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Flashforge Creator 5 4-Toolheads Multi-Color 3D Printer

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FLASHFORGE 3D Printer Store via AliExpress has Flashforge Creator 5 4-Toolheads Multi-Color 3D Printer on sale for $587.26 - $80 promo code USDEALS80 at checkout = $507.26. Shipping is free.

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  • Note: Price may vary by account or fluctuate slightly with currency exchange rates. You must be signed into your AliExpress account and have your address added to add items to your cart and place an order. You may have to manually type in the promo code to apply it at checkout. This item ships from a USA warehouse. For expedited customer service, please email [email protected].
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  • 4 Independent Toolheads For True Multi-Color & Multi-Materia
  • Up to 500% Faster Multi-Color Printing
  • Zero Purge Waste, Maximum Efficiency
  • High-Speed Performance (600 mm/s)
  • Fully Automatic Calibration & Leveling
  • Flawless Print Quality with Smart Compensation
  • Multi-Material Capability in One Print
  • Build Volume Of 256 × 256 × 256 mm

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  • This price is $17.85 Lower than our recent Frontpage Deal.
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $76.67 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $583.93.
  • Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.

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FLASHFORGE 3D Printer Store via AliExpress has Flashforge Creator 5 4-Toolheads Multi-Color 3D Printer on sale for $587.26 - $80 promo code USDEALS80 at checkout = $507.26. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member DealzRGood4U for sharing this deal.
  • Note: Price may vary by account or fluctuate slightly with currency exchange rates. You must be signed into your AliExpress account and have your address added to add items to your cart and place an order. You may have to manually type in the promo code to apply it at checkout. This item ships from a USA warehouse. For expedited customer service, please email [email protected].
Details:
  • 4 Independent Toolheads For True Multi-Color & Multi-Materia
  • Up to 500% Faster Multi-Color Printing
  • Zero Purge Waste, Maximum Efficiency
  • High-Speed Performance (600 mm/s)
  • Fully Automatic Calibration & Leveling
  • Flawless Print Quality with Smart Compensation
  • Multi-Material Capability in One Print
  • Build Volume Of 256 × 256 × 256 mm

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • This price is $17.85 Lower than our recent Frontpage Deal.
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $76.67 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $583.93.
  • Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.

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The FLASHFORGE Creator 5 is a multi tool 3D printer built for fast multicolor and multimaterial printing, with four independent heads, purgeless operation, and a heated enclosure for materials like PA and ASA. The setup is also described as quick for tool changes, with automatic calibration and a 256 by 256 by 256 millimeter build volume. The main tradeoff is more manual filament handling and more involved nozzle access than some alternatives. Checkout also appears finicky, with the promo code and mobile app helping, and sales tax showing up at final checkout for some accounts.

Common Questions (4)

  • Sales tax can appear on the final checkout screen, and it may add roughly 8% to the total. The tax is not always obvious until the last checkout step.

    brossowAdamE1838brossow

  • Yes. Its 4 separate toolheads support purgeless operation, so multicolor or multi-material prints can avoid the usual purge waste and rely on tool changes instead.

    UnXpectedErrorTalentedSparrow5150

  • The deal price breaks down to $587.26 minus the $80 USDEALS80 promo code, for a final total of $507.26 with free shipping from a USA warehouse.

    SaltyOneDealzRGood4U

  • Switching from the desktop website to the AliExpress mobile app can solve the problem adding the printer to cart. The listing also requires you to be signed in and have an address saved before checkout.

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Yesterday 3:03 PM
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ElectricalsushiYesterday 3:03 PM
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Quote from brossow View quoted comment :
I've literally never been charged sales tax, which is one of the reasons I buy so much filament there. I've completely screwed myself just trying to get this thing in my cart that I'm not going to buy anyway. Absolutely gutted. 😫
As someone who works in commissioned sales, I laughed pretty hard at this. Why go through the process if you had no intention to buy?
Luckily you weren't wasting someone's time on the other end.
Stuff like this is why community members here can be so bitter as well. You literally wasted the time of the other commentors trying to help you.
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FlipBumWallaYesterday 3:12 PM
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Anyone have an opinion on the difference between this and the AD5X?
Bed on this one is larger (220mm for the AD5X vs 256mm for this one)
Speed, sure.

