Bambu Lab’s P2S is finally out of US jail and can be ordered.
The P2S, positioned as a replacement for the P1S — but offering X1C-like features, has proven to be incredibly popular worldwide. Except for one region: the USA.
This is because the machine was rumored to be held up in FCC paperwork. The machine was announced in mid-October, and went on sale immediately to the rest of the world at that time. Now, five weeks later, it appears they have cleared the administrative roadblocks and you can now order a P2S from the US Bambu Lab online store — see image at top.
This is extremely interesting, because there have been fears of the US administration working against Chinese vendors of key products. DJI, the world’s leading producer of drones, has effectively been shut out of US sales through a series of administrative issues. Essentially, the administration simply didn’t want that Chinese company to sell products in the US, and used every rule in the book to block them.
As the Bambu Lab P2S situation unfolded, it seemed to eerily follow a similar pattern. There were fears that the P2S might never be authorized for sale in the US, and Bambu Lab could be given the same treatment as DJI. In fact, Bambu Lab was literally founded by several individuals formerly with DJI.
With the absence of the P2S on the market, US buyers have been snapping up the older P1S model in great numbers. Bambu Lab had lowered its price, as one does when a new model comes out, which supercharged the buying behavior.
Now I’m wondering if the vast numbers of US P1S buyers will have a FOMO moment when they realize that if they had waited a bit longer they could have had the far superior P2S machine. On the other hand, they would have paid more for it.
The sudden release of the P2S on the web store means that approval has been received, and therefore the dire speculations were unfounded.
For now.
Via Bambu Lab
