Creality K1 Max 3D Printer Review: Big + Fast Prints!
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2023
- We test and review Creality's new K1 Max flagship 3D printer, a Core-XY machine that promises incredibly fast speeds for big prints up to 300mm tall and wide. Here's how it compares with the popular Bambu line of filament printers, its implementation of modern printing technologies, and tradeoffs made in the design makes it more ideal for 3D printing hobbyist than novice.
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Bambu Lab X1C 3D printer: www.matterhackers.com/store/l...
Moon rocket: www.printables.com/model/1639...
Flexi skeleton: www.myminifactory.com/object/...
Samurai mask: www.printables.com/model/4347...
Spiral Tower: www.printables.com/model/1139...
OrcaSlicer: github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlic...
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Creality K1 Max 3D printer: www.matterhackers.com/store/l/creality3d-k1-max-large-high-speed-3d-printer/sk/MPVPDE6C?aff=7553
Matterhackers Build filament: www.matterhackers.com/store/c/3d-printer-filament/mh-build-series?aff=7553
Bambu Lab X1C 3D printer: www.matterhackers.com/store/l/bambu-lab-x1-carbon-combo-3d-printer/sk/M80GDCL5?aff=7553
Moon rocket: www.printables.com/model/163971-moon-rocket-fusee-lunaire
Flexi skeleton: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-cute-flexi-print-in-place-skeleton-129405
Samurai mask: www.printables.com/model/434709-samurai-mask-model-3-split-for-multiple-colors/comments
Spiral Tower: www.printables.com/model/113967-spiral-tower
OrcaSlicer: github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/releases/tag/v1.7.0-beta
Zack Friedman over at voidstar has a rec for a tool that adds a reset for the gcode time lapses
CC for the intro song autogenerates as a bunch of 'no no no no no'
Lol, same here. Made me click on the video 😂
Hahaha I came here to comment about the same. I thought something was going terribly wrong "No no no no no no!! 😨".
I saw that in the preview! I was excited to see what was going horrifically wrong to have Norm yelling "NO NO NO NO NO!"
Perfect for a creality "open source" printer... Just no.
😂😂😂 applause is my other fave
YES! The tech reviews I miss from the original Tested!
"It's not really polished on the software and hardware side"... Yes, it's a Creality. They release beta models and let the community fix it.
Couldn't have said it better
How long did it take to fix the plastic extruder arm on the Ender 3's? Like 3+ years? lol
I bought an Ender 3 Max Neo and they shipped it with the power supply vents blocked by the metal cover plate. Creality saved 30 cents not having to punch extra vent holes
Creality = DIY bootstrapping.
I still love my Ender 5 Plus though, which is incidentally a larger print area, way more DIY friendly, and under 2/3rds the price (even though the price has gone up). I kind'a think I picked right for a long-term solution that can grow with me. Fixed size with an integrated enclosure, not so much.
Of course if you're _not_ both a hobbyist and min/maxer…
@@hd-be7diEnder 3 Pro I purchased in January had plastic extruder. Not good.
@@JonLaRue I threw away the extruder on mine... it lasted 2 matte pla filament rolls. Leave it to Creality to use a brass gear on the extruder. I replaced it with a dual gear from Amazon but I doubt it will last that long either since it's just stainless steel. Will most probably get a hardened steel gear set from BMG as a replacement.
I sure love a classic 3D printer review with Norm. After watching this review, my original Creality CR-10 is sure feeling slow and cumbersome to use. I might need to upgrade to the K1 Max after watching this 🫠. So many quality of life improvements!
Thank you for this Review! I appreciate you guys!!
Great review thank you for making it. I really want to get into the 3D printing hobby soon once I get the space for it.
Man, the Print The Mystery Object music is taking me back. Thank you
OMG What a throwback with the mystery print music!
