I just got a Halot One. I watched many videos on it and noticed that all of them had the same complaints. I was worried that the one I got would have the same issues and frustrations. I am so glad that Creality listened and took into consideration all of the ideas and complaints that all of you put in. All of the issues that you and other vloggers brought up seem to be fixed. There are probably still quirks, but overall I am glad to see progress.
Thank you! I just purchased a Halot-One and it is my first experience with 3d printing. I am a total novice. I did level the build plate per instructions, (I saw on another TH-cam video) and used their software, (which is the Alpha level) and like you, I saw that the supports pulled away from the raft, but being new, I did not know that that was an issue until I saw this video. So, thank you. This is most likely the problem I have been having with the dozen or so prints I've tried. I will try to get the updated software from Creality but in the meantime, I will use Lychee or Chitubox to slice my models. Again, thank you.
This is probably a response to Chitu encrypting their mainboards to only allow files sliced in Chitubox. There is a lot of discussion about this move and how Creality was very against it. This means Creality had to design their own mainboard and software to support it in a very short time span. This is only a theory but it tracks. This also explains why they are in talks with Lychee to support the printer but no mention of Chitubox.
@@haworthluke watch a recent review of the Mars 3. Pretty much every review complained about this new lock in to Chitubox. Chitu is forcing all users of there boards to use there proprietary slicer and not opening up the file format. They want you to sign up for a subscription to there pro software and it's b.s.
Just the fact that someone who's job it is to know their stuff put on a 14 hour print as their second test gives me a lot more confidence in this and I'm glad I ordered
Creality is not alone in shipping unfinished resin printers. My Anycubic Photon Mono X is a work in progress whose development seems to have been abandoned by the company for newer products. Again, great hardware with flakey firmware and software. It's very frustrating.
Hi ,all. Creality company already told with Lychee company about the compatible issue,and it will be compatible in the next version Lychee software.But we still don't have a exact time.
@@halotservice6739 You still need to fix this nightmare firmware. 1)No raise up when paused? 2)Wifi is SLOW. 3)Does not show current exposure layer on screen while printing! 4) NO webcams work when plugged in!....WHY?......
@@foam27 Webcam is not available to equip with the Halot one . Halot One will not show current exposure layer on display screen . when printing, only show the main view and top view. I will write down your thoughts at the daily feedback and upload to our product manager. About the " raise up when pausing" we will make it on firmware on late November and hope to be release in the end of this year. Thank you for your feedback.
For the cost, somethings like robust software is a difficult challenge. I always suggest to open source their firmware if they can't promise robust operation. They can get the community to help..
I really appreciate an honest review. I watched another where the person obviously experienced some of these problems, but glossed over them to give that great review for the vendor. Thank you.
I bought this and it’s my first. Seems they fixed pause so it raises up. I was also to toads flex plates for the build plate. Just done the Test prints and will start learning how to design and print my own designs. I hope. So far I love it!
One huge advantage is they make their own boards and are not locked into needing Chitubox as a slicer. The prints look great and being able to load a file into the machine as well as adjust build settings is a good advancement.
Chit are using very suspicious phrases to act like they are not being anti competitive. But it is looking that way. The inconvenience of having to model and support in our preferred software and import to the machines slicer before printing seems to be the way we are going to be doing it until companies get the message that locking software to machine boards is not the3d printing community ethos.
Great, honest review. Hope the software side is sorted quickly for you and other "backers". What is the noise level like while running? Great video. Keep it lit.
I feel exactly the same about my new CR-10 Smart. I've given Creality a hell of a time about their shitty instructions, translations and half baked software and firmware and options. I've actually went ahead and pushed a storm of feedback onto them, including new English localization translations which I hope they will be using soon to improve their stuff...
Daniel. Thanks for another facts not fiction review. I haven't gotten into resin printers yet, but it's on my list. The desired vs supplied features of resin printers is exactly what I needed to begin trying to figure out which one to buy. Great job!!
