Bambu Lab
A1
$299.99
Creality
Based on 65 Reddit mentions
$439.00
Sentiment summary across the product areas Reddit users mention most.
Original Reddit posts and comments behind this analysis.
Does anyone know how much the new features diverge from OrcaSlicer? u/Creality_3D don't lock your printers, give us true open source! That's the only reason i'm not going to Bambu. I was about to buy ANOTHER K1C (2025 Edition this time) just to find out you locked the printer hand you have binary bl
...BenchyPrinter in r/Creality
December 30, 2025 8:56 PM
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Creality just need to give us root access because they don't what they are doing with the cfs-c and their customer service don't even know that the cfs-c is compatible with all k1 as long they have the the unicorn nozzle print head.
Victorythagr8 in r/Creality
April 8, 2026 3:30 PM
3
I changed and updated my extruder to good gears and all that on my k1c and this is what I've found with certain filaments like petg and exocit pla, you have to do lid open printing, is the short answer. When printing fully enclosed the machine heatsyncs, extruder gears warm up, and instead of grabbi
...Daltonthagod35 in r/crealityk1
September 28, 2025 7:27 PM
2
The Cryo plate is a blessing indeed (got one for my K1C). About the 3d printer repair men statement: I do confirm it unfortunately. I like to tinker and have no problem doing that if needed, but at least in my case I feel that Creality uses the tinkering / modability idea as an excuse to skip their
...HSMMK in r/FDMminiatures
February 2, 2026 8:04 AM
1
Well, I bought my K1C as my first 3d-printer. I needed to print some functonally brackets. And the price was OK, but the root access was what tipped me over. The printer has served me good for a year now. And then I got stupid enough to buy the CFS.. ..This has left me with a sour taste for the Crea
...NilsOF in r/crealityk1
August 17, 2025 8:26 PM
1