Pretty fair review. I have tried two different K1 Max's as a replacement for my 2017 Ender. Both were returned during my refund periods because they had problems that Creality couldn't fix quick enough. The first one was just dead out of the box, wouldn't print anything. The second one kind of worked after discovering several work arounds. I might have kept the second one, but it wasn't reliable. I want a printer that I can leave unattended and be confident that it's not going to destroy itself or burn my house down. The fix (for me) for constant hot end jams consisted of bypassing the filament delivery system completely. I hung the reel of filament above the printer and just dropped the filament directly into the extruder. Never use the "filament retract" function to remove or replace filament. Just cut the filament at the extruder and "extrude to replace filaments or remove them. Retracting will move a piece of melted filament into the cool aluminum heatsink and it will stick there. This especially occurs with PLA filament that has been left in the extruder after completing a job and it "tempers" from the heat. This makes it brittle and it will break or crumble if you pull on it or flex it. If this happens you may be successful heating the poker provide in the tool kit. Heat it up real hot and stick it into the jam, let it cool, pull out the clog. Mine often stopped for no reason or just went to the right side to cool down the print head and then got lost. It would just print in mid air leaving a pile of filament that the Lidar didn't stop. My fix for this was to take the top off and the front door off. I put a large room fan in front of the machine to keep it cool. Seemed to reduce mystery failures. I'll give Creality a little time and try another one some day.
what printed did you end up with
You should get a Bambu it’s actually amazing how well it works.
I got a Creality K1 for $349 on sale at Microcenter. It's ok as long as you don't expect too much. Support is terrible. I will probably convert it to full Klipper in the future. I am waiting for Bambu to come out with a larger model.
I have had the K1 Max for about 2 months now, and I love it! It was easy to set up and get going. For those newer to 3D printing, the Creality Print software is pretty easy to use, too, without much effort. I can print things rather quickly without a lot of sacrifice in quality, it really depends on what I am printing if I go with a higher print speed or resolution. I do agree that inserting the filament is rather annoying, especially if you don't know that is an issue. I think I tried inserting the filament half a dozen times before I started twisting it and moving it around before it finally made it to the hot end.
I have printed mainly in PLA and ASA, and the K1 Max hasn't had any trouble printing either of them. At the moment, it isn't very humid where I live, so others may have different results. I also haven't used any adhesive on the bed, and so far, there have been no issues. Knock on wood, but I haven't had a failed print yet, which is pretty impressive.
I really do like the magnetic bed, which makes it super easy to remove prints from. And not having to add a third-party camera to the setup was also a plus. Being able to access the printer from a browser has allowed me to easily monitor and control prints on the go. I usually just VPN into my network if I'm out and about. It's a great printer all around, especially for newbies, as long as you are willing to pay the price.
It works for you but how does it compare to the Bambu, which is the gold standard for FDM printers right now?
@@roystevens4333 can't say, because I don't have a Bambu. All I know is that the prints the K1 Max produces are great, even at faster speeds. I'm not suggesting someone buy it over another printer they may want, only that I am having great results from the K1 Max.
Do you know if the network password is limited to a number of characters you can use? I'm having trouble connecting to my network, printer recognizes my network but when I enter password all I get is password error, but it is a 26 character password. Any ideals
Have you tried this with any of the 60A or 70A or "Foamy" filaments? Or any suggestions if I almost exclusively want to print super flexible inserts for soft cover leather bound books
Would you post the settings and configuations you're using in orca?
The music from the 3D printing timelapse brings me back to the days of the first Makerbot Replicator in the channel.
I still use crealitys original 12x12 cr10s. I got it in 2016. This printer just keeps on printing. I did change the printhead. It's a Micro Swiss direct drive now.
I’m really looking for a How to use the k1… I really need to know how to properly slice builds for this machine to get the best build speed. All my old builds are sliced for my ender 3 which is significantly slower.
What type of plastic do you use and what brand does it come from?
Norm! Thanks for the throwback tested 3d printer time lapse music!
What software are you using to create your designs?
