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Creality CR-10 Smart 3D Printer

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Creality.com has Creality CR-10 Smart 3D Printer for $499 - $100 (automatically applied during checkout) - $100 w/ discount code SMT100 = $299. Shipping is free.

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  4. Your total should be $299 with free shipping.

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that at the time of this post, that Creality CR-10 Smart 3D Printer is $180 lower (~37.6% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $479.
  • About this product:
    • Built-in wifi
    • Screen protection & auto shutdown
    • 32 Bit Mute Board and Mute Fan Design
    • V2.0 Auto leveling
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    • Creality return policy may be found here

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Creality.com has Creality CR-10 Smart 3D Printer for $499 - $100 (automatically applied during checkout) - $100 w/ discount code SMT100 = $299. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member DesolateMoon for finding this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Visit the page for Creality CR-10 Smart 3D Printer
  2. Add to cart and start checkout
  3. Apply discount code SMT100
  4. Your total should be $299 with free shipping.

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that at the time of this post, that Creality CR-10 Smart 3D Printer is $180 lower (~37.6% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $479.
  • About this product:
    • Built-in wifi
    • Screen protection & auto shutdown
    • 32 Bit Mute Board and Mute Fan Design
    • V2.0 Auto leveling
  • About this store:
    • Creality return policy may be found here

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sirDavid
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People saying CR-10s are bad printers have no idea what they're talking about or are Prusa shills. You'll get great print quality from a CR-10 out of the box.

Prusas are very expensive for hobbyists and aren't free from problems. Look up 3d printing forums. You'll see that, yes most prusas are good, but you'll also read about CR-10s reputation for good quality. Plus if you get the lower tier Prusa $800 model, you'll spend 8-12 hrs assembling it. CR-10 takes maybe 20 minutes. Not to mention the comparably tiny build volume of the Prusa compared to this.
badkittykkr
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If you don't have for tinkering? Then 3d printing won't be for you! You WILL spend countless hours printing, watching that print fail, looking up WHY the print failed, fixing YOUR mistake, resetting printer, start printing and wait until it almost finish for it to FAIL AGAIN. The repeat until you have THAT model 100% done.

Then you THINK you have all the knowledge you need to print everything from here on out pefectly, you WILL BE WRONG about that. i've been FDM printing for 7 years. I've had 3 printers in that time and i just got into MSLA (resin) printing and i'm STILL tinkerin and failing with prints.

it's a constant learning process. The curve keeps on going.
BeepBopBeep
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New to 3D printing. Is this good for a beginner?

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Oct 31, 2021 02:45 PM
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jcg23Oct 31, 2021 02:45 PM
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This was the 4th FDM printer Ive owned, and by far the worst. My Ender 3 V2 is happily cranking along while this sits on the floor gathering dust. Where to begin… I'd advise anyone considering this printer to join the FB group Worldwide CR-10 Smart and read through some of the horror stories, there's also a few people running a support discord, and you'll likely need it. My own experience:

1) the ABL is a joke out of the box and you need to go find a working starting GCoDe online as the firmware is compiled with G28 forgetting the ABL mesh so it needs another gcode command to remember it, which is missing in the download Creality slicer. Nozzle carved a nice line in the glass the first time trying to print….. no manual leveling, so if abl doesn't work you are just screwed.
2) Plastic extruder cracked after two successful prints, this seems to be very very common. So order a metal one at the same time as the printer and save yourself some grief
3) Filiment sensor stopped working after the first successful print. Had to disable it else it would stop detecting the filament every 5 minutes and ask me to reload.
4) Wifi setup is a disaster. Never got it working with my Orbi system
5) Some of the 3rd party parts (Eg extruder) are interchangeable with the CR-10, but others are TBD (all metal hot end).

