Bambu Lab
A1
$299.99
Creality
Based on 61 Reddit mentions
$379.05
Sentiment summary across the product areas Reddit users mention most.
Original Reddit posts and comments behind this analysis.
Qidi Q2 has been amazing for me. Only other experience is with a Creality k1 SE and it’s a headache. The Qidi has been flawless out of the box.
Jack_mehoff24 in r/3D2A
February 22, 2026 11:31 PM
8
Just got one for Christmas so here is my insight: Third party extruders like DXC aren't natively supported. There are different upgrade kits for different models, I have a K1 SE modded as a K1C and not sure what upgrade kit I got, but it required some minor modifications to the cable chain mount to
...Dan_Likes_Reddit in r/CrealityK1C
February 2, 2026 11:04 PM
4
Ender 3 Pro (5+ years) -> Creality K1 SE (2 weeks, developed random fault, returned) -> P1S (current). For me, yes. I’m in the midst of some heavy prototyping cycles and lost time to playing around with a printer is more costly than anything. The K1 SE is a $250 race car, but it’s very demanding fro
...fuxpez in r/BambuLab
October 1, 2025 10:39 PM
1
Nope, not a skill issue. The K1 max I had had serious VFAs because creality used 20 tooth pulleys and all of that jazz, fine, it was their first gen of a high speed klipper machine to compete with Bambu, I'll forgive that. Then I get a K1 SE, the idlers are glued in skew causing the belts to move ve
...No_Inside_1738 in r/crealityk1
February 6, 2026 2:13 PM
-3
Nope, not a skill issue. The K1 max I had had serious VFAs because creality used 20 tooth pulleys and all of that jazz, fine, it was their first gen of a high speed klipper machine to compete with Bambu, I'll forgive that. Then I get a K1 SE, the idlers are glued in skew causing the belts to move ve
...No_Inside_1738 in r/crealityk1
February 6, 2026 2:13 PM
-1
Too lazy to write a new reply so I'll just recycle this one for anyone who wants to know why I feel this way. Nope, not a skill issue. The K1 max I had had serious VFAs because creality used 20 tooth pulleys and all of that jazz, fine, it was their first gen of a high speed klipper machine to compet
...No_Inside_1738 in r/crealityk1
February 6, 2026 2:14 PM
-1