In 2024, Bambu Lab’s exhibition showings were conspicuous for their absence of anything new. Hushed anticipation grew loud in the absence of concrete information about the rumoured bigger, “next-gen” 3D printer. But 2025 is different.

2025 is all about the H2D, a machine with which Bambu Lab asks you to “rethink personal manufacturing”. Finally here and smothering the airwaves with its big late-March launch, the machine pulls the triple-duty of being: the company’s largest 3D printer to date, with a 350 x 320 x 325 build volume; it’s most technologically advanced machine, with an all-new self-developed extruder and motor plus and actuated dual extrusion printhead; a modular 4-in-1 of sorts, combining 3D printing with laser module addons, plus a cutting module that can also draw as a pen plotter.

The focus in Detroit at Rapid + TCT will be firmly on the full H2D lineup, meaning the (anything but) basic H2D dual extrusion 3D printer, which on its own merits is a tempting proposition for pros and small businesses looking to upgrade on their existing Bambu Lab hardware. Further, we’ll see the Laser Edition machine and the myriad components that make up the H2D’s fully expanded package, including extras such as the Bambu Lab Smoke Purifier device that enable safer making. The H2D’s big draw is that it can handle multicolor and multi-material more efficiently and faster than previous printers, as well as smart chamber regulation that expands the fun to higher temperatures and more warp-prone materials.

It wasn’t just a 3D printer that launched, though, with two new AMS devices in the AMS 2 Pro, and AMS HT expanding Bambu Lab’s material management line-up to four devices in total. While the new AMS units add smart drying capabilities to the mix and, eventually, full backwards compatibility, the regular AMS is forward-compatible with the H2D.