Creality K2 Plus Combo 3D Printer, Multi Color Printing with New CFS, Max 600mm/s Printing Speed, Full-auto Leveling, Next-Gen Direct Drive Extruder, Dual Al Camera, Build Volume 350 * 350 * 350mm

The media could not be loaded. So far so good. With the mixed reviews on this machine I was a bit hesitant to pull the trigger. I’ve only owned Creality printers in the past and while they’ve had their quirks, I’ve always been able to fix them. I’ve been pretty comfortable with them as a brand. I wanted multicolor and I preferred a large build plate. My end goal was to eliminate my two 300x300x400 printers for one larger printer that was more capable. The K2 Plus fit my requirements.I ordered the combo. It all thankfully arrived undamaged, but there was a gouge in one corner of the box which came very close to damaging the printer. The CFS ships inside the printer, securely anchored inside. The printer is HEAVY and for most people it will take a helper to move it safely. Setup wasn’t as quick as I assumed it would be, but apart from bed leveling, it wasn’t bad. The CFS anchor screws were a bit tight and it required a full sized screw driver to get the proper leverage on one of the screws. As long as you follow the Quickstart setup it’s all pretty straightforward. That is until I got to the bed leveling.The bed has knobs just like any other printer, but they were very tight. I had to use a screw driver in the screw heads (under the build plate) and a rubber grip to turn the knobs. My fingers were getting a bit too raw otherwise. I had about a .6mm variance across my bed. It was the first time I’d ever used Fluidd and it too me a bit to interpret which corner was which. I initially messed things up worse than it was in the first place. I made adjustments over and over and then recalibrated until I got the variance down to about .45mm. From what I’d read, this was well within spec and wouldn’t be a problem. It hasn't proven to be a problem yet.I’ve had a total of 4 ‘error’s during my printing processes. Only one of those errors was directly printer related. The CFS did not properly retract the filament after a print completed. I heated the nozzle back up, hit retract again and it worked just fine that next time.The other issues were slicer related. Every one of them was due to my ignorance with regards to importing 3mf files designed for different printers not specifying what filament was in the slots of the CFS. It does seem like I’ve been lucky so far and I hope that luck continues.I ran a firmware upgrade during the initial setup and then a second firmware update a few days later. The printer has been stable and running like a champ. I’m currently running 1.1.2.10.The build plate has been super sticky. I’ve only had adhesion issues with very small surfaces. Mice ear brims have helped with those.So far I’ve only printed PLA and PETG, all generic. Everything has printed well through the CFS and the side spool. I plan to try TPU 95A as well.One thing I worth clarifying has to do with the multicolor printing. I’d seen a video online suggesting that multicolor prints should not use less than a .2mm layer height. My first multicolor print was in .2mm and it looked okay, but not great. That could have partially been due to the models geometry. I tried a different model and chose .16mm layer height just to see how things turned out. To my surprise, it looked great! This is the turtle in my pictures.I love the speed and the quality to this point, though the quality isn't perfect. I really hope it lasts. The touch screen is working great, wifi has been great. I love being able to send the prints to the printer without a micro SD card. I know there is a lot of hate and regret from some buyers. This is understandable considering how much it costs. There are thousands of these printers out there though and while there are a lot of bad reviews, they pale in comparison to the number of printers that likely haven't been reviewed.

The media could not be loaded. I received my printer and let me say up front, unboxing it showed me a machine that looked so promising, I was just itching to let her go.After performing the initial set-up, I set to print my first Benchy. For those not in the know, Benchy is a small tugboat staple used as a sort of "first test print" quite a bit. My first Benchy came out well, with the CFS functioning normally and everything looking good. Excellent!So I tried my second print. I have NOT had a successful second print.My first error was having the CFS continually jam. So I disassembled it, cleaned it out, reconnected it, and then the cutter started jamming. So I disassembled it, cleaned it out, and what do you know - now it jams the CFS again. I tried using Creality PLA, I tried checking online, and just about the only solutions I got were "clean out the debris and try again, Jack."So I did it again and my next error was an inability to extrude. So I manually removed all the PLA from the machine, tried again, and the CFS jammed again.So I disabled the CFS and moved the PLA to the spool. I figured maybe I could at least get a one-color print and see if it can do something, right?Wrong! My new error is abnormal Y-axis movement resistance. The web says "clean the debris out and try lubricating it."How many errors am I supposed to fix on a brand new machine? I have a machine that has produced more unique error codes than it has successful prints.Update: I'm up to ten unique error codes and 1 successful print. I have added a photo of how many errors I've had. I've requested a refund and am sending the product back. I emailed Creality: no answer. I opened the chat window on Creality's website and got a bot - a bot that finally said there was no human to help me.No support. Errors outnumber successful prints.Get anything else. I had an Ender 3 first generation that was less of a buggy piece of junk than this thing. I've paid about $1,600 for a coffee table that has produced one benchy.Buy anything else. There's a higher expected value taking any money you'd spend on this product and putting it on a roulette wheel.Give me my money back, now.Edit: Even sending it back is a pain. Customer service has not answered a single phone call. After five days, I'm tired of sending emails and not being answered. Their website lets you chat with a bot, but no humans will help you. Anyway, boxing it back up for them is yet another bit of your time wasted, since they offer no technical help and your only remedy is sending it back.

This is an absolute unit of a 3D printer. As someone who has been 3D printing for around 15 years, I was impressed by the advanced state of the art, thanks to this machine. The K2 Plus is extremely tightly and thoroughly packed, which will cut down on the likelihood that your machine will arrive damaged. It was easy to assemble and set up. Bed levelling is no longer a long and tedious process, as it uses sensors to map the bed height from several locations. This way, even warped or badly levelled beds can still be used. The CFS is a brilliant system, which allows you to use multiple filaments without reloading the machine.The K2 Plus contains the sum total of current 3D printing advancements, for a price that isn't super astronomical.Would recommend to anyone in 3D printing, new or old.