News & Updates

The first stable Bambu Studio since August. The H3C gets mixed nozzle sizes in one model, the 2.8.3 and 2.8.4 beta features reach everyone, and the Linux tooltip freeze is fixed. Plus Bambu’s estimated months for the H2D, H2C and X2D.

Bambu Lab gift ideas for the 2026 holidays: the right first printer, upgrades for someone who already owns a Bambu, and small gifts, each backed by our own guides.

Bambu is replacing all four feeder units on AMS 2 Pro units from a May to July 2026 batch. How to check your serial number, what you get and what to do now.

Prusa's HT Hotend takes the CORE One to 400°C. We check which PPS and PPA filaments need it, and what Bambu's H-series already prints at 350°C.

Bambu revealed the H3C, a tool changer with nine tools. Specs, price, shipping and how it compares with the H2C.

One nozzle and an AMS against four nozzles that swap: what the P2S does today, what Creality claims for the K3, and who should wait for it.

OrcaSlicer 2.5.0 Alpha is the first numbered OrcaSlicer release with H2C and A2L profiles and mixed nozzle sizes on the H2D and X2D. What works, and who should wait.

Bambu's 2026 sale is on until December 1. All eight announced printer prices are live, the $50 coupons, and how each compares with the lowest price our daily store log has seen.

SUNLU S2 or S4 for a Bambu printer? What owners and reviewers report on heat, venting, noise and AMS lite feeding, and where the 70 °C limit stops both.

BIQU PyroGrip or CryoGrip Frostbite on a Bambu? What owners and Tom's Hardware report on grip, release and wear, the right settings, and which printers each fits.

Bambu ships two hex keys and a scraper blade. Nine hand tools owners add, what the Bambu wiki and forum say about each, and which ones you can skip.

Overture TPU 95A on Bambu printers: why it skips the AMS, how to feed it from the external spool, which Bambu Studio preset to start from and what owners report.

Between September 11 and 22 the FCC certified seven Bambu devices: the H3C and P3C printers, an X2D Pro, the AMS 3H and 3P, the R1 and an S1 3D scanner, which Bambu has since confirmed for November. What the labels and test reports confirm, and what they leave open.

Tree or normal, the top Z gap, support filament and PETG under PLA: what Bambu Studio's support defaults do, how to get undersides that peel off clean, and fixes for six common support problems.

Creality's SPARKX i8 puts four filament channels in one toolhead and prices it at the A1 Combo's $399. What is claimed, what is verified, and who should wait for it.

55 W CO2, 600 × 300 mm, $2,499 in the US (€2,499 in the EU). The full spec sheet, three places where Bambu contradicts itself, what the accessories really cost, and why it does not ship until November.

The sub-top surface switches to monotonic infill and Initial Layer Line Width no longer covers the first layer’s infill. Both change your prints with no setting touched. Plus illustrated parameter tips, a mouse rework, 16 fixes, and no firmware minimum at all.

A jury found Bambu Lab willfully infringed four Stratasys patents and awarded $27.6 million, but the court refused to enhance the damages and denied the injunction. Update October 11: the patent office has since held the force detection claims behind $2.8 million unpatentable; the judgment itself is unchanged.

The R1 is a CO2 machine, the H2 modules are 455 nm diodes. Wavelength decides what each one cuts, not wattage: clear acrylic, thick wood, bare metal. What a CO2 machine costs and drags along, and which one you need.

Firmware 01.01.05.00 gives the A2L Print-Then-Cut: print artwork on any office printer, photograph the two printed markers with Bambu Handy, let the A2L cut the outline. What it needs, how it works, where it is thinner than the H2 version.

A patent published on August 14 shows a rack of nine hotends. Four publications called it a toolchanger. The drawings say otherwise: the extruder stays on the toolhead, which makes it a hotend changer, the same principle as Vortek.

The $59.99 module that unbinds AMS units from fixed nozzles on the X2D, H2D and H2C. What it really does, the limits Bambu names, and who should skip it.

The first stable release of the 2.8 line: pause points on the print progress bar, a shorter prime tower, an automatic LAN fallback when the cloud acts up, and 21 bug fixes.

The discontinued X1 series got firmware again on August 4. Security fixes, purge chute detection, farm-mode plate clearing. What changed and whether to install it.

Three outages from two causes in five days: the July 20 MQTT outage blocked print starts for two hours, an AWS outage followed. How to print through any outage with microSD or USB and LAN mode, per series.

