Bambu Lab printers

Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2023–2026), in 7 threads.

People raised many different problems with Bambu Lab printers, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 8 complaints

Proprietary printing software is an absolute nightmare to use for 3D printing2026-05-13
Selecting a print on the printer's UI is clumsy, requiring SD card transfer and fiddly navigation2026-05-12
Remote printing stops working and needs repeated re-setup or lengthy debugging2026-05-12
Window focus jumps repeatedly after a crash, forcing a reboot and recurring on filament sync2025-08-04
Slicer forgets the printer whenever it closes, requiring re-adding each time2025-01-27
Phone app printing workflow is so buggy the user gives up on it2025-01-21
GUI dropdowns instantly close when clicked, making the app unusable under Qubes2025-01-19
Must shuttle SD card between laptop and printer; local network upload blocked, requiring an account2023-09-23