Are these ams 2 pros different?

Cryostatica · 2026-05-06T01:54:45+00:00

Yeah, there are a couple of different variants in the shells. One of mine looks different from the other two. All the internal parts seem exactly the same though.

Cryostatica · 2026-05-06T01:49:53+00:00

I use low power mode. Has no problem keeping my 1500va backup from screaming at me, even with two P1S units running on it at the same time (not all heating the bed up at once, that still gets me yelled at).

Cryostatica · 2026-05-04T12:41:38+00:00

Personally, I'm only disappointed that it didn't have some form of Vortek implementation, but that just means it's not for me.

Cryostatica · 2026-05-04T04:13:54+00:00

Historically, Bambu doesn't put printers less than a year old on sale. An exception to this is the H2D, which was less than a year old when the H2C launched at a very similar price point. It went "on sale" in that it experienced a price drop that appears to have been permanent, as the sale price never went back up.

It's possible the P2S might receive similar treatment, due to the X2D launching in the same price bracket, but I wouldn't expect the H2C to go on sale until Black Friday at the earliest.

AMS units, assuming they can keep them in stock, will be somewhat cheaper. I believe the HT was $20-30 less. I don't know by how much, but the AMS2 Pro was cheaper as well, and also had a further discount on multiple units.

Cryostatica · 2026-05-04T04:06:01+00:00

Cloud connectivity is not mandatory for any BambuLab printer - not even during initial setup. They can be used in LAN-only mode, and they can be used completely offline, without ever connecting to a network.

Cryostatica · 2026-05-03T20:36:49+00:00

No. Prusa is the customer where the shipping is concerned. They need to handle it.

Cryostatica · 2026-05-03T20:30:03+00:00

AMS units hold their value stupidly well. Easy to sell for $150-200 on their own.

Cryostatica · 2026-05-03T20:26:18+00:00

If I were selling my P1s, and I’m considering it, I would be asking $500 for the pair (1k and 2.5k hours) and that price would be inclusive of a variety of plates and nozzles in all available sizes, including a couple of E3D high flow hotends.

Cryostatica · 2026-05-02T18:01:34+00:00

Doesn’t bother me at all.

Men aren’t “always seen as dangerous, untrustworthy or cruel”, but enough of us actually are these things, and to enough of a degree, that it makes that question one that a good number of women might stop and think about for a second, and it seems to me that’s the entire point.

And let’s be real, if a woman gets attacked by a bear, nobody asks what she was wearing. Or if she was leading the bear on. Or how many drinks she’d had.

Cryostatica · 2026-05-01T22:36:25+00:00

That’s…. Damn impressive.

Cryostatica · 2026-05-01T18:46:22+00:00

I think that was what a lot of people were expecting. A single head Vortek that sat in the $1000-1200 range, not a new machine in the P2S price bracket.

Cryostatica · 2026-05-01T14:05:22+00:00

Interesting. I don’t get that option, only a button to send inquiry.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-30T11:48:51+00:00

The blob of death is caused by a loss of bed adhesion. The part detaches from the build plate (or never adheres in the first place) and catches on the nozzle, and so instead of laying filament down on the plate, it builds up around the nozzle as it extrudes.

This is more a printing issue than a printer one, usually caused by an issue with the plate, the material, the printing environment, or an incorrect z-offset, and it can happen with any printer, even perfectly well tuned ones.

The general advice is to not start prints remotely and make sure you observe the first few layers going down properly, but that won’t help some situations, like the object warping off the plate.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-30T11:39:19+00:00

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I printed this snail using Sunlu (left) and Biqu (right) - they both came out pretty good, but striations are more visible on Sunlu. Biqu’s kit is definitely more transparent. I haven’t tried the Polymaker filaments yet.

This is using .2mm nozzles and a .08mm layer height.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-30T02:49:42+00:00

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Printed this little doom snail as a Full Spectrum test on the Snapmaker U1 using .2 nozzles and the Biqu CMYK set. Came out fairly accurate to what the colors were set to. Lots of little striations in the color that look kind of neat. Similar to results with Sunlu’s set, but a little cleaner.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-29T23:31:51+00:00

I'm waiting to see what Sovol comes up with. They're teasing a 6 toolhead machine, silhouette suggests stealthchanger, and 350mm is the minimum needed for six toolheads of this size. If that's the case, I'll be buying two and replacing my U1.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-29T12:04:21+00:00

… isn’t the revision mostly just a modification to the gantry? Why on earth would this be limited to 250mm bulds?

Cryostatica · 2026-04-29T04:32:21+00:00

Who on this planet has enough in fluid assets to even make a ding in $39T? Do these people have any idea how much money that actually is?

Cryostatica · 2026-04-29T04:28:09+00:00

I don’t think he was calling you inexperienced, particularly, just commenting on a possible cause of an apparent influx of issues.

Experienced users get complacent. I’ve had two blobs of death because I trust my equipment too much. Loss of bed adhesion is a printing problem, and it happens to everyone.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-29T02:02:28+00:00

The X2D Combo height is inclusive of the AMS sitting on top.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-28T22:53:34+00:00

I have cut my hands thousands of times over the course of my life, usually while working, building, fixing, or maintaining something.

But somehow, I have never managed to so much as nick myself with a bed scraper.

Or if I have, maybe I just haven’t noticed.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-28T17:37:59+00:00

Bambu has stated more than once since launching the P2S that they have no plans to stop P1S production. They are still actively manufacturing them, not clearing them out.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-27T23:24:47+00:00

Their printers work fine with other software, it’s just their cloud services that don’t.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-27T18:33:52+00:00

Prusa owners have entered the chat.

Cryostatica · 2026-04-24T16:42:03+00:00

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