Name: Bambu Lab H3C Combo 3D Printer with AMS 3H
Brand: Bambu Lab
SKU: BAM-PF008-P+SA017-AU
Price: 5599.00 NZD
Availability: OutOfStock

Overview

New: Bambu Lab H3C

Bambu Lab H3C Combo: Tool Changer. Game Changer.

Bambu Lab's first tool changer puts nine PrintTools, each with its own filament path and heater, inside one enclosed printer. Switch materials in as little as 6 seconds, print soft TPU up to 3× faster, mix nozzle sizes in a single job, and keep all nine spools sealed and dry in the included AMS 3H.

9PrintTools, 9 materials

6 sMaterial switch*

330×320×325Build volume (mm)

85 °CBuilt-in AMS 3H dryer

Bambu Lab H3C Combo tool changer 3D printer with AMS 3H, New Zealand

9-material printing, low purge

Nine independent filament paths mean almost no purge waste between colours or materials: as little as 0.038 g per switch*.

Soft TPU, up to 3× faster

The FlexFeed extruder runs 2.85 mm TPU as soft as 75A at up to three times the flow rate of a conventional 1.75 mm setup*.

Everything enclosed

The AMS 3H keeps nine spools sealed and auto-loading inside the machine, with a two-slot 85 °C dryer.

More than printing

Add optional CraftTools and the H3C can cut, draw and deboss in the same job, switching tools on its own.

Swaptek™ tool changing

Nine PrintTools, Six-Second Switches

Every PrintTool has its own filament path and heating system, so each material stays loaded, pre-heated and ready. There is no retracting one filament before loading the next: a tool change takes 3.4 seconds and a full material switch as little as 6 seconds*. Multi-colour and multi-material prints finish sooner and waste far less filament.

Bambu Lab H3C Swaptek rack of nine PrintTools, each with its own filament path

Active Pre-Heat

The Next Nozzle Is Hot Before It Is Needed

Active Pre-Heat looks ahead to the next tool change and warms the incoming nozzle while the current one is still printing, so the new material starts laying down within seconds instead of waiting for a heat-up.

Bambu Lab H3C Active Pre-Heat warming the next PrintTool nozzle before a tool change

Full Colour From a Handful of Spools

With five PrintTools loaded with Bambu PLA Palette CMYKW, the H3C blends colours through layered deposition to produce a huge range of shades without a spool for every colour. Fast tool switching is what makes this practical: vibrant, full-colour figurines and art pieces with fine detail.*

Full colour floral photo frame printed on the Bambu Lab H3C using CMYKW colour mixing — Floral Frame: CMYKW colour mixing, water-soluble PVA supports, PLA Silk and Wood in one print

FlexFeed extruder

Soft TPU, Up to 3× Faster

Flexible filament buckles easily, which is why soft TPU normally prints slowly. FlexFeed handles both 1.75 mm and 2.85 mm filament, and the stiffer 2.85 mm TPU resists buckling and pushes through at far higher flow. A cam-driven mechanism with a PMSM motor keeps tension precise. The result: TPU as soft as 75A at up to three times the flow rate of earlier printers*. The H3C ships with one 2.85 mm PrintTool fitted in slot 8, the dryer slot.

Bambu Lab H3C FlexFeed extruder for 1.75 mm and 2.85 mm TPU filament

Multi-material flexible TPU trainer printed on the Bambu Lab H3C — BounceBerry X Trainer: 75A TPU upper and high-rebound midsole, printed in one job

Mixed nozzle sizes

Detail Where It Matters, Speed Everywhere Else

A 0.2 mm nozzle holds fine detail but is slow; a 0.4 mm nozzle is quick but smooths detail away. The H3C can carry different nozzle sizes at the same time, and Bambu Studio's mixed-diameter toolpath planning lets each nozzle print at the layer height that suits it. Bambu Lab's Maker Watch prints dial, case and soft band as one piece*.

Watch dial printed with a 0.2 mm nozzle on the Bambu Lab H3C mixed nozzle tool changer

Retractable rack

A Clear View of Every Layer

When it is not changing tools, the PrintTool rack retracts out of view, giving you a clear look into the chamber so you can watch the first layer go down.

Bambu Lab H3C retractable PrintTool rack giving a clear view into the print chamber

Print. Cut. Draw. Deboss.

Swaptek is not limited to PrintTools. Optional CraftTools (CutTool, DrawTool, DebossTool and more to come) mount the same way and switch automatically, so multi-process projects no longer need several machines or manual swaps. CraftTools are sold separately.