Great review, tks ! :-) Subscribed
I have an anycubic vyper and i am looking to get away from the bed slingers and towards core xy and i think this will be a good option.
Adam, im obsessed with your videos man. Thanks for being such a swell guy.
How much filament does it take to produce one of those skeletons? Price wise?
I just wanted to mention that CoreXY predates the Voron group by many many years. Voron printer designs are great, and so are the guys behind it. CoreXY was implemented by many in early reprap printers.
Corexy comes from CNC machines, my dude.
@@dangerous8333 nope
@@dangerous8333 a 3d printer is a cnc machine :)
But yes the concept of multi motor synchronized axis motion predates its use in 3d printers. First time I had seen corexy was Ilan Moyer's article on the subject as an MIT research project back in 2012. CoreXY is just one example of a 45deg coordinate transform synchronize motor motion style. There is also hbot which is an imbalanced version of the same thing. And there are more examples like Delta which is an even more complicated coordinate transform. Most predate the consumer 3d printer movement.
Try printing a Creality K1 Max Riser to move the top glass up higher.
The captions at the start are great
no no no no no no no no no no no
Could one design a spacer to lift the glass panel higher to prevent the filament feed tube from rubbing on the bottom of the glass panel?
dont think its necessary mine has a good 5mm clearance from the glass out of the box. I think you just need to push the tube further back past the clips if it is rubbing against it
Bringing back the music from the old "guess what we are printing" segments was an unexpected easter egg this morning.
What is the final dimensions with rubber feet
Did you ever show it at normal speed? I think I only saw time lapses.
What a throwback with that music age the start. I miss Monday Mystery Builds. Any chance of bringing it back?
Howdy! Thank you for the great video! Are you still happy with this bad boy? I would like to ask for your professional opinion, do you see any upgrade possibility to make a 3d printer like this have a automatic filament change upgrade? Looking forward to your response :)
I’m new to 3D printing, and I’m considering getting either an Ender 5 S1 for $299 or a K1 for $349. Any recommendations?
I have this K1 Max and the glass top but I don't have the same problem with touching
That big red/white rocket is from Tintin double album where they visited the moon, even the dog had a moonwalk, might have been disappointed, no trees/fire hydrants ... (title : "Destination moon" from 1953)
Recognised it instantly; Destination Moon was a favourite of mine to the point that when the family went to France, dad bought a French version.
@@Oliver_JW Dupond et Dupont, Thomson and Thompson, Jansen en Janssen (Dutch)
I loved reading Tintin as a kid, I still have the comics/books somewhere.
Anyone running into support issues where the support touching the print is messy? Anyone have a solution?
I like mine but they need to address the cable chain smacking the top and the hot end bowden tube issues.
I want one so bad! I have been wanting a 3D printer since they first started getting big, few years now I believe. Wish I could afford one! Great stuff Norm & Crew at Tested! Definitely going to be looking for one of these when I can!
Get an Ender 3 or an Ender 5. They are quite cheap and they work quite well. Good for a beginner. I would not start out with a machine like this. I have a modded ender 5.
don't it sukcssssssss The extruder is horrible; for every 2 prints you have to open and clean, they send a new one it's the same i had s1pro it was awsome this was my dream but it sucksssssssssssss
@@Turbogto_guy Advertising the 6 year old Ender 3 as a beginner friendly printer?! It is, or rather was dirt cheap in 2017-20 and that is the only reason why people bought it. There are plenty of better, cheaper and especially more reliable printers nowadays, especially as a beginner. I didn't have the Ender 3, rather improved versions of it and they were pure torture to repair, bless reddit. The Bambu Lab's A1 mini is probably the beginner friendliest printer.
@@nerfvinc12121212 torture to repair? I’ve had to change the board on mine (upgrade) change the heater (higher wattage upgrade) Swiss hot end, repair cables, change a belt and none of it was even in the least bit challenging. I suspect if someone tried any of that and they were the type of person who had to call for help to change a flat tire on their car….well it might be a little rough for them. But torture? Only if you were missing your eyes or your fingers.
