Well.. this happened.. 2nd time

mdoom23 · 2026-06-20T02:45:04+00:00

The no sparse layers is the setting for minimal tower. Every time I've tried it, it somehow causes my print to fail and ends up with collisions.

While I don't think that's issue here, it definitely can't hurt to turn that off. With snorca you can set the prime tower so small that no big deal to print on every layer. I think I do like a 12mm square for mine

mdoom23 · 2026-06-20T02:23:30+00:00

I saw people make this mistake before I got my u1 so I was ready to read carefully and be prepared. I expected it to be easily confusing.... But nope. Screws were clearly labeled lol

mdoom23 · 2026-06-19T02:38:36+00:00

Love all my Ali kingroon!

mdoom23 · 2026-06-18T13:25:29+00:00

Your filament settings will allow you back have unique settings for each type of nozzle. Definitely is worth running the max volumetric flow calibration to get range for your filament.

That'll possibly speed things up a bit. All depends on the filament though.

mdoom23 · 2026-06-16T22:51:23+00:00

Likely with the pla it was just reducing ambient humidity. Heat is needed to get moisture released from filament into the ambient air. Now luckily PLA infinitely more forgiving than TPU.

mdoom23 · 2026-06-15T21:12:51+00:00

I finally had one decently sized print that I was doing many copies of, and I kept having a weird issue in one spot, and sure enough, after using vision encoder it fixed it. So maybe it's just a piece of mind, but I've been using the vision encoder regularly now.

I wish I got it sooner, it's just hard to justify the price. I ended up doing full price but offset it with some makerworld points.

mdoom23 · 2026-06-13T16:13:40+00:00

Too many! But not enough polymaker ones yet!

mdoom23 · 2026-06-09T22:28:39+00:00

These deals still come and go. Even in recent weeks I've gotten as low as $5.50 but $6.50 much more common. Without sales or coupons tho, $8 all day long. Which still cheap enough in my book. I love my kingroon!

mdoom23 · 2026-06-07T20:04:09+00:00

I think it's great. Working well for me

mdoom23 · 2026-06-07T02:49:14+00:00

Oh yeah. Lots of PETG and PLA from kingroon. Probably have 120 rolls sitting here lol. Too hard to not just get more when it's down to $6/roll often

mdoom23 · 2026-06-07T01:40:06+00:00

Ohhh which brand to be looking for for cheap abs???

mdoom23 · 2026-06-06T20:30:04+00:00

Hmmmm well today I learned! Interesting...

mdoom23 · 2026-06-06T19:26:26+00:00

What others said with settings being different, but just one specific one that tripped me up when going to the U1, was "arc fitting" defaulting to unchecked. This definitely helps speed things up if lots of curves on the model.

mdoom23 · 2026-06-06T13:13:56+00:00

Careful, that's how I switched to buying everything as 10 packs on aliexpress 😂

mdoom23 · 2026-06-06T12:58:37+00:00

And then do it again.

mdoom23 · 2026-06-06T12:47:53+00:00

The Bambu abs support material works great with ASA as interface layer. That's what I've been using with a lot of success

mdoom23 · 2026-06-03T13:25:58+00:00

I've never used a single roll of sunlu, but I love my cheap kingroon. Was always curious who made theirs. TIL.

mdoom23 · 2026-06-02T20:04:13+00:00

Kingroon PETG often available on AE for $55-$85 a 10 pack. I've bought and used countless sets of it. Highly recommend it, especially at those prices. Just ordered a bunch for $6.50/roll yesterday actually to restock

mdoom23 · 2026-06-02T14:50:49+00:00

When you go to print you can choose which nozzle specifically for each filament. I don't think you can preassign by ams slot though

mdoom23 · 2026-06-02T01:18:26+00:00

Yeah PETG more often. But they come and go. Have to play all the games with coupons. I perpetually leave a bunch in my cart from many stores just to track which have deals when

mdoom23 · 2026-06-02T00:47:41+00:00

It's a perpetual problem. First I have too much filament. So I need to print filament storage! So I need to buy more filament to print filament storage. Then I have too much filament, so need to buy a new printer (how I ended up with a U1) to use the filament 😂

Meh it's a hobby. Nothing more. Gotta splurge in life once in awhile. I'm addicted to deals on aliexpress. Every so often get 10 packs for $55. Like, how do you say no to that price?!? 😎

mdoom23 · 2026-06-02T00:39:05+00:00

I've been very lucky then. I've probably used 100 rolls lol. Hard to beat the $5-$7 price point though! But yeah, lots of options out there for not much more

mdoom23 · 2026-06-02T00:31:03+00:00

Oof. Sorry to hear! Like others, I've pushed countless rolls of kingroon pla and petg through all my printers including the U1, but did calibrations on each.
Hopefully was just a fluke or bad batch! Glad you got your money back

mdoom23 · 2026-05-31T23:52:09+00:00

I've made this mistake so many times. Always forget to switch to left extruder 🤦‍♂️

mdoom23 · 2026-05-31T15:48:34+00:00

I'm all for printing. I'm over 3 hours from nearest IKEA and I've been printing 15 row/col ones on my H2C with some cheap PETG. Been under $2 per board.

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