Bambu Lab H3C optional CraftTool results: blade cut, drawn and debossed projects

AMS 3H: Filament Management Built for a Tool Changer

The included AMS 3H sits on top of the printer and keeps every spool sealed against moisture, feeding each one automatically to its own PrintTool.

Auto loading

Push It In. That Is It.

Drop filament into any of the nine slots and the AMS 3H detects it, routes it and engages it with its PrintTool on its own. RFID reads Bambu Lab spools automatically.

Bambu Lab AMS 3H nine slot auto filament loader with spools

Built-in dryer

Dries While You Print

A two-slot dryer reaches 85 °C*, enough for engineering materials such as PA, PC and carbon-fibre-filled filaments, and selected filaments can be dried mid-print*. Temperature and humidity show on the printer, in Bambu Studio and in Bambu Handy.

Bambu Lab AMS 3H built-in 85 degree filament dryer

Auxiliary AMS

Nine Materials, With Room for More

Already own an AMS? Connect existing Bambu Lab AMS units through PrintTool No. 1 to run up to 24 spools in a single print*, for even more colours and materials. Compatible units such as the AMS 2 Pro are sold separately.

Bambu Lab H3C connecting auxiliary AMS units for up to 24 filament spools

Integrated design

One Machine, One Footprint

No spools hanging off the side and no separate dryer on the bench. Storage, drying and feeding are built in, so the H3C keeps a footprint comparable to a single-nozzle printer.

Bambu Lab AMS 3H fully enclosed sealed filament storage on top of the H3C

Flagship Performance, No Compromise

Lighter motion system

Faster Prints, Same Precision

The toolhead and X-axis assembly are 40% lighter than the H2D's*, cutting inertia for faster, cleaner movement: up to 25,000 mm/s² acceleration and 1,400 mm/s travel speed while keeping ringing in check.

Bambu Lab H3C lightweight toolhead and X-axis motion system

350 °C and 65 °C chamber

Ready for Engineering Materials

All nine hardened steel nozzles reach 350 °C, and active dual-zone chamber heating up to 65 °C helps minimise warping with ABS, PC, PA-CF, PET-CF and more. H11 HEPA and activated carbon filtration help keep fumes in check.

Bambu Lab H3C 65 degree active chamber heating for engineering filaments

Cross-flow cooling

Cooled at Every Level

A CFD-optimised part cooling fan and dual auxiliary fans keep overhangs and bridges clean at speed, a dedicated PrintTool fan holds thermal stability through frequent tool changes, and a chamber fan draws in cooler air.

Bambu Lab H3C cross-flow cooling with part and auxiliary cooling fans

Optional Vision Encoder

Accuracy That Lasts

For precision parts and production runs, the optional Vision Encoder gives an absolute optical reference so the H3C can recalibrate for wear and drift, restoring motion accuracy to under 50 µm across the build volume.

Bambu Lab H3C optional Vision Encoder calibration for 50 micron motion accuracy

More Time Making, Less Time Tinkering

Full auto calibration

Nine Tools, Aligned Every Time

Before every print the H3C handles PrintTool docking calibration, tool offset compensation and bed levelling automatically, so colours and materials line up without manual tuning.

Bambu Lab H3C full auto calibration of nine PrintTools and bed levelling

AI monitoring

It Watches, So You Do Not Have To

Built-in cameras check the chamber against your slicer setup before the first layer, then AI watches for spaghetti, purge-bin jams and clogs during the print. Check in from Bambu Handy whenever you like.

Bambu Lab H3C AI print monitoring with built-in cameras

HMS with MiniWiki

The Fix, Right on Screen

The new HMS explains the likely cause of a problem in plain language, and MiniWiki walks you through the fix step by step on the printer's 5-inch touchscreen. No error codes to look up.

Bambu Lab H3C HMS error diagnosis with on-screen MiniWiki repair steps

Why Buy From MindKits

Official Bambu Lab reseller in New Zealand with nationwide shipping
Local NZ support for setup questions, warranty and spare parts
Everything you need in one place including Bambu Lab filament, build plates, nozzles and spare parts

*Based on Bambu Lab internal testing under optimal conditions. 6 s switch: PLA Basic with filament-saving purge mode. 0.038 g purge varies with settings and filament. 3× faster: maximum volumetric flow versus the previous generation using 1.75 mm filament. Colour mixing requires Bambu PLA Palette CMYKW. Mixed nozzle sizes require additional hotends, sold separately. Drying while printing applies to selected filaments. Auxiliary AMS requires previous-generation AMS units, sold separately. 40% lighter compared with the H2D toolhead. Filament shown in photos is sold separately.