What else?
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UnXpectedErrorYesterday 3:19 PM
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Quote from FlipBumWalla View quoted comment :
Anyone have an opinion on the difference between this and the AD5X?Bed on this one is larger (220mm for the AD5X vs 256mm for this one)Speed, sure.What else?
This one has 4 separate heads that allow for not only purgeless operations but multiple types of filament to be used in the same print.
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importcfYesterday 3:34 PM
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I get this "For security reasons your request can't currently be processed" for both codes
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ElectricalsushiYesterday 4:23 PM
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Quote from brossow View quoted comment :
Um, no -- I was looking to see if it was something in which my adult son might be interested, but he was at work and I wasn't going to bother asking him if it wasn't even available. So I wasn't wasting people's time here, and there was no poor commissioned AliExpress worker taking time to look it up each time I tried. You definitely sound bitter, but the only one who has "literally" wasted other people's time was you making your comment and prompting me to correct you. I was legit checking availability on someone else's behalf; you just made a rude, stupid assumption. Have a nice day.
I did say "Luckily you weren't wasting someone's time on the other end.".
You were wasting people's time "I've completely screwed myself just trying to get this thing in my cart that I'm not going to buy anyway."
No point in your revisionist history.
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jeremythecamelYesterday 4:35 PM
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And this is the reason I backed out of their early bird pricing. I knew it would end up on AliExpress for cheap after a few months. Ended up going with Snapmaker anyway due to their openness and community support but yeah, I imagine there will be off and on deals with AliExpress for the FFC5 and C5P.

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FlipBumWallaYesterday 6:01 PM
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Quote from UnXpectedError View quoted comment :
This one has 4 separate heads that allow for not only purgeless operations but multiple types of filament to be used in the same print.
Good call! Thank you.
That is a huge difference. The Creator 5 and the Creator 5 Pro are different enough to not even ask here. If I'm deciding between the AD5X and C5 ... C5 Pro is too much for me.
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RezerYesterday 11:36 PM
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Quote from Electricalsushi View quoted comment :
I did say "Luckily you weren't wasting someone's time on the other end.".
You were wasting people's time "I've completely screwed myself just trying to get this thing in my cart that I'm not going to buy anyway."
No point in your revisionist history.