Relaunched Copyright Support program: MakerWorld pays a professional agency to file takedowns when your Exclusive model gets stolen. Beta limits, the application process, and the honest fine print.

Seven dedicated melt zones, 25 colors, minimal purge waste: how the H2C's contact-free induction hotends actually work, what the system costs, and who genuinely needs it.

At launch, six of nine current models in the US store sold below their reference price. Our new tracker logs the official US store prices every day, so you can see what a printer actually costs before you wait for a sale.

The U1's four swappable toolheads took PCMag's mainstream multicolor crown from the A1. Specs, waste and real prices compared, and who should actually switch.

Elegoo's Centauri Carbon 2 takes on the P1S and P2S: open Klipper vs closed Bambu, the multicolor promise Elegoo walked back, and which one to buy.

Current firmware for every Bambu printer with release dates, what changed, and honest update-or-wait guidance. One finding right away: the X1 series has not seen an update in 221 days.

Bambu's Authorization Control System locked third-party slicers out of direct printer access in 2025. What Bambu Connect actually is, what it blocks, and how to keep using OrcaSlicer.

Official 3MF/STL files of Insta360's new flagship camera are on MakerWorld, with $11,160 in prizes across a design track and a social track; submissions closed August 9.

The Software Freedom Conservancy hit its $250,007 goal a day before the July 17 deadline and kept going. The money funds staff and litigation counsel for project baltobu, which now has a public mailing list.

The 2.8.1 public beta adds Decompose Color (match any target color from filament you already own), an official E3D High Flow nozzle profile, and device-page filament management.

The Software Freedom Conservancy says Bambu Studio violates AGPLv3, launched project baltobu, and is raising $250,007 by July 17. What is actually in dispute, and what it means for Bambu owners.

Bambu is going physical: a concept store in Shenzhen, the first authorized store opened in Tokyo on July 13, and US retail stores confirmed as next per All3DP. What we know and what we don't.

July 13 to 15: Bambu sold PLA Basic in the Venezuelan flag colors with code 4Venezuela and pledged the full MSRP of every purchase to UN Crisis Relief after the June 24 earthquakes.

The tariff rate hit a headline 145% in April 2025, but that was never the price hike. The real per-model increases, the full timeline up and back down, and where US prices actually sit in 2026.

The new beta turns STEP files into step-by-step assembly manuals with exploded views and MP4 export, and prints screw recesses without supports. Plus what stable 2.7.1.62 fixed and whether the beta is worth it.

Three machines, three jobs. A buyer's guide to the A2L, X2D, and P2S, matched to what you actually print rather than to spec sheets.

Bambu's new PLA Pure is made from just five ingredients, each certified for food contact under EU 10/2011. What food-safe really means for a 3D print, and where the limits are.

The sale ran June 15 to July 15, 2026, and most of the cut prices stuck around. Back-to-School briefly took the P1S to $369 and the September Fall Sale took it to $359 until September 22; on October 6, 2026 Bambu cut it to $369 again, this time for two days. Updated with the post-sale picture.

A Cricut-style cutting head for the A2L turns the printer into a light multi-tool for vinyl, paper, and thin materials. What it does and what it does not.

Launched June 1, 2026, the A2L brings the biggest build volume of any A-series machine at 330 × 320 × 325 mm, starting at $469. Open-frame speed for PLA, PETG, and TPU, with an optional cutting module.

An actively heated chamber and a passive enclosure are not the same thing. Which one you need depends entirely on the materials you print.

Firmware 1.08 lets the A1 print in several colors from the external spool by swapping filament by hand, no AMS required. How it works and what the trade-offs are.

The 2.7 slicer update adds texture-to-color painting: Studio converts a textured model (OBJ, glTF or GLB) into multicolor painting automatically instead of you painting every region by hand. A look at the new workflow.

The X1C is discontinued and the X2D replaces it for less. Whether an existing X1C owner should actually make the jump depends on a few things.

Bambu retired the X1 series on March 31, 2026. What end-of-life means for support, spare parts, and firmware if you own an X1C or X1E.

Launched April 14, 2026, Bambu Lab's mid-range machine brings an active 65°C chamber, a dual-nozzle system (Direct Drive + Bowden), and support for up to 25 AMS colors (AMS 2 Pro + AMS HT). Replaces the X1C in the lineup at $550 less.

Our firmware guide: the current version for every Bambu printer, LAN mode and Developer Mode, and how to update safely.