Creality3D Printer K1, 600mm/s Printing Speed, 20000mm/s²Acceleration, 32mm³/s Max Flow Hotend, Hands-free Auto Leveling, Self-test with One Tap, Solve Ringing with G-sensor, Print Size 220*220*250mm

Holy hell, this thing is quick. Was easy to assemble, just remember to make sure the door is secure. I was up and printing inside of an hour, note that the first power on and self inspection takes about 20 mins, this is where it'll perform input shaping (printer will shake during this) and bed leveling routines etc.The fans on this can get noisy (that's the nature of the beast whilst printing faster), this doesn't bother me as I'm not near it when it's printing. It can also shake a lot so make sure the rubber feet are under it and it's on a secure counter top/base.My only minor inconvenience with the printer is that the loading of the filament can be a bit fiddly....but that's about it. Besides that this thing is quick and for the price it's a worth while investment.

UNPACKING & SETUPFirst off, before you buy any 3D printer you need to think about where it is going to go as they take up a bit of space!That said, the Ender 5 is a very well made product. It comes neatly packaged with top and bottom frames in moulded black packaging in the box and corner pillars wrapped up separately. All bolts and tools are supplied (including a handy pair of clippers to cut filament) and the assembly instructions are easy to follow with clear diagrams, (although the translation into English is a bit sketchy at times).You just bolt the corner pillars in place, plus the extruder and the control panel to build the whole cube assembly. All the wires are clearly labelled but the connector for the control panel has three possibilities and that diagram is not clear... it's the one nearest the printer!. It took 1 hour to assemble but could have done it quicker.The whole thing is quite heavy so a solid, level surface is required (I bought an IKEA Brusali desk in the picture which happens to have side shelving just the right size for boxes of unopened filament).Levelling the bed was a wee bit fiddly but using a sheet of A4 as a feeler gauge to check the gap between the nozzle and the bed at each corner (like gapping a spark plug) per the instructions worked well and the big adjuster wheels on each corner really helped.PRINTINGThis was my first attempt at 3D printing. The Ender 5 comes with slicing software but I used the free Ultimaker Cura slicing software which is pretty intuitive and has Ender 5 presets. It saves your Gcode file (the printer's coding language) onto a memory card which pops into a slot in the printer.Loading filament into the extruder is a wee bit fiddly but once you've done it once it's easy enough. Just select PREHEAT from the menu which heats the nozzle and push the filament through the white tube until it comes out.The control panel and menus are straightforward using the wheel. Just select the file from the card and go. It heats the bed first, then the nozzle which takes a few mins. and then starts to print. I would test print a small object first to check you've got the settings right. So far I've used PLA and PETG. The latter needed a warmer bed temp of 75 degrees to make the first layer stick.As for power consumption, although the nozzle and bed get pretty hot, the machine is only rated at 270W. I think my electricity smart meter may have gone up by 1p per hour with this switched on, so no big deal. As for noise, it's OK although probably to loud to sleep through. I reckon similar to the noise of a microwave, with the fan being the main source of noise. Using PLA and PETG there is no smell of melting plastic at all which surprised me.So far I've printed 3 things with the ENDER 5. The model ship in the photo took 6 hrs 30 minutes to print with appropriate supports which just snap off with the help of a modelling knife.In summary, if you want to get into this as a hobby then the Ender 5 is an excellent place to start for the price. If IKEA made 3D printers, I think they would make this one.

Printer is good but bed leveling problematic. Bed seems to distort if used a lot in a day, middle of plate when in constant use seems to bow low on the z. The bow makes it difficult to set a constant z offset, this affects quality of first as leaves visible defects. This will not matter unless first layer is not on show though. Creality print can take a while to conect to mobile devices.

