Creality Ender 3 V3 SE 3D Printer, 250mm High Printing Speed with CR Touch Auto Leveling Auto Z Offset Sprite Direct Extruder 220x220x250MM

So far this has been a great printer! Dozens of successful prints with NO issues and very easy set up. The removeable magnetic bed cover is amazing for removing sticky parts! The auto bed leveling is a life changer! Highly recommend for the DIY prints with no hassel

Pros:-Inexpensive-Large build plate-Creality is a well known and has had a reputation of being for newbies-Auto Bed-leveling-Multiple connection options-Uses common filament types-Simple assembly-Amazon did take a refund with immediate replacement when I chatted with an associateCons:-Lacks instructions for how to print your own things (if you are a beginner)-Poor user interface-Set to 230v by default when ordered in America (check this!!)-Poor first layer adhesion due to a non textured bed-Horrible reliability and repeatability (poor tolerances in manufacturing?-The worst IMO: There's printers for only a little bit more money, that are just better... At everything. Including the following: User interface, Reliability, Build Quality, Current Positive Brand Reputation, Community, Print Quality, Print Speed, Print Versatility, Multi Color printing, etc! Some examples: Bambu Lab A1 Mini and A1, ($200-300 on BambuLab's website) - Anycubic Kobra 2 and other models from the brand that are highly rated. - ELGOO Resin printers (some notable caveats, but look into it if you're interested in super high quality prints for relatively cheap). - There's so many more that I didn't name, but I'm throwing these out there to tell you to look elsewhere. Go talk to ChatGPT or watch some YouTube videos and do your research. My opinion: If you can save up for something like an A1 (probably $50-100 more depending on timing etc) you will not regret it.My personal experience:15 minute assembly, First print of the scraper was pretty quick. The quality was 'meh'. I have printed before, so I quickly installed a slicer (Cura in my case) and printed of a benchy using Overture PLA. Quality was pretty good. I had several mid print failures throughout this which made me highly weary... I printed a 'print in place trainer balisong' to test it's tolerances due to the moving parts. It did okay, the part was able to be worked in, and it functioned fine after a couple of days. My friends wanted one, so I set-out to print a few of them. At this point I had a couple of clean benchys, little decor items, and a balisong trainer all in a row after getting my slicer settings tuned (requiring slowing down print speed substantially to max at 80mms)... While the 3 balisongs were printing, they had done great for the first 2 hours, I had been watching like a hawk. Eventually, I passed out on the couch, and woke up to the print being ruined, and the print head making an awful noise as it tried to return to home but couldn't move. I did some googling and this is called the "Blob of doom". It rendered my first printer toast. removing the plastic was an intensive process that required careful monitoring of the wires and the temperature of the filament by turning the hotend on and off while I use the included filament cutter tool (not designed for this lol). You can see the results were catastrophic after hours of attempted cleanup. I attempted to print again, but the temp sensors were dead probably due to cut wires. I sent it back and got a replacement before needing to send mine back (which is nice!)To keep the long story short, the same thing ended up happening AGAIN after attempting to print tweezers. The results were worse and I didn't even bother to clean it up. I requested a refund and am shipping it back using the box from my BambuLab A1. Amazon is not letting me take it to my nearest UPS store after talking with the associate and will require a longer drive than just having a return label, and I will not be getting a refund until something like 5-10 business days AFTER my product is delivered to Amazon... Sidenote, the BambuLab A1 has been perfect by comparison. Don't buy the Ender 3 V3 SE, and likely anything creality these days. Do your research like I should have.

If you've ever wanted to venture into 3D printing without the hassle of building and configuring, look no further. Within just 15 minutes of assembly—no prior experience required—I was already printing my first 'Benchy'.This printer is incredibly user-friendly. It self-levels, adjusts, and gets you printing with minimal effort and time. The quality of prints is impressive, with a wide range of options for PLA materials, allowing for flexibility in speed and quality. I've got mine set up with a Raspberry Pi4 running 'OctoPrint', enabling remote print management and monitoring. Plus, with the addition of a Kasa smart plug, I can even turn the printer on remotely.Overall, it's an outstanding unit, especially considering the price. Perfect for beginners looking to dive into 3D printing. The packaging was solid, and the instructions, along with helpful videos, ensure a smooth setup process. Highly recommended!

I am absolutely amazed at the quality of this printer. I have 2 MakerGear M2s with upgraded Hotends (about $3K each when I bought them), and this Ender creates prints that are almost as clean. I bought this machine for my 14yo daughter to experiment with. She's been spending alot of time using the PRUSA printers in her schools Maker Space, and I want to encourage her to get deeper into it. There's a little learning curve with the included Slicer app (which is terrible), but once she figured out how to work with it, she was off and running. Supposedly, there's a way to directly connect it to a PC, but she's using the SD Card to sneaker-net the GCODE files from her computer to the Ender. Works fine. The attached Controller is easy to work with, and has enough settings available to manage prints reasonably well. The only complaint I have is that the Print Time Estimator algorithm is awful. Really innacurate. But, otherwise it's solid. In fact, we had a power failure 3 hours into a 10 hour print, and the controller recognized the unsheduled stop, and was able to resume printing with no visible artifacts on the objects. My MakerGears would freak if that happened. Additionally, I love the flexible magnetic bed. Popping finished prints off the bed is ridiculously easy. My M2s are glass, and can sometimes be a real PITA when removing prints.Seriously, you cannot find a better starter printer for 2x this price.

I had the ender 3 v1 for about 3 years. It had its issues here and there but nothing major. only ever had to replace the hot end, which is fairly common. Upgraded to this 4 months ago. worked fantastic straight out of the box, prints so much faster than the other one. Great quality too. Sadly one of the motor cables just broke , just straight up stopped working in the middle of a print. I really had much higher expectations for it to hold up a lot better than the v1. Its not one of those issues you can fix yourself in an hour or just go to amazon to buy a quick part. Took awhile to diagnose it, but once I figured out the issue, I contacted creality and they immediately sent the replacement part. The replacement part isn't available anywhere online, so if i didn't have the warranty, I wouldn't have been able to get the replacement, which is concerning. Overall good printer.