Hello! Can you tell me what settings / profile do you use? I have Ender 5 S1 + sonic pad and after 10min of print it clogg... It is brand new i bought yesterday. Thank you!
@@MyTechFun Quite sure it was 1.06 and it has an injection moulded piece on the part cooler too. I've seen many videos with a printed version. I've since installed klipper.
Hands down, i am still using my ender 5 pro, (upgraded from E5) and i had no problem with it so far. However its totally obvious that Creality became a bit arrogant and it seems like the profit is more important to them than real innovations. Its sad, because they really made a good start
yep, I have 3 Creality Ender machines (only paid for 1 though) and all 3 are solid. the two I didn't pay for have upgraded extrusion/hotend systems. However only the S1 Pro shows any innovation and that is limited frankly to the direct drive. everything is Creality version of upgrades coming from what people have done on their own to their Ender 3s. I too am disappointed they aren't thinking bigger.
I think the homing is in the bottom so that it can home after power loss without the print hitting the gantry. That said, I'd still prefer homing with the CR touch and now power loss recovery.
As with every Creality printer, the true power only becomes available when you add your own version of Marlin. That WAS the power of Creality in the past: delivering something that was cheap, yet still a good basis to then tinker on. That made the Ender 3 so great, but ... all their more recent printers try to do fancy stuff at a way too high price uplift and while reducing the tinkering possibilities. A fancy flat side on an extrusion might look cool, but it's one less side a tinkerer can attach stuff to - and it probably costs more too. The same holds even for the sprite extruder: yes, it is a nice extruder/heater combo, but it doesn't allow much tinkering and does come with a serious price uplift. Somewhere Creality just lost the feeling with this audience: if you want a finished product just to print without worrying much about the technical stuff, only the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon is really good enough and if you want a printer to itself be the hobby (rather than printing stuff), then these newer Creality printers are just worse than starting with an old Ender 5 (or Pro or Plus) and then extending it with your own choice of ultimate direct extruder and hotend or adding a Klicky probe or converting to corexy or ... just being able to build Marlin without having to worry whether the screen is actually supported and will still work with the latest Marlin build ...
Can you copy and paste your start and end g code that you got from the creality slicer please for Ender 5 S1? I downloaded creality slicer 4.8 and there is no default Ender 5 S1 profile.
Igor, can you confirm if the motherboard compartment fan is always on, or wired to part cooling? If Creality is pushing people to enclose this thing, I'd like to verify the motherboard won't smother with no part cooling, like my Ender 3 V2 was doing before I discovered that little flaw.
Hello Igor, can I have a request? Spectrum Filaments recently released a few interesting filaments. For example ABS Kevlar, ASA Kevlar, PA6 filled with 30% glass fibre. Could you ask them to send you a few samples for tests? Thanks!
Thanks for review! I've just ordered Ender-5 S1. And only issue that worries me a bit is Spider 1.0 nozzles, which are still quite rare.. I often print very abrasive materials (CF/GF Nylon, PC, etc) and use hardened steel, ruby or vanadium nozzles. Is it possible (/ how difficult) to replace entire heater block if that becomes a problem?
I have the ender 3 v2 with every upgrade done to it that you could think of and I am looking to get another printer and my eyes are on this ender 5 s1, would 5his be a great edition? Or should I look for something different in this price range?
2040 extrusion for the x gantry? Heck no. People go for Carbon fiber tubes or machined/hollowed out aluminum rods, all in the name of reducing moving mass. Ringing is to be reduced/eliminated using input shaper. Convert the firmware to Klipper to make use of its potential and configure the printer as YOU want, not as engineers in China think is good for you.
E5S1 can print on 300°C, this is the most important advantage. If you need only for PLA (or PETG, ABS, up to 240°C), then FLSUN SR. But V400 can print on higher temps too.
Meh, it’s way overpriced. For a little more I’d purchase the Bambu labs P1P printer, which I’m actually doing soon. Creality firmware also leaves much to be desired. Speaking of firmware, you should cover the ‘professional’ firmware for the Ender 3 V2 as found of GitHub. No one seems to cover this gem.
