An emergency stop system should always be based on a hardware solution to cut power. It should never be controlled by software because of the risk to property and human life when the operating system or software application isn't responsive.
I have not had your experince with my K2. I also do not have any trouble printing 95A TPU. I've printed probably 200 RC car bumpers in 95A TPU and 72D TPU. Around 1500 printing hours. Not a single misfeed/stuck. This is coming from a borderline Bambu fanboy. I've had equal challenges with my K2 as my Bambu X1C's. Slicer isn't great but that's a pretty easy workaround. I appreciate your candidness. We need more honest reviewers sharing their *actual* experiences.
I bet you know and understand what you are doing. If something is wrong you observe and solve. Its a great car, but one must know how to drive it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Had mine for 10 days and printing around 10 hours each day, only PLA and PETG, assorted brands. Had zero issues, and impressive print quality from the very first print to the one printing in front of me now. Most prints are nearly the full bed area and 50-100mm depth, the speed is great. Haven’t used slicer software for about 3-years before using V6, and it’s much better than what the version of Prusa I was using back then - haven’t had any issues with it. Thanks for your honest review comments - I’ll be watching for similar issues developing
Klipper is like that. It will not stop a print while doing its calibration. Until it is done it will stop. My sv08 will not stop until the Guad gantry leveling is finished for example. But i can tell it to stop and it will stop when its finished.
Yes, the current operation will finish before the stop command will go through. I guess Klipper is built that way. You can hit "Emergency stop" in fluidd and Klipper will shut down.
@@SparkyBrownCow i know just saying how klipper works by experience so far with my sv08. Its not marlin where it can do many things while doing other things.
@ Yeah, Klipper's PAUSE function only stops the stream of incoming gcode; not the execution of gcode. My comment was just a laugh at the author's expense. Since most modern machines run Klipper (even Bambu, with their bootleg encrypted version), it's not Creality-specific issue, nor is it 'dangerous' since Klipper has other safety fail-safes.
The issue you had about the printer not stopping was due to how the stop print function normally works. It normally stops the printer after the current action, however, the action you tried to stop on was the flow calibration macro, where the macro is considered as a single action. This is true for bed mesh probing, PA calibration and flow calibration, where each item is a separate, but single actions. This means it won't stop till each macro has finished. It stops after the particular movement during the actual print.
Creality printers don't stop until it has finished the current task, whether it be printing a layer or finishing a calibration. In your case it looks like the printer was in the middle of a PA calibration. It would have stopped after it finished the current pass. I do think Creality needs an emergency stop function. I haven't tried printing TPU yet. I know it can't be printed through the CFS. I used to print TPU all the time in my K1C, but I had to print an overhead support to directly feed the extruder. So far, my experience with the K2 Plus has been flawless except for some color bleeding between white and dark colors; I'm still trying to finetune that.
I watched all those glowing reviews before Christmas and thought, “Not a single person had anything negative to say about the new K2 printer?” It felt a bit too perfect, so I decided to hold off and wait for feedback from the first wave of actual owners. I’m truly sorry to hear you’re experiencing issues, but I really appreciate your honesty in sharing your experience with us.
Both of my printers are on a smart switch. I can kill the power to the printers with a simple phone app. It bypasses the printer controls completely. I could automate further by linking it to a smoke or heat detector. Not perfect, but it's one more layer of protection/control.
Hey brother, i agree 100 percent. I have been using my k2 plus for about a month or so now and have had several issues. I have had to remove the cover of the board to cut the zip ties to the camera cable to gain some slack because the camera stopped working, i have had it randomly slam so hard after a print (dunno where, i think left side, but we heard it) that the hotend cover flew off. I have had to take the extruder apart also to "clear a jam" and the spring almost hit me in the eye (let it so help me god), and then randomly it started working great again...until last night. I printed a bed full of whistles and everything was great, and then decided to print one more single whistle in another color and all hell broke loose. The number 2 slot of my cfs reversed all my black out and wouldnt take it back it (or recognize it was in). Every time i manually put the black back in (which i wasnt even using slot 2 for the print), it kept spitting it all back out. I wrote creality and sent all the errors and gave them a piece of my mind. I powered it off. Randomly this morning it decided to take the black. I printed. It reached 100 percent and came up with error 2172 unknown exception (which isnt on the error list)... i removed the print, started again, waited for the calibration (which it wasn't supposed to do) and then as it was about to start,.i get error [CZ2762] , saying the extruder leveling sensor may be damaged or the wiping module may have fallen off. Please check or try restarting. BTW, this code isnt in the help guide either. I then got pissed and wrote creality again and told them i want a new printer. I will be dang if i am going to spend hours working on their junk. Its obviously under warranty, and i suggest they dial a k2 plus in and send it to me. I have about 400 bucks in brand new creality filament now just sitting there. Oh yeah, last week it wouldnt stay connected to the network for whatever reason. This week its been fine. Its like if they would just stop messing with the firmware in the background (thats what it feels like anyways) it would work. I agree with u about the hotend flying apart. Thats bull. So help me god if that spring hits me in my eye like it almost did, i am going to own creality. I have always supported them because i like the open source aspect of creality, and i bought this not even reading reviews (i was an early bird buyer), i just KNEW this was going to be the best thing since sliced cheese...but now i am wondering. Please let me know if u happen to find a reliable firmware that makes this all that it can and should be. I agree with you on the quality. The prints are amazing. The printer isnt the problem...its the morons developing the firmware.
I had the same issue earlier this week with my P1S after more than a year owning it. It was doing its calibration but the nozzle hit a prime tower from an earlier print that I forgot to take out and the cover felt down. Still, it kept doing its calibration even if I told bambu studio to stop it. It never stopped until I pulled the plug. But hey, nice warning!
It is refreshing to see a good honest review video for the K2. I own the K2+ and BL printers and you are spot on. Looking at reviews from others, they make it seems like the K2 is the best devices without flaws. Feels like they just want to get on or stay on Creality good side. My K2 prints nice but it does have issues that remind me of pre bambu lab printer era and the slicer Creality Print 5 & 6 is pure trash. BL printers at least for me are Set it and forget it. My K2 i need to watch it constantly. Since I already spent my money on it, I hope they will make it better later down the road.
Thank you for your realistic review/information. I absolutely agree why would someone buy a printer for that much and then have to root the machine and replace a majority of the critical parts just to get it to work well. I'm sorry for the problems you have experienced, but appreciate the knowledge you pass on. I have become a bambu fanboy because it is the first printer that I have not had to replace a bunch of stuff for it produce problem free excellent parts. My other printers I have basically almost rebuilt to get them to work, halfway decent. I have printed almost industrially with my poor P1S and it is a tank, its like OK clean me and give me more! I feel comfortable (probably too much!) remote starting a print, or starting a print across the network, and just expecting no issues and near perfect parts to come off. I was really considering buying the k2 combo due to the large build volume, but looking at the k1 issues i was not sure. After this video I will definitely now wait to see what bambu's answer is to large printers this Q1 2025. I'm done spending more time tinkering with the printer than printing with it, especially at this price point.
So moral of the story, keep the bed and the nozzle clean, watch your prints first layer go down. It didn't stop because it was doing the calibration? I feel like this is more user error. Like u gotta keep up with the maintenance. I had a buildup on my print similar to this, but because I inspected the nozzle before I printed, it wasn't an issue. Highly recommend an anti-stick like Slick Engineering to prevent the buildup on the nozzle.
Sorry you're having these issues. The only issue with my K2 is color bleeding. CF PLA & PETG print fine, and TPU has no issues. Review seems legit. Your video title is ckickbait, though. Good luck 👍.
