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Jun 11, 2024
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A1 is back and if you didn't know it got
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taken away for a bit due to a recall on
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the whole product line but now it's back
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but is it better than ever well
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nevertheless I'd actually argue that in
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a few ways it's better than the X1
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Carbon yeah seriously and it's also
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cheaper than many people think so here's
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what's happened what they've done about
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it and why the A1 should be your next
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printer let's go over all that now hi
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I'm Ross and this is f Hammer videos so
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the point of this video even existing is
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from bamboo asking me if I could make a
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video about the A1 bed replacement but
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instead of the replacement bed coming to
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me over a month ago when it was
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delivered it actually ended up being
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delivered to another address in
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Nottingham which was the same street
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address as mine but the wrong post code
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a lovely old lady who lived there held
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on to it for me for several weeks she
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lives alone and doesn't have a phone so
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I doubt she's watching this but thank
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you Esther you're an absolute star but
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anyway the point of this video was to
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talk about how simple the bed
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replacement is but a ton of channels
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have done that so instead I just want to
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use this as a vehicle to once again talk
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about the A1 and why you should without
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a shadow of a doubt choose this as your
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next printer and if you still have an
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original A1 back from launch you really
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should do this replacement if you've
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been updating the firmware of your A1
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the machine itself will tell you that
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there's been a recall on these the issue
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seems to stem from where in the heatbed
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cable the initial reports warned you to
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look out for a kink in the cable and if
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you had this stop using your printer and
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it's not been clearly confirmed what
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issue this causes but I think we can all
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clearly assume what happens when
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electrical cables get worn through but
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bamboo responded to this issue fairly
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swiftly initially if you had the Kink
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stop using the printer but then they
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told everyone to stop using the printer
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until they could get a fix out and that
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fix was send it back to them or just get
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the bed replacement and as I said the
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bed replacement videos have been done by
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other channels and I followed the guide
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by bamboo but since I filmed it here's a
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quick recap
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turn it off move the x-axis bar out of
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the way and the print head take off the
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printing plate pop out some rubber bungs
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on the bed and remove four screws move
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the bed out of the way lean it sideways
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on a box remove the cables from
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underneath then remove screws and take
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off the rear cover and do the same with
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the front cover take out three plugs and
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the Earth cable pull out the old cable
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from the unit and that's the old bed
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removed install the new bed by screwing
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in the four screws from the top again
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and put the rubber bungs back in feed
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all the cables you unplugged through the
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gaps the old ones came out of this is
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the trickiest bit so use a tool to guide
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the cables to a place they're accessible
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plug them back in reconnect the Earth
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cable and push the big cable bong back
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through the chassis make sure the cables
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aligned correctly before reattaching the
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base plates plug the extra cables back
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in and that's mostly it but now they
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also give you a silicon back stop to
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prevent us crushing the cable up against
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flat surfaces and causing bends that
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just should not be in this cable but
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that's it that's the whole replacement
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is it easy well it depends on your skill
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level with basic Electronics but I would
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say it's straightforward and the guide
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is solid both the video and the written
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version just make sure you unplug the
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printer before doing any of this and it
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should be doable for most of us except
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maybe the most heavy-handed people out
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there but if you're used to 3D printing
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I'm pretty sure patience is a skill
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you've been developing anyway and for
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everyone not so keen on this like I said
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you do have the option of sending it
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back to Bamboo and that for me is an
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echo of what bamboo are doing so well
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and few other brands are now in a
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perfect world this issue would never
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have occurred in the first place but
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since it did could bamboo have done a
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better job of resolving it for us
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perhaps but I can confidently say I
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haven't seen Another Printer brand
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resolve issues so well in fact there are
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other brands who release printers with
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issues and their solution is just to
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ignore the problem as best they can and
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then just release a revised version of
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that printer at a higher price point
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with some more letters strapped on the
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end and you know who I'm talking about
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about but if you don't just ask in the
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comments because the next person who
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replies will tell you now I want to get
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this out of the way early on because
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unfortunately I still get these sort of
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comments and whilst I'm thick skinned it
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just does my head in and makes me sigh
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every time I see this sort of thing so
