Bambu Lab
A1
$299.99
Creality
Based on 115 Reddit mentions
$719.00
Sentiment summary across the product areas Reddit users mention most.
Original Reddit posts and comments behind this analysis.
Say what you will about Prusa, but my Mini+ that is nearly 6 years old and still receives firmware updates including input shaping shows the long term value. Bambu started in 2022, I think, so it still has to prove itself long term. Not saying it isn't any good. If I wanted reliability today VS my C
...crazyslicster in r/BambuLab
February 5, 2026 6:34 PM
22
I just found out that you can not root the k1c and k1 max 2025 versions. Sort of gone off of Creality because of that
plasticsnake2 in r/Creality
December 9, 2025 2:05 PM
13
For u/Creality_3D : Your link requires a WeChat login to use. In the US, very very few people have WeChat accounts. I know it's used for damn near everything in China, but it's quite rare in the US. Anyway here is my feedback: I'm a big fan of Creality. I love my K1 Max and I've got a K2 Plus that j
...SirEDCaLot in r/Creality
December 11, 2025 4:12 PM
10
I wish they would just fix all the current printers and stop with all these new releases. This ia just carbon copy of the A1 under as new creality name, and they use customers as beta testers. I have a K1 , K1 max that i have to tinker with to make work and a Ender 3 v3 Se that was my kids xmas gift
...flyboypr77 in r/Creality
January 8, 2026 3:01 PM
9
Im not saying Creality is perfect, they are not. I have 6 Creality 3d Printers, the oldest is my K1 Max, just about 2 years old, nothing major has broken, original unicorn hotend, original extruder etc. nothing major. Had to replace the Hotend PCB , because i fucked up, broke the lidar connector. I
...Projmanzar in r/crealityk1
August 4, 2025 5:52 PM
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check the bed mesh, it’s probably not level and the probe can only compensate so much. you can print bed shims that will even it out to fix this, i did it on mine and the bed variance went from 1mm to .3mm with much cleaner first layers https://www.printables.com/model/681528-bed-shims-fits-creality
...Kitchen-Routine2813 in r/crealityk1
December 19, 2025 6:07 PM
7
After digging a bit, i gotta be honest - I'm not super hopeful. The fact they put "K1 series 2025 models (such as: K1 C 2025 & K1 Max 2025) do not support Root access" Specifically on their website pretty heavily implies that root access isn't coming. And you're right - the comparatively open softwa
...Daurock in r/Creality
December 9, 2025 4:43 PM
7
I just went through all these same issues with my k1 max upgrade. So many small changes needed from ptfe tube, orca slicer printer codes, new cfs extruder and cut module, and cfs feeder/splicer jamming and feeding wrong. Finally still working 80% of the time with Minor ghost feeding and retracting w
...Klagar in r/crealityk1
March 28, 2026 11:28 PM
5
Coming out a a Creality k1 max I picked up an a1 mini from a friend as I wanted to see if it was as good as people make them out to be. Yep. I have a P2S and it’s a great machine. To be fair I also have a Core One which has been great as well. The amount of hours I wasted on troubleshooting that Cre
...AmmoJoee in r/BambuLab
March 31, 2026 1:47 AM
5
I have collectively 3000 hours on my 3 K2 Plus printers. I print everything from PLA to Nylon. The bed is the Achilles’ heel on these printers. I have one that has a 0.25 variance from the factory, the other 2 were bad, one was 1.2 and the other was I’ve 0.9. I tried a lot of things but finally I us
...Supabee78Reborn in r/Creality_k2
March 29, 2026 11:46 PM
5