@michaelgleason4791 it actually does, he's bashing creality. For these small oversights, when bamboo has had the same issues yet, he's saying he has had no issues out of several bamboo printers yet.This is only his second ceality printer
@@thelightspeed3d712 Only thing I agree, way they utilized Klipper in the K series is abysmal, not to mention underpowered hardware that gets pegged to 100% while printing. Bambu Lab printers had their fare share of mishaps too.
@@michaelgleason4791 I mean it does Bambu had a massive recal because the A1 were catching fire and burning people homes and workshops down but also reality has some work
I have been looking at the K2 since I heard about it early last year. I do large cosplay printing, so a large build plate is a requirement for my printers. Otherwise, I'd look at Bambu. But their build plates are just too small. It'll be a while before I get a new printer, so hopefully these issues are worked out before I invest a new printer.
I'm a Maker (definitely not a pro) so don't really mess around with settings but have had instances with PLA where the nozzle had blocked and it didn't stop. It doesn't seem to see spaghetti either so not sure how good the 'AI' camera is. However it's been pretty reliable and print quality is excellent. I've had a load of different printers over the years and they've all had issues along the way. I'd say they're still for enthusiasts and not true consumer products yet.
Well I ordered mine a month ago after watching 7 different reviews and read a few articles on it, everything I looked up everyone LOVED IT!. Now in the last few days I'm seeing nothing but issues with the machine from everywhere to the point I was thinking about canceling my order. Well until I just got the email about a hour ago saying it was shipped. Here's hoping it works...
I have had exactly the same experience with my K2. 3-4 nozzle clogs (can't even get it to print abs), non-working RFID-readers, active chamber heating that does not get activated (software/firmware issue I think), slicer that make you sick (flickers on non-intel mac), nonworking filament runout detection and nonexisting filament tangle detection. All failures ending in failed prints without recovery. This in a few weeks of printing while my cheap bambulab A1 has been printing nonstop without issues for many month:s.
The reason why it might takes time to stop is usually the implementation of klipper in the firmware. Not stopping with estop is because klipper is stuck in a busy state in the firmware. I know klipper is sometimes slow to react on estop when it’s within a macro.( calibration as you seemed to be within in your video). But 1 min, that’s poor programming/ bug of the implementation of the calibration macro. K1 is also slow to react to stop under calibration.
It seems that some Creality boys are pissed lol. After all the problems with the K1. I don't even want that one for free. Just research how many defects are already appearing. This belt adjustment is going to be a huge headache.
I bought K1max more than 2 months ago. After I received first printer it was so bad that I wanted to return it. But creality replaced it with one from newer batches. It prints good, but I wouldn't buy it as my first printer. Both first and second printers had vibration noise. They've sent me lots of parts and I had to change them. After that new problems surfaced and it seems that creality don't use their own printer because if I wasn't able to troubleshoot and fix myself the printer would be basically useless or with unpleasant noises(but printing well). After repairs I had problems with input shaping, and after I wrote 8 emails to them, they asked me If I use third party slicers to fix ringing issue :DD wtf is that sh*t. So i'm two months in and I hope to start using it soon :D At least I'm happy that I paid only 590 euro for it, received spare parts and two spools of hyper pla. So it basically cost me less than 500 euro.
@@coledavidson5630 I would agree if there was no problem with input shaping but there was(and I've sent them data that I pulled out of klipper, but they ignored all of it). After I fixed it everything is working as intended with creality 5.1 slicer. Also had to downgrade the firmware during fixing process and they do not recommend to update to latest if printer is working properly now, but the latest firmware has good fixes, so I will need to figure this out on my own as well.
@@coledavidson5630 I can't say for sure. But had to reset factory defaults every time I did something just to be sure it wasn't causing issues, reflash firmware few times and change the toolhead motherboard back and forth from old one to new one and other way around and after few tries it is seems to be fixed. I did clean firmware update with reseting factory default from beggining, but yeah... It is what it is... Also my lidar extension cable is damaged from factory and even that could cause electrical noise and give incosistent readings for input shaping. (but creality said that they will send me a new cable). On latest firmware I had some kind of anomaly that paused for a second during calibration few times and at the end showed me error that it couldn't make calculations at all. But this was only visible in fluidd console.
I just gave up printing with TPU on my K2 Plus. I spent 2 days and half a roll of filament trying to get 4x 1hr prints done. I got 2 parts in 2 days. I never had the filament come out the side of the extruder, but I did have constant jamming problems. I ended up totally disabling retraction and whilst it helped it still didn't result in any completed parts. I ended up loading Cura and sending the prints to my Ender 3 V2 (with DD extruder) and it got it done first try, zero tuning.. Default profile with a filament temperature change. I'm very pleased with my K2 as I typically only print PLA and sometimes PETG. I have only ever printed TPU twice in 6 years, but if you want to print a lot of TPU, stay away. Buy something else.
I have several issues with mine. When I first got it, it would be only print the presliced files. Anything sliced with the Creality slicer 6 would cause XS2060. Now it's fine with both slicer 5 and 6. I then printed an ASA basket for my Pi Plus filament dryer. It was amazing. The second one I printed complained of a jam. I cleared the jam and tried to feed in new filament in but the extruder motor wasn't feeding. I tore everything apart and made sure every was connected. No change. Then after a few hours of being turned off, the extruder started working. About half way through an 11 hour print. The printer complained of another jam. I cleared it again and the extruder would not pull the filament in on either manually extruding or telling it to do a filament change. I turned the machine off and a few hours later it completed the same 11 hour print.
I still cannot understand why they don't reuse the updated hardware from the K1C. Why use plastic gears in the extruder when they already have a proven metal gear system in production? Why is the K2's Unicorn nozzle different from the K1C's? Why do they keep re-engineering their hardware from generation to generation when they have a track record of teething problems and the new stuff is only slightly different from the old stuff? As for the slow Pause/Stop response, the computers in their printers are really low spec. K1Cs are at 50% load when they're just sitting around and running the web interface.
The fact you can’t control the printer because it’s overloaded is not good and could be a hazard. I’ve already had threats from the Creality industry influencers to “choose” my words differently. I say this is a fire risk. If there’s machine won’t stop I’m going to venture that the thermal protections are frozen also.
Honestly I am not surprised ; the K2 Plus has been having issues like so many other Cheaper 3D Printer Companies ! Grow up people who are complaining about his videos ! Yes all Printers have issues but I ; like a lot of Consumers are sick of Companies like Creality pushing unfinished printers out just because they want the quick bucks and can't be bothered to put the effort in to do proper Testing ! If they did all that you wouldn't have so many machines with bad issues like this K2 Plus !
I didnt have any issues until the latest firmware update. That, and CP 6 is absolute garbage. Im rolling it back... Dammit Creality... How do you ruin a good thing. Test your code before release..
That's normal. Bambu is same. Can't stop it during calibration / glue for example. If you look at the gcode it probably only a single gcode command. Put the printer on a smart outlet.
I have printed up 28 of 59 panels for my Star-Trek Borg ship in PLA and not one issue as of yet, Printing TPU on any computer using a PTFE tube is tuff to get printed. Take of the CFS print one of the many free TPU spool found on printables and feed it into the hot end I learned this from @Marker's muse channel so being he is the channel for Printing I would suggest you watch the channel. From Bambu boards I not going to print PETG in my K2 until I respool it in fact no cardboard spools are going into my CFS proof all the issues Bambu users have. Bottom line if you go outside of what been tested it a good Idea to test while you can sit in front of the printer to see what it does. * my power for the printer is hooked up to 200.00 power bank on the side of my desk power all my printers down with one switch...
I own one. I got it at the 50% off. I have one major blob on the nozzle and can’t do anything until one new ceramic end gets shipped out with 30 days like wtf. Creality v6 is complete garbage. I agree with you. One thing I do differently is I use a WiFi smart plug. So I can remotely power it off and on as needed. Try that to solve the one issue.