My experience with this printer was horrible, but others have been successful out of the box. My recommendation is if you value your time more then your money look elsewhere.
Oct 31, 2021 02:56 PM
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parkaveriderOct 31, 2021 02:56 PM
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I love my Ender 3, but have read too many horror stories on this guy. I got a Longer LK5 Pro for larger build volume and love it - similar price.
Oct 31, 2021 03:06 PM
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Dang_lang23Oct 31, 2021 03:06 PM
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Quote from FNwoz :
I am running the Ender 3 Pro from the Microcenter deal and producing great prints. Can't speak for the 10 but I am impressed with the creality I have. Take your time with assembly and follow a YouTube video rather then use their instructions. Even if you need a few upgrades they are very reasonable in cost and still keep you way under Prusa cost.
When I assembled my Ender 3 Pro, I couldn't get it to level without the springs being way more compressed on one side. After hours of tinkering, I realized the bed was not leaning, not parallel to the gantry or the base. It was bad machining at a joint, I discovered after dismantling it. I shimmed up the joint and I was finally able to level it.

The holes and cuts in the gantry were off and not square as well, after hours of tinkering with that I got it just slightly more square and it seemed OK.

If I value my time at $10 an hour, those fixes along probably cost 100 to $150. And it needed more, to get it printing reliably I probably need a CR Touch. Extrusion is not as consistent either, and it won't be unless I upgrade that as well.

You can get good Creality printers, and you can fix them, but unless you need high volume and your budget to time ratio is really lopsided, you're going to be better off with a Prusa.

Keep in mind, quality control is not a guarantee, you just have much, much higher odds of initial success with a Prusa. Creality has it's place but don't act like it's such a fun thing to fix up for beginners. If I didn't have a lot of time to kill when I bought it, it probably would have killed the hobby for me
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Oct 31, 2021 03:10 PM
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FNwozOct 31, 2021 03:10 PM
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Quote from Dang_lang23 :
When I assembled my Ender 3 Pro, I couldn't get it to level without the springs being way more compressed on one side. After hours of tinkering, I realized the bed was not leaning, not parallel to the gantry or the base. It was bad machining at a joint, I discovered after dismantling it. I shimmed up the joint and I was finally able to level it.

The holes and cuts in the gantry were off and not square as well, after hours of tinkering with that I got it just slightly more square and it seemed OK.

If I value my time at $10 an hour, those fixes along probably cost 100 to $150. And it needed more, to get it printing reliably I probably need a CR Touch. Extrusion is not as consistent either, and it won't be unless I upgrade that as well.

You can get good Creality printers, and you can fix them, but unless you need high volume and your budget to time ratio is really lopsided, you're going to be better off with a Prusa.

Keep in mind, quality control is not a guarantee, you just have much, much higher odds of initial success with a Prusa. Creality has it's place but don't act like it's such a fun thing to fix up for beginners. If I didn't have a lot of time to kill when I bought it, it probably would have killed the hobby for me
At this point none of these printers are set it and forget it. My bed isn't perfect but it's good enough for solid prints. So much so I see no point in adding a CR tough. I replaced the springs with some silicone ones from Amazon. Also put a glass bed on just to help a little with leveling but honestly I didn't even need the glass bed. Your mileage may vary but none of these are plug and play for great results.
Oct 31, 2021 03:22 PM
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Dang_lang23Oct 31, 2021 03:22 PM
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Quote from FNwoz :
Your mileage may vary but none of these are plug and play for great results.
Prusa Mini+ was for me, first test prints after assembling the 3 piece kit came out amazing. It was a slight job assembling it, but no more than a Creality. I've had it for more than a week, ran several filaments through it, and it prints the Prusament fantastic and some Inland PLA+ still comes out pretty well. Even some brittle, really bad pink PLA printed OK, as good as some of my best prints with the Creality Ender 3 Pro.

You can still have issues with Prusa, and I'm sure you get lemons, it's just whether it's half your bag or more is lemons vs maybe a tenth or less. I think Prusa is a tenth or less, and I think for most people it's worth their money if they actually want to enjoy just printing and modeling with less maintenance. If upgrades and tinkering are your thing, try a Creality.