Some weeks ago I decided to dip my toes into the world of 3D Printing, and spent some time looking at various 3D printers, reading reviews and watching You Tube video's of the various printers available. Initially I looked at large bed printers, thinking that I 'may need it' in the future, but, then I looked at the print times for files on said beds and decided that by the time I had waited for some of them to print I would have forgeotten what they were for.Eventually I focussed on Creality printers, the Ender 3 or the Ender 5. On reading reviews it transpired that the newer Ender 5 had built on some of the features of the Ender 3, plus the Ender 3 was in kit form and took a few hours to assemble, wheras the Ender 5 was partially assembled, so in went my order for the Ender 5. The box was delivered by courier the next day, and on unpacking the first thing you see is the manual, the printer parts were laid out cleanly and securely and were easily removed from the packaging. Following the manual it was quite easy to assemble the kit, remember this was my very first printer so I was not too sure what to find, and after about 45 minutes it was all put together. The manual is well laid out and takes you through each step in sequence, and even highlighting 'Points to be aware of'. The frame is square and rigid, and on this printer the hot end is fixed at the top of the frame and it is the hotbed on the Z axis that lowers as the print progresses. I am told that this is a more stable method of printing, but I have no personal experience of whether it is or isn't. The one thing that I found was missing from the manual was how to adjust the tension of the rubber rollers on the X/Y arms on the top frame, but a quick message to Creality Support via the Amazon Message Portal had a response with diagrams within 24 hours, bearing in mind the time difference.All of the software you will need is on a Micro SD Card, which I copied to my desktop as it has the Windows and MAC drivers on there plus a copy of Cura for slicing your prints. The sliced files can be run from the Micro SD card (there are samples already sliced) which pushes into the lower front of the printer, or via USB but this is not available in Cura only in apps like Simplify3D which retails at $149. The printer is run from a control box on the lower right of the printer, and from there you can run your prints from the SD Card, do auto leveling of the hotbed, set temperatures etc etc.When my first print was running I was surprised as to how noisy it wasn't, I was expecting a lot of noise, but if I went out of the room and closed the door I couldn't hear anything. Included in the package is 250g of white 1.75mm filament for you to practice on, and this goes a long way, further than I expected.There is a lot of fine tuning that you can do to improve the quality of your prints, but all of that is done in the slicing software and outside of the scope of this review, but once you start to get the settings right this printer will deliver the goods. It is being improved all of the time and there are plenty of enhancements that can be made, and on sites like 'Thingiverse' and looking for Ender 5 there are new files being put in there every day where you can print your mods off from, plus there are numerous You Tube video's to help you along. Support from Creality has been very good and if I had any queries I have ususlly had a response within 24 hours, and the Creality Amazon Support is very customer centric.The title of this review is 'Happy Camper' and it shows how happy I am with this printer.

Supongo es un buen equipo, pero esperé varias semanas para que llegara y la abrí muy emocionado, fue una decepción ver qué esta absolutamente rota la puerta y no podré utilizarla tendré que esperar mi rembolso quien sabe cuánto y volver a esperar por ella otra semana .

Zero reclamações. Vendedor me enviou uma estrusora de atualização mais recente que existe qdo relatei que tive algumas sub extrusoesRecomendo fortemente para os apaixonados por 3d de qualidade e velocidade

The media could not be loaded.  Habe schon einige 3D Drucker in der Preisklasse durchgetestet. Im Vergleich zu den bisherigen Druckern war sowohl die Einrichtung, die Druckgeschwindigkeit und das Druckergebnis weit weg von dem, was mir gerade mein Creality K1C gezaubert hat.Gerade für den Einstieg ins 3D-Drucken das perfekte Gerät. Diese Qualität haben meine bisherigen Drucker bei weitem nicht erreicht. Besonders toll finde ich, dass man über die verbaute Kamera stets den Druck im Blick hat. Die KI Funktion, in Verbindung mit der Kamera hatte dann aber doch noch nicht funktioniert. Ich lass mich mal überraschen was die nächsten Updates so mitbringen.

Appareil réellement facile d emploi il est redoutable d efficacité parfait

Als absoluter 3D Druckanfänger wollte ich keine Bastelbude, sondern nen Gerät, das direkt funktioniert. Nach Problemen mit der Werkstückhaftung (Druckbett mit Aceton Kleber der Schutzfolie abwischen!) läuft er super, selbst ohne viele Einstellungen (nur Temp 220/65Grad Düse/Bett für PLA angepasst).Durch den gekapselten Bauraum relativ leise und man kann auch ABS und Co drucken.Für mich als Anfänger für ca 500€ Einstieg ok - nutze Ihn viel und gern (Deko und Ersatzteile/Halterungen etc.Tipp: Die Kamera nachrüsten (22-40€) - Kabel etc vorbereitet - nur anstecken und sichern - dann sieht man vom PC aus den Druck.