Creality K2 Plus Combo 3D Printer, Multicolor Printing with 16 Colors, 600mm/s High-Speed Printing, Dual AI Cameras for Monitoring, Full-Auto Leveling, Large Build Volume 350×350×350mm

Love it glad I went for this one, great !

Wish I had gone with the big boy from the start. But I love Creality.

Specifications (Pros and Cons)• Actively Heated Chamber• 350x350x350 Build Volume (Largest fully enclosed FDM Core XY printer available)• Hardened Steel Extruder and Gears• High Flow Nozzle Included• Solid Metal Frame Build• Lidar Advanced AI Print Detection• Automatic Flow Rate and Pressure Advance Calibration• Kit includes the hub for connecting up to 4 CFS devices at once• Built-in Fluidd Software for easy monitoring of advanced machine information and metrics• No option for CryoGrip Pro quality build plates (limited to PEI variants)Package Contents• Tool kit for complete maintenance of the printer• 50/50 PEI Smooth / PEI Textured build plate• Extra High Flow Nozzle• 4 - 0.5 kg spools of filament (Red, Blue, Black, and White)Performance EvaluationThe Creality K2 Plus 3D Printer is highly impressive, with its actively heated chamber and large build volume setting it apart from other FDM printers. The hardened steel extruder and gears, coupled with the high flow nozzle, ensure reliable and high-quality prints. Additionally, the solid metal frame build adds to its durability.The integrated Lidar advanced AI print detection and automatic flow rate and pressure advance calibration make it a sophisticated machine. The built-in Fluidd software allows for efficient monitoring, troubleshooting, and management of machine metrics, enhancing the user experience (Bambu offers no such solution and that is a problem).However, the lack of CryoGrip Pro build plate options is a minor drawback. Although the PEI plates have been reliable, with only two failures in over 200 hours of printing, the CryoGrip Pro plates could further optimize bed adhesion and reduce maintenance needs. Bambu also has their own Supertack plate that is similar and both reduce energy usage and increase reliability, sadly Creality offers no such solution for this feature.A key advantage is the actively heated chamber (a feature not available in the X1C, P1S, or other similarly priced competitors), which allows for the printing of various filaments. It keeps optimal conditions for each filament, eliminating the need for ridiculous vented riser solutions.Creality CFS Filament Management SystemSpecifications• No filament drying option• Built-in Hygrometer LED that displays on the front of the CFS• 4 colors per CFS• Rubber bushings allow for the use of cardboard spools but wear out faster• Not truly optimized yet as filament bleed can create issues with support material invading prints or random color specs after filament changes• Easy maintenance without tools for most servicing of the device• Lagging behind the AMS 2 Pro and Prusa MMU options in many areasPerformance EvaluationThe CFS filament management system has a solid design, allowing for easy maintenance without tools for most servicing tasks. The built-in Hygrometer LED provides valuable information on chamber humidity and temperature, and the system supports up to four colors per CFS.However, the lack of filament drying options and the faster wear of rubber bushings are notable drawbacks. Additionally, the optimization issues, such as filament bleed causing support material problems and random color specs after changes, hinder its overall effectiveness. Compared to AMS 2 Pro and Prusa MMU options, the CFS system still has room for improvement.Overall EvaluationThe Creality K2 Plus 3D Printer stands out with its impressive features and reliable performance, making it one of the top choices for FDM printing. The main limitation is the build plate options, with the CryoGrip Pro plates offering superior bed adhesion.On the other hand, the Creality CFS Filament Management System, while decently designed, lacks optimization and falls short compared to other advanced options. Its ease of maintenance is a positive aspect, but the issues with filament bleed and lack of drying options make it a middle of the road offering.The Creality Cloud Slicer has issues due to a janky implementation. Creality reskinned ORCA slicer to resemble CURA Slicer, resulting in a buggy system that often crashes. While using ORCA slicer is an option, it requires repetitive printer setup and manual color data input due to the proprietary CFS design. I wish they had stuck with ORCA, as this software's flaws are a major turnoff for me.If I were buying again, I'd get just the printer. It's excellent, but the software and CFS are not as well optimized as I would like.Creality has improved its brand from one requiring tinkering to one with mostly dependable printers. This benefits consumers, but further progress by the manufacture is needed, to improve the CFS and Build Plate Options.I returned the printer because I couldn't return just the CFS. Creality Cloud is frustrating for cutting models and slices files slower than ORCA Slicer, PRUSA Slicer, or Bambu Studio. With that said, I would highly recommend the printer, if you purchase it as a stand alone device. One other note, I discovered the rear left corner of the heat bed was dramatically offset from the other 3 corners and that has also created an issue with even wanting to keep the machine itself.

Compared to my last 3D printed, an Anet A8, this Ender 3 S1 is simply night and day. The product construction quality is excellent and it assembles very quickly and easily.My only complaints have to do with the setup instructions (for example, they don't actually say to preheat the print bed before doing the leveling -- I did not and it made my first efforts to print very frustrating) and also the software. Evidently, the installed software was not the latest version, yet the latest version caused some issues. For example, the feature whereby the machine pauses if you run out of filament did not work with the installed software. I'm not an expert -- but I know one -- a retired USAF systems engineer and satellite launch consultant who actually got me into 3D printing. It took him half a day to unravel these issues, several of which were only figured out with the assistance of some posts on (of all things) youtube. All that said -- now that it's figured out, I couldn't be happier with the machine -- it's just terrific and I look forward to years of happy 3D printing.

Issues right out of the box. First of all this printer was definitely not new when I purchased and payed for a new machine. The hardware for the printer came in a sandwich bag! There were little leftover stringy pieces of plastic that were purple and I’ve never printed anything on this before but the person who had it before me must have! I’ve spent 3+ hours so far today troubleshooting everything to try and get something to start to print! I keep mainly getting errors saying the spoil filament is still in use when I haven’t even printed anything on it yet so how is filament in use?! Overall just a really bad experience and if I can’t figure this out tomorrow morning I’ll definitely be trying to return this used junk.

I've never used a 3D printer before but was looking for one that would provide good detail. After much research I decided on the Creality Halot One resin printer and couldn't be happier. It worked out of the box with no assembly and no serious setup required. I am very happy with the quality and detail of the printing.I did have one issue connecting to WiFi but the Creality support folks were very responsive in helping me resolve my problem, which turned out to be me and nothing to do with the printer.The hardware is well constructed and looks to be rock solid.The Halot Box slicing software is very intuitive and allows me to send print jobs directly to the printer over WiFi which is a great plus over printers without that feature. This feature allowed me to place the printer in an unused bathroom where the resin fumes are isolated and the room remains dark.I don't think you could find a better resin printer, especially at this price.

TL;DR - Buy this printer. You'll spend more upgrading lower end Ender printers...and it will end up costing about the same or slightly more than just buying the S1.Ive owned a Creality Ender 3 Pro for a couple of years and spent tons of time and a bunch of upgrades trying to get it to print consistently and print well. I can tell you it still has issues and still needs to be tinkered with constantly to print anything halfway decent. I love to tinker, but I also like to have prints be successful and not waste time, electricity, and filament....Enter the Ender 3 S1. Could not be more of a night and day difference between the two printers. This one prints easily, quickly, no print issues, no adhesion issues, no line issues, no extrusion issues, nothing....it just prints...and prints very well.I have had zero issues so far....and it has been running almost nonstop since it arrived. The big yarn bowl was a 24hr print....again no issues at all.