The downsize from a Bambu is that you cant repair it by youre self and the biggest issue with Bambu is that you MUST use youre phone to set it up AND Bambu knows everything what you do! What you are printing, when, etc, and they have always direct acces to youre printer.... nahhhh thats not what i want..
I have one; it's decent. If I were you, and looking at a $500 printer, I'd bite saving up for a $700 Bambu P1P. You will get a far more innovative system. Creality isn't known for tech support anyway, so while Bambu is new and doesn't have longevity understanding yet, they seem to want to respond to their customers, so far. Disclosure: I have an S1 Pro, I have a Bambu X1, and paid for both (I also have 2 other enders I did not pay for). The Bambu is vastly better, and I am hearing a lot of great things about its $700 cousin the P1P. But, if $500 is a hard limit, the S1 Pro is very capable for typical prints.
Failed for me. The bed dimensions are wrong in the firmware. It thinks the bed is longer than it is, hanging the touch sensor off the back while auto leveling. Emailed them and they just don't understand
Its my own design, it will be on printables with instructions. But temporary you can download it from the bottom of this page: www.mytechfun.com/video/256
I have seen quite a few reviews on this printer and all have mentioned that there is an additional enclosure kit available, however, you are the first to mention that no door comes with this kit, Creality have got the XY offset for the ABL correct in this range of printers but despite them learning how to set it up correctly they have neglected to fix their legacy firmware for their other models and as many people will know their latest firmware for the Ender 5 changes the language to Chinese and despite the fact that you can change it to English it will return to Chinese after power cycling the machine, why cant Creality get it right? there is always a problem with every printer; they never ever fix these problems! bearing this in mind I could never buy another Creality machine.
Too expensive. Creality have the volume to make their frames from pressed steel no idea why they are sticking to extrusions when their competition aren't.
wait they are calling this an S1 but it doesn't have a Sprite direct drive extruder? Uh, what? now their naming convention makes no sense to me at all. I think Creality *sort of* listens. They see what everyone in community is fixing then add it in to a later model. But, they are not thinking ahead or innovation wise, and are going to get their lunch eaten by Bambu or the many, many clones. For example, Biqu is now shipping real printers with Klipper. Vast improvement there.
What a great review! The printer on the other hand does not look like it prints any faster than a regular bed-slinger cartasian (outside of Creality's promotional material.) Are there any advantages to this printer over the less expensive Ender 3 s1 pro?
I thing it's biggest advantage is that the object is static. I am able to print smaller ABS parts without enclosure. But adding an enclosure is easier on this printer. Moving bed create a breeze around object, more warping in enclosure too.
@@MyTechFun That's actually one of the main reasons why I wanted it. Until I realized there's no top on that enclosure, so hardly useful for air quality control. Feels like whatever angle I approach this device from it turns out to be a disappointment. Thank you for your advice.
Not tested yet, but I got the info, if we upgrade the firmware to 1.0.6 it will home with CR-Touch.
Hello! Can you tell me what settings / profile do you use? I have Ender 5 S1 + sonic pad and after 10min of print it clogg... It is brand new i bought yesterday. Thank you!
I just received a new S1 and the z-limit switch is gone. Z-Home is from the touch only now.
@@Pugwash. Nice. What firmware is on it?
@@MyTechFun Quite sure it was 1.06 and it has an injection moulded piece on the part cooler too. I've seen many videos with a printed version. I've since installed klipper.
Actually, the default z homing is good in that way that you homing while you have current model ongoing, so it homes with no problems.
This is a very good thorough review!
Thanks! Super useful review as always
Glad it was helpful!
Hands down, i am still using my ender 5 pro, (upgraded from E5) and i had no problem with it so far. However its totally obvious that Creality became a bit arrogant and it seems like the profit is more important to them than real innovations. Its sad, because they really made a good start
yep, I have 3 Creality Ender machines (only paid for 1 though) and all 3 are solid. the two I didn't pay for have upgraded extrusion/hotend systems. However only the S1 Pro shows any innovation and that is limited frankly to the direct drive. everything is Creality version of upgrades coming from what people have done on their own to their Ender 3s. I too am disappointed they aren't thinking bigger.