Technical Specifications

Bambu Lab H3C printer

Printing technology	Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)
Build volume	330 × 320 × 325 mm
Tool system	Bambu Lab Swaptek™ 9-tool switching
Enclosure	Fully enclosed; steel chassis, plastic outer frame
Max toolhead speed	1,400 mm/s
Max toolhead acceleration	25,000 mm/s²
Max hotend flow	40 mm³/s (250 mm round model, single outer wall, Bambu ABS at 280 °C)
Nozzle	Hardened steel, 0.4 mm included; 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 mm supported
Max nozzle temperature	350 °C
Extruder	Hardened steel gears; Bambu Lab brushless servo motor with planetary gearbox
Filament cutter	Built into each PrintTool
Filament diameter	1.75 mm; 2.85 mm (bypass feed only)
Expansion	Supports CraftTools (CutTool, DrawTool and more coming)
Build plate	Flexible steel; Textured PEI Plate included. Supports Textured PEI, Cool Plate SuperTack and Engineering Plate
Max heatbed temperature	120 °C
Chamber	Active heating up to 65 °C
Air purification	H11 HEPA filter and granulated coconut shell activated carbon filter
Cooling	Closed-loop part cooling, hotend, mainboard, chamber circulation, auxiliary part cooling and exhaust fans
Supported filaments	PLA, PETG, PCTG, TPU, EVA, PE, PP, PHA, PVA, BVOH, support filament, ABS, ASA, HIPS, PA, PAHT, PC, PET, PPA, PPS, plus carbon and glass fibre reinforced PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, HIPS, PA, PAHT, PC, PET, PPA and PPS
Cameras	Live view camera 1920 × 1080; toolhead camera 1920 × 1080; BirdsEye camera 3264 × 2448 (optional)
Sensors	Door sensor, filament run-out sensor, nozzle clumping sensor, filament odometry, power loss recovery
Touchscreen	5-inch 854 × 480
Storage	Built-in 64 GB eMMC and USB port
Control	Touchscreen, Bambu Handy app, Bambu Studio
Processors	Single-core Cortex-M4 and Cortex-M7 motion controllers; quad-core ARM application processor with dedicated NPU
Slicer	Bambu Studio. Third-party slicers that export standard G-code (PrusaSlicer, SuperSlicer, Cura) also work, but some advanced features may not be supported
Network	Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax); no Ethernet
Power	200–240 VAC, 50/60 Hz; 2250 W max (about 3–5 minutes during fast bed heating); 240 W steady state with PLA, 540 W with PC; Low Power Mode 1050 W
Operating temperature	10–30 °C
Printer dimensions	493 × 571 × 587 mm (493 × 571 × 1016 mm with AMS 3H fitted)
Recommended space	593 × 1056 × 1306 mm (front 385 mm, sides 50 mm, rear 100 mm, top 290 mm)
Net weight	36.28 kg including the AMS 3H

AMS 3H Specifications

AMS 3H spool capacity	9 slots, RFID identification
AMS 3H drying	2 slots, up to 85 °C, active moisture discharge, sealed storage
AMS 3H humidity monitoring	Real-time temperature and humidity on the printer, Bambu Studio and Bambu Handy
AMS 3H spool size	Width 50–68 mm, diameter 197–202 mm
AMS 3H feeding funnel filaments	PLA, PETG, PCTG, TPU for AMS, EVA, PE, PP, PHA, PVA, BVOH, support filament, ABS, ASA, HIPS, PC, PA, PET, PPS, plus CF/GF PLA, PETG, PA, PET, PC, ABS, ASA, PPS
AMS 3H bypass feed	TPU (1.75 mm and 2.85 mm)
AMS 3H housing	PC/ABS
AMS 3H power	200 W max, 70 W steady state
AMS 3H dimensions	480 × 562 × 460 mm, 9 kg

What You Can Make and FAQs

What You Can Make With the H3C

Bambu Lab's launch projects show what nine tools in one print make possible.

