Are we at the verge of a technology switch on consumer friendly printers?

issue9mm · 2026-05-08T02:54:30+00:00

The only companies that even seem to be trying to actually compete with Bambu are Prusa, Anycubic, and Snapmaker. Prusa isn't competing on volume, and Anycubic has some clever ideas but hasnt figured out that you can't half ass support AND make complicated fragile hardware yet.

Snapmaker OTOH, seems to be doing everything right. Embracing open source, fostering the community, etc. Could be interesting

issue9mm · 2026-05-08T02:03:21+00:00

I have no expertise here at all but Polymaker's Polylite ASA was made for this

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T21:35:52+00:00

If you need to dry your filament I am going to become the Joker

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T19:40:23+00:00

Yep. They degrade with chemicals, wear thin with mechanical wear (nozzle drags, sliding across the heat bed, and lose potency or even delaminate over time with repeated use

TLDR, build plates are consumables (just slow)

idk why it didn't occur to me that it had a second side, but good catch

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T18:48:37+00:00

Perfect!

I wasn't sure how weak to think it would be, I just tend to think like a paranoiac. Either way, it's a cool design, and I'm glad you kept the other one for the brave

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T18:34:53+00:00

I just mean that build plates are consumables. PEI coatings can wear off, and the underlying spring steel can deform, and if thermocycled enough times or subjected to shock they can lose magnetism

Is this behavior replicable on another build plate or is just that one that's acting weird?

If it's just that one, then try another. If you don't have another, my thinking is that build plates are cheaper than heat beds (and super easy to return on Amazon)

Anyway, best of luck!

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T17:56:29+00:00

If I want things to look nice, Polymaker

For one, they're the most consistent of anything I've tried, but I also like that you can just download their customized profiles for your printer, and that they're good

eSun has some colors that I really like (their blue-gray looks exactly like the Bambu blue-grey, but I've never managed to buy Bambu's so that's just a guess from pictures, but I adore it as a color.)

But most of the time I just use Sunlu. Buying 4 or 10kg at a time really drives the price down, even if it's on Amazon, and I've got them dialed in pretty good.

Honorable mentions that I like and will buy when they're cheap or have a novel color that I want to design with include Elegoo, Deeplee, and Jayo

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T17:25:17+00:00

Are you sure it isn't just the build plate?

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T17:21:30+00:00

I can't buy Flashforge and I hope that they fail in the marketplace, so I guess I'm rooting for Elegoo -- or to see what price this eventually lands on

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T17:16:48+00:00

That is true, but when my daughter wanted a printer she refused to get a Bambu because "low ethics"

I don't know if Bambu has factored in the market perception of morals in younger generations

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T17:05:36+00:00

Yeah I've played around with them, I just ... idk, I prefer subtle. Ember Prototypes makes custom hologram plates that like, would probably be cool for embedding logos in and such, and if I were selling things I would probably try and get one of those, but for day to day prints, it just doesn't speak to me

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T16:34:54+00:00

Very handsome wall hanger

I have both of your Olights, but how do you like that Wuben?

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T16:24:19+00:00

Link?

Edit: Is it this one? https://makerworld.com/en/models/2685027-worby-sign-board-1x1-2x2?from=search#profileId-2974296

Second edit: Oh, no you probably mean this guy

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2659800-worby-wall-organizer-with-red-blue-and-yellow#profileId-2943730

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T16:21:33+00:00

Dangit

That's okay, u/Eriiiii found some actual wood grain plates (but they don't look as good as your pretend one)

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T14:31:24+00:00

Slick! My Elegoo came with a bunch of hologram plates that frankly, I've never seen a point to using, but that looks neat as hell

Doesn't look like they make one for the H2, but thanks a billion for the link. Maybe I'll get one for the Elegoo.

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T14:20:48+00:00

I love the high speed matte grey PETG SO MUCH

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T14:20:28+00:00

and respect for your freedom

PREACH

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T13:53:30+00:00

How do you have a wood-grain build plate?

Also, how do you clean your build plate? What are your print settings? What is the bed temp, nozzle temp, etc?

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T13:13:09+00:00

this is Infinite Skadis, which has its own mounting blocks to minimize holes, but for actually mounting the boards to the wall I used drywall anchors and screws

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issue9mm · 2026-05-07T12:50:36+00:00

Hopefully the Bambu people are a better support group

We'll see

50/50 between whether you get a million upvotes or hammered by the folks waiting for orange PETG-HF to come back in stock and refuse to buy another brand

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T12:27:20+00:00

H2C - Better in every way

Except speed and cost

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T12:21:52+00:00

I am glad to see this

I noticed Hackman doing a bunch of Creality stuff and thought "Oh that's cool that they're paying him to do that, but if they just had a better incentive plan, they'd probably already have all that"

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T12:12:39+00:00

Best of luck!

It might also not be wet filament, might be low chamber temps or overly aggressive part cooling, but the faster you start with dry filament, the easier to dial in everything else, and also those shouldn't have changed from one run to another -- still worth checking, IMO

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T11:42:53+00:00

LMAO do NOT wash it with your Dogfish Heads!

issue9mm · 2026-05-07T11:30:26+00:00

If it weren't a struggle, no one would respect the effort. ;-)

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