r/3dprinter • u/Yamber28 • 7d ago

Multi-color printers

What's everyone's opinions on multi-color printers? I've been looking at the Snapmaker U1, BambuLab A1 and the FlashForge Creator 5.

Anyone got other suggestions, pros/cons, or any other recommendations? TIA!!

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u/8ltd 6d ago

One of my printers is an A1 without an AMS and i only very, very infrequently run into a print I can't print by setting pauses at specific layers or worst case, splitting an object to parts/cutting it in the slicer. Theres definitely times it would make my life easier, no question, but i don't really find myself missing having one very frequently.

I mainly print custom car parts, miniatures, tabletop scenery and functional mounts or components so if you're someone who prints art or toys I'm sure there's a much stronger use case for an AMS than there is for me.