Absolutely! I really try to focus on the positives but there are just so many things that are not okay here. Especially considering these units are shipping and customers are having the same experiences. Thank you very much for the support :)
Your bitching paid off. I bought one of these 3 days ago and I was able to immediately install the Mac software on my M1 MacBook Pro and the software was hosted on their website. (I didn’t even think to look on the thumb drive lol, glad I didn’t) Also, sending the file over WiFi from your computer when using HalotBox works without having to manually type in the ip address as long as you connect the printer to WiFi first. I haven’t tried with Lychee yet because I’m very new to printing and literally only learned about that today but the Halot One is on the compatibility list according to Lychee. The Halot Box software is still basic but the bug where adding supports raises the boat off of the print bed is fixed. Haven’t checked the other issues yet but the first thing I did was do a firmware update
My brother got a Halot-one and he is kindly letting me use it for time-lapses for my channel, but when it came today, the LCD screen that projects the UV was cracked in the corner! Is that something to be worried about? IT's just a small crack about the size of a hair.
BAH! I saw this happening and thought it must be how it is just supposed to be (I’ve never used a resin printer). It’s a software issue…great. Now I gotta learn another program. Haha. I’ve made one successful print, and it happened to be one that was flat with no supports. I should have known.
The version of Halot Box on their website is much newer. I'm doing my first test print with it, now. The supports /show/ they're connected. If it fails, I guess I'm going to watch some tutorials for Chitubox.
lol what?! That is news to me. Do you have the link? I plan on revisiting. I was told that it now natively works with LYCHEE which would improve on most of the issues I had.
Wow thanks for this video! so this printer was (for a very brief time) $100 on amazon mid to late July and I've always wanted to get into the hobby so I pulled the trigger without knowing basically anything about 3d printing. it arrived a day later but resin wasn't coming until the next day so I tried to find the slicing program (didn't check the flash drive) -- took me an hour of googling to do but I got it eventually. The program is super janky but everything somehow managed to print almost perfectly except the user error ones but almost impossible to edit generated supports if they're in a tight space because I don't know how to put them in manually yet. I downloaded chitubox but the sliced file is the wrong format I guess. There is little information on this printer even from creality, maybe because its so new? I'm having most of the problems in the video except the supports lifting so thanks for shedding some light on it. overall I'm having a great time with it and I've had it running since I got it lol.
So I think it is great that some resin printers are thinking of doing something I felt was necessary for ages and that is separating the slicing from the exposure settings. I don't want to reslice my print every time I change my resin. not to mention it makes it easier to dial in settings as far as i am concerned
This is actually a great point that I did not initially consider because I primarily use 1-2 resins with the same settings. That can definitely be a plus.
@@ModBotArmy Yeah maybe because i an newer to hobby resin printing or the fact that I also use my resin printer to make practical parts using engineering resins as well as regular resins for fun pieces, I tend to have half a dozen resins and it isn't unusual for me to realize I chose the wrong resin profile and then have to reslice it to put in the right exposure settings. Not to mention that when prototyping i will use a cheaper resin so then when I finally have the part right it kind of sucks that i have to go back to my computer to slice it for the engineering resin. It would save time to just change the resin profile on the fly. It's something that i think would be good in all printers. Kind of like how i think RERF that anycubic does should be in all Resin 3D printers to find out the correct exposure settings for resins and how I think all resin printers should have a tank clean function like the elegoo printers where it exposes the entire print area to make removing debris from failed prints easier.
Thanks for the review. Still looking for that sweet spot to get into resin printing. It's unfortunate that Creality seems to be making things unnecessarily difficult for themselves for what appears to me to be an effort to maximize profits. They want to sell you cloud printing hardware and services so they make the wifi connection proprietary. They don't want to pay a license to the established slicers so they have a half baked proprietary format. I have a feeling they're never really going to completely, 100% sort out the software issues and they've minimized their profit from me to 0 with their current strategy.
