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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 K1C has been flawless except for some color bleeding between white and dark colors; I'm still trying to finetune that.
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.
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
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 👍.
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.
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.
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 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..
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
When I buy a tool, I want to use the tool to build projects. I don't want the tool to be the project. The "real" 3d "pros" like to shit on Bambu. I bought 4 new tools; the P1S Combo, the A1, and two Mini's, and they do nothing but make stuff all day long. The only maintenance I do is change filament.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You do realize bambu's ACTUALLY caught fire.
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 K1C has been flawless except for some color bleeding between white and dark colors; I'm still trying to finetune that.
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.
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
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 👍.
Thank you. I was about to pull the trigger on this. Guess I'll keep looking .
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.
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
SAME SHIT AS BAMBU
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.
That really sucks for a $1500 printer
in my country it is 2000$ for the K2 Plus!!
I would for the price to drop
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..
Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo would be curious to see on your channel
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.
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 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.
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.
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..
Kudos, you are such AN Excellent Speaker for FLSUN
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.
You hit the nail on the head I've experienced the same sort of things
I canceled my K2 plus went to a Bambi x1 carbon my K1Max had issue pla completely destroyed the head
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.
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
T1 Pro prints TPU pretty well too.
Honestly for the price the S1 and T1 pro variants have been amazing
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.
When I buy a tool, I want to use the tool to build projects. I don't want the tool to be the project. The "real" 3d "pros" like to shit on Bambu. I bought 4 new tools; the P1S Combo, the A1, and two Mini's, and they do nothing but make stuff all day long. The only maintenance I do is change filament.
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.
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.
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
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
Are you on actual computer or a Mac?
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Mac
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.
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.
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.
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.
This video is pointless and a waste of time. Had mine for over 2 months. Prints with no issues 🤷♂️. Again, this printer is not for dummies 😂
I’ve been printing for a decade. I’m far from a dummy
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.
You are the only person that have issues with creality. Just change brand...
This is embarrassing for you. You didn’t read the comments
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.
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
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 really do feel sorry for your pain but I laughed so hard that I can print TPU faster on my cr10 SP😂😂😂😂
Bambu labs is killing shit SIMPLE 😎
I couldn’t find the fire risk issue in the video, I watched twice.
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
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
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.
It total rubbish. Endless problems with mine. DON'T BUY!!!
Exactly what I'd expect from creality
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...
this printer is not for Dummies
but it's mostly open source and fixable. it's just the software now, easy fix for community. k1 was trash because hardware sucked
skill issue
Good video. Thanks
please stop making videos
Great review. Thank you!
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
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