I've really watched Bambu go from darling of the 3d printer community, to "yeah there's some issues but the results are just so good I still recommend them" to "Bambu is literally Satan"
this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
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They're working on "something".
Working on pointing out that Bambu Labs has known about the issue and failed to issue a recall. They just need the failure analysis lab report to prove that it is a design/manufacturing/QA defect so they can pin the responsibility on Bambu Labs.
In the legal world, knowing about a problem and failing to fix it opens you up for punitive damages if that problem causes harm.
Typically, if an damaging event happens and the manufacturer is found responsible, then they are only liable for the damage caused (i.e. the fire damage and printer replacement).
If they are found to have known about this in advance and failed to fix the problem prior to it causing harm to the plantiff then the plaintiff can also seek punitive damage which are not limited to the damage caused and are instead a means of punishing the company for not taking responsibility and fixing the issue that they were aware of.
This is why you see lawsuits resulting from tens of thousands of dollars of damages being awarded millions of dollars.
As it turns out, it is a bad idea piss off a community of highly motivated individuals with the knowledge and technical skills to highlight your shitty business practices.
Exactly right, which is why the hot McDonald's coffee lawsuit had such a high penalty. They were knowingly giving near-boiling coffee to their customers to avoid giving free refills, and knew about the dangers and burns caused to their customers for years.
Punitive damages are the capitalist system answer to disregard for damages caused by products and business practices.
That helpful link shows just the A1? I have an a1 mini from 2024 I hope I don't get this issue? Now that I know more about 3d printing I'll be er give my money to bambu again. Literally cancer to open source, glad I've never connected my printer to WAN and always have it in LAN mode.
Bambu used to only remotely disable your printer if you didn't connect it to their servers. Then they sent a legal team to harass you if you tried to circumvent this restriction.
Now they remotely burn your house down.
Well that's awfully nice of them.
Steve is the GOAT. They've done this in the past for GPUs that melted/caught fire at the power connection port. They also replaced someone's PC that was lost in an unrelated house fire.
WHAT
Which models are affected???
A1 model has multiple reports, I'm not sure about others yet
And only recent ones or older ones too? I luckily don’t own an A1, but if other models are affected I might never use them again
Pre-2025 ones. I have to check mine :-(
Well fuck need to check mine then. Bought it used so I don't know if it's older than that
Seen elswhere : it seems that it's due to high current with 110V. I am on 220V so it's less prone to default.
It's the NTC component on the alimentation board.
EDIT. No. The 220V is also prone to the issue :-(
Shit.
Finally got around to checking mine this morning, luckily I don't have the component
Fuck Bambu
Dang that was the first 3d printer company that had me intrigued... Hopefully this is making hay is a short lived field, but it's not great publicity
Go with Prusa.
They offer printers with the same level of technology and the company is very pro-consumer. The slicer that Bambu Labs ships was forked from the open source slicer developed by Prusa.
This. For some reason there are people out there are still hell-bend on telling everyone Prusa would be "behind the curve" or "overpriced". Ignore that nonsense. They're pricey, but they're also quality and even more relevant right now the printer will be truly yours. Their services like Printables just work, meanwhile the first thing Makerworld slaps into your face is either begging to make an account or forcing you to just to download something.
Sorry if I’m the bearer of bad news, but this is somehow not the thing Bambu is doing that is their biggest issue with consumer trust right now.
There are probably plenty of posts here on Lemmy about the issues with the AGPL, potential violations, and sending sketchy legal threats to hobbyists trying to let people use their printers without going through Bambu servers; it is likely worth looking around for the latest on that debacle
They've also threatened hobbyists trying to let use people use their printers explicitly with using Bambu servers!