This is a deal site, not a lawyer's office. You're wasting my time as much as he is. Who cares.
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dispeYesterday 11:38 PM
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Quote from FlipBumWalla View quoted comment :
Good call! Thank you.That is a huge difference. The Creator 5 and the Creator 5 Pro are different enough to not even ask here. If I'm deciding between the AD5X and C5 ... C5 Pro is too much for me.
I have both an AD5x with enclosure and Creator 5 Pro. If you removed the enclosure and heater, the Pro would basically be the 5. In addition to build volume and individual tool heads, there's other differences to consider. The AD5x has the IFS system that will feed the filament through the Bowden tube to the extruder automatically. It'll also cut and retract it automatically when changing filaments. The Creator 5 and pro need to do this manually. You'll have to feed the filament all the way to the extruder by hand, and squeeze the filament cutter and pull out to change filament. So while the creator is more expensive, there's more manual work involved. Another difference is speed of nozzle swap. On the AD5x, you just have to pull the cooling fan off the extruder, flip open the heat sink, flip the retaining clip, and pull the nozzle you swap. With the Creators, you'll have to unscrew I believe five screws to access the nozzle. Granted, you could put different sized nozzles on each of the Creator 5 heads and never need to swap, but the software only assigns one nozzle size to all 4, so you would be limited to printing on one head at a time, or possibly encountering printing issues if you try. I use my creator 5 pro for filaments like PA and ASA where I need the heated enclosure, and multi color prints that require a lot of per layer changes. I use my AD5x for TPU because it's easier to direct feed, projects that I need faster (thanks to zmod and klipper adaptive mesh purge), and for other projects where I'll use a different sized nozzle. But if you take away the heated enclosure, the only benefit to the Creator 5 over the AD5x would be purgeless filament changes.
Last edited by dispe October 14, 2026 at 04:43 PM.
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BlueMeerkat6618Today 1:02 AM
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Quote from dispe View quoted comment :
I have both an AD5x with enclosure and Creator 5 Pro. If you removed the enclosure and heater, the Pro would basically be the 5. In addition to build volume and individual tool heads, there's other differences to consider. The AD5x has the IFS system that will feed the filament through the Bowden tube to the extruder automatically. It'll also cut and retract it automatically when changing filaments. The Creator 5 and pro need to do this manually. You'll have to feed the filament all the way to the extruder by hand, and squeeze the filament cutter and pull out to change filament. So while the creator is more expensive, there's more manual work involved. Another difference is speed of nozzle swap. On the AD5x, you just have to pull the cooling fan off the extruder, flip open the heat sink, flip the retaining clip, and pull the nozzle you swap. With the Creators, you'll have to unscrew I believe five screws to access the nozzle. Granted, you could put different sized nozzles on each of the Creator 5 heads and never need to swap, but the software only assigns one nozzle size to all 4, so you would be limited to printing on one head at a time, or possibly encountering printing issues if you try. I use my creator 5 pro for filaments like PA and ASA where I need the heated enclosure, and multi color prints that require a lot of per layer changes. I use my AD5x for TPU because it's easier to direct feed, projects that I need faster (thanks to zmod and klipper adaptive mesh purge), and for other projects where I'll use a different sized nozzle. But if you take away the heated enclosure, the only benefit to the Creator 5 over the AD5x would be purgeless filament changes.
If you put values for waste among stock ADX5, zmod AD5X and Creator 5 (zero?), what would that look like?
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dispeToday 1:59 AM
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Quote from BlueMeerkat6618 View quoted comment :
If you put values for waste among stock ADX5, zmod AD5X and Creator 5 (zero?), what would that look like?
So, there will always be some "waste" insofar as the prime tower is concerned, unless you decide to turn it off. To test the question, I chose the Urban Spiderman model on Makerworld https://makerworld.com/en/models/...Id-2540243, which I had printed recently. While you didn't specifically ask for it, and before I go into details regarding your question, I will include this: the time taken for the AD5x stock (using either Orca or Flash Studio) to print would be 1 day and 7 hours, utilizing 863 filament changes and 0 tool changes, and the Creator 5/pro (Flash Studio) would take 7 hours 41 minutes with a total of 0 filament changes and 690 tool changes. The AD5x using Zmod with Bambufy (Orca) https://github.com/function3d/bambufy Wipe Tower Type 1 would complete it in 22 hours, 55 minutes with 690 filament changes and 0 tool changes. Neither Orca or Flash Print will calculate the weight of the purges, only the prime tower. I'll remove the tower from discussion, since you could either print a similar sized one on either printer.

Now, I haven't printed anything on my AD5x as a stock printer in a while, but according to at least one facebook post https://www.facebook.com/groups/6...490653057/, it's approximately 0.249g per change. Now, per the above, 863 filament changes x 0.249g = 215.887g of waste. While I could divide that by the three filaments used, it wouldn't be a fair comparison since there would be a few less color changes for one color versus the others.

Now, switching over to Zmod's Bambufy Wipe Tower Type 1, there would be 690 filament changes. This is a huge difference compared to stock AD5x (tested both on Orca and Flash Studio). Presuming that Bambufy purges the same filament weight, that would be 171.81g total, or 44.077g saved just using Zmod. I went and measured out 10g of purge out of my poop basket, and then counted how many pieces that was; I ended up with 47 purged bits, so that was an average of 0.213g per purge, using the Bambufy Wipe Tower Type 1. 0.213g x 690 = 146.809g, or 69.078g saved over stock. If you go with Wipe Tower Type 2 (aka nopoop), I believe the AD5x will not purge at all, relying on the prime tower instead(?). I could test this but have not yet as of this post, but if it does what it says it does, then it would produce 0 purges similar to the Creator 5 and pro.