I'm gonna back you up on this one, i rin both Creality and Bambu machines, and even if you can get the Creality ones close on the quality side, the slicer is all over the place. Comparing these two companies is out of place for the moment... Creality has a lot of work to do!
Dang! That is frustrating for you! I’m looking for another larger format printer to compliment my p1S and Prusa XL…. I had hopes this might be an option…. Nope they are not getting any more of my money… I used to try to cheap out, paid more in the long run… My experience with creality (cr10s prov2, Ender 3S1, and Ender 6) has been that if they run out of the box, they work really well for a short period of time. Then stuff starts to break or wear out…. Once it starts to break then time to redo the firmware, upgrade the extruded and nozzle, and hope that takes care of it….
Sadly that is how the firmware works... But I'm sure that this "not stopping" issue does only happen while doing the calibration ... :/ it has to do with how klipper needs to end the current step before the stop command will get into effect... While normal print operation it will be basically instantainious... They could trigger a "emergency stop" but the currently only trigger a "normal stop" ...
Wait the gears are plastic? Anyway got a K1 SE and it works pretty much flawless since December. Need some more filament to really run it, buts its been great coming from my old ender 3 and ender 3 v2. Was hoping to upgrade to a k2 plus but I'll wait a bit for the H2d and maybe a k2 plus v2. Creality also needs to step up the replacement parts game and slim down their line of printers. Thanks for the heads up, because I really cant afford to send a printer back where I live.
I bought this printer based off the positive feedback from youtubers. When it works it's a good printer but I have had more issues with the k2 then i have with my other 6 bambu's combined with them having over 5000 hours on them. It's being returned for a refund and I will buy the new bambu when it gets released.
@ Damn it you found me out although creality might disagree with you as they have all the videos and pics documenting all the issues I have had and agreed to a return. It's crazy that tons of other buyers are having the same issues they must all be Bambu shills like me.
@@joecouch2315 tons of bad experiences with the K2. I think most of them are quality control and firmware related though. I got a good unit and tend to do very little multicolor printing so my experience has been overall quite decent. For the cost these printers should be more polished out of the box though.
@ so I have to agree. I had 3 weeks of non stop issues, error codes and bad prints. Got to the point I was going to trash it and all along this journey was in contact with creality. They finally gave me return label and I turned the printer off for 3 days while i was trying to find a box and prepare to send back. At the time I posted on here I was DONE!! 2 weeks ago I turned back on just as I had nothing to lose and was sending back and I was able to print a 12x12x12 table and it turned out great. So I kept printing things and have done a 48 hour and 60 hour print since and in 2 weeks have only had 1 print not turn out great. It makes no sense as the only thing i did was turn it off for 3 days and turn back on. Time will tell but I am keeping the printer for now because when it works it prints really well. I think in 6 months this will be a great printer and hope all the bugs have been worked out for everybody else.
I want to buy my first printer, I'm interested in a Prusa Core One, it's also a bit difficult what to buy, you see a lot of influencer videos with different models, but can you trust them when they are sponsored by them?
The reason it didn't stop is because the print hadn't started yet it was in the middle of calibration. Also I see no fire risk. Most of the other complaints are reasonable but you should expect problems with all printers unless you get really lucky.
The point wasn't that this PARTICULAR example would cause a fire. The point is what if it WAS on fire and he couldn't shut the machine off remotely? Goddamn it's not that difficult to comprehend.
You can’t stop the K2 during the calibration steps at the start of the print. If the Gcode is still processing the current task then it doesn’t get the stop command until it’s done. This is true with all Klipper printers. Do your research.
@thelightspeed3D I had a similar problem with my K2P. Screen is non responsive at times. I had to turn the power off as well. I’ve had to disassemble my extruder three times and nearly lost the spring, granted the first was to learn how to disassemble it and try and figure out what was wrong with it. The other two were to fix it, blocked hot end and the gears were jammed. This all occurred after owning the printer for three days. Don’t get me started on the delivery delays. 😠
To be honest i have been having many issues with the printer and i am green to 3d printing so for me it is very hard as not sure what too do...to fix it unlike you who has loads of experience tried reaching out to creality bit it is like pulling teeth to be honest. Do you knowy rights on sending it back ???
@@thelightspeed3d712 Hi i wondered if you can help me as i have been having a lot of errors on my machine but it was still working sort of But today i got a jam in a filament managed to watch some videos of how to clear it all i done that but now it looks like the extruder motor has packed up as it is not extruding the filament but i don't know what To do to test if it is that would you be able to help me please regards Gary
I have had mine less than two full weeks and have only successfully printed one print. Extruder issue, nozzle clogging, etc. Like you, I have had the extruder apart so many times I cannot count. I have sent numerous emails to Creality and have had only one response where they requested pictures and detailed explanation. I sent over a week ago and have heard nothing since. I only print ASA filament - tried both Polylite as well as Creality. I only use their slicer. I just want to know how to send it back! Crap.
Who prints carbon fiber petg with the door open. Clean your bed properly, and no need to "unplug"the printer. Funny how some people are blasting the K2. My machine had been running non stop since I got it, and prints flawlessly. Send more like your content is based on user error.
Few issues I have with your video first you need to get your facts. Straight creality did not make orca.Orca slicer is created by soft fever and is a fork of bamboo studio, not cura someone who's been three d printing for years.Like you say should know this secondly, this only being your second creality machine it's a new machine that was rusted to release like most companies happened with bamboo happened with several cell phone companies. When they came out with their new Gen., phones, same thing with new gaming consoles and gaming p. Cs, this is why smart people wait six months to a year to buy a new product.So all the bugs are worked out as for not being able to stop the print that was during calibration, it will always wait till calibration is complete before stopping the print. This goes even back to the old bed. Slingers, looks like you don't know as much as you think you do appreciate the effort, though
If you saw flames and hit stop, even if it immediately stopped extruding and moving, you'd still have a fire. Doesn't matter what brand it is. First you said you took the extruder apart 6 times, then you said you took it apart 5 times. Which was it?
Seems to be very hit and miss with creality printers. Had some problem with ours at work but not to the degree you have. Its good that videos like these exsist so people can get more informed.
What do we expect from the same company that designed the biggest POS ever: Ender 3D. P.S. - I am already a fool and have one. When it works, it is fast and superb. "When" is the key word. I really do not have any issues with the slicer, but I am not a print farm like you. I just have the K2 and my Faithfull go to BL X1C.
I have all my printers an a multi outlet with each outlet that has a switch, instant turn off when needed. I've had my bambus do the same with the first layer due to filament. My K2 plus so far has rocked, but who knows. I switched to a .6 and have been running 24/7 all engineering filament. On the TPU the bambu is the same volume 3.2 mm/3.
I bought one the day after Christmas. I have not had the same level of issues YET. However I have had a few and they are firmware issues or motherboard issues. It will just stop with a error for no reason or once it did a large print ,did 95% ,stopped and said it was complete. Hopefully I do not experience the same level of problems he has had. The slicer is garbage to say the least but there really is not other option at this point if you are using cfs. With the time they spent developing this machine it should be better. They do not even have a smooth build plate for it.
Thank God for these independent reviews. I was about to pull the trigger on one of these because the reviews are so good but I also got burned with a K1 max. I'll wait for Bambi's XL. I love that i hit print on my X1 and a part comes out, i almost never use my K1 Max.
This is why I stay away from creality all together. I've had enders and they just suck. Very unreliable back then and apparently still are. Thanks for making the video, I will be staying away from this one as well.
all these influencer are a bunch of idiots just trying to get a new printer then resale. they setup and print for a couple hrs. and said it a great product. I WILL SUBSCRIBE TO YOU FOR BEING HONEST AND SAVE ME $1,500.00
So the printer did not catch fire and this is clickbait , if you had have watched it and not jumped the gun and turned the printer off it would have been able to finish executing its current macro . As soon as as the stripe down the right had side had printed, put in its level lines and done its move print scan - the circle would have stopped and you would have gotten the opportunity to pause. This is not just a Creality thing - the Bambu X1C does it too. Yes the macro takes a long time is it going to cause a fire in that time - I highly doubt it would ever get to that.
