Bambu Lab is officially recalling all A1 3D printers (not counting the A1 Mini). The corporate “strongly” urges house owners to cease utilizing it for security causes after it was alerted to “unstable temperature readings” that it first traced to a defective heatbed cable last week. After additional investigation, Bambu says “lower than 0.1% of all of the A1 printers bought” are affected by the issue, however it will probably’t say with one hundred pc certainty what the trigger is, so it’s providing a full refund to any A1 proprietor who needs it.
The corporate isn’t recalling some other printers in its lineup, so should you personal an X1 sequence, P1 sequence, or the A1 Mini that our personal Sean Hollister called “nearly the simple button” of printers.
Right here’s a TL;DR of what’s occurring:
The corporate wrote last week that it hadn’t correctly designed the heatbed cable’s pressure aid — the fatter a part of the cable meant to forestall kinking the place it connects — making it too straightforward to break and probably quick circuit. However Bambu now believes one other, but unknown subject may very well be at play for some printers, main it to its determination to recall the A1.
Bambu Lab says that it’ll take as much as 15 enterprise days to course of every refund, however if you wish to apply the refund to one in every of its different printers as an alternative, it gives you an $80 voucher to make use of in the direction of that buy — or in the direction of a redesigned A1 printer after they’re accessible “round Might.”
Alternatively, you possibly can select to restore the A1 your self when new heatbeds are prepared across the finish of March and obtain a $120 voucher to make use of for something in Bambu’s on-line retailer (offered self-repair is authorized in your nation). Bambu uploaded a video of the alternative course of and detailed it in a written tutorial that can assist you resolve should you’re comfy going the DIY route.
Lastly, Bambu asks that A1 printer house owners let the corporate know which choice they choose on this registration page so it will probably order the proper variety of elements to organize. Choosing the self-repair course of will truly lengthen the A1’s guarantee by six months.
In its weblog final week, Bambu included some footage. Right here’s what it says a broken cable will appear like:
And right here’s a wholesome cable: