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Hey see lots of people answering other questions but not the one you really want answered.
The basic nozzle wiper included sucks.
I have now tested probably about 4 different options and it's something that you will want to replace soon if you are doing consistent filament swaps in a print. The A1 mini scrubbers don't work quite as well as you would hope, mostly being that they hit the build plate back tab usually from where the nozzle wipes at and can grab filament and create a clog in the tube. I'm really liking the one I have on my printer though it needs to be printed with at least PETG realistically or ABS or ASA, but the nozzle wiper that uses a piece of tubing did the best job of cleaning the nozzle just also flung tiny little specs of plastic all over.
Buy more build plates also, especially textured as that will let you print everything basically and even TPU without a release agent on the build plate. I also really like the extra LED strip light replacement.
I'm currently in the finalizing my setup stages of an X1 and feel like I am finally in just printing away stage if you want to compare.