Creality K1 Max Review - It's BIG, FAST & AMAZING!
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Oh boy have I been waiting WAY to long for a printer like this! Today I'll be discussing the Creality K1 Max and my thoughts on it. This printer has been a joy from the start right out of box and has been delivering some of the best prints I've seen to date, at speeds I'm still blown away by.
This is 100% a printer I would recommend to people just getting into the hobby, who are looking to print large stuff immediately! It's easy to set up, a friendly User Interface, Small-ish footprint and did I mention the quality?
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The fact that we're able to print entire helmets and other larger pieces in one shot is AMAZING and really shows how far this hobby has come. great vid, frank!
neptune 4 plus is half the price and has bigger build volume
@@garylangford6755 yes , but it is way slower, bedslinger, and open frame, but a good printer
I'm not going to lie. I am sold.
I had been looking at the p1p.
I'm currently running 2 Ender 3 S1 plus machines damn near 24/7. I love them both.
And I'm waiting for a Halot mage to show up in the mail.
I waited almost six years to pull the trigger, because of price.
In less than six months they payed for themselves and more.
Thank you for what you do you are appreciated
Let me know on the Halot. I have one and having loads of issues.
Got the K1 Max today on Amazon for $554, including a 4 pack of filament. It'll be my 1st 3D printer, so looking forward to it
the k1 or the k1 max?
I’m enjoying the K1 max myself. Still figuring out the support elements to it but so far really clean prints.
What the hell! That’s an insane deal, I may have to wait to find a deal like that
lmao i had to pay 1k for mine xD.
Having more options is never a bad thing. competition while drive companies to make better and better printer. Its a good time to be in the hobby. Another great vid keep it up.
Hey Frank, you were there main reason why I chose my first 3D printer to be the Elegoo Neptune 3 Max, you’re also the reason I chose to get a Creality Ender 3 V2 which I’v chosen based on your love for the Ender model, which I’ll be getting a few more of these Vi’s, but I’m also planning on buying a K1 Max, and yes you guessed it…you’re to be blamed for that as well my friend! LOL Thank you for all your insight!
Nice to see an honest review where your assumption was proven wrong. Good to see creality sorting out there issues and bringing a good printer to market. Great for 3D printing to have options and quality competition.
yea? naah. just returned it because it was stuck on detecting input shaping at start.
Creality is back on top for Frank's favourite 🎉😂
I ordered one on Friday taking advantage of a labor day weekend sale and got it for lower then your "best" stated price. This video confirmed what I was thinking and I wonder how much work my CR10s and Ender will be getting after it arrives. Thanks for the vid Frank!
one of the biggest reasons I didn't back the Bambu Lab printer - was the average print bed size. Like it had everything - except the larger format I wanted, and for the price... I kinda expected it to be more like 300 cubed. I am happy it came out and did well, and provided a basis for others to begin copying/cloning to make even cheaper versions on - which will eventually lead to some innovations - I just don't want a printer that prints smaller/similar to an Ender 3 from 2019.
This K1 max is a good start - but with fans that loud and some of the other quality issues - it will be made 'better' in no time. I wonder how long until creality makes it the K1 Max Pro?
I’ve been waiting for this review. I bought mine two weeks ago and love it. Been printing Mando armor and Flexi dragons. Every print has been near perfect.
Do you need a pc or can you just use your phone for 3d printing,.I'm looking in to getting one that's all want to start it as a hobby
I just bought this printer and I’m excited to see how good it prints. I appreciate you posting this video. I’ve learned a lot.
Had my K1 Max for about 2 weeks now and I get prints done and to people far faster with pretty much the same quality. A few hiccups at the start and now I just start prints while I am out and about and come home to a finished print. For sure my favorite printer so far.
Hey. Thinking about getting this model, I'm trying to figure out print times on smaller items (before buying), so if you were printing a figure that's around 10cm, or a literal mug, any idea on a rough time? Just trying to see how long a simple print, vs a slightly less simple print take (I'm sure I could have written this a lot better 😂)
Thanks Chris
@@chris-prs1342 Sorry for the late reply. I looked up a more medieval style mug at 10cm scale with .2 mm layer height and a good amount of detail on it. It would take about 1h 36min @ 300mm/sec.