This is why I use a smart plug on all my machines so I can remote turn it off wherever the **** I am, I thought maybe that this was going to be my first Creality printer
Ehh while I am sorry to hear about his experience I would take it with a grain of salt.. Some of the issues he brings up are legit but others like pointing out the print wasn't stopping when it was doing a calibration which is common in most klipper printers was kinda silly. I will agree that the slicer is pretty trash on mac not sure why.. but other than an initial belt tensioning error mine has been great and I have been printing basically non-stop it's been a great addition to my farm.
The K2 Plus is a great printer. Some of his issues are misleading, like not being able to stop. It would have stopped right after the calibration. Version 6 of the Creality slicer is also great, but I think he uses a Mac and it's not out for Mac yet (no fault of his). I used to use Orca until the version 6 slicer released, which fixed a lot of the issues I used to have with Creality slicer. I've seen a number of users having issues because the printer was mishandled during shipping. I got mine from B&H and it was extremely well packed. The only reason I purchased the K2 was because I owned the K1C and I watched Creality push updates to that printer to make it the flawless printer that I consider it to be today, aside from bad network connectivity. I expect Creality to do the same with the K2 and improve upon an already great printer.
@@SooksVI Thats not misleading, it was not able to stop when he wanted it to. Does not matter if it stops after the calibration, then it might be to late. You should not accept your 1300$ printer to be an early development product when you receive it, we are past that. Today there are cheaper printers that works perfect out of the box.
@@drosendahl it's misleading because he framed it as if it never would have stopped. If I have a computer that takes 10 seconds to send a signal to the monitor and I say that the computer doesn't turn on at all then that's misleading, isn't it?
It does it, but you have to set it up. Theres really no way around creality. The settings for this machine mainly work with their PLA. And nothing else. I just learned to use it and by that I dont mean pressing a button like u do, I mean creating a profile that works for whatever filament I am using, and understanding what I am doing. But ur not entertaining that and I get it. The last update really made the k2 crazy so I downgraded. I have printed over 40 kg of generic PETG so far amazing. I have to say, that spring is EASY TO LOOSE. That I agree with you 100%, the rest meh.. I have printed non stop for a whole month doing my projects and so far amazing. I was going to get an X1C but the k2 was cheaper with coupons and better for me.
I can say I would never let a 3D Pinter run while I wasn't home. 280C is 536 Fahrenheit. These things will catch on fire. Its a Chinese built machine. Lets all be responsible and never leave a machine unattended. These machines are all in beta test mode.
Not Bambu again, in release year it was worse than K2, much worse. A1 almost burnt houses down. But yes, Firmware and Software is buggy as hell, not only buggy but lacks logic, digged through code. Dunno which dumbass made it but it looks similar to K1 firmware. And Orca works, you can send it to the printer by using the Creality Print protocol. But you have to start in Creality Cloud app, Creality Print or on the printer itself. You have to map the colors to the CFS because Orca has no CFS connection and doesn't know. Name the filament type same as in CFS or it won't offer anything in the mapping tab. Printing TPU also works, best is to remove the bowden tube and feed it through the top.
Yea, but X1 was bambus first printer, not number 36 or what Creality is on now (and X1 still was better than the competitors at the time). A1 had an issue (that didnt burn any houses down) and they fixed it. There is just no excuse for Creality to mess up like this again. We are past the point where the user suppose to be both an engineer and a mechanic to use a printer.
Have you tried setting a low volumetric flow rate limit for the TPU? I know it would kinda suck for a printer this expensive, but you might just have to print it really slow. But maybe you've already tried that
So this guy don't understand a thing about 3d printing, makes really stupid errors and misunderstanding, but instead of blaming himself, it blames the printer 😂😂😂 this is the example of people that started 3d print with printers thinked to be used by brainless monkeys... The K2 is not perfect and has some issues, but if you didn't understand how 3d print works, is not a printer fault. You can't stop a kipper printer during initial startup and calibration... Any klipper printer, any brand, because klipper works in this way. I did tpu with no issue.... Because you have to set the filament in the slicer settings, not only on the printer. So basically, for your dignity, stop making videos , because it's clear you don't understand a thing about 3d printing 😂
Yeah i didn't know the gears were plastic. Man that's bs. So far I've been having better luck with my Kobra 3 with ACE . My Bed level on K2 is horrible, i have an upside down U shape that i can't fix.
x1c has flimsy build quality compared to k2, no linear rails, no self leveling bed, no auto belt tensioning, no 6mm thick bed, no 10mm wide belts, no rails to stabilize the bed, AMS sucks, a piece of work when it fails. x1c is outdated, don't waste money. they must come out with something new soon or deserve to go broke.
good job, maybe i will one day buy one more creality, i have K1C at this time, and i have the same problems, but not so much in this frekvenci, becouse K1 is 3rd year on the market, K2 will be ok after 2 years on the market, it was big mistake , second big mistake from crelity ...:-( ...good job mate , thy for your video about problems
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I have been positively surprised by my K2 Plus. The build quality and robust movement system are amazing. The big prints are turning out so well
An emergency stop system should always be based on a hardware solution to cut power. It should never be controlled by software because of the risk to property and human life when the operating system or software application isn't responsive.
An outlet strip along its side that it plugs in to and easy to turn off is a good idear.
I have not had your experince with my K2. I also do not have any trouble printing 95A TPU. I've printed probably 200 RC car bumpers in 95A TPU and 72D TPU. Around 1500 printing hours. Not a single misfeed/stuck. This is coming from a borderline Bambu fanboy. I've had equal challenges with my K2 as my Bambu X1C's. Slicer isn't great but that's a pretty easy workaround.
I appreciate your candidness. We need more honest reviewers sharing their *actual* experiences.
I appreciate it. Yeah I’ve had zero luck with TPU
When printing TPU did you have to do anything special, or does it print easily from the side spool holder?
@@thelightspeed3d712 the same in K1C :-(
@SooksVI ive been using exclusively the side spool holder for the 95A. The 72D is so rigid my CFS has been feeding it fine.
I bet you know and understand what you are doing. If something is wrong you observe and solve. Its a great car, but one must know how to drive it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Had mine for 10 days and printing around 10 hours each day, only PLA and PETG, assorted brands. Had zero issues, and impressive print quality from the very first print to the one printing in front of me now. Most prints are nearly the full bed area and 50-100mm depth, the speed is great. Haven’t used slicer software for about 3-years before using V6, and it’s much better than what the version of Prusa I was using back then - haven’t had any issues with it. Thanks for your honest review comments - I’ll be watching for similar issues developing
Klipper is like that. It will not stop a print while doing its calibration. Until it is done it will stop. My sv08 will not stop until the Guad gantry leveling is finished for example. But i can tell it to stop and it will stop when its finished.
Yes, the current operation will finish before the stop command will go through. I guess Klipper is built that way. You can hit "Emergency stop" in fluidd and Klipper will shut down.
Don't let facts and logic get in the way of some fearmongering clickbait.
@@SparkyBrownCow i know just saying how klipper works by experience so far with my sv08. Its not marlin where it can do many things while doing other things.
@ Yeah, Klipper's PAUSE function only stops the stream of incoming gcode; not the execution of gcode.
My comment was just a laugh at the author's expense. Since most modern machines run Klipper (even Bambu, with their bootleg encrypted version), it's not Creality-specific issue, nor is it 'dangerous' since Klipper has other safety fail-safes.
@@SparkyBrownCow yeah i cant stop a print while my bed is soaking or doing QGL. I have to restart the printer to not waste time
The issue you had about the printer not stopping was due to how the stop print function normally works.