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before you go and comment about how much
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of a bamboo shill I am let me address
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that right here yes it's true I love
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bamboo as a brand because of what they
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give us with their products I'm not
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going to lie and say I don't and just
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because I provide independent product
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reviews doesn't mean that I can't have
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an opinion and I know the audience I've
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built has come to trust my views over
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the time they' spent with me because
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they're willing to listen and hear my
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justification but if you don't agree
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with my reasoning or perhaps just don't
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share my perspective of what you want a
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3D printer for then that's fine these
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aren't the printers for you and that's
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okay too maybe it's just I'm not the
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reviewer for you again that's totally
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okay my goal on this channel is for you
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to get a printer you want and be happy
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with your purchase so if my reasons for
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owning a printer are not even similar to
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yours please find another Channel who
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shares your view because my reasons for
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owning a 3D printer are that my hobby is
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nothing to do with 3D printing or at
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least very little as I've said before on
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other videos my hobby is everything I do
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after something is printed be that
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building or just painting cool stuff the
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point of me doing reviews is to speak to
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the people out there looking for a
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similar thing and what I want is a
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printer that provides the smallest
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barrier between clicking print and
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having an object that I would consider
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is good enough for whatever I want to do
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with it and to me that is what all
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bamboo printers have done yes there's
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still maintenance to perform but I'm
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looking for something that's on the
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level of current 2D printers but with
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things now like nozzles that can be
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removed with just a latch this is what
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one area where I consider this printer
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to be a better choice than either the P1
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or the X1 series from bamboo yeah the
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a1's a little slower because it's a bed
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Slinger rather than a core XY printer
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but this easy nozzle replacement along
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with the fact that they worked out a way
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to purge less filament during color
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changes are two advancements which make
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this a better option for many beginners
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and the fact that the slicer is so easy
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to use and now they've integrated
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Maker's world right into it making this
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machine and thousands of models
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immediately accessibles to users who
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well like me just want to see something
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cool and then click print and even
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despite the many people who are hard set
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on 3D printing staying a hobby I've seen
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countless comments from experienced
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users with print Farms advising that
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they'll be picking up A1 printers
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because even despite their own love for
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tinkering with printers many of them
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even are at the point where they just
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want a printer to work and I've picked
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up one or even a few of these just to
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have as solid work courses and I also
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need to point out that these are cheaper
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than many people think don't get me
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wrong they aren't cheap but I've seen so
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many people commenting on reviews I do
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of similar printers telling me the
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bamboo A1 is
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$550 but the reason for that is when you
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visit the page it shows you the A1 with
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the AMS light by default if you click
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the little button to switch to the A1
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solo on its own that's only $400 and I
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know I flippantly said only $400 like
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that's chump change but I just mean it's
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less than most people realize this is
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still $70 more than what I'd say right
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now is the next feature matching
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equivalent and at the time of recording
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I'd say that's any Cubix upcoming Cobra
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3 that I don't have yet and I haven't
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seen any reviews of any cubic previous
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fdm printers are okay but they just
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aren't as easily accessible as the A1
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not by far and whil I don't want to
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critique them printers anymore too much
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because yes they are a cheaper way to
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get into the 3D printing hobby you need
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to ask is that price difference worth it
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for a printer that just works and is
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more approachable than any other so much
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so that it's light years ahead is that
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price difference worth it to you to get
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a trusted known working printer from a
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brand that has not released a new
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printer in the X Series since the X1
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where other brands in the same time have
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released three nearly four new corexy
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machines and yeah that's the same brand
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I alluded to earlier and for me and what
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I want I would say that it is easily
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worth that price difference for the
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filament wasted and the less time spent
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just getting many of these less
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accessible printers to work never mind
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getting them to work well you see the X1
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is still selling now in the hundreds
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because like the A1 in the time it's
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been out it's only gotten better with
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regular updates from the brand it's had
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a myriad of official user support and
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maintenance guides and a growing
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community of helpful users who will
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encourage you to get the best out of all
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of the machines is bamboo perfect no for
