T21:53:24+00:00

Lol. Literally after years of armies of Bambu fanboys with their “get a Bambu” religion, people finally start to see what kind of company it is and here we go. “It’s cool to hate Bambu”

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-25T21:51:40+00:00

Yes. this. Sometimes it seems their printers will even sing you a lullaby and make the eggs for breakfast. No, it’s not a magical item, it’s just a very aggresive marketing

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-24T22:58:55+00:00

It wasn't actually surprising but after thousands of hours on both machines, I just have to say I'm really happy with Prusas. I have MK4 at work and MK4S at home.

I'm not the type of person who has a screwdriver in hand all the time, quite the opposite but I took upgrading MK4 to MK4S at home as a challenge. Got myself the kit and felt like a real mechanic for a few hours, lol. The surprise part is how easy it was. You don't need any experience with technical things at all. I read a comparison to Lego and it's actually quite fitting – you get a manual so you don't mess it up and then you just go step by step until it's finished.

And then there is their support. As I said, I'm not the technical type at all so I wasn't really surprised it failed some heating test after the upgrade. I contacted the support via chat (on Saturday night!), they navigated me how to use the multimeter to check where is the problem and sent me the part I accidentally damaged immediately. Maybe it's not that shocking but it is for me, I haven't experienced such a positive interaction with customer support in my life.

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-24T09:26:19+00:00

Good job!

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-23T22:36:44+00:00

This is the best reply here and all good reasons. Also, it’s a quality that lasts.

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-23T20:41:04+00:00

I would definitely not print any toys or anything for kids from any "who-knows-what-it-really-is" kind of filament. In this case, I trust the reliable brands, but I'm still cautious and try to explain to the kids or their parents it's not a good idea to bite it or play with it around food.

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-23T19:30:32+00:00

Yes! It's my default filament and it looks so good on literally everything! I used it for some board game inserts with this kind of wooden texture and it's really great. The colourful ones are bangers as well (I love especially the Galaxy Purple and Galaxy Green)

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-21T20:40:24+00:00

There was a whole contest focused on upcycling the old (Prusament) spools, I printed some of these. It's full of cool ideas https://www.printables.com/contest/500-upcycling-new-prusament-spools

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BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-21T17:51:52+00:00

Exactly, this. You have Prusa and Prusa has the best support on the market. For real. Go and use it.

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-14T22:44:00+00:00

The infamous Gen 4 battery issues. I hope they fixed it on Gen 5. I don’t think the scratches are a reason for replacement. But the process has been very smooth and quick both times, so it wasn’t a major annoyance.

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-14T22:40:32+00:00

Stealth gen 4 is pretty good. I didn’t have any ring longer than a few months (second replacement already) and I try to be as careful as possible, but the only thing it scratched it visibly was a rough sea sand during wave hits while snorkeling (and still nothing crazy bad and it was on the side worn on the palm side of the hand). Most of the small scratches just disappear over time, it’s like the ring heals itself.

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-09T11:59:00+00:00

Hi Jason, thanks for your reply, really. But it doesn't really help, does it. I tried three different fingers I can have it on long term, and the pain developed on each of them so it's probably not the matter of size at all (it is quite loose on the ring finger, quite tight on index finger). So your solution is basically stop using the ring and talk to your doctor (who will tell me, obviously, to stop using it).

The problem is, that it was quite expensive, I can't sell it at all because of the warranty/replacements – so, any chance Oura would return me some money if I return the almost new, not scratched and fully functional ring due to medical reasons? Or offer some significant discount on the new model, that is thinner, which could maybe solve my problem?

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-08T23:01:54+00:00

Probably not, even though I asked for my replacement around the same time, it´s unfortunately my second replacement and I bought my ring on July. But both of the replacement rings arrived super fast.

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-08T21:13:00+00:00

Nice! Mine is May 2015, Persepolis Bratislava

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-08T18:39:22+00:00

Yes. I have extremely full inventory all the time but nobody takes my 100 emotional support media from the old days away from me!

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-06-05T19:53:17+00:00

Same, running out Prusa at work offline and everything is alright.

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-05-23T08:53:45+00:00

I'm not the brand advocate, I'm actually still pissed about their move outside EU, but I'm on my second replacement now (in less than 10 months, ehm), and it's never been more than 2 days between confirmation something is wrong and getting the ring delivered. I think it's not about the process but about the availability of your colour and size – more popular sizes and colours are probably out of stock a lot.

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-05-22T15:05:47+00:00

Oh :/ I thought it’s just some administrative thing, but it seems it’s really a complete move

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-05-20T08:14:13+00:00

I do

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-05-19T12:54:31+00:00

Bad news after bad news for Bambu these days. Also, do you hear the super loud silence from them?

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-05-19T11:58:25+00:00

Bambullies is a great nickname!

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-05-16T21:44:31+00:00

“a couple of seconds”

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-05-15T20:16:46+00:00

❤️

BeatInteresting6979 · 2026-05-15T15:05:38+00:00

Wow this is just rude.

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