It normally stops the printer after the current action, however, the action you tried to stop on was the flow calibration macro, where the macro is considered as a single action.
This is true for bed mesh probing, PA calibration and flow calibration, where each item is a separate, but single actions. This means it won't stop till each macro has finished. It stops after the particular movement during the actual print.
Creality printers don't stop until it has finished the current task, whether it be printing a layer or finishing a calibration. In your case it looks like the printer was in the middle of a PA calibration. It would have stopped after it finished the current pass. I do think Creality needs an emergency stop function. I haven't tried printing TPU yet. I know it can't be printed through the CFS. I used to print TPU all the time in my K1C, but I had to print an overhead support to directly feed the extruder. So far, my experience with the K2 Plus has been flawless except for some color bleeding between white and dark colors; I'm still trying to finetune that.
I watched all those glowing reviews before Christmas and thought, “Not a single person had anything negative to say about the new K2 printer?” It felt a bit too perfect, so I decided to hold off and wait for feedback from the first wave of actual owners. I’m truly sorry to hear you’re experiencing issues, but I really appreciate your honesty in sharing your experience with us.
Both of my printers are on a smart switch. I can kill the power to the printers with a simple phone app. It bypasses the printer controls completely. I could automate further by linking it to a smoke or heat detector. Not perfect, but it's one more layer of protection/control.
Hey brother, i agree 100 percent. I have been using my k2 plus for about a month or so now and have had several issues. I have had to remove the cover of the board to cut the zip ties to the camera cable to gain some slack because the camera stopped working, i have had it randomly slam so hard after a print (dunno where, i think left side, but we heard it) that the hotend cover flew off. I have had to take the extruder apart also to "clear a jam" and the spring almost hit me in the eye (let it so help me god), and then randomly it started working great again...until last night. I printed a bed full of whistles and everything was great, and then decided to print one more single whistle in another color and all hell broke loose. The number 2 slot of my cfs reversed all my black out and wouldnt take it back it (or recognize it was in). Every time i manually put the black back in (which i wasnt even using slot 2 for the print), it kept spitting it all back out. I wrote creality and sent all the errors and gave them a piece of my mind. I powered it off. Randomly this morning it decided to take the black. I printed. It reached 100 percent and came up with error 2172 unknown exception (which isnt on the error list)... i removed the print, started again, waited for the calibration (which it wasn't supposed to do) and then as it was about to start,.i get error [CZ2762] , saying the extruder leveling sensor may be damaged or the wiping module may have fallen off. Please check or try restarting. BTW, this code isnt in the help guide either. I then got pissed and wrote creality again and told them i want a new printer. I will be dang if i am going to spend hours working on their junk. Its obviously under warranty, and i suggest they dial a k2 plus in and send it to me. I have about 400 bucks in brand new creality filament now just sitting there. Oh yeah, last week it wouldnt stay connected to the network for whatever reason. This week its been fine. Its like if they would just stop messing with the firmware in the background (thats what it feels like anyways) it would work. I agree with u about the hotend flying apart. Thats bull. So help me god if that spring hits me in my eye like it almost did, i am going to own creality. I have always supported them because i like the open source aspect of creality, and i bought this not even reading reviews (i was an early bird buyer), i just KNEW this was going to be the best thing since sliced cheese...but now i am wondering. Please let me know if u happen to find a reliable firmware that makes this all that it can and should be. I agree with you on the quality. The prints are amazing. The printer isnt the problem...its the morons developing the firmware.
Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo would be curious to see on your channel
I had the same issue earlier this week with my P1S after more than a year owning it. It was doing its calibration but the nozzle hit a prime tower from an earlier print that I forgot to take out and the cover felt down. Still, it kept doing its calibration even if I told bambu studio to stop it. It never stopped until I pulled the plug. But hey, nice warning!
It is refreshing to see a good honest review video for the K2. I own the K2+ and BL printers and you are spot on. Looking at reviews from others, they make it seems like the K2 is the best devices without flaws. Feels like they just want to get on or stay on Creality good side. My K2 prints nice but it does have issues that remind me of pre bambu lab printer era and the slicer Creality Print 5 & 6 is pure trash. BL printers at least for me are Set it and forget it. My K2 i need to watch it constantly. Since I already spent my money on it, I hope they will make it better later down the road.
Thank you for your realistic review/information. I absolutely agree why would someone buy a printer for that much and then have to root the machine and replace a majority of the critical parts just to get it to work well. I'm sorry for the problems you have experienced, but appreciate the knowledge you pass on. I have become a bambu fanboy because it is the first printer that I have not had to replace a bunch of stuff for it produce problem free excellent parts. My other printers I have basically almost rebuilt to get them to work, halfway decent. I have printed almost industrially with my poor P1S and it is a tank, its like OK clean me and give me more! I feel comfortable (probably too much!) remote starting a print, or starting a print across the network, and just expecting no issues and near perfect parts to come off. I was really considering buying the k2 combo due to the large build volume, but looking at the k1 issues i was not sure. After this video I will definitely now wait to see what bambu's answer is to large printers this Q1 2025. I'm done spending more time tinkering with the printer than printing with it, especially at this price point.
So moral of the story, keep the bed and the nozzle clean, watch your prints first layer go down. It didn't stop because it was doing the calibration? I feel like this is more user error. Like u gotta keep up with the maintenance. I had a buildup on my print similar to this, but because I inspected the nozzle before I printed, it wasn't an issue. Highly recommend an anti-stick like Slick Engineering to prevent the buildup on the nozzle.
Sorry you're having these issues. The only issue with my K2 is color bleeding. CF PLA & PETG print fine, and TPU has no issues. Review seems legit. Your video title is ckickbait, though. Good luck 👍.
Ola, what did you do to solve Colour Bleeding?
Kudos, you are such AN Excellent Speaker for FLSUN
You do realize bambu's ACTUALLY caught fire.
You DO realize that that has nothing to do with this?
@michaelgleason4791 it actually does, he's bashing creality. For these small oversights, when bamboo has had the same issues yet, he's saying he has had no issues out of several bamboo printers yet.This is only his second ceality printer
@@A31268small oversights? Like not stopping when something dangerous is happening?
@@thelightspeed3d712 Only thing I agree, way they utilized Klipper in the K series is abysmal, not to mention underpowered hardware that gets pegged to 100% while printing. Bambu Lab printers had their fare share of mishaps too.
@@michaelgleason4791 I mean it does Bambu had a massive recal because the A1 were catching fire and burning people homes and workshops down but also reality has some work
I have been looking at the K2 since I heard about it early last year. I do large cosplay printing, so a large build plate is a requirement for my printers. Otherwise, I'd look at Bambu. But their build plates are just too small. It'll be a while before I get a new printer, so hopefully these issues are worked out before I invest a new printer.
I'm a Maker (definitely not a pro) so don't really mess around with settings but have had instances with PLA where the nozzle had blocked and it didn't stop. It doesn't seem to see spaghetti either so not sure how good the 'AI' camera is. However it's been pretty reliable and print quality is excellent. I've had a load of different printers over the years and they've all had issues along the way. I'd say they're still for enthusiasts and not true consumer products yet.
You hit the nail on the head I've experienced the same sort of things
thanks for your honest take on this machine.
Thank for the Honest review! For sure I'm not going to get this. I will hold up and wait for the new Bambu to comes out.
Well I ordered mine a month ago after watching 7 different reviews and read a few articles on it, everything I looked up everyone LOVED IT!. Now in the last few days I'm seeing nothing but issues with the machine from everywhere to the point I was thinking about canceling my order. Well until I just got the email about a hour ago saying it was shipped. Here's hoping it works...