I think the homing is in the bottom so that it can home after power loss without the print hitting the gantry. That said, I'd still prefer homing with the CR touch and now power loss recovery.
As with every Creality printer, the true power only becomes available when you add your own version of Marlin. That WAS the power of Creality in the past: delivering something that was cheap, yet still a good basis to then tinker on. That made the Ender 3 so great, but ... all their more recent printers try to do fancy stuff at a way too high price uplift and while reducing the tinkering possibilities. A fancy flat side on an extrusion might look cool, but it's one less side a tinkerer can attach stuff to - and it probably costs more too. The same holds even for the sprite extruder: yes, it is a nice extruder/heater combo, but it doesn't allow much tinkering and does come with a serious price uplift. Somewhere Creality just lost the feeling with this audience: if you want a finished product just to print without worrying much about the technical stuff, only the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon is really good enough and if you want a printer to itself be the hobby (rather than printing stuff), then these newer Creality printers are just worse than starting with an old Ender 5 (or Pro or Plus) and then extending it with your own choice of ultimate direct extruder and hotend or adding a Klicky probe or converting to corexy or ... just being able to build Marlin without having to worry whether the screen is actually supported and will still work with the latest Marlin build ...
Can you copy and paste your start and end g code that you got from the creality slicer please for Ender 5 S1? I downloaded creality slicer 4.8 and there is no default Ender 5 S1 profile.
I think this printer moves a lot more mass(bridge,extruder and a heavy steppermotor) than a "bed-slinger"
Igor, can you confirm if the motherboard compartment fan is always on, or wired to part cooling? If Creality is pushing people to enclose this thing, I'd like to verify the motherboard won't smother with no part cooling, like my Ender 3 V2 was doing before I discovered that little flaw.
Hello Igor, can I have a request?
Spectrum Filaments recently released a few interesting filaments. For example ABS Kevlar, ASA Kevlar, PA6 filled with 30% glass fibre.
Could you ask them to send you a few samples for tests? Thanks!
OK, I will send them an email if they are interested to send me some filaments.
Amazing!
Thanks for review! I've just ordered Ender-5 S1.
And only issue that worries me a bit is Spider 1.0 nozzles, which are still quite rare..
I often print very abrasive materials (CF/GF Nylon, PC, etc) and use hardened steel, ruby or vanadium nozzles.
Is it possible (/ how difficult) to replace entire heater block if that becomes a problem?
I have the ender 3 v2 with every upgrade done to it that you could think of and I am looking to get another printer and my eyes are on this ender 5 s1, would 5his be a great edition? Or should I look for something different in this price range?
Ender 3 v2 are terrible printers. Super bad
@slotty gw2 wvw lol mine works amazing, and even better with all the upgrades I have done. I just want to ad another printer to my arsenal
@Mathias de Vries I ended up getting the X1C combo a month ago. Best decision ever!
2040 extrusion for the x gantry? Heck no. People go for Carbon fiber tubes or machined/hollowed out aluminum rods, all in the name of reducing moving mass.
Ringing is to be reduced/eliminated using input shaper.
Convert the firmware to Klipper to make use of its potential and configure the printer as YOU want, not as engineers in China think is good for you.
This vs FLSUN Racer. Which one do I get?
E5S1 can print on 300°C, this is the most important advantage. If you need only for PLA (or PETG, ABS, up to 240°C), then FLSUN SR. But V400 can print on higher temps too.
@@MyTechFun Thanks!
I thought these were core xy. Seems like it is not.
Meh, it’s way overpriced. For a little more I’d purchase the Bambu labs P1P printer, which I’m actually doing soon. Creality firmware also leaves much to be desired. Speaking of firmware, you should cover the ‘professional’ firmware for the Ender 3 V2 as found of GitHub.