For the price that they are charging you are only paying for the hardware. When manufacturers close source their code and put licencing, you the consumer has to pay for it. Yes maybe Creality launched it premature. But I think software issues can be and will be sorted out. Also if they opensource the slicer, it will improve
@@SmallSpoonBrigade My experience with Chinese products are they are rather weak on the software front at these price ranges. And you will have to do some of your own fixing. Got an Anet ET4pro for a start. Had issues with its software. Had to reflash it with Marlin with my own fixes. But an average user may not have the skills or the time.. Atleast if the OS is open source you may not end up with a brick..
@@IdeaBoxful I doubt it's as hard as it was for my stock Ender 3 that required getting a dongle to reflash the ROM. But, in my experience most Asian brands can't figure out how to get software to work right. In college, I had a $2k Sony Vaio laptop that would be at 99% CPU immediately after doing a fresh install from the recovery media because a bundled program had bugs in it.
Just ordered Halot + curing station for € 120,- including shipping. Fun to see if I get what I ordered. ( I know. It's too good to be true.) I will update the order situation in the future. 😀 Update: It was a scam. Got my money back though.
Yes I just got one a few days ago better software and updates to printer quality like the plastic tub is now metal and now raise whan you stop it to check how it's printing
I fucking love creality kit. I'm not interested in speed benchies or auto leveling. I like taking my time and getting good prints. All fine detail and slow speeds are good enough for me especially when you can get an Ender 3 pro in the UK now for £130. We are lucky to live in the times we live in 😀😀
Any updates on these issues? I see it's been 3 months, and I was looking at this printer for my first resin printer. It's available for $200. If not is there one under $200 you would recommend for a first time resin printer.
I need to revisit. I have had a few people reach out letting me know it now works with lychee and that there have been some other updates. No ETA as of yet on that video though. If you can find a mars 2 pro at that pricepoint that is probably my current recommendation.
@@ModBotArmy Just ordered it at $179....looks like Creality fixed the print pause and added the build plate lift on their latest firmware update just a few days ago. Thanks for the great video
It depends, it seems much more so than with fdm and gcode being the standard. Like Chitubox boards have their file format which is the most common .CTB but many of the others that do not use their boards do have their own file formatting. I wonder if 3rd party companies can use the .CTB file format or are required to buy the boards. I am hoping for a slicer to become like Cura where it is open source and just has a ton of profiles.
Resin is awesome! I love my FDM and would not trade them for resin but I do think they complement each other well. I hope I did not discourage you from the technology because that certainly was not my goal.
@@ModBotArmy Trade? Why would you ditch the fdm just because you bought a resin printer? I'm keeping my Ender 3, I'm getting the Halot One for other materials.
@@HamderBo It depends on the FDM printer and what you're doing, but the future is resin. Resin can print basically anything that can be dissolved into the resin and has fewer restrictions about overhangs and continuity than FDM. I haven't personally had many problems with my Ender 3, but it does depend a bit on having it set up just right and some tinkering at times.
Very informative video & echoes my viewpoint. New to resin printing & when I purchased this I thought it'd be able to do the slicing on the printer side if you just input the .stl file via a usb thumb drive. I feel that would be a step forward for this technology, as I'm sure the onboard processor would be capable of doing the necessary workload, even if it took a few minutes. Do you think this would be possible for them to do via an update (if memory/storage permits)? It would definitely put them ahead of the game if currently achievable.
That is the game plan, but onboard slicing will be a bit too much for the Cortex M0 Chip. So it will be mostly download from cloud of files and network based printing. Besides on a faster processor, the print quality can be maintained with improvement in speed because of faster render times.
Naomi Wu mentioned that the Creality WiFi box is apparently a hunk of junk, so I'd avoid that thing like the plague. I wish Creality (and other Chinese 3D Printing manufacturers) would make sure everything is ready before release. I feel like in recent times, we're seeing a lot of half-assed releases in general.
