new Creality K2 Pro with 2 CFS-boxes

[pharmacist]

I sold my previous K1 Pro, because I wanted multi-colour printing:

 

[The Hat]

I sold my previous K1 Pro, because I wanted multi-colour printing:

Tired of just printing in Black and White..

 

[Nifty]

Keep us posted!

When I got my Bambu H2s, I knew I wouldn't print multi-color very often... and didn't need a huge bed very often either.

... turns out it's even less often than I thought. I figure 95% (or more) of my prints (97% being PLA and the rest TPU) all work just fine on my A1-mini... and almost always single-color.

I did a dual-color print for a friend, but it was a single color change at one level, so it was actually easier to just swap out the spools manually mid-print.

 

[Artur5]

Frankly ,if I wanted to do a lot of multicolor/multimaterial printing, nowadays my money would be on a real tool changer system. They’re becoming affordable and also seem to perform well (Snapmaker U1, FlashForge creator 5..), Right now the most interesting IMHO is the upcoming Sovol M1D, Sadly, I’ve been following their kickstarter campaign, and it seems that it won’t be released before the end of 2026, as previously announced, but probably until next spring.

So, I decided to forget multicolor for now and I got a Bambu Lab XD2 instead.
Dual nozzle and rather small print volume, if compared to my Voron. It’s great for dual color/material printing but wasteful in time and filament for more than three colors.

I have to say that I’m impressed by the performance of the X2D. Of course, Voron's totally open source philosophy is the opposite pole of Bambu Lab restricted ecosystem, so I have to use both systems with a different mindset. What is fine for a Voron it isn’t for a Bambu Lab and vice versa.

I have the strong suspicion tough that this XD2 won’t last nearly as long as my outdated and pedestrian Voron 2.4, which I can always mod or repair if a problem arises. If my Bambu Lab develops a serious problem after is out of warranty.. game over.

 

[Redbrickman]

400 hrs in on my U1 and it has exceeded all my expectations, especially the lack of filament wastage. Also running it on a separate LAN and no cloud connection is a bonus. Updates to the firmware are done by plugging in a USB stick and rebooting the printer. Snapmaker are by far the most open and attentive manufacturer on the market at present.