This is how you make a video. No brand bashing. Just This is the item, i used it, this is what happen... thats all you need.
Good stuff, mate. Have been thinking about getting the K1 Max but when I saw your review of the K1, I was concerned the Max would not be an improvement. Glad to hear it passes the pub test in a "Frankly Built-to-perform" test. LOL. Cheers, mate!
This channel got me into 3d printing
Thanks, I was waiting for this vid. Still on the fence with Bambu’s X1E…hopefully coming soon. The 300^3 build volume is what I want. Great vid as always
I am so excited to get into the hobby. Will have to save up a bit but I cannot wait to print out my first piece of ANYTHING 😂 thank you for the encouragement and all the endless information
Just ordered mines. Was $180 off with the holiday sale at Best Buy. Can’t wait to print helmet, props, and cosplay with it
I know that this isn’t the video but you have really inspired me a lot I was about to give up 3-D printing because I always thought it was the software like you were talking about in one of your videos but then I fixed my 3-D printer and I got it leveled I also didn’t know how to connect the pieces of stuff and that’s also I was about to give up then when you said about soldering because I have three old solderers and I also have used my 3-D printing scraps to create swords and I’m in the process of making an Iron Man helmet, so I just wanted to thank you so much for being so inspiring and helping me a lot❤
Might actually get this until i have enough for the Prusa XL. I love big printers, really appreciate this review!
Wow, love your style of presentation and amazing crisp narration!
Been using ender 3 v2 since 4 years, I am frustrated with the calibrations and leveling that needs to be done, been spending hours in a week just trying to get a good first layer.
Now I think it is time to move to a bigger and better printer. Stuck between K1 max and P1s, from where I come the prices are very similar to each other. Both do not offer any customer support in my region. Reparability, part availability and reliability are key to my use case. Already saw your comparo video between k1, k1 max and p1p. Still a bit confuse, would lover recommendation :)
This helps me out so much! I have been looking at this printer for a couple weeks now but I was a bit skeptical due to your video on the K1 and some friends that already have the bambu. I guess its time to replace my original cr-10 :D
You wont beat the Bambu apart from size.
The point that he said everyone have videos he don’t care he saying what he know. ❤ know it’s real nice video
Thank you so much for mentioning the sound levels. I really wanted to get one but I don't have a garage and a downstairs roommate so I guess I have to stay with my slow bed slingers for now
Thanks of the review. As a long-time viewer of your channel, I do appreciate your opinion, but with my experience with both Creality and Bambu, I'll wait for Bambu's big boy printer.
Bambu has won me over with the overall user experience + fit & finish.
Yeah, not touching a creality printer that I dont already own and even then it's a dust collector. I too am sticking with bambu lab.
Can you elaborate more?
just ordered one from Best Buy for $720, can’t wait to pick it up!
the fact frank a few years ago was printing an entire suit in an ender 3 , to now were able to print stuff like this, super fast at a reasonable price is CRAZYYY
Yoooooo frank love your vids! Btw this thing is going on my wishlist lol
I appreciate this review, as I have been looking to upgrade from my Ender 3v2, I do plan on using Orca Slicer with it if I do end up buying it.
Nice review. Now you make me doubt again, just ordered a Bambu P1S next to my cr6 max.
I've been through 3 ANYCUBIC Kobra printers now, after a lot of problems I'm going to upgrade to the Creativity K1 MAX.
I just discovered your channel and I would like to thank you for all of the good content. Thank you!
I’m definitely saving up for one of these.
Thanks for your vids! Honest and thorough. Greatly value your opinion and love your channel!
Love the video ❤ keep up the good work
I'm curious which three d printer would do amazing job to print master chiefs armor Would it be? k1 speedy 3d printer max Or Neptune 4 max and bambu lab p1s 3d printer
I'm adding this one to the list of printers I need
So Ive been spending the last few days modding some older printers which have never done a great job for me, a few extra new fans, new hot ends, digging through firmware and marline.... watching this makes me want to curb them before I get my first benchy printed off. 😂😂😂
... I am so tempted. This looks like heaven. Dont get me wrong, im sure the other printers will work still but... not like this.