I almost bought one when it was on sale, but for a bit more you can buy a raspberry pi and octoprint. Which you can repurpose for other things when not in use.
These are not hardware issues. So easily fixable with Software updates. The hardware from what I can see is actually better. The specs is really great for the price.
It looks like updating the software is going to be easy. With my Ender 3, it required tools to reflash the hardware that weren't included. This says that it can be done via Wi-Fi if I understood correctly.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade I am always skeptical about using wifi/bluetooth for firmware updates. Unless they have robust checksum verification of the downloaded file and an atomic update. That is not easy. Given the state of their software, I wouldn't test fate :-). Usb dongle is still better..
You have all the reason, this is a great machine, but the software is soo bad, and the adjustaments, i will return it to the company waiting a new version or a new relase, because is a headheach to configure the parameteres.
Thank you! Hopefully the software is more developed by the time you receive yours. It sounds like they are expecting to release a new update in the next week or so.
Sad outcome. I bought a Creality LD-002R over a year ago and it worked out of the box and prints beautifully. It does however use Chitubox as it's slicer and Chitu firmware. They should have stuck with that?
That is a great question. I dont see why it would be a race when there are so many printers out there already. I get wanting to take a product to market but releasing and incomplete product is much worse than delaying a bit.
Ahh valid point. Yup that is definitely my mistake. I think most of my life that sort of cream tone has been called flesh tone which does not make it right. It is something I need to make a mental note of and break. I apologize and will do better.
I just got a Halot One. I watched many videos on it and noticed that all of them had the same complaints. I was worried that the one I got would have the same issues and frustrations. I am so glad that Creality listened and took into consideration all of the ideas and complaints that all of you put in. All of the issues that you and other vloggers brought up seem to be fixed. There are probably still quirks, but overall I am glad to see progress.
Thank you! I just purchased a Halot-One and it is my first experience with 3d printing. I am a total novice. I did level the build plate per instructions, (I saw on another TH-cam video) and used their software, (which is the Alpha level) and like you, I saw that the supports pulled away from the raft, but being new, I did not know that that was an issue until I saw this video. So, thank you. This is most likely the problem I have been having with the dozen or so prints I've tried.
I will try to get the updated software from Creality but in the meantime, I will use Lychee or Chitubox to slice my models.
Again, thank you.
I was actually looking into purchasing this printer. Thanks for being honest and thorough in your review, really helps!
Same here. This review saved me a lot of frustration.
This is probably a response to Chitu encrypting their mainboards to only allow files sliced in Chitubox. There is a lot of discussion about this move and how Creality was very against it. This means Creality had to design their own mainboard and software to support it in a very short time span. This is only a theory but it tracks.
This also explains why they are in talks with Lychee to support the printer but no mention of Chitubox.
Where did you find this discussion my friend? Reddit?
@@haworthluke watch a recent review of the Mars 3. Pretty much every review complained about this new lock in to Chitubox. Chitu is forcing all users of there boards to use there proprietary slicer and not opening up the file format. They want you to sign up for a subscription to there pro software and it's b.s.
Just the fact that someone who's job it is to know their stuff put on a 14 hour print as their second test gives me a lot more confidence in this and I'm glad I ordered
Creality is not alone in shipping unfinished resin printers. My Anycubic Photon Mono X is a work in progress whose development seems to have been abandoned by the company for newer products. Again, great hardware with flakey firmware and software. It's very frustrating.
Thanks for this honest review, it's very helpful.
Hi ,all. Creality company already told with Lychee company about the compatible issue,and it will be compatible in the next version Lychee software.But we still don't have a exact time.
Great to hear this new. I love the hardware once the software side gets sorted out it is gonna be a awsome printer.
I purchased this machine already. That being said, will I need to buy a new machine of will it simply be a software update?