Floral photo frame printed in full colour on the Bambu Lab H3C — Floral Frame: CMYKW colour mixing, PVA supports, Silk and Wood PLA

Multi-colour TPU gather bag printed on the Bambu Lab H3C — Ridgeline Gather Bag: 75A, 90A and 95A TPU in one print

Flexible TPU trainer shoe printed on the Bambu Lab H3C — BounceBerry X Trainer: multi-material flexible footwear

Maker Watch printed with mixed nozzle sizes on the Bambu Lab H3C — Maker Watch: 0.2 mm dial, 0.4 mm case and 75A TPU band

Desk lamp with printed TPU damper hinge from the Bambu Lab H3C — Hinge Lamp: 75A TPU damper between rigid shells

Print-in-place dragon bust with TPU spine from the Bambu Lab H3C — FROSTSPINE Dragon Bust: PLA, 90A and 75A TPU, zero assembly

Mecha hammerhead shark with printed gears from the Bambu Lab H3C — Mecha Hammerhead Shark: fully printed reduction gear set

Make It Your Own: Official Accessories

Bambu Station L

Lift It Up. Tidy It Up.

Bambu Station L raises the H3C to a comfortable working height for loading, maintenance and monitoring, with storage underneath for tools, spare filament and essentials. Ask our team about availability.

Bambu Station L stand with storage drawers under the Bambu Lab H3C

Bambu Lab E1 Air Purifier

Clean Air, No Compromises

The E1 pairs with the H3C and starts filtering when a print begins, capturing VOCs, PM2.5 and ultrafine particles, and microplastics released during printing. Ask our team about availability.

Bambu Lab E1 air purifier connected to the H3C 3D printer

Common Questions

Do I need anything else to start printing? Only filament. The H3C Combo includes the AMS 3H, eight 1.75 mm PrintTools, one 2.85 mm PrintTool and a Textured PEI plate. Shop 1.75 mm filament.
Are the nozzles really hardened steel? Yes. Every H3C nozzle from 0.2 mm to 0.8 mm is fully hardened steel (HRC 55+), built for abrasive carbon fibre and glass fibre filaments.
What is the 2.85 mm PrintTool for? It is for 2.85 mm flexible filament only, such as Bambu TPU 75A (2.85 mm). It comes pre-installed in slot 8, the dryer slot, because TPU absorbs moisture easily. The 1.75 mm and 2.85 mm PrintTools use different bases, hotends and cutters and are not interchangeable.
Why only two drying slots? Drying two slots at a time balances drying performance, safety and power draw. Plan ahead by putting the filament you will use next, or anything that needs drying mid-print, in the two drying slots.
Can I use my existing AMS? Yes. Previous-generation Bambu Lab AMS units connect through PrintTool No. 1 for up to 24 spools in one print. The AMS 2 Pro is sold separately.
How much room does it need? Allow 593 × 1056 × 1306 mm: 385 mm in front for the door, 50 mm each side, 100 mm behind and 290 mm above for the AMS lid. Bambu Lab recommends the floor or a low, stable surface.
Can it cut and draw too? Yes, with optional CraftTools. Bambu Lab offers a Crafting Upgrade Kit, a CutTool Fine-Blade Set and a DrawTool Set (each needs a cutting mat). The optional BirdsEye camera gives smoother camera-based alignment for surface work.
H3C or H2C? Both have a 330 × 320 × 325 mm build volume. Choose the H3C for nine independent PrintTools, fast low-waste switching, 2.85 mm TPU and fully enclosed filament storage. The H2C Combo remains a strong option for multi-material printing and laser-ready workflows.

Videos and Resources

Bambu Lab H3C official page Videos and animations of Swaptek, FlexFeed and the AMS 3H
Full H3C and AMS 3H specifications Official technical specifications
H3C FAQ Setup clearance, PrintTools, drying and accessories
Bambu Lab launch article The story behind Swaptek and the H3C
Tom's Hardware H3C review Independent hands-on review
Bambu Studio Free slicer with mixed-diameter toolpath planning
MakerWorld Ready-to-print models, including the H3C launch projects

What's in the Box

Bambu Lab H3C 3D printer
Bambu Lab AMS 3H
8 × 0.4 mm PrintTool (1.75 mm filament)
1 × 0.4 mm PrintTool for 2.85 mm filament (pre-installed in slot 8)
Textured PEI build plate
Printer power cord
Dryer module power cord
Bambu Bus cable (6-pin)
Accessories box

The H3C printer and AMS 3H ship as two separate cartons (printer 630 × 600 × 700 mm, AMS 3H 615 × 550 × 500 mm). Contents can change when Bambu Lab updates the kit. Filament shown in photos is sold separately.

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