... I bought it. Couldn't resist. Lol
Hmm looking into this 3d printer atm and it seems to be a 3d printer that seems to be a good 1st printer for me who looks for practical 3d printing but aswell a easy machine to start with ,thanks for an amazing video this was very helpful.😁💪
The auto calibration got me sold.
Been looking to get this one Maybe next year you definitely helped my make my decision. On a side note hook it up with you print settings for quality at 250-300mm/s and those amazing falloff supports. My supports are like concrete
Im looking at either P1S combo or the K1 max, still cant decide, i know if i wanted to do much bigger prints i could do a Kobra 2 max or even wait for the elegoo orangestorm giga.
AMS is more a luxury for run out & do some colour prints for some props.
I could buy both and try em lol
Epic! Thanks for the review!
So beautiful well done, one day I will get to where you are, save me a place when I get there lol❤️
Hi Frank, thanks for the review. I've been doing mostly foamsmithing for cosplay and wanted to get into 3d printing. This cemented my decision on which printer to get. Thank you
Let’s go. I remember you getting this on twitch. Creality really making a comeback huh
Any chance you might post your slicer settings for some of the faster prints? I would be interested, especially with the obvious success. This has been one of my most trouble free printer experiences so far, if I can keep that up by not having to experiment myself that would be awesome.
Hey frank! I’ve been watching your videos bc I finally started 3D printing and it’s going good so far! Hoping I’ll be able to make cosplay helmets in the future! Love the video!
Great video Frank. Love my P1P but could be tempted with this.
Well I'm sold. I was going to get a Voron but since they require 30+ hours of building whereas this is just right out of the box ready to go, I'm going with this.
I thought I was only into camera and music recording equipment. I came across this video and discovered something ive never seen before and now im into 3D Printing LOL. I just realized im into tech. Wow the things we can do with all these tools. What a time to be alive.
You can use orcha slicer. They have the K1 and K1 Max on the program.
New sub here trying to get into 3d printing. See you at a MIL!
Hi Frank. I have a question. I just got my first printer. A K1 Max. So far the only print that was successful is the benchy. Others have failed due to print bed adhesion (even with glue stick, maybe not using enough?) but twice now the printer has continued “printing” and even “finishing” and saying it was successful even though it wasn’t letting out any filament. The first time I could see the filament for some reason was not in the extruder, it was about an inch away in the tube. I pulled the filament out and put it back and had it extrude and it seemed MAYBE it was a clog. Have you had this before? Any idea why it’s happening? And shouldn’t the run-out sensor detect that there’s no filament? Or does the fact that it’s still in the tube so far make it think it hasn’t run out. I’m not sure where the sensor is monitoring and how it works. I appreciate any advice you have.
Thanks frank. Love watching your videos
Yeah I got one too. What's not to love about a printer that craps little spots every time it does automatic bed leveling. The printer that goes from 200C at the nozzle to 140 when it homes. But doesn't go back to the 200 afterwards. So I changed my G-Code on my file. It started printing without bringing the nozzle back up to temperature, even though the G-Code told it to do so. Now I'm waiting for another extruder.
Got my k1 max two days ago and have already printed two helmets which is nuts for me coming from a ender max neo
Printing in NC during the summer is no joke. Tough to keep things dry in my garage.
I'm not sure if you have made one, but a settings video would be great. I just got mine and have gotten some good prints. Except for helmets, I'm just having a rough time.
Exellent video!! It would be really helpful if you could share you're printer settings/parameters such as, speed, layers, supports, etc! Thanks in advance!!😁
Micro center has the k1max for 699.99 is that a decent price or go with bambu p1p
Great video as usual. Looking into this one now compared to the K1 and Bambu. I was waiting for the larger beds also. You mentioned in this video you were in NC, just curious as to where as I'm in Raleigh myself. Didn't know if there would be a chance to meet you at a local event and talk shop. Thanks!
