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expired Posted by Meowssi | Staff • Aug 7, 2024
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Refurb: Creality Ender 3 V3 SE FDM 3D Printer + 2-Yr Warranty
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Great printer for this price. Those who caution against this as "just another Ender" need to undesrstand the difference between the old Ender 3 Pro or similar and this.
1. This is quite a bit faster than an old Ender 3 though not as fast as the printers with vibration compensation.
2. This has auto bed leveling and Z-offset. The bed leveling works great and mine's out of the box level was very good. While it does have auto-z offset I did dial mine in a bit.
3. This does require assembly but nothing like the old Enders. The assembly steps are put the gantry on the base, put the spool holder on the gantry. Connect the screen, connect some wires.
Something I don't like when compared to the Ender 3 V2 is the fan noise. The Ender 3 and 3 Pro had quiet fans but loud stepper motors. With the V2 the fixed the loud steppers and, likely thanks to the slow print speeds, the fans were quite as well. With the V3 the print speeds went up so the fans had to get stronger thus noisier. Not really loud but not quiet.
One other nice thing about the Ender printers is there is a lot of knowledge base and options for them. You also have a lot of slicer options as the Enders are so common. For better and worse this printer doesn't directly support network printing but that also means, unlike Bambu Labs, this system isn't trying to contact unknown Chinese servers from your network.
Two things I don't care for, I created a side mount filament holder since I don't really like putting the heavy spool on top of the gantry. I also don't like that this printer doesn't have a handy tool holder spot like some of the other Enders. Perhaps a minor thing is it doesn't come with a PEI build plate. I picked one up for $14. I've put masking tape on the original plate. Masking tape is actually a great build surface. The Monoprice Cadet printer didn't have a heated bed because PLA sticks to masking tape so nicely. When the surface gets torn up, replace it.
TLDR:
Great printer. The biggest limitation is that I had to adjust the auto z-axis.
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Great printer for this price. Those who caution against this as "just another Ender" need to undesrstand the difference between the old Ender 3 Pro or similar and this.
1. This is quite a bit faster than an old Ender 3 though not as fast as the printers with vibration compensation.
2. This has auto bed leveling and Z-offset. The bed leveling works great and mine's out of the box level was very good. While it does have auto-z offset I did dial mine in a bit.
3. This does require assembly but nothing like the old Enders. The assembly steps are put the gantry on the base, put the spool holder on the gantry. Connect the screen, connect some wires.
Something I don't like when compared to the Ender 3 V2 is the fan noise. The Ender 3 and 3 Pro had quiet fans but loud stepper motors. With the V2 the fixed the loud steppers and, likely thanks to the slow print speeds, the fans were quite as well. With the V3 the print speeds went up so the fans had to get stronger thus noisier. Not really loud but not quiet.
One other nice thing about the Ender printers is there is a lot of knowledge base and options for them. You also have a lot of slicer options as the Enders are so common. For better and worse this printer doesn't directly support network printing but that also means, unlike Bambu Labs, this system isn't trying to contact unknown Chinese servers from your network.
Two things I don't care for, I created a side mount filament holder since I don't really like putting the heavy spool on top of the gantry. I also don't like that this printer doesn't have a handy tool holder spot like some of the other Enders. Perhaps a minor thing is it doesn't come with a PEI build plate. I picked one up for $14. I've put masking tape on the original plate. Masking tape is actually a great build surface. The Monoprice Cadet printer didn't have a heated bed because PLA sticks to masking tape so nicely. When the surface gets torn up, replace it.
TLDR:
Great printer. The biggest limitation is that I had to adjust the auto z-axis.
Great printer for this price. Those who caution against this as "just another Ender" need to undesrstand the difference between the old Ender 3 Pro or similar and this.
1. This is quite a bit faster than an old Ender 3 though not as fast as the printers with vibration compensation.
2. This has auto bed leveling and Z-offset. The bed leveling works great and mine's out of the box level was very good. While it does have auto-z offset I did dial mine in a bit.
3. This does require assembly but nothing like the old Enders. The assembly steps are put the gantry on the base, put the spool holder on the gantry. Connect the screen, connect some wires.
I'm thinking about road tripping down to Miami lol.
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I'm thinking about road tripping down to Miami lol.
All in all, it's a good printer for the price, but be prepared to tinker and tweak it.
FWIW I "upgraded" to the Bambu A1 Mini and it's been a night and day experience. The A1 Mini blows the Creality out of the water in every way.
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