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I have been exclusively using UM printers for 8 or so years, (2, 2+, S5), over the last few years the lack of innovation was starting to grind along with the sustained price gap between them and everything else. Paying £350 for a hardened print core is crazy but something i just tolerated. Anyway, i finally gave in and ordered a Bambu X1C to see what the hype was about, to say they have moved the game on is a understatement. It's release is comparable to when apple released the iPhone onto the mobile industry. Forget the crazy speed for a second as i am a hobbyist and speed was always secondary for me over quality - the actual print quality this thing can achieve is next level, zero layer inconsistencies, much better seam hiding, perfect first layers, 1.75mm filament etc etc, prints look better on this at 0.2mm than i could get at 0.1 on the S5. Add to which the mobile app, the UI on the printer, flex plates. I wont even talk about how good the multi-material solution is and costs the same as 1 hardened print core for the S5 !. The one area the X1C misses out on is the build volume is slightly smaller but i can live with that. This isn't about rubbishing UM, i was a loyal customer for years and piled money into the solution, more a sad farewell as i sold my S5. Maybe UM will pivot, innovate on their solution and align better on pricing..... - i hope so as they led the way for a time and i was really happy with my S5 overall.

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As per title Fantastic condition, lots of filament (assorted 29 rolls), 7 print cores, 4 AA, 2 BB, 1 CC, original accessory box and all parts £2999 Based in Surrey. please PM if interested thx

Nope, I keep asking and asking (it's been literally a few years now) last I heard was that a version might make it into a 8.1.x but not heard anything. @robinmdh any news you could share ? Many thanks

thx, i have a air purifier in the room and open the window etc when printing anything nasty. It feels like a blatant money grab based on the makeup of the air manager itself. Unless there is some sort of gold leaf inside to make it work 🙂

I am trying to comprehend why the S5 air manager is nearly £900 here in the UK, i can't possibly see how the cost is justified, does anyone with one feel it justifies the cost ?, what could it possibly do to be that expensive. It appears to be a fan extractor system in a case, the fan is controlled by the printer, but other than that...... ? Shame the price is so high as i like the concept

I just had filament snap on the spool and the filament sensor did not detect the break, the print just continued without filament extruding. The sensor setting is enabled in settings. Is there a way to check the sensors are working ?, i would have assumed that by enabling the sensor as soon as you load filament the printer should be checking for movement on the sensor and have its own self test ?, cannot understand how the print can run (assuming checking the sensor for output), then not respond when the filament snaps ? thx ***update, the break was within the first 3 layers so the sensor does not work until after layer 3 (in case anyone else sees the same behaviour) ** this is not a bug ***

yep totally agree, the term stats for nerds came from someone from UM i was trying to convince to add it, in fairness i think the tech guys can add it tomorrow but product management have to approve (is my read)

one of many threads where i am chasing to get the basics added 😞

I have been asking for literally years to get the most basics added to even a separate stats for geeks type screen, layer number, some temperatures etc, I am baffled why this cannot be done. I keep being told it's 'potentially' being looked at. How can you diagnose issues with you don't even know the layer number 🤷🏻‍♂️

if you are running a UM machine this solution does odd things with the LEDs, they start pulsing like the machine is paused. There have been multiple requests into UM to add this option officially to the firmware.......

Hi, any update on this extra menu ??, this is so needed for debugging ! @MariMakes @robinmdh thx

indeed, a AA06 seems like the most obvious and needed option. That's a very confusing gap in the nozzles available, seems little point in having the Aracna engine and all its clever calculations to run bigger nozzles and you cannot buy a bigger nozzle for PLA !!

i will switch to the stable channel to get the LEDs back working

Cura is saying the CC 0.6 is not compatible with PETG, this seems very odd, UM developed the Aracna Engine to use bigger nozzles but don't provide a 0.6 which works with PETG ?, is there any reason why the CC does not work with PETG but the AA does ?