I was happy to see Tintin's rocket to the left of the printer.
It's a classic!
That auxliary cooling fan has _nothing_ to do with cooling the first layers. In fact it should be kept OFF when printing first one or two layers. It is needed when printing fast and toolhead cooling is not enough.
Right. I was wondering what in the world he was talking about with that.
I just bought my first printer a couple weeks ago. I looked around alot, and I wanted something that I didn't have to tinker with too much, which just worked more or less out of the box.
I decided on the Bambu P1P, and after watching this review, it seems like I made the correct choice. It just feels like a complete solution, with possibility for upgrades (like the AMS) down the line.
Only thing I dislike about the whole Bambu eco-system, is that it is closed, with proprietary parts and replacement parts, but since they are relatively cheap, it is a downside I can live with for now.
Thank you for the review!
The Bambu P1S for $100 more seems to me the best option, either one is a great choice. The K1 also has dimensional issues, essentially the belts aren't perfectly lined up
Its 100€ less here than the k1.. should i get it?
I believe there is Black Friday on Bambu Lab's store, and the P1S is pretty cheap right now. I would absolutely go for that. I have although also heard pretty good about the K1, but the P-series of BBL printers seem to be the most well reviewed at the moment. Also, if you are interested in doing Multi-Material printing in the future, you can get the AMS for the BambuLab printers, which has worked really well for me so far, with minor issues only.
If you're thinking about doing multi material printing, I would go for the P1S combo, which will save you a lot of money.
@@MagasPT
Love the return of the MakerBot theme music.
The CC subtitles at the beginning were sayings "no no no no no no no no" on the acid bassline. Haha.
Does it make a lot of noise while printing? What would be a good sound comparison for a 3d printer?
@@sigrid714 Thank you!
Sick opening timelapse. You made a robot that scoots over a bit and moves the camera before each photo?
Bambu labs sept 20th announcement, can't wait
Hardened nozzle?
I have a 300x300x300 Anet A8+, but after about a year of use, it suddenly started printing off-bed. I didn't change any of the settings, so I have no idea why this happened. I then bought a much smaller Ender-3, which has been pretty much problem-free for three years. But I do NOT like Bowden tubes, and unless I'm mistaken, Creality doesn't offer any direct-drive printers... so now I'm looking for something to replace my A8+.
Most recent creality machines are direct drive. You are very mistaken
@@condorman6293 Name one. Point me in the right direction. I'm on their mailing list, and every printer I see has a Bowden tube.
You can convert your ender 3 to direct drive
@R0T0Q Yes, very good suggestion. I was just hoping to find something I didn't have to do mods right away. Not a difficult mod, I'm just leery of tweaking these things, since the pretty-much Stock A8 let me down so soon.
Thanks for the suggestion. 👍🏼
Got to love the intro music... If you know... You know...
Be interesting to hear how it compares with the new Anycubic Kobra 2 Plus or the Max. The plus has a larger volume (400*320*320mm). The Max is even bigger (420*420*500mm), both with similar max print speeds (up to 500 mm/s).
Just checked the Kobra 2 Plus out, its a bed slinger. Comparing a bed slinger to a CoreXY printers speed is pointless. The Kobra 2 Plus won't win in speed - it has to move the entire bed and printed part.
@@nerfvinc12121212: It's not pointless. It's very valid. The companies advertise similar speeds at similar print sizes. How do the print speeds really compare? Print a few identical parts on both, side by side.
@@clearstream67 It's pointless in the sense of practicallity, sure it might go faster if the print bed is empty or it has time to accelerate to that speed. But acceleration is a large part of the printing time, CoreXY printers simply dont have to move as much mass, that's only being added the more you print.