@@justinolcott8679 Thanks for your support, just a update for the software is ok, and the Halot One can be used at Lychee Slicers now.
@@halotservice6739 You still need to fix this nightmare firmware. 1)No raise up when paused? 2)Wifi is SLOW. 3)Does not show current exposure layer on screen while printing! 4) NO webcams work when plugged in!....WHY?......
@@foam27
Webcam is not available to equip with the Halot one .
Halot One will not show current exposure layer on display screen . when printing, only show the main view and top view.
I will write down your thoughts at the daily feedback and upload to our product manager. About the " raise up when pausing" we will make it on firmware on late November and hope to be release in the end of this year.
Thank you for your feedback.
Seems like a typical early-Creality thing. Good ideas, okay execution. I'm sure the third version of this machine will be a beast.
For the cost, somethings like robust software is a difficult challenge. I always suggest to open source their firmware if they can't promise robust operation. They can get the community to help..
I really appreciate an honest review. I watched another where the person obviously experienced some of these problems, but glossed over them to give that great review for the vendor. Thank you.
I bought this and it’s my first. Seems they fixed pause so it raises up. I was also to toads flex plates for the build plate. Just done the Test prints and will start learning how to design and print my own designs. I hope. So far I love it!
One huge advantage is they make their own boards and are not locked into needing Chitubox as a slicer. The prints look great and being able to load a file into the machine as well as adjust build settings is a good advancement.
Chitubox boards are not locked into their slicer are they? I feel like I have seen many printers with Chitu boards that also use the Lychee slicer.
Chit are using very suspicious phrases to act like they are not being anti competitive. But it is looking that way. The inconvenience of having to model and support in our preferred software and import to the machines slicer before printing seems to be the way we are going to be doing it until companies get the message that locking software to machine boards is not the3d printing community ethos.
@@ModBotArmy they are rumors that is the way Chitu is heading...
Great, honest review. Hope the software side is sorted quickly for you and other "backers".
What is the noise level like while running?
Great video. Keep it lit.
great video thank you for being honest
Creality is the Asus of 3D printing. Good hardware, bad software.
who has better software than asus? gigabyte msi asrock lol
Now Creality Halot series resin printers support Lychee slicer. Users can use Lychee instead of Halot-box slicer if they want.
I feel exactly the same about my new CR-10 Smart. I've given Creality a hell of a time about their shitty instructions, translations and half baked software and firmware and options. I've actually went ahead and pushed a storm of feedback onto them, including new English localization translations which I hope they will be using soon to improve their stuff...
Fantastic review!
Daniel. Thanks for another facts not fiction review. I haven't gotten into resin printers yet, but it's on my list. The desired vs supplied features of resin printers is exactly what I needed to begin trying to figure out which one to buy. Great job!!
Absolutely! I really try to focus on the positives but there are just so many things that are not okay here. Especially considering these units are shipping and customers are having the same experiences. Thank you very much for the support :)
Your bitching paid off. I bought one of these 3 days ago and I was able to immediately install the Mac software on my M1 MacBook Pro and the software was hosted on their website. (I didn’t even think to look on the thumb drive lol, glad I didn’t) Also, sending the file over WiFi from your computer when using HalotBox works without having to manually type in the ip address as long as you connect the printer to WiFi first. I haven’t tried with Lychee yet because I’m very new to printing and literally only learned about that today but the Halot One is on the compatibility list according to Lychee.
The Halot Box software is still basic but the bug where adding supports raises the boat off of the print bed is fixed. Haven’t checked the other issues yet but the first thing I did was do a firmware update
I confirm it all xD
This printer need a big update.
I can confirm as well. Need to return this POS tomorrow.
Ordered one in the preorder back in April. Still haven't received. Definitely lowered my excitement to get it....Thanks, I think.
Perhaps they will get the software dialed in sooner than later. I gave them plenty of feedback
what chitubox software version do you recommend we use with this halot one?
