FDM multi-material~$299Anycubic · released 2026
Anycubic Kobra X
Most four-colour machines in this catalogue bolt a changer onto the side and charge extra for it; the Kobra X builds four filament paths into the printer itself, so the price on the box is the price of the multi-colour machine. That single decision makes the comparison arithmetic much simpler — no combo maths, no separate unit taking up desk space, no wondering whether the marketing photograph shows something you have to buy. It can still be chained with ACE 2 Pro units to reach nineteen colours for anyone who wants that. Underneath is a familiar 260 mm open-frame bed-slinger with Klipper, a camera and a 300 °C hotend. Because it is new, long-run reliability of four integrated filament paths is unproven — and four paths inside one machine is four times the jam surface to clear when something does go wrong.
- Approx. price
- ~$299
- Build volume
- 17.6 L
- Per litre
- $17
- True multi-material price
- ~$299
Real speed ceiling
Not published
Anycubic does not publish a volumetric flow rate for the Kobra X, so its 600 mm/s claim cannot be checked against what the hotend can actually melt. We do not estimate one.
Best forFour-colour printing where you want one box on the desk and one number on the receipt.
Specifications
- Build volume
- 260 × 260 × 260 mm
- Volume
- 17.6 L
- Motion
- bedslinger
- Max speed
- 600 mm/s
- Acceleration
- 20,000 mm/s²
- Max flow
- Not published
- Hotend max temp
- 300 °C
- Bed max temp
- 100 °C
- Enclosure
- Open frame
- Extruder
- direct drive
- Auto level
- strain-gauge
- Hardened nozzle
- Yes, as standard
Materials, control and build
- Multi-material
- built-in, 4 slots — included
- Firmware
- Klipper
- Cloud
- Optional
- Camera
- Yes
- Assembly
- Pre-assembled
- Weight
- 9.5 kg
- Footprint
- 455.4 × 445.3 × 461.3 mm
Features
- Four filament paths built into the printer rather than a bolt-on unit
- 260 mm cube build volume
- Chains with ACE 2 Pro units up to 19 colours
- Klipper with strain-gauge levelling and a live-view camera
- AI print-failure detection and filament runout sensing
What it does well
- Multi-colour is built in, so the advertised price is the price of the machine in the marketing photos
- No separate changer taking up desk space beside the printer
- At $299 it undercuts every other four-colour setup here, the A1 mini Combo included
- Chains to 19 colours if four is ever not enough
- 260 mm cube is slightly larger than the 250 mm class it sits in
Where it gives ground
- Four integrated filament paths mean four times the places a jam can happen, inside the machine
- Open frame with a 100 °C bed — multi-colour PLA and PETG only in practice
- Too new for reliability data on the integrated feed system
- No published flow rate
The points above are read off published specifications, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the Anycubic Kobra X yet. Everything on this page comes from the manufacturer’s published specifications and the sources listed under how we compare. We would rather say so than write sentiment we have not read.
