H2C
ShippingDual-hotend H-series printer plus the Vortek rack: 6 swappable induction hotends next to 1 fixed hotend give one job 7 dedicated melt zones and up to 25 colors, with almost zero purge waste. Announced at Formnext November 2025, shipping in the US and EU stores since.
The H2C sells in Bambu's US and EU stores (our price tracker logs it daily: $2,199 street against a $2,399 list). Specs below are from Bambu's official wiki documentation, checked July 20, 2026.
What's the H2C?
A dual-hotend H-series machine (like the H2D) plus the Vortek rack: one fixed hotend and six swappable induction hotends give a single job 7 dedicated melt zones, up to 25 colors via AMS, and material changes without purge towers. The most specialized printer Bambu sells, built for real multi-material work.
| Build volume | 305 × 320 × 325 mm (right hotend) · left 325 mm wide · dual combined 330 × 320 × 325 mm |
| Max speed | 1000 mm/s |
| Nozzle system | Dual hotend + Vortek rack (1 fixed left + 6 swappable induction hotends = 7 melt zones per job; 2 active at a time) |
| Max materials / colors | 7 dedicated melt zones · up to 25 colors (max 4× AMS 2 Pro + 8× AMS HT) |
| Purge tower | Not required |
| Max nozzle temp | 350°C |
| Chamber | Active 65°C |
| Enclosure | Yes |
| Price | $2,199 |
| Weight / size | 32.5 kg · 492 × 514 × 626 mm |
| AMS support | AMS 2 Pro, AMS HT, first-gen AMS (no drying) · AMS lite NOT supported |
| Build plates | H2C-dedicated (H2D/H2S plates do not fit, bed is slightly smaller) |
| Variants | Laser (10W + 40W, built-in air pump) or non-laser (cutting only, laser-upgradeable) |
| Announced / shipping | Formnext November 2025 · shipping since |
Traditional multi-material printing flushes filament through one shared melt zone at every change. Vortek changes the hotend instead: six spare hotends sit on a motorized rack, and the toolhead docks its current one and picks up the next mid-print. The enabling trick is contact-free engineering: the hotends have no electrical pins at all, they are heated by electromagnetic induction (a coil on the toolhead heats a steel sleeve in the hotend) and report temperature wirelessly. Each material keeps its own dedicated melt zone: no purge towers, no cross-contamination.
| H2C | H2D | |
|---|---|---|
| Price (street) | $2,199 | $1,549 |
| Nozzle | Vortek hotend-change (7 positions) | Standard dual (IDEX) |
| Max materials | 7 | 2 + AMS |
| Purge tower | Not needed | Needed for AMS colors beyond 2 |
| Max speed | 1000 mm/s | 1000 mm/s |
| Build volume | 305×320×325 | 350×320×325 |
At street prices the Vortek premium is $650. Worth it for genuine multi-material work; see the full H2D vs H2C comparison.
- Long-term Vortek latch and rack wear over thousands of swaps
- Real-world purge savings on complex color-heavy jobs (Bambu's "zero" assumes clean handoffs)
- Whether the smaller X-width (305 vs 340-350 mm on H2S/H2D) bites in practice
Meanwhile resolved since launch: the laser upgrade kit is shared with the H2D, and H2D/H2S owners can retrofit Vortek via upgrade kits (Bambu itself recommends buying an H2C directly instead).
We'll update as data comes in. News →
Starter accessories for the H2C
What we would add to a new H2C in the first month.
Seven-material printing means more open spools at once. Keep the hygroscopic ones dry while the H2C works.
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With up to seven materials loaded, spare spools pile up. Vacuum-seal whatever the H2C is not currently printing.
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Quality ball-end hex keys for assembly and maintenance work on a machine this complex.
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