My brother got a Halot-one and he is kindly letting me use it for time-lapses for my channel, but when it came today, the LCD screen that projects the UV was cracked in the corner! Is that something to be worried about? IT's just a small crack about the size of a hair.
... 4 months later ... has there been any improvement in the firmware and software for this printer?
BAH! I saw this happening and thought it must be how it is just supposed to be (I’ve never used a resin printer). It’s a software issue…great. Now I gotta learn another program. Haha. I’ve made one successful print, and it happened to be one that was flat with no supports. I should have known.
The version of Halot Box on their website is much newer. I'm doing my first test print with it, now. The supports /show/ they're connected. If it fails, I guess I'm going to watch some tutorials for Chitubox.
Current version of Halot Box also did not provide me with a print. Time for Chitubox.
@@RynoDBones SAME :(
Its so crazy that they feature this review so prominently on their store page for the Halot One. Have things gotten any better?
lol what?! That is news to me. Do you have the link? I plan on revisiting. I was told that it now natively works with LYCHEE which would improve on most of the issues I had.
Wow thanks for this video! so this printer was (for a very brief time) $100 on amazon mid to late July and I've always wanted to get into the hobby so I pulled the trigger without knowing basically anything about 3d printing. it arrived a day later but resin wasn't coming until the next day so I tried to find the slicing program (didn't check the flash drive) -- took me an hour of googling to do but I got it eventually. The program is super janky but everything somehow managed to print almost perfectly except the user error ones but almost impossible to edit generated supports if they're in a tight space because I don't know how to put them in manually yet. I downloaded chitubox but the sliced file is the wrong format I guess. There is little information on this printer even from creality, maybe because its so new? I'm having most of the problems in the video except the supports lifting so thanks for shedding some light on it. overall I'm having a great time with it and I've had it running since I got it lol.
Any update on if these issues are still present? Such as the software side of things ?
Yes, you can now use Lychee for supports and slicing, not sure about Chitbox tho.
So I think it is great that some resin printers are thinking of doing something I felt was necessary for ages and that is separating the slicing from the exposure settings. I don't want to reslice my print every time I change my resin. not to mention it makes it easier to dial in settings as far as i am concerned
This is actually a great point that I did not initially consider because I primarily use 1-2 resins with the same settings. That can definitely be a plus.
@@ModBotArmy Yeah maybe because i an newer to hobby resin printing or the fact that I also use my resin printer to make practical parts using engineering resins as well as regular resins for fun pieces, I tend to have half a dozen resins and it isn't unusual for me to realize I chose the wrong resin profile and then have to reslice it to put in the right exposure settings. Not to mention that when prototyping i will use a cheaper resin so then when I finally have the part right it kind of sucks that i have to go back to my computer to slice it for the engineering resin. It would save time to just change the resin profile on the fly. It's something that i think would be good in all printers. Kind of like how i think RERF that anycubic does should be in all Resin 3D printers to find out the correct exposure settings for resins and how I think all resin printers should have a tank clean function like the elegoo printers where it exposes the entire print area to make removing debris from failed prints easier.
Thanks for the review. Still looking for that sweet spot to get into resin printing. It's unfortunate that Creality seems to be making things unnecessarily difficult for themselves for what appears to me to be an effort to maximize profits. They want to sell you cloud printing hardware and services so they make the wifi connection proprietary. They don't want to pay a license to the established slicers so they have a half baked proprietary format. I have a feeling they're never really going to completely, 100% sort out the software issues and they've minimized their profit from me to 0 with their current strategy.
For the price that they are charging you are only paying for the hardware. When manufacturers close source their code and put licencing, you the consumer has to pay for it. Yes maybe Creality launched it premature. But I think software issues can be and will be sorted out. Also if they opensource the slicer, it will improve
@@IdeaBoxful Based on their marketing, it looks like they're making it super easy to update the firmware.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade My experience with Chinese products are they are rather weak on the software front at these price ranges. And you will have to do some of your own fixing. Got an Anet ET4pro for a start. Had issues with its software. Had to reflash it with Marlin with my own fixes. But an average user may not have the skills or the time..
