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

With X1plus, do you gain any noticeable improvement in print quality from the increased control? Cutting pre-print calibration in half sounds nice, but isn't something alone I could justify the $$$ for. Do you have any recommendations for the AMS or AMS 2, or are you running a different dryer?

Also, as I see the name mentioned often, what are 300blkfde's print settings? I see him mentioned all of the time, but his account, and I'm assuming a backup 300blkfde_New have both been nuked.

[–] TheShittinator 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No increase in quality, but no decrease either.

No opinion on the AMS vs AMS2 -- haven't tried the latter. My Nylon setup involves a $60 food dehydrator and a $60 SUNLU filament "dryer" that doesn't go above 70C but can be printed from. I would advise not running CF filament through the AMS for the sake of its longevity, but if the AMS2 has hardened gears or something then you can probably send it.

300blkFDE has an Odysee presence -- his settings can be found here: https://guncadindex.com/detail/300blkFDE-Filled-Nylon-Settings:c

[–] RenegadeSC 2 points 2 months ago

Appreciate the info, I guess I'll look more into the AMS and see if it's worth getting the combo or saving money with the bare printer and going another route with drying.