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one thing I do see a lot of comments on
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my channel saying their support is
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terrible now I've never had an issue and
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I do see comments like this on every 3D
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printer brand and maybe it's just I see
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more comments about bamboo because this
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brand has a much larger market share so
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I guess I'll say this and this is to
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Bamboo if you're leaving people raising
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tickets and you're not at least
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responding to every one of them that's
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not good enough do better but I might be
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wrong here and you know whether I am or
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I'm not you don't need to answer to me
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you need to answer to your community I
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feel and I might be wrong here but I
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feel every customer deserves at least a
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response and if this is a case of people
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not raising tickets the right way then
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well it's Bamboo's job to make make it
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clearer how to raise them properly I
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always raise my tickets via the phone
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app as per the recommended approach on
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the bamboo Wiki and I've had incredibly
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thorough responses within 24 hours each
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time so as I've said I personally don't
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see the results of this complaint but if
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others are I also don't want to ignore
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them as invalid comments if they do have
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Merit but look to finish off I'll Echo
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what I've said throughout the bamboo one
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is the best bed Slinger of its size by a
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clear mile and it may not even be the
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best hardware available but I'm going to
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recommend it happily because of the
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software support and Community behind it
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it's just so much less of a headache
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than anything else and you may be out
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there watching thinking oh but this is
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better hardware for much less of a price
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yeah that's great by all means if you
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want to spend the time getting that
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printer working and it's easy for you
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and you've got that knowledge fantastic
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I'm happy for you but I don't have that
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time I just want to open a box plug some
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filament in and go print that helmet and
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have it work and that's what this does
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every single time it's been years now
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that bamboo has been around and these
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machines should be operating as a loud
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call for all the other brands to wake
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the hell up learn what it is the average
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user needs and deliver that but instead
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I've spent two years looking at all of
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those other brands and aside from maybe
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anchor make who have all but since
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disappeared from the scene
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none of them get it yes they make
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working printers but if any of those
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Brands even want a chance of tapping
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into the wider community of new printing
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adopters they need to make easier
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printers and for those of you who are
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new to my channel who may be thinking
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I'm no more than a bamboo shill let me
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leave you with this I'm not paid to make
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any of these videos I only earn money
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when you click my affiliate links and
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make a purchase they're down in the
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description and bamboo actually have a
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lower commission rate than any other
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brand in fact it's almost half as much
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as most other brands and less than a
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third as much of some Brands so if I
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were a so-called shill it would be in my
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best interests financially to tell you
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to get the most expensive printer with
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the highest commission rates for me but
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I'm still recommending the bamboo A1 and
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that's because the only thing I see that
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gives my channel any real value in this
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community is your trust that I'm telling
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you the truth if you understand that I'm
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being nothing but honest with you all
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and especially those of you who share
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some of my perspectives on why you want
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a 3D printer then you'll trust me that
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as soon as someone comes along and
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actually trumps bamboo I'll be the first
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to tell you about it until then just
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whatever printer you're looking at
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you'll have an easier time in your
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budget range if you stretch to the
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nearest bamboo so that's it guys the
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a1's fixed now or being fixed for many
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of you who may still be waiting for
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these replacement beds or waiting for
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bamboo to get back to you with your
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replacement printer but either way you
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can still buy the A1 now and all of
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these problems are solved so now that's
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out the way I think it's time Bamboo
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move on to whatever their next release
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is and I think I'm not the only one
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who's thinking it needs to be a larger
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printer 256 cubed has been great for a
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while but we need something that is is
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helmet class from you guys now please
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something like an enclosed X1 or even a
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P1 but ideally with a big enough build
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plate that we can print the likes of
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helmets or small cosplay props on it and
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ideally if you can integrate some of the
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new hotend features like the quick swap
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nozzle and the less waste when you
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change colors that you put into the A1
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and the A1 Mini that's my hope will that
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come who knows I genuinely know nothing
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but I am waiting for the day that bambo
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drops me that email because I'm so eager
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to show you what they do next and I will
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I'll be upset if the next thing they
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show isn't a bigger printer I want to
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14:16
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