I’m near there-ish. I go to Galaxycon every year
Thank you for this video. I'm so nervous. I just bought this with my paypal credit. I own and ender 3 and an ender 3 max. I'm not new to printing but still got that nervousness of a new machine. I see that it will serve me well and that really helps calm my nerves lol. Geez that was nearly 1k.
yay! I just ordered mine
Thanks for the honest review, only one small nitpick for 3:15. The K1 doesn't have a "heated chamber", but a "passively heater chamber". A heated chamber uses the bed heater AND additional heaters (which the K1 doesn't have) to bring the chamber temperature up (in most cases over 90 degrees C). The K1 with its passively heated chamber will reach about 60 - 70C.
You can also call the K1 as an "enclosed chamber" printer
Correct. My bad!
"my name is frank and i have a sword" best opening line ever
Hey Frank. I was wondering if sometime you could do a video on the setups and any upgrades you have on your K1 Max’s. I’ve had one for a few months and all of a sudden I can’t get any prints to get further than the first layer. It just clogs or doesn’t adhere to the plate. I have the smooth and textured plate. Swapped the Bowden tube with a Capricorn and even just got a micro Swiss flow tech. Still same issues. I also use a sunlu dryer box I keep the filament in while printing. Not sure what the issue is.
Hey Frank just a quick comment, in your previous video you said how you weren't going to do video on the differences between regular supports and tree supports, and I'll I'm asking for is at least a short on it especially for someone who is not as experienced in 3d printing.
Hey frank I know your getting ready for the stream I called out of work tonight so I could join I'm super excited but could you drop your creality settings for the 500mm/s for me I wanna try them my self in my k1 max
awesome video, awesome printer, awesome youtuber, cheers
Hi man thanks for your vidéo you convince me to buy One . Just a question how do you sand This Kind Of mask ?
Having spent some 30 hours printing on my own K1 max. I think its an awesome printer. The major con I have is with the slicer software. Though at the moment Orca Slicer does have a profile for it. It works so much better with high poly models. Hopefully this helps someone until they fix Creality Print slicer's crashing issue.
Unfortunately 30hrs is like one major print.
Put on a year or so and let us know how it goes. At least 6M consistent printing large prints.
I’m an S1 Plus Owner and Pre Ordered my S1 Plus back in January of 2023, why should I switch to a K1 Max?
I’ve made a very clean print profile that almost preforms with super high quality Klipper settings. I’m printing on 300x300x300.
If you are interested, it would be cool to see you try the Qidi X Max 3 and compare. I recently got it and love it but have nothing to compare it to.
The only con to it is the fan ......... man, that's some free white noise 😂
I believe the first company to come up with a product that is plug and play and also has the ability to have components quick changed will win the consumer market. A toolless quick release that will allow a user to remove the hot end assembly and direct drive then load a spare, so the primary can be sent for refresh will be the next step in consumer 3D printing and getting away from needing to tinker with the printer quarterly to make it work. Granted tinkerers can benefit especially if there is a powered bench allowing you to perform the maintenance, but not everyone wants to do it. They would rather take their devices to be serviced.
Aside from Creality's notoriously bad customer service, they'll definitely need an AMS that competes with Bambu's in functionality to be truly competitive. I didn't get an AMS for my P1P initially because I didn't think I'd print multicolor much, which I don't. However, once I got one I realized how insanely convenient its features are. Auto switching on filament runout, estimates of filament left (if using bambu filament), being able to slot another roll in mid print if you feel like you're cutting it close to running out, and just the ability to have 4-16 filaments loaded ready to go that you can choose from when slicing.
Sept 15 Creality is doing an event from Germany... To announce... Something.
Most people don't really need AMS system. First, it's wasteful. Second, the quality isn't that good compared to when printing in one color. Third, for most commercial AMS, you only get 4 filaments in one print for a very high price. I would recommend people who want to use AMS to invest their time to practice using spray paint instead. I would recommend the AMS only if you're planning to do mass production of small items with just a little color, because if it's big, then it's going to take a very, very long time to print.
@@AkiTsukita I occasionally use multicolor but, like Op said, there are MANY different reasons to use the AMS.
Filament run out detection and redundancy. Similar filaments can continue printing in a runout scenario
Having 4-16KG of filament at the ready is a great QOL feature for single or multicolor prints.
