Ya know… yeah, you’re right, it IS a lot of waste, no way around that. BUT, the AMS comes in way handier than just multi-color print-in-place prints - so handy, in fact, I bought a second one.

Example: doing a multi-color, multi-part print - it’s super convenient to just load up all the filaments up front, then just slice a plate of all the parts of a single color and print, slice the next and print, etc.

My first AMS has found itself to be permanently loaded with Black, White, and Support filaments. Those three filaments get used often enough that they just never leave the AMS. Then I just load and unload the remaining 5 slots as needed.

I also just chalk up the waste as a recurring cost of the hobby - it is what it is. Fun hobbies aren’t cheap 🤷‍♂️ Fuck it lol

Edit: there’s ways to reduce the waste. For example, printing this model at 0.2 instead of 0.1 would cut it in half. Printing a second copy on the same plate (or more) would have the same amount of waste as a single copy. You can reduce the purge volume between colors (but might cut too low and have color bleed.) So it can be reduced some, but not eliminated altogether unless you step up to multiple-extruder machines.

Edit edit: I also hate painting lol