I have had exactly the same experience with my K2. 3-4 nozzle clogs (can't even get it to print abs), non-working RFID-readers, active chamber heating that does not get activated (software/firmware issue I think), slicer that make you sick (flickers on non-intel mac), nonworking filament runout detection and nonexisting filament tangle detection. All failures ending in failed prints without recovery. This in a few weeks of printing while my cheap bambulab A1 has been printing nonstop without issues for many month:s.
The reason why it might takes time to stop is usually the implementation of klipper in the firmware. Not stopping with estop is because klipper is stuck in a busy state in the firmware. I know klipper is sometimes slow to react on estop when it’s within a macro.( calibration as you seemed to be within in your video). But 1 min, that’s poor programming/ bug of the implementation of the calibration macro. K1 is also slow to react to stop under calibration.
It seems that some Creality boys are pissed lol. After all the problems with the K1. I don't even want that one for free. Just research how many defects are already appearing. This belt adjustment is going to be a huge headache.
I bought K1max more than 2 months ago. After I received first printer it was so bad that I wanted to return it. But creality replaced it with one from newer batches. It prints good, but I wouldn't buy it as my first printer. Both first and second printers had vibration noise. They've sent me lots of parts and I had to change them. After that new problems surfaced and it seems that creality don't use their own printer because if I wasn't able to troubleshoot and fix myself the printer would be basically useless or with unpleasant noises(but printing well). After repairs I had problems with input shaping, and after I wrote 8 emails to them, they asked me If I use third party slicers to fix ringing issue :DD wtf is that sh*t. So i'm two months in and I hope to start using it soon :D At least I'm happy that I paid only 590 euro for it, received spare parts and two spools of hyper pla. So it basically cost me less than 500 euro.
Tbh they're probably right about the slicer thing. Prusaslicer or Orcaslicer are probably just better in general than whatever creality puts out
@@coledavidson5630 I would agree if there was no problem with input shaping but there was(and I've sent them data that I pulled out of klipper, but they ignored all of it). After I fixed it everything is working as intended with creality 5.1 slicer. Also had to downgrade the firmware during fixing process and they do not recommend to update to latest if printer is working properly now, but the latest firmware has good fixes, so I will need to figure this out on my own as well.
@@christopherismcaceas4868 that sounds very annoying. how did you fix it?
@@coledavidson5630 I can't say for sure. But had to reset factory defaults every time I did something just to be sure it wasn't causing issues, reflash firmware few times and change the toolhead motherboard back and forth from old one to new one and other way around and after few tries it is seems to be fixed.
I did clean firmware update with reseting factory default from beggining, but yeah... It is what it is... Also my lidar extension cable is damaged from factory and even that could cause electrical noise and give incosistent readings for input shaping. (but creality said that they will send me a new cable). On latest firmware I had some kind of anomaly that paused for a second during calibration few times and at the end showed me error that it couldn't make calculations at all. But this was only visible in fluidd console.
@@coledavidson5630 So it turns out I haven't fixed anything. Problem came back :/
T1 Pro prints TPU pretty well too.
Honestly for the price the S1 and T1 pro variants have been amazing
I just gave up printing with TPU on my K2 Plus. I spent 2 days and half a roll of filament trying to get 4x 1hr prints done. I got 2 parts in 2 days. I never had the filament come out the side of the extruder, but I did have constant jamming problems. I ended up totally disabling retraction and whilst it helped it still didn't result in any completed parts. I ended up loading Cura and sending the prints to my Ender 3 V2 (with DD extruder) and it got it done first try, zero tuning.. Default profile with a filament temperature change.
I'm very pleased with my K2 as I typically only print PLA and sometimes PETG. I have only ever printed TPU twice in 6 years, but if you want to print a lot of TPU, stay away. Buy something else.
I have several issues with mine. When I first got it, it would be only print the presliced files. Anything sliced with the Creality slicer 6 would cause XS2060. Now it's fine with both slicer 5 and 6. I then printed an ASA basket for my Pi Plus filament dryer. It was amazing. The second one I printed complained of a jam. I cleared the jam and tried to feed in new filament in but the extruder motor wasn't feeding. I tore everything apart and made sure every was connected. No change. Then after a few hours of being turned off, the extruder started working. About half way through an 11 hour print. The printer complained of another jam. I cleared it again and the extruder would not pull the filament in on either manually extruding or telling it to do a filament change. I turned the machine off and a few hours later it completed the same 11 hour print.
Basically the same kind of issue with mine. Makes me wonder if the electronics get too hott or something and go stupid
I still cannot understand why they don't reuse the updated hardware from the K1C. Why use plastic gears in the extruder when they already have a proven metal gear system in production? Why is the K2's Unicorn nozzle different from the K1C's? Why do they keep re-engineering their hardware from generation to generation when they have a track record of teething problems and the new stuff is only slightly different from the old stuff?
As for the slow Pause/Stop response, the computers in their printers are really low spec. K1Cs are at 50% load when they're just sitting around and running the web interface.
The fact you can’t control the printer because it’s overloaded is not good and could be a hazard. I’ve already had threats from the Creality industry influencers to “choose” my words differently. I say this is a fire risk. If there’s machine won’t stop I’m going to venture that the thermal protections are frozen also.
Honestly I am not surprised ; the K2 Plus has been having issues like so many other Cheaper 3D Printer Companies ! Grow up people who are complaining about his videos ! Yes all Printers have issues but I ; like a lot of Consumers are sick of Companies like Creality pushing unfinished printers out just because they want the quick bucks and can't be bothered to put the effort in to do proper Testing ! If they did all that you wouldn't have so many machines with bad issues like this K2 Plus !
I didnt have any issues until the latest firmware update. That, and CP 6 is absolute garbage. Im rolling it back... Dammit Creality... How do you ruin a good thing. Test your code before release..
That's normal. Bambu is same. Can't stop it during calibration / glue for example. If you look at the gcode it probably only a single gcode command.
Put the printer on a smart outlet.
Doing my extruder disassembly for the fifth time tonight. After having it for 2 weeks
It’s you not them. Lol joking. Me too. It clogs every time it does a unload for me
same here. also, having problems with retract error..
I have printed up 28 of 59 panels for my Star-Trek Borg ship in PLA and not one issue as of yet, Printing TPU on any computer using a PTFE tube is tuff to get printed. Take of the CFS print one of the many free TPU spool found on printables and feed it into the hot end I learned this from @Marker's muse channel so being he is the channel for Printing I would suggest you watch the channel. From Bambu boards I not going to print PETG in my K2 until I respool it in fact no cardboard spools are going into my CFS proof all the issues Bambu users have. Bottom line if you go outside of what been tested it a good Idea to test while you can sit in front of the printer to see what it does. * my power for the printer is hooked up to 200.00 power bank on the side of my desk power all my printers down with one switch...
I own one. I got it at the 50% off. I have one major blob on the nozzle and can’t do anything until one new ceramic end gets shipped out with 30 days like wtf. Creality v6 is complete garbage. I agree with you. One thing I do differently is I use a WiFi smart plug. So I can remotely power it off and on as needed. Try that to solve the one issue.
Thanks for your honesty.
I'm gonna back you up on this one, i rin both Creality and Bambu machines, and even if you can get the Creality ones close on the quality side, the slicer is all over the place. Comparing these two companies is out of place for the moment... Creality has a lot of work to do!
They won’t do the work
Dang! That is frustrating for you!
I’m looking for another larger format printer to compliment my p1S and Prusa XL…. I had hopes this might be an option…. Nope they are not getting any more of my money… I used to try to cheap out, paid more in the long run…
My experience with creality (cr10s prov2, Ender 3S1, and Ender 6) has been that if they run out of the box, they work really well for a short period of time. Then stuff starts to break or wear out…. Once it starts to break then time to redo the firmware, upgrade the extruded and nozzle, and hope that takes care of it….
I wouldn't worry to much, I ordered one six weeks ago and still hasn't shipped. so no device no problem.