My main frustrating with Slickdeals on this is that so, so many people recommend Creality as BEGINNER printers and act like it's this great buy because of what you get out of them AFTER you fix them. Great community, bla bla BS to the moon! There are a lot of active communities but there are so many versions of the printers and so many problems, varying solutions, etc. that you will spend half your time sifting through their great community for the RIGHT solution for you. I haven't had a problem yet but Prusa runs their own forum, support is supposed to be excellent, and I think it will be a better experience even when the Mini+ does finally have a problem.
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Oct 31, 2021 03:24 PM
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StarcubtOct 31, 2021 03:24 PM
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Quote from lolopolo :
Same, beginner is here. Is this any good for gentle introduction to 3D printing? Don't have extra time for tinkering.
Yeah it's a really good printer. Usually printers needs a little fine tuning , but out of the box you should probably get a 95 percent print from the samples models already on the micro SD card they give you.
Oct 31, 2021 03:33 PM
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scottzeeOct 31, 2021 03:33 PM
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I've had this printer since launch (I preordered it) and it's far and away better than my CR-6 and Ender 3. Auto-leveling, the best bed (grips while printing but releases when done – magic!), huge build volume, stable at high Z-axis.

The only thing I changed was disconnecting the built in WiFi and enabling USB so I could use OctoPi. Creality's smart solution still can't compete with OctoPrint.

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Oct 31, 2021 03:54 PM
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FNwozOct 31, 2021 03:54 PM
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Quote from Dang_lang23 :
Prusa Mini+ was for me, first test prints after assembling the 3 piece kit came out amazing. It was a slight job assembling it, but no more than a Creality. I've had it for more than a week, ran several filaments through it, and it prints the Prusament fantastic and some Inland PLA+ still comes out pretty well. Even some brittle, really bad pink PLA printed OK, as good as some of my best prints with the Creality Ender 3 Pro.

You can still have issues with Prusa, and I'm sure you get lemons, it's just whether it's half your bag or more is lemons vs maybe a tenth or less. I think Prusa is a tenth or less, and I think for most people it's worth their money if they actually want to enjoy just printing and modeling with less maintenance. If upgrades and tinkering are your thing, try a Creality.

My main frustrating with Slickdeals on this is that so, so many people recommend Creality as BEGINNER printers and act like it's this great buy because of what you get out of them AFTER you fix them. Great community, bla bla BS to the moon! There are a lot of active communities but there are so many versions of the printers and so many problems, varying solutions, etc. that you will spend half your time sifting through their great community for the RIGHT solution for you. I haven't had a problem yet but Prusa runs their own forum, support is supposed to be excellent, and I think it will be a better experience even when the Mini+ does finally have a problem.
Agreed and I am sure the Prusa is better. I think people recommend the Creality due to cost and how much you can learn with it.
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Oct 31, 2021 04:23 PM
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NickolasT8405Oct 31, 2021 04:23 PM
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Quote from scottzee :
I've had this printer since launch (I preordered it) and it's far and away better than my CR-6 and Ender 3. Auto-leveling, the best bed (grips while printing but releases when done – magic!), huge build volume, stable at high Z-axis.

