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Help me choose a printer | X1C vs P1S | What's your preferred filament? (self.general)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by RenegadeSC to c/general

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Looking to finally make the jump from my old Ender 3 to a better printer, I've upgraded the Ender quite a lot but have run into multiple problems over the years with custom firmwares. During my last move, I snapped the SD card slot off the main board and have had issues getting the new one back up and running. With all of that said I'm ready to just buy once, cry once, and get back to printing.

The options I'm looking at are either the X1C or the P1S. I wanted to get opinions here, as from what I've found so far, the P1S seems to have the same print speed/quality, just minus the AI, and upgraded steel components. How capable is the P1S stock, and what upgrades, if any, would be recommended?

From what I've found, the AMS 2 seems to be the ideal choice over the OG AMS due to the drying function and more user-friendly design. It's $120 more for the AMS 2 combo than the AMS combo, so for those of you who have these setups, is the AMS 2 worth it?

Other than the printer selection, what are your go-to filaments and brands? I've seen PPA-CF, PA6-CF, and PAHT-CF mentioned, but don't really understand the pros and cons of each.

I was a long-time lurker on the Fosscad sub, but I am hoping to contribute moving forward.

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[–] OhN0N0tAgain256 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

P1S has everything you need! Just upgrade to the hardened nozzles and your golden

[–] RenegadeSC 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a link to some of those prints? Im still leaning towards the P1S with AMS 2. What nozzle size are people tending to use with PA6-CF, 0.6mm? What brands of filament tend to work best? My knowledge up to this on the ender 3 was just PLA and PETG as I never had an enclosure to try nylon.

[–] OhN0N0tAgain256 2 points 2 months ago

We started with the V3 SE because my son wanted to get into the hobby (12yo) after all the tinkering and trying to just get it to print switching to the Bambu was an insane upgrade! I couldn’t justify the price point of the x1c or H2D and the upgrades for nozzles were so cheap it offered flex money for filament and other things! Makerworld is super user friendly, the app is hard to pass up as well, being able to check in on prints it’s night and day difference from the Ender line up imo.