Thank you. I was about to pull the trigger on this. Guess I'll keep looking .
go on device and hit stop, its in the slicer, no big deal sounds like user error
Sadly that is how the firmware works... But I'm sure that this "not stopping" issue does only happen while doing the calibration ... :/ it has to do with how klipper needs to end the current step before the stop command will get into effect... While normal print operation it will be basically instantainious... They could trigger a "emergency stop" but the currently only trigger a "normal stop" ...
Wait the gears are plastic? Anyway got a K1 SE and it works pretty much flawless since December. Need some more filament to really run it, buts its been great coming from my old ender 3 and ender 3 v2. Was hoping to upgrade to a k2 plus but I'll wait a bit for the H2d and maybe a k2 plus v2. Creality also needs to step up the replacement parts game and slim down their line of printers.
Thanks for the heads up, because I really cant afford to send a printer back where I live.
I bought this printer based off the positive feedback from youtubers. When it works it's a good printer but I have had more issues with the k2 then i have with my other 6 bambu's combined with them having over 5000 hours on them. It's being returned for a refund and I will buy the new bambu when it gets released.
another bambu fanatic fake experience
I like mine. Its not quite as consistent as my bambus but it's damn reliable. Im up over 1000 hours with few issues.
@ Damn it you found me out although creality might disagree with you as they have all the videos and pics documenting all the issues I have had and agreed to a return. It's crazy that tons of other buyers are having the same issues they must all be Bambu shills like me.
@@joecouch2315 tons of bad experiences with the K2. I think most of them are quality control and firmware related though. I got a good unit and tend to do very little multicolor printing so my experience has been overall quite decent. For the cost these printers should be more polished out of the box though.
@ so I have to agree. I had 3 weeks of non stop issues, error codes and bad prints. Got to the point I was going to trash it and all along this journey was in contact with creality. They finally gave me return label and I turned the printer off for 3 days while i was trying to find a box and prepare to send back. At the time I posted on here I was DONE!! 2 weeks ago I turned back on just as I had nothing to lose and was sending back and I was able to print a 12x12x12 table and it turned out great. So I kept printing things and have done a 48 hour and 60 hour print since and in 2 weeks have only had 1 print not turn out great. It makes no sense as the only thing i did was turn it off for 3 days and turn back on. Time will tell but I am keeping the printer for now because when it works it prints really well. I think in 6 months this will be a great printer and hope all the bugs have been worked out for everybody else.
I want to buy my first printer, I'm interested in a Prusa Core One, it's also a bit difficult what to buy, you see a lot of influencer videos with different models, but can you trust them when they are sponsored by them?
The reason it didn't stop is because the print hadn't started yet it was in the middle of calibration. Also I see no fire risk. Most of the other complaints are reasonable but you should expect problems with all printers unless you get really lucky.
Totally agree. This posting this video obviously doesn't understand that 😂. Had mines for over 2 months, print CF petg no issues
The point wasn't that this PARTICULAR example would cause a fire. The point is what if it WAS on fire and he couldn't shut the machine off remotely? Goddamn it's not that difficult to comprehend.
Most people do not have routine problems with Bambu machines. The problems are the exceptions not the rule. It's not 2021 anymore.
You can’t stop the K2 during the calibration steps at the start of the print. If the Gcode is still processing the current task then it doesn’t get the stop command until it’s done. This is true with all Klipper printers. Do your research.
True, but i swear i could shutdown my other printer from within Fluid using the emergency shutdown, is that wrong.
@thelightspeed3D I had a similar problem with my K2P. Screen is non responsive at times. I had to turn the power off as well.
I’ve had to disassemble my extruder three times and nearly lost the spring, granted the first was to learn how to disassemble it and try and figure out what was wrong with it. The other two were to fix it, blocked hot end and the gears were jammed. This all occurred after owning the printer for three days.
Don’t get me started on the delivery delays. 😠
Imagine getting your hand caught in there (Stupid moment grabbing a bit of filament or detached print item. Then can't press STOP with any meaning!
Hey Google turn off 3dprinter. Sbart outlet turns off printer.
To be honest i have been having many issues with the printer and i am green to 3d printing so for me it is very hard as not sure what too do...to fix it unlike you who has loads of experience tried reaching out to creality bit it is like pulling teeth to be honest. Do you knowy rights on sending it back ???
What kinda issues you having? If you join my Patreon and I can help more one on one.
@@thelightspeed3d712 Hi i wondered if you can help me as i have been having a lot of errors on my machine but it was still working sort of
But today i got a jam in a filament managed to watch some videos of how to clear it all
i done that but now it looks like the extruder motor has packed up as it is not extruding the filament but i don't know what To do to test if it is that would you be able to help me please
regards
Gary
mine also take his time whe pressing the stop button, this have to be fixxed!
I have had mine less than two full weeks and have only successfully printed one print. Extruder issue, nozzle clogging, etc. Like you, I have had the extruder apart so many times I cannot count. I have sent numerous emails to Creality and have had only one response where they requested pictures and detailed explanation. I sent over a week ago and have heard nothing since. I only print ASA filament - tried both Polylite as well as Creality. I only use their slicer. I just want to know how to send it back! Crap.
Print PLA with the door open
@@thelightspeed3d712 I only print ASA
Who prints carbon fiber petg with the door open. Clean your bed properly, and no need to "unplug"the printer.
Funny how some people are blasting the K2. My machine had been running non stop since I got it, and prints flawlessly.
Send more like your content is based on user error.
I canceled my K2 plus went to a Bambi x1 carbon my K1Max had issue pla completely destroyed the head
Few issues I have with your video first you need to get your facts. Straight creality did not make orca.Orca slicer is created by soft fever and is a fork of bamboo studio, not cura someone who's been three d printing for years.Like you say should know this secondly, this only being your second creality machine it's a new machine that was rusted to release like most companies happened with bamboo happened with several cell phone companies. When they came out with their new Gen., phones, same thing with new gaming consoles and gaming p. Cs, this is why smart people wait six months to a year to buy a new product.So all the bugs are worked out as for not being able to stop the print that was during calibration, it will always wait till calibration is complete before stopping the print. This goes even back to the old bed. Slingers, looks like you don't know as much as you think you do appreciate the effort, though
If you saw flames and hit stop, even if it immediately stopped extruding and moving, you'd still have a fire. Doesn't matter what brand it is. First you said you took the extruder apart 6 times, then you said you took it apart 5 times. Which was it?
Seems to be very hit and miss with creality printers. Had some problem with ours at work but not to the degree you have. Its good that videos like these exsist so people can get more informed.
What do we expect from the same company that designed the biggest POS ever: Ender 3D. P.S. - I am already a fool and have one. When it works, it is fast and superb. "When" is the key word. I really do not have any issues with the slicer, but I am not a print farm like you. I just have the K2 and my Faithfull go to BL X1C.
I have all my printers an a multi outlet with each outlet that has a switch, instant turn off when needed. I've had my bambus do the same with the first layer due to filament. My K2 plus so far has rocked, but who knows. I switched to a .6 and have been running 24/7 all engineering filament. On the TPU the bambu is the same volume 3.2 mm/3.
I bought one the day after Christmas. I have not had the same level of issues YET. However I have had a few and they are firmware issues or motherboard issues. It will just stop with a error for no reason or once it did a large print ,did 95% ,stopped and said it was complete. Hopefully I do not experience the same level of problems he has had. The slicer is garbage to say the least but there really is not other option at this point if you are using cfs. With the time they spent developing this machine it should be better. They do not even have a smooth build plate for it.
That really sucks for a $1500 printer
in my country it is 2000$ for the K2 Plus!!
I would for the price to drop
Thank God for these independent reviews. I was about to pull the trigger on one of these because the reviews are so good but I also got burned with a K1 max. I'll wait for Bambi's XL. I love that i hit print on my X1 and a part comes out, i almost never use my K1 Max.