The K1 max can reach 600mm/s
Adam, I am a long time fan of MythBusters. I’ve been watching your channel intermittently and just subscribed, I’m halfway through your building your light saber episode. Oh what I would give to live a life like yours I would give away everything that I own at my advanced age of 47…🙄To work with you and create things like you do. I am planning a few preliminary videos of my own to try to start a channel. Everything you do is interesting to me. I would love to build things like you do every day for a living. You’re a great inspiration please don’t ever stop there are so many young minds that are flourishing because of the things that you are doing. You’re such a hero to so many, so thank you kind sir, do please continue to reject reality and substitute your own. It’s clearly making a difference.
I would be nice to know that you were aware what " This Rocket Ship "
was. When Herge designed the NASA program I am sure he was not looking for recognition but😁 Cuthbert would appreciate it I am sure.
Awesome video Adam and norm sir
Share the slicer profile plzzzzzz!
Apakah bisa buwat sparepart motor
Was considering picking one of these up to go alongside my X1C, but it sounds like Bambu is going to release something new soon. Fingers crossed it's something with a larger build volume.
Stick with bambu then.
The Creality K1 Series has been a hot pile of garbage as of lately...
Defective hardware out of the box, bad printing quality sometimes. Not the best Firmware
@@lumi_arcs Yeah, no issues with sticking to bambu here. I also have a Kobra Max (same setup as Adam Savage) and the Kobra Max is a atrocious. I've been printing for just about 5 years now and have never had as much trouble as I have with the Kobra Max. The X1C was a godsend after troubleshooting that thing for so long.
Fingers crossed for something bigger from Bambu.
Did you see they dropped an even smaller printer A1 Mini
The original song used in your original tech reviews... Sigh, the nostalgia !
I'd love Adam to have a look at Gridfinity project of printable storage. I feel like he'd appreciate it.
What is better the 3 d printers or resin printers ?
They're both considered 3D printers, however this particular machine is called a FDM printer, where it builds its layers with molten plastic filament. The SLA printers use liquid resin, cured layer by layer with a light, solidifying each layer of the build within the vat of resin, and once finished, the solid part emerges from the vat. Resin printers are messy, toxic, and the parts are quite fragile compared to FDM. Their resolution however, is excellent, and the parts require much less post sanding/processing than FDM, and have more of an injection molded appearance. Hope that helps!
With 3D extruded printers the word “fast” should be in quotes. Maybe an * too! While the speeds have improved larger prints still take many hours, sometimes days. I’m still wondering when the food printer from Back to the future 2 comes out…
Whenever I decide to replace my Ender 3 Max Neo, I think I'ma have to get this printer.
I like that changing the thumbnail from a printed "Tin Tin"-Rocket to Adams Head increased the clickrate
Will you review QIDI TECH 3d printers? In fact I'd love to see you do a comparison between QIDI MAX3 and Creality K1 MAX.
At my place my Creality 3D Printer and the Make Magazines are at the exact same distance from each other as in Norms place ;-)
can we get a video about adams kermit replica that would be awsome
mystery print music from back in the whiskey media basement!
Only the homies remember 3D Printed Fridays and that Music at the beginning. XD
Is it just me, or are Prusa printers curiously absent on Tested? I'd be interested in Sean's and Norm's opinion.
They likely get money or free printers and review what they get.
Prusa's are expensive and bed slingers bring a lot of compromise due to footprint and the weight of the bed. They are dead reliable and if you want to build a production environment, you can't go wrong with Prusa, although you might go broke. For those who don't want to be 3d printing aficionados, Bambu is better.
@@Immolate62 Tested have Formlabs printers, so I assumed they weren’t aiming for the cheapest printers available. Adam also recently built a filament box and prominently showed off his massive bed slinger. I’m not even trying to advocate in favor of Prusa printers. They are not the cheapest or fastest. I simply don’t understand the subjectively perceived loud absence. I would’ve loved to hear Norm’s / Sean’s / Adam’s opinion on the XL, for example, or how they would rank the SL1S compared to other resin printers they’ve used. But if the reviews are mainly sponsor driven, that would explain it. Something like a yearly “Tested 3d Printer Roundup” would be great, by categories like “best first printer”, “cheapest tinkerer machine that won’t burn your house down” or “best workhorse”. They must have loads of experience or at least interesting opinions.
