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Bambu Lab P2S
The P1S successor. It fixes exactly two irritations and adds no build volume, which makes it a workflow purchase rather than a capability one.
By Michael W. · Published October 5, 2026
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Is the P2S worth upgrading to?
Only if the missing touchscreen or the slow nozzle change has genuinely bothered you. Those are the two things it adds over a P1S.
It adds no build volume (reported 256 mm class, same as the P1S), and the P1S was already fast. For anything else — bigger prints, ABS reliability, more colors — it is the wrong purchase, and the full comparison says which machine or part is the right one.
What the quick-swap nozzle changes
More than it sounds. On a P1S, changing nozzle size means changing the hotend, and that friction is exactly why most owners run one diameter forever. Remove it and nozzle diameter becomes a per-print choice: 0.2 mm for a detailed part, 0.6 mm for a bracket, 0.4 mm the rest of the time.
It also makes running abrasive filament less of a commitment. Keeping a hardened nozzle for filled material and a stainless one for everything else is only practical if swapping is quick. See nozzle sizes.
The honest limits
No extra build volume. Reported at a 256 mm cube. If size is your complaint, this machine does not address it.
Still a passive chamber. Like the P1S, it traps bed heat rather than creating chamber heat. The X2D is the machine with the reported actively heated chamber — P2S vs X2D.
Your P1S-specific parts may not carry over. Check fitment per part, not per brand. Plates that fit the P1S bed generally do; hotends and ducts built around the P1S toolhead may not.
How it compares
P1S vs P2S is the decision page. P2S vs X2D matters if materials rather than workflow are driving you. And upgrading from a P1S puts the P2S in context against every other option, including doing nothing.
What to buy
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1. Best for the P1S workflow complaints
Bambu Lab P2S
A touchscreen and a quick-swap nozzle, in the same footprint and the same build volume class.
Released October 2025 as the P1S successor, adding a touchscreen and a quick-swap nozzle. Reported build volume is a 256 mm cube, the same class as the P1S.
Both additions are real. A screen on the machine means starting a print without opening an app, and a quick-swap nozzle turns a 0.4-to-0.6 change from a maintenance job into a between-prints decision — which in practice is the difference between owning two nozzle sizes and using two nozzle sizes.
What it is not is a print-quality or capability upgrade. If you have never once wished your P1S had a screen, there is nothing here for you.
What it gets right
- Quick-swap nozzle turns a 0.4-to-0.6 change from a maintenance task into a between-prints decision
- A real touchscreen on the machine, so you are not opening an app to start a print
- Same footprint and roughly the same build area as the P1S, so your enclosure and shelf still work
What it does not
- If you have never once wished your P1S had a screen, this is not the upgrade you need
- Reported build volume is a 256 mm cube — the same class as the P1S, so it buys you nothing in size
- Your P1S-specific third-party parts may not carry over; check fitment per part, not per brand
| Released | October 9, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Type | Enclosed CoreXY, P1S successor |
| Over the P1S | Touchscreen and quick-swap nozzle |
| Build volume (reported) | 256 mm cube |
Questions people actually ask
Should I upgrade from a P1S to a P2S?
Only if the missing touchscreen or the slow hotend-level nozzle change has genuinely irritated you. Those two things are what the P2S adds. Reported build volume is the same 256 mm class and the chamber is still passive, so it does not help with size or with materials.
What is the P2S build volume?
Reported at a 256 mm cube by third-party lineup roundups captured in October 2026 - the same class as the P1S. We do not state an official figure because bambulab.com blocks our fetches, so nothing here is presented as an official specification.
Is the P2S quieter than the P1S?
Not something we can claim either way. There is no measurement rig behind this site, so no decibel figure is published here for any machine. Both are enclosed CoreXY printers of the same generation and family, so expect them to be broadly similar rather than materially different.
Do P1S accessories fit the P2S?
Some do and some do not, so check fitment per part rather than assuming by brand. Build plates sized for the P1S bed generally transfer; hotends, cooling ducts and screen brackets designed around the P1S toolhead and chassis may not.
Sources
- Bambu Lab model list, release dates and model descriptions - Wikipedia
- Reported build volumes, chamber temperatures and positioning - third-party lineup roundups captured October 2026 (3dprinting.com, precwise.com, innoaddi.com)
Read this next
- Bambu Lab P1S vs P2SThe P2S adds a touchscreen and a quick-swap nozzle and no build volume. When that is worth a new machine and when a far cheaper part does the same job.
- Bambu Lab P2S vs X2DP2S for workflow, X2D for materials. Both reported at a 256 mm cube, so neither is a size upgrade over a P1S.
- Bambu Lab P1SWhat the P1S already does well, the three things it genuinely cannot do, and which cheap part fixes each complaint instead of a new machine.
- Upgrading from a P1SThe two reasons to replace a P1S and the four cheaper parts that cover everything else, with the arithmetic laid out.
- Bambu Lab nozzle sizes explainedWhat 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 mm nozzles are each for, what changing costs in re-slicing, and why friction stops most people switching.