Atleast if the OS is open source you may not end up with a brick..
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Also updating firmware can be tricky for the unintiated..
@@IdeaBoxful I doubt it's as hard as it was for my stock Ender 3 that required getting a dongle to reflash the ROM. But, in my experience most Asian brands can't figure out how to get software to work right. In college, I had a $2k Sony Vaio laptop that would be at 99% CPU immediately after doing a fresh install from the recovery media because a bundled program had bugs in it.
Just ordered Halot + curing station for € 120,- including shipping. Fun to see if I get what I ordered. ( I know. It's too good to be true.) I will update the order situation in the future. 😀
Update: It was a scam. Got my money back though.
I have a halot one pro. Where can I buy another FDM? Iv looked everywhere can only find the plus and regular halot one FDMs
Also my fdm came damaged and the spare it came with doesn’t fit at all. Bolt patterns aren’t even close to the same
What do u recommend, anycubic photon mono or cl 60? This has carbon filter which is better.
I'm a novice,which other resin printer do u advice in the same price range?
right now i can find the same printer for 120 euros.... is it worth it?
Was there any updates done on this printer or was it left this way?
Yes I just got one a few days ago better software and updates to printer quality like the plastic tub is now metal and now raise whan you stop it to check how it's printing
I fucking love creality kit. I'm not interested in speed benchies or auto leveling. I like taking my time and getting good prints. All fine detail and slow speeds are good enough for me especially when you can get an Ender 3 pro in the UK now for £130. We are lucky to live in the times we live in 😀😀
They sell an auto leveling kit for the ender 3, it's not too hard to install these days and it's well worth the expense.
Any updates on these issues? I see it's been 3 months, and I was looking at this printer for my first resin printer. It's available for $200. If not is there one under $200 you would recommend for a first time resin printer.
I need to revisit. I have had a few people reach out letting me know it now works with lychee and that there have been some other updates. No ETA as of yet on that video though. If you can find a mars 2 pro at that pricepoint that is probably my current recommendation.
@@ModBotArmy Just ordered it at $179....looks like Creality fixed the print pause and added the build plate lift on their latest firmware update just a few days ago. Thanks for the great video
I just printed my first few resin prints and have to ask, does every brand have their own file formats you must stick to?
It depends, it seems much more so than with fdm and gcode being the standard. Like Chitubox boards have their file format which is the most common .CTB but many of the others that do not use their boards do have their own file formatting. I wonder if 3rd party companies can use the .CTB file format or are required to buy the boards. I am hoping for a slicer to become like Cura where it is open source and just has a ton of profiles.
@@ModBotArmy yeah it's kinda difficult to keep track of file types with multiple printers in your case i bet.
Reminds me of why I don't want to do resin unless I'm given one. Plan on staying FDM
Resin is awesome! I love my FDM and would not trade them for resin but I do think they complement each other well. I hope I did not discourage you from the technology because that certainly was not my goal.
@@ModBotArmy No you didn't. Just not for me right now. Gonna spend time on what I have now. It's easier and you don't have the chemicals do deal with.
I dont agree with fdm being more easy.. i started out with resin and fdm is to me the alot more inconsistent.
@@ModBotArmy Trade? Why would you ditch the fdm just because you bought a resin printer? I'm keeping my Ender 3, I'm getting the Halot One for other materials.
@@HamderBo It depends on the FDM printer and what you're doing, but the future is resin. Resin can print basically anything that can be dissolved into the resin and has fewer restrictions about overhangs and continuity than FDM.
