The Bambu Lab H3C launched on November 3, 2026, as Bambu Lab's first desktop 3D printer with an automatic tool changer. The Combo, which includes the AMS 3H filament unit, costs $2,499 in the United States and €2,499 in the European Union, with no launch discount, according to coverage of the announcement and the official store cited in the sources.
This is an update to Geekiki's earlier article, which had only confirmed the reveal scheduled for November 3: Bambu Lab H3C: nine-tool 3D printer tool changer confirmed for November 3 reveal. Price, specifications and availability are the new information behind this new post, not a republication of the earlier one.
At its core is the Swaptek architecture: nine PrintTools, each with its own filament path, heater and cutter, parked in a rack inside the chamber. Bambu Lab quotes a 3.4-second tool change and a 6-second material switch, with 0.038 g of purge in its best internal test case, using PLA Basic and filament-saving purge mode. In practice, those figures vary with material and slicer settings.
Confirmed specifications include a 330 x 320 x 325 mm build volume, hardened-steel nozzles from 0.2 to 0.8 mm — the nine included are 0.4 mm and reach 350 °C —, a 65 °C actively heated chamber, a 120 °C bed, 1,400 mm/s travel speed and 25,000 mm/s² acceleration. The integrated AMS 3H has nine sealed slots, two with drying up to 85 °C, and the system can reach 24 spools with earlier AMS units. The new FlexFeed extruder accepts 1.75 mm and 2.85 mm filament, allowing soft TPU down to 75A in the same job.
Launch bundles are: Combo for $2,499; Combo with a PLA Palette CMYKW and TPU filament starter pack for $2,589; and Full Combo with the Bambu Station L stand for $2,799 in the US ($3,049 for the enclosed version with the E1 purifier). In the United Kingdom, the Combo costs £2,199. The US store indicated shipping within 1 to 3 business days after order processing.
What independent testing has not yet shown is how the nine-nozzle calibration holds up after weeks of swaps, and whether the 6-second figure survives outside ideal conditions. Cut, Draw and Deboss CraftTools are sold separately, and 3D printing and 2D work still run in separate software environments, according to the company's own documentation cited in the coverage.
Image credit: Bambu Lab (press material), via 3DPrinting.com.
Sources: 3DPrinting.com — Bambu Lab launches H3C, nine-tool changer 3D printer priced from $2,499; Bambu Lab's official pages and store, as cited in the coverage; Geekiki's earlier article on the H3C reveal.
Transparency note: this article was produced with AI assistance, cross-checking official announcements, public posts on X and online sources. Figures attributed to the manufacturer are its own figures, under its own test conditions. Consult the original sources for full details.
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