Almost 70g of saved filament is no joke for just firmware flash, and 215g of filament saved on purges is an even bigger save if you don't have to. But you also have to keep in mind the price of both the AD5x and the Creator 5. Last I checked, the AD5x was going for about $210 on Ali whereas this one is $507. Over double the price. If you pick up 10kg Kingroon filament on sale, that's what, about $7/kg, or $0.007/g. $0.007/g x 215g = $1.51. I'd have to print that Spiderman almost 200 times once per plate to make up the cost of the Creator 5. I wouldn't specifically get a Creator 5 for those kinds of savings, but that's just my opinion (which is why I picked up the Pro).

Hope this helps.
Last edited by dispe October 14, 2026 at 07:19 PM.
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TalentedSparrow5150Today 2:20 AM
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Got the ad5x and it works well, this is a great deal for a multitool printer, but flashforge software is terrible and closed, riddled with spyware and flashforge wil report you to authorities if you print anything resembling a blade or firearm
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TalentedSparrow5150Today 2:22 AM
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Quote from BlueMeerkat6618 View quoted comment :
If you put values for waste among stock ADX5, zmod AD5X and Creator 5 (zero?), what would that look like?
Creator 5 is multi tool, so no poop, just prime tower and prints in less than half the time multicolor prints because tool changes take 5 seconds, compared to filament swaps on the ad5x which last over a minute.

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JBallerCSUToday 5:00 AM
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Quote from dispe View quoted comment :
So, there will always be some "waste" insofar as the prime tower is concerned, unless you decide to turn it off. To test the question, I chose the Urban Spiderman model on Makerworld https://makerworld.com/en/models/...Id-2540243, which I had printed recently. While you didn't specifically ask for it, and before I go into details regarding your question, I will include this: the time taken for the AD5x stock (using either Orca or Flash Studio) to print would be 1 day and 7 hours, utilizing 863 filament changes and 0 tool changes, and the Creator 5/pro (Flash Studio) would take 7 hours 41 minutes with a total of 0 filament changes and 690 tool changes. The AD5x using Zmod with Bambufy (Orca) https://github.com/function3d/bambufy Wipe Tower Type 1 would complete it in 22 hours, 55 minutes with 690 filament changes and 0 tool changes. Neither Orca or Flash Print will calculate the weight of the purges, only the prime tower. I'll remove the tower from discussion, since you could either print a similar sized one on either printer.

Now, I haven't printed anything on my AD5x as a stock printer in a while, but according to at least one facebook post https://www.facebook.com/groups/6...490653057/, it's approximately 0.249g per change. Now, per the above, 863 filament changes x 0.249g = 215.887g of waste. While I could divide that by the three filaments used, it wouldn't be a fair comparison since there would be a few less color changes for one color versus the others.

Now, switching over to Zmod's Bambufy Wipe Tower Type 1, there would be 690 filament changes. This is a huge difference compared to stock AD5x (tested both on Orca and Flash Studio). Presuming that Bambufy purges the same filament weight, that would be 171.81g total, or 44.077g saved just using Zmod. I went and measured out 10g of purge out of my poop basket, and then counted how many pieces that was; I ended up with 47 purged bits, so that was an average of 0.213g per purge, using the Bambufy Wipe Tower Type 1. 0.213g x 690 = 146.809g, or 69.078g saved over stock. If you go with Wipe Tower Type 2 (aka nopoop), I believe the AD5x will not purge at all, relying on the prime tower instead(?). I could test this but have not yet as of this post, but if it does what it says it does, then it would produce 0 purges similar to the Creator 5 and pro.

Almost 70g of saved filament is no joke for just firmware flash, and 215g of filament saved on purges is an even bigger save if you don't have to. But you also have to keep in mind the price of both the AD5x and the Creator 5. Last I checked, the AD5x was going for about $210 on Ali whereas this one is $507. Over double the price. If you pick up 10kg Kingroon filament on sale, that's what, about $7/kg, or $0.007/g. $0.007/g x 215g = $1.51. I'd have to print that Spiderman almost 200 times once per plate to make up the cost of the Creator 5. I wouldn't specifically get a Creator 5 for those kinds of savings, but that's just my opinion (which is why I picked up the Pro).

Hope this helps.
Dammit, your math convinced me I don't need to upgrade from my AD5X. Son of a bitch...

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