This is just a joke
I use a smartplug. I have no problem stopping my machine.
That's a good idea for a single machine. But what if you have a farm?
@@thelightspeed3d712 Each machine would have its own smartplug.
This just goes to show, you should put your 3d printers on smart plugs.
This is why I stay away from creality all together. I've had enders and they just suck. Very unreliable back then and apparently still are. Thanks for making the video, I will be staying away from this one as well.
all these influencer are a bunch of idiots just trying to get a new printer then resale. they setup and print for a couple hrs. and said it a great product. I WILL SUBSCRIBE TO YOU FOR BEING HONEST AND SAVE ME $1,500.00
So the printer did not catch fire and this is clickbait , if you had have watched it and not jumped the gun and turned the printer off it would have been able to finish executing its current macro . As soon as as the stripe down the right had side had printed, put in its level lines and done its move print scan - the circle would have stopped and you would have gotten the opportunity to pause. This is not just a Creality thing - the Bambu X1C does it too. Yes the macro takes a long time is it going to cause a fire in that time - I highly doubt it would ever get to that.
This is why I use a smart plug on all my machines so I can remote turn it off wherever the **** I am, I thought maybe that this was going to be my first Creality printer
wish i saw this before i unboxed it ... yesterday
Ehh while I am sorry to hear about his experience I would take it with a grain of salt..
Some of the issues he brings up are legit but others like pointing out the print wasn't stopping when it was doing a calibration which is common in most klipper printers was kinda silly.
I will agree that the slicer is pretty trash on mac not sure why.. but other than an initial belt tensioning error mine has been great and I have been printing basically non-stop it's been a great addition to my farm.
@@TheSucc33d You’re someone who really gets the truth and sees things for what they are. XD
Add a screw? The only issue i see is the screen not behaving. Again klipper wont stop until its done what its doing.
This is probably what’s happening.
and I wanted to buy it :/ so the choice falls on Qidi Plus4, from what people test it is somehow better even than babmu.
The K2 Plus is a great printer. Some of his issues are misleading, like not being able to stop. It would have stopped right after the calibration. Version 6 of the Creality slicer is also great, but I think he uses a Mac and it's not out for Mac yet (no fault of his). I used to use Orca until the version 6 slicer released, which fixed a lot of the issues I used to have with Creality slicer. I've seen a number of users having issues because the printer was mishandled during shipping. I got mine from B&H and it was extremely well packed. The only reason I purchased the K2 was because I owned the K1C and I watched Creality push updates to that printer to make it the flawless printer that I consider it to be today, aside from bad network connectivity. I expect Creality to do the same with the K2 and improve upon an already great printer.
@@SooksVI Thats not misleading, it was not able to stop when he wanted it to. Does not matter if it stops after the calibration, then it might be to late. You should not accept your 1300$ printer to be an early development product when you receive it, we are past that. Today there are cheaper printers that works perfect out of the box.
@@drosendahl it's misleading because he framed it as if it never would have stopped. If I have a computer that takes 10 seconds to send a signal to the monitor and I say that the computer doesn't turn on at all then that's misleading, isn't it?
I really do feel sorry for your pain but I laughed so hard that I can print TPU faster on my cr10 SP😂😂😂😂
It does it, but you have to set it up. Theres really no way around creality. The settings for this machine mainly work with their PLA. And nothing else. I just learned to use it and by that I dont mean pressing a button like u do, I mean creating a profile that works for whatever filament I am using, and understanding what I am doing. But ur not entertaining that and I get it. The last update really made the k2 crazy so I downgraded. I have printed over 40 kg of generic PETG so far amazing. I have to say, that spring is EASY TO LOOSE. That I agree with you 100%, the rest meh.. I have printed non stop for a whole month doing my projects and so far amazing. I was going to get an X1C but the k2 was cheaper with coupons and better for me.
I can say I would never let a 3D Pinter run while I wasn't home. 280C is 536 Fahrenheit. These things will catch on fire. Its a Chinese built machine. Lets all be responsible and never leave a machine unattended. These machines are all in beta test mode.
Here is AZ as well. I am stuck with a $1400 paperweight. Cannot print out of the box.
Please share your firmware adventures.
😂
Looks like that one may need a smart plug.
Good video. Thanks
I don't trust any consumer level 3d printer company besides Prusa and Bambu Labs. They just can't get it together.
Are you on actual computer or a Mac?
Mag
Mac
just attracting attention and creating buzz out of nothing
this is the worst that self-proclaimed specialists can do
Why do people still buy printers from Creality?
A company who spit out crap machine year after year.
Firmware borderline dangerous when you dont have a clue what your executing and how the software works.
Bambu labs is killing shit SIMPLE 😎
Exactly what I'd expect from creality
It total rubbish. Endless problems with mine. DON'T BUY!!!
I suppose this is the first non paid review
Great review. Thank you!
I couldn’t find the fire risk issue in the video, I watched twice.
This has put me right off getting this now
Not Bambu again, in release year it was worse than K2, much worse. A1 almost burnt houses down. But yes, Firmware and Software is buggy as hell, not only buggy but lacks logic, digged through code. Dunno which dumbass made it but it looks similar to K1 firmware. And Orca works, you can send it to the printer by using the Creality Print protocol. But you have to start in Creality Cloud app, Creality Print or on the printer itself. You have to map the colors to the CFS because Orca has no CFS connection and doesn't know. Name the filament type same as in CFS or it won't offer anything in the mapping tab. Printing TPU also works, best is to remove the bowden tube and feed it through the top.
Yea, but X1 was bambus first printer, not number 36 or what Creality is on now (and X1 still was better than the competitors at the time). A1 had an issue (that didnt burn any houses down) and they fixed it. There is just no excuse for Creality to mess up like this again. We are past the point where the user suppose to be both an engineer and a mechanic to use a printer.
please stop making videos
Okay thanks
Have you tried setting a low volumetric flow rate limit for the TPU? I know it would kinda suck for a printer this expensive, but you might just have to print it really slow. But maybe you've already tried that
So this guy don't understand a thing about 3d printing, makes really stupid errors and misunderstanding, but instead of blaming himself, it blames the printer 😂😂😂 this is the example of people that started 3d print with printers thinked to be used by brainless monkeys...
The K2 is not perfect and has some issues, but if you didn't understand how 3d print works, is not a printer fault. You can't stop a kipper printer during initial startup and calibration... Any klipper printer, any brand, because klipper works in this way.
I did tpu with no issue.... Because you have to set the filament in the slicer settings, not only on the printer.
So basically, for your dignity, stop making videos , because it's clear you don't understand a thing about 3d printing 😂
Yeah i didn't know the gears were plastic. Man that's bs. So far I've been having better luck with my Kobra 3 with ACE . My Bed level on K2 is horrible, i have an upside down U shape that i can't fix.
They are plastic on metal… but it’s a weak point
@@thelightspeed3d712 i see thank you
Ah shit here we go again......X1 Carbon I guess....no heated chamber :( 255mm print area only and no dual fans/exhaust fan....
x1c has flimsy build quality compared to k2, no linear rails, no self leveling bed, no auto belt tensioning, no 6mm thick bed, no 10mm wide belts, no rails to stabilize the bed, AMS sucks, a piece of work when it fails. x1c is outdated, don't waste money. they must come out with something new soon or deserve to go broke.
@tek9058 agreed even though they announced a new printer is coming, they are way too late to even build up hype...
skill issue
good job, maybe i will one day buy one more creality, i have K1C at this time, and i have the same problems, but not so much in this frekvenci, becouse K1 is 3rd year on the market, K2 will be ok after 2 years on the market, it was big mistake , second big mistake from crelity ...:-( ...good job mate , thy for your video about problems