No one seems to cover this gem.
I think everyone knows that it exists, but why would you want to use it instead of Klipper?
The downsize from a Bambu is that you cant repair it by youre self and the biggest issue with Bambu is that you MUST use youre phone to set it up AND Bambu knows everything what you do! What you are printing, when, etc, and they have always direct acces to youre printer.... nahhhh thats not what i want..
What do you think of this vs Ender 3 S1 PRO?
I have one; it's decent. If I were you, and looking at a $500 printer, I'd bite saving up for a $700 Bambu P1P. You will get a far more innovative system. Creality isn't known for tech support anyway, so while Bambu is new and doesn't have longevity understanding yet, they seem to want to respond to their customers, so far. Disclosure: I have an S1 Pro, I have a Bambu X1, and paid for both (I also have 2 other enders I did not pay for). The Bambu is vastly better, and I am hearing a lot of great things about its $700 cousin the P1P. But, if $500 is a hard limit, the S1 Pro is very capable for typical prints.
oh, another comment reminds me, my Ender S1 Pro is running Klipper, not the stock creality image which imo is crap.
where do we get the firmware 1.0.6?
Creality.com but don't hurry, I upgraded, got error 203, so I moved back to 1.0.5z until they don't fix this.
Failed for me. The bed dimensions are wrong in the firmware. It thinks the bed is longer than it is, hanging the touch sensor off the back while auto leveling. Emailed them and they just don't understand
Hi, can you provide link for .stl file with rolling dice from 20:03? Thanks!
Its my own design, it will be on printables with instructions. But temporary you can download it from the bottom of this page: www.mytechfun.com/video/256
@@MyTechFun Thank you!
I have seen quite a few reviews on this printer and all have mentioned that there is an additional enclosure kit available, however, you are the first to mention that no door comes with this kit, Creality have got the XY offset for the ABL correct in this range of printers but despite them learning how to set it up correctly they have neglected to fix their legacy firmware for their other models and as many people will know their latest firmware for the Ender 5 changes the language to Chinese and despite the fact that you can change it to English it will return to Chinese after power cycling the machine, why cant Creality get it right? there is always a problem with every printer; they never ever fix these problems! bearing this in mind I could never buy another Creality machine.
I have neo Max, but geez NOONE is innovating except Bambu.
Everyone else is incremental and not worth upgrading
You dont know much about 3D printing, dont you ?😏
@@themountain59 sure, enlighten me old sage.
Too expensive. Creality have the volume to make their frames from pressed steel no idea why they are sticking to extrusions when their competition aren't.
I always hear CD printer!
wait they are calling this an S1 but it doesn't have a Sprite direct drive extruder? Uh, what? now their naming convention makes no sense to me at all. I think Creality *sort of* listens. They see what everyone in community is fixing then add it in to a later model. But, they are not thinking ahead or innovation wise, and are going to get their lunch eaten by Bambu or the many, many clones. For example, Biqu is now shipping real printers with Klipper. Vast improvement there.
@@russellwhite1323 ah thanks for the explanation.
@Russell White It has a bigger heatsink and uses the same nozzles as the Spider hotends.
Ha ha. Only 250mm/s. Probably also under 10kmm/s^2. That is just 20mm^3/s with typical settings. Cheap printers crack me up nowadays
It's overpriced for what it is 😉
Save the money and get something else 😉
What a great review! The printer on the other hand does not look like it prints any faster than a regular bed-slinger cartasian (outside of Creality's promotional material.) Are there any advantages to this printer over the less expensive Ender 3 s1 pro?
I thing it's biggest advantage is that the object is static. I am able to print smaller ABS parts without enclosure. But adding an enclosure is easier on this printer. Moving bed create a breeze around object, more warping in enclosure too.
@@MyTechFun That's actually one of the main reasons why I wanted it. Until I realized there's no top on that enclosure, so hardly useful for air quality control. Feels like whatever angle I approach this device from it turns out to be a disappointment. Thank you for your advice.