I haven't personally had many problems with my Ender 3, but it does depend a bit on having it set up just right and some tinkering at times.
this is the CREALITY of the situation :(
Very informative video & echoes my viewpoint. New to resin printing & when I purchased this I thought it'd be able to do the slicing on the printer side if you just input the .stl file via a usb thumb drive. I feel that would be a step forward for this technology, as I'm sure the onboard processor would be capable of doing the necessary workload, even if it took a few minutes. Do you think this would be possible for them to do via an update (if memory/storage permits)? It would definitely put them ahead of the game if currently achievable.
That is the game plan, but onboard slicing will be a bit too much for the Cortex M0 Chip. So it will be mostly download from cloud of files and network based printing. Besides on a faster processor, the print quality can be maintained with improvement in speed because of faster render times.
Thank you.
Creality == LOUD AF fans
Greetings! Is vat exactly plastic? At the presentation, the presenter assured that vat was made of metal.
The vat was made from metal
My vat is made of metal.
@@bigg1smalls It's just that the video at this point says that plastic, I decided to ask again th-cam.com/video/WNF0WzFzzR8/w-d-xo.html
@@lay7918 It's just that the video at this point says that plastic, I decided to ask again th-cam.com/video/WNF0WzFzzR8/w-d-xo.html
@@QaAndrey Mine was metal as well
Any update to the software?
yeah check his new video
Naomi Wu mentioned that the Creality WiFi box is apparently a hunk of junk, so I'd avoid that thing like the plague.
I wish Creality (and other Chinese 3D Printing manufacturers) would make sure everything is ready before release. I feel like in recent times, we're seeing a lot of half-assed releases in general.
I almost bought one when it was on sale, but for a bit more you can buy a raspberry pi and octoprint. Which you can repurpose for other things when not in use.
These are not hardware issues. So easily fixable with Software updates. The hardware from what I can see is actually better. The specs is really great for the price.
It looks like updating the software is going to be easy. With my Ender 3, it required tools to reflash the hardware that weren't included. This says that it can be done via Wi-Fi if I understood correctly.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade I am always skeptical about using wifi/bluetooth for firmware updates. Unless they have robust checksum verification of the downloaded file and an atomic update. That is not easy. Given the state of their software, I wouldn't test fate :-). Usb dongle is still better..
Try halot box as a slicer
Is that a Elegoo Mars 3 in the background ??
No Mars 2 pro. Mars 3 looks rad though I believe I will be testing one out.
Man, this is happening to me, and..... you posted the video today. 😅😅
Did you purchase one of these?
2:24 - We wuz thangz.
You have all the reason, this is a great machine, but the software is soo bad, and the adjustaments, i will return it to the company waiting a new version or a new relase, because is a headheach to configure the parameteres.
Nothings like Anycubic
Great job, mines in the post still :)
Thank you! Hopefully the software is more developed by the time you receive yours. It sounds like they are expecting to release a new update in the next week or so.
Sad outcome. I bought a Creality LD-002R over a year ago and it worked out of the box and prints beautifully. It does however use Chitubox as it's slicer and Chitu firmware. They should have stuck with that?
you should do more than 1 video a week, have u thought about building a printer like the ratrig or voron and doing a video on it
Why would such an established company release a product half baked as this?? This is gonna kill Creality's small piece of the resin market.
That is a great question. I dont see why it would be a race when there are so many printers out there already. I get wanting to take a product to market but releasing and incomplete product is much worse than delaying a bit.
Lets not call the creamy resin "flesh tone". What shade is even Flesh tone?
The web says “ a yellowish pink or pinkish cream color”
@@ModBotArmy I think the comment was addressing the fact that human "flesh" comes in many varieties of lightness and darkness.
Ahh valid point. Yup that is definitely my mistake. I think most of my life that sort of cream tone has been called flesh tone which does not make it right. It is something I need to make a mental note of and break. I apologize and will do better.
Woke lol
@@EdTannenbaum people need to chill and quit looking for reasons to be offended
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