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.
Ask this on a Bambu sub and you are gonna get completely different answers. I think creality ain’t a terrible first printer because there is always something wrong and something that needs fixin. I had a ender 3 then a K1 which I had so many problems with hotend extruder mainboard it all broke. Then
...Former-Ambassador279 in r/Creality
April 13, 2026 5:55 PM
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Both are the same Ender v3 SE. Its the same printer. Ender v3 SE can do pla, petg, and tpu fairly well. If you want to do abs, Asa, or PC, or other termal warping filiments. You should move more to an enclosed printer. Tbh, you can get a k1 for less than a hundred bucks more and then the world Is op
...East-Day-7888 in r/ender3
April 17, 2026 1:37 PM
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That's a bit of a stretch of the reality, and the Ender3 is an absolutely terrible comparison to make - it stil lives on today in active 3rd party after market development hardware wise. It made Creality what it is today, unfortunately that wasn't due to their excellent service or workmanship but th
...parad0xdreamer in r/Creality
November 10, 2025 5:31 AM
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Not to beat a dead horse, but grid is probably the dumbest infill patterns out there, and is the source of 90% of the noise complaints I’ve seen across all 3D printers, really don’t get why slicer devs insist on making it the default infill pattern. As for the supports, my 2 cents is to let the slic
...Impossible_Pizza_948 in r/BambuLab
July 26, 2025 2:23 PM
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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
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