@@wtfusernamecrap because it is a sponsored video.... They get paid for this video, that's why they review it. Prusa rarely does that and even then, they only send review units.
For 900 bucks I'll think I'll stick to my army of budget printers. Just added a V3 SE to my Arsenal. Great printer for 199 and its 3x faster than my e3pros and no manual leveling.
I don't think a single reviewer hates their bambu. They're so reliable. They really need a slightly bigger unit, 300x300x300 min please.
Creality still has work to do.
CoreXY design was not founded by the voron guys lol
My first 3d printer was an OG ultimaker, and it was a belt-driven CoreXY printer, back in 2010.
🤣 the auto captions at the start!
Might be wrong about the voron thing.
No, Voron did not 'found' core xy they just did a terrific implementation. Just all the old Railcore II concept.
This is 5 times faster than my Ender 3V3 SE, Wow!
Isn't it like 5 times the price though? Ender 3s are good value
Adam blue himself
Last time i was this early, hominids still had prehensile tails
haha the automated CC captions at the start. no no no no no no no no no no no
Have you seen the 3d printed exotic cars people are printing on home printers and using a corvette chasis and motor to build on? Crazy stuff. One guy built a 300,000 Lamborghini for about 40,000 and the coolest part was that Lamborghini encouraged and approved the build and even helped him a little.
Herge's adventures of TinTin... 🚀🤭😆
Currently using the neptune 4 and for me it works well at the same speeds but £350 cheaper.
Elegoo is an awesome price, but there's a serious quality difference, and the Max has a larger print bed. You do get what you pay for with these Creality machines.
@@HunterTinsley I have never had any issues with Elegoo I have had both SLA and FDM printers from them and it has worked fine for me.
I have friend who have had no issues with elegoo either.
Plus elegoo does have max versions but I don't really need it.
Lol, with the sound off the closed captioning thinks the synth track at the beginning is saying no no no no no no no
My K1 Max has so many issues. Had to return the first one with a damaged motherboard. The replacement is also a nightmare.
There are rumors from creality that they are designing a mmu for the k1s atm.
And they will have a working firmware for it by 2034...
How do they not catch that feed issue 🤦
You have a TinTin rocket !!! 🚀🚀🚀
Love some non-Adam content
This is how Adam was rebuilt after being disassembled by the protomolecule on Venus
"skeleton for the holidays"....nice try, Norm, I know an alien corpse when I see one.
I recently got into Creality with their lizard scanner and a halot pro resin printer. I am completely dissapointed with the quality customer support and overall value. WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND
300 mm is LESS than one foot, Norm. Not much, only about 5 mm, i think, but still less than 1 foot
304.8 mm = 1 foot, so 300*300*300 print size is roughly 95% of a real cubic foot :P
Who cares? Grown-ups don't use body parts to measure things.
it's fun to me that auto bed leveling is standard, but it obviously depends on where u are, got my first 3d printer this year, a basic ender 3 and i'm a master at leveling it, except when i fuck it up but still, fighting the good fight
wow❤
That skeleton in the printer looks like the "Aliens" Mexico just showed the world that are supposedly 1000 years old. Did y'all print those for them. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I see this and think "man, you could make a 3D printed statue of Medic ubercharging Heavy and it would look so good like that, unpainted
Tintin Rocket!
Everyone say it with me! .6mm or bigger nozzles standard for large format machines!
Thanks for the review but that benchy looks SO rough... Would hope they can tune this to look better, or just slow the dang benchy code down creality.
it's the fast print mode that comes with the printer. It really does look awful though, compared to the fast mode benchy on the Bambu and the Qidi.