The only thing I changed was disconnecting the built in WiFi and enabling USB so I could use OctoPi. Creality's smart solution still can't compete with OctoPrint.
Can you install octopi on this?
Oct 31, 2021 04:31 PM
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Dang_lang23Oct 31, 2021 04:31 PM
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Quote from FNwoz :
Agreed and I am sure the Prusa is better. I think people recommend the Creality due to cost and how much you can learn with it.
With the vastly better manuals and documentation with Prusa, I think even that is debatable. You would probably get even more educational value buying a kit from Prusa. I think my next Prusa will be a kit
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Oct 31, 2021 04:38 PM
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scottzeeOct 31, 2021 04:38 PM
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Quote from NickolasT8405 :
Can you install octopi on this?
You have to open it up and disconnect the built in WiFi in order to get the MicroUSB plug to work. Once you do that, you can plug in a Raspberry Pi and control it with Octopi. I found a guide online and it was pretty easy.
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Oct 31, 2021 05:34 PM
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kandekillaOct 31, 2021 05:34 PM
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Quote from lolopolo :
Same, beginner is here. Is this any good for gentle introduction to 3D printing? Don't have extra time for tinkering.
Have had a CR-10s since launch. I have done zero to it except level the bed every now and again. Prints are still the same as the day I got it. That being said, there can be some tinkering, but that it usually with print settings based on different filaments. These are fine for beginners. CR-10 was my second printer. I also have a press MK2S that has far more issues and tinkering needed than my CR-10 ever has.
Oct 31, 2021 06:34 PM
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metlfan2003Oct 31, 2021 06:34 PM
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Quote from Dang_lang23 :
Yes, you can tune up a Creality and get results, but I think SDers need to get out of the habit of recommending Creality for beginners. You know a really badass learning path? Get a Prusa Mini+, build an enclosure for it maybe, then do your own Voron 2.4 build while printing parts with the Mini. I might do the Voron but I also might do the Prusa XL when it's finally released.

I wouldn't recommend a Creality to anyone unless they had excess time and a DESIRE to tinker. I got my Ender 3 Pro in the $100 Microcenter deal, and I wish I had passed on it. I at least planned to ditch it when it got to frustrating, and it was easy to stop wasting time on it when I got to masking tape and glue sticks to fix adhesion because the glass bed I installed, which many said would fix it, actually made it worse. You will find 3 or 4 different solutions suggested for a problem, and that tells me I'm going to be wasting time.
The whole point of recommending Creality to beginners is because they're cheap and capable right out the box. 3D printing by nature is going to require tinkering and trial-and-error to get good results, no matter what you buy. We're not at a point in 3D printing yet where you can just run down to Walmart, buy a printer, plug it into the wall and download models that will roll off perfectly. Even with a Prusa, you're going to have to do some work to get everything dialed in 100%. Might be less work than a Creality printer, but again we're comparing a $200-300 printers to a $800-1k one.

Part of the "fun" (if you want to call it that) of owning a 3D printer is the tinkering. It's kind of like how car guys spend more time working on their car than driving it.
Oct 31, 2021 07:15 PM
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Dang_lang23Oct 31, 2021 07:15 PM
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Quote from metlfan2003 :
The whole point of recommending Creality to beginners is because they're cheap and capable right out the box. 3D printing by nature is going to require tinkering and trial-and-error to get good results, no matter what you buy. We're not at a point in 3D printing yet where you can just run down to Walmart, buy a printer, plug it into the wall and download models that will roll off perfectly. Even with a Prusa, you're going to have to do some work to get everything dialed in 100%. Might be less work than a Creality printer, but again we're comparing a $200-300 printers to a $800-1k one.

Part of the "fun" (if you want to call it that) of owning a 3D printer is the tinkering. It's kind of like how car guys spend more time working on their car than driving it.
Mine wasn't capable out of the box, and the quality control is so bad I bet 1 in 3 can barely print out of the box, and 2 out of 3 will need tuning for better quality, and 2.9999 out of 3 will not print as well or as reliably as a Prusa, no matter how much tinkering because it's simply not built with as good of a design or as high of quality components.

You guys are using sugar water, glue sticks, and tape to keep your prints on the bed probably because the heating isn't as even, and it never will be.

It's fine if you want Creality just don't act like it's great gear. It's low quality that sometimes performs well, and if you have the patience, time, and funds for upgrade you can make an Ender 3 almost as good as a Prusa MK3S. The upgrade cost alone to get and Ender 3 close to the Prusa will have you within at most $200 bucks of the MK3S kit, maybe within $200 of the $1000 prebuilt version

This is a deal website, and Creality printers are just not as economical as you act. Like I said in my first comment, if you assign any dollar value over maybe $8 hr, the math will work out that Creality is a bad investment, unless you win the quality control lottery.
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natatakaOct 31, 2021 07:16 PM
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Anyone actually get the price firm to $300? I only get 100 off

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