The AMS is a drybox, has humidity sensor.
You do not need to touch filament for at least 4KG worth of printing. no twists, tangles, unspooling for the most part.
I can finally use up spools that are low so there is little filament waste overall. In my old print work flow having spools under 50-100g were a pain to use up on other printers. So they sat until a very small print job or became waste.
(My specific use case is) I can print remotely and only need to have someone at the build plate to clear it. That means production does not need to stop. Example. I was hundreds of miles from my printer for a week and did not miss a single day of printing. Teaching a non techie person how to clear a build plate took less than 5 min. (also the lidar could check if the build plate was misaligned)
I will directly challenge the quality argument. That is a the first time I heard anyone say there is quality loss using the AMS. If anything the filament buffer(in the back) makes sure you have consistent pressure for prints.
I had my AMS for 13 months with thousands of filament cuts, swaps, retractions and reloads so it is reliable.
So the AMS is more than just multicolor prints and once you have it becomes a chore to go to a unit without it.
You are correct in one situation huge multicolor prints can use a lot of filament and take a lot of time. But if you are smart about it, it becomes a nonissue.
@@AkiTsukita I use a Mosaic Palette with up to 8 color choices. I print a lot of multicolor large items that look outstanding with NO loss of quality. Why would you even say that? Nothing is different other than the color changes. Is it wasteful? Yes, but it beats sanding everything and painting all the time.
@jntenglish I haven't said that Mosaic was bad. Overall, I think it's even better than one from Bambu Lab. Because it uses a totally different method to change the filament. Also, have you read my entire comment? I said that it's slow and not suitable for large prints, because it's going to take ages to finish one.
Does the carbon filter function well on the K1 Max? I don't believe I heard you talk about it. It's a feature I need since I don't have a garage to put my potential 3d printer in.
Is it possible to make a video about your print settings? i have some problems with my supports
No cause I don’t change them. They’re stock
I am considering between p1s and K1 Max. Just not sure which is best for technical materials.
How well would enclosed printers like the K1 Max work in an unheated, unattached, garage/shed, in subzero Celsius temperatures?
This why I love 3d printers
Would you ever share your slicer profiles for Orca or Cura or both for the K1 Max?
Hi love your videos
I have a k1 max arriving soon and you said you used Cura and Bambu studio how did you set these up as they both don’t have the k1 max profile on them
Not gonna lie, you're really selling me on this thing
Hey mate out of a 1kg spool how many masks can you make? Cheers love the content.
2
ordered one
thanks
Can you do a Creality print tutorial for your supports?
WAIT FRANK IS IN NC???
We had some vastly different experiences 😂
Really?? That bad huh 🤔 dang
I really like the speed of it but do you think you could replace the fans with quieter ones to potentially get a desk printer powerhouse?
Mine has been AMAZING, i have just had a lot of trouble with filament, i ordered like 6 rolls from creality, and they werent curled around the spool correctly and got tangled up every print, i sent them an email this morning waiting for response
also, i tried making an iron man helmet, but it had a bit of issues with the the tree support, i may have to sand it down a bit, there was random bits of plastic everywhere from supports
Hello frankly Great vidéo ! Just a question do you sand this kind Of mask? With texture
Nah
Well, always been looking many videos for comparing K1 Max and Bambu x1 carbon. Yes, Bamboo is the best according to me but see the price difference, it's almost more than double.
I’m having a hard time having the supports fall off, do you just set up your own or the the automatic support? Tree or other?
have you done any testing using Prusa or Orca slicer with the K1 Max? Can you even use those?
Fast forward to 12/24.....I just got a K1 Max and it has the new Unicorn nozzle and using the newer Creality Print 5.1 and I am not kidding when I say that it prints a lot better then my P1P. Its faster, smoother prints and just incredible. Seriously cant wait for the multicolor adaptor in a few months for it..Oh and it was only $600 shipped
what slicer do you use the most? I have the k1 max and wondering what's the best slicer to use?
Im now sold but that slicer is still ooof. Oh well I'll just see if i can add it orca slicer and see how well it works 😅😅😅
Will you be posting a guide/settings for the k1 max?