FLASHFORGE AD5M Pro 3D Printer – 600mm/s High-Speed Core XY, 1-Click Auto Leveling, ≤50dB Quiet Printing with Camera, 0.4&0.6mm Nozzle Bundle, Auxiliary Cooling, 220x220x220mm Build Volume

This is an interesting printer. I purchased it because I wanted to print abrasives and I wanted a quick change hot end that is not available on my other 3d printer, a Qidi X-Plus-3. First things first, the setup was not great. The printer has long lags between actions and did not always complete them w/o my having to press the screen. This was very odd-the behavior was that it would complete bed leveling, input shaping and preheating, would show complete but not progress to the next step in the initial setup. And when I tried to have the machine perform the calibration test print it never did. I tried four times and eventually gave up. No idea why it refused to complete the test print. I did just skip it and printed the pointer as a calibration test. And this is where things improved. It was perfect! I printed the PLA object with no bed adhesive and it came out flawlessly!. Not only that I noticed that the presets in the FlashPrint5 software were different for temperature than that what the FlashForge PLA recommended. The presets are 225C for the extruder and 50C for the bed. If you look at the FF PLA it is 220C extruder and 60C bed. This was quite interesting but it worked perfectly. I then printed the PLA with the enclosure completely closed-a seeming no no for PLA. But guess what, another excellent print-not perfect but very close. So close I would be fine with it. But then I moved on to ABS-GF. Not only that but from another brand (Qidi). The defaults were for FF ABS (250C extruder, 105C bed). This required loading the ABS-GF (easy-peasy) and changing the hotend (less that 15 seconds not including getting the .6 nozzle out of the foil bag), doing a purge (the .6mm nozzle was tested with PLA-hmmmm....) and then slice and print. Perfect print with no adhesive used and an unheated enclosure/chamber in my cool basement. Wow! The FP5 slicer is appears to be a Prusa fork and it works well and has some cool features like being able to save project by default as .stl and not 3mf (the Qidi default) and as .fpp . Very useful. Additionally, the printer is light in weight, I was able to take it to the basement and lift it onto the worktable by myself easily. It was easy to get the packing material out (I've seen YouTube'ers struggle with this, no idea why) and the toolkit includes a set of snips for things like supports or opening foil bags. Very helpful. Also interesting the FP5 slicer printed files that my Qidi slicer requires supports for w/o supports and the prints were, as stated perfect! That is very interesting and cool!. And now onto the second reason I bought this-the hepa/activated carbon filter system. I will be printing abrasives and print in my house, not the garage. I needed to be able to ensure that I can limit the VOC's released. I have a box filter and wanted more protection. This printer has it. There are two filters. And the ability to control them (auto-selecting, based on the type of filament, from w/in FP5) and it worked great! So what are some cons-small print bed, strange behaving setup, not filament fry box included. I won't mention lack of heated chamber because it did not make a difference-there was zero curling or warping on the ABS part-none! Not a bit!. And w/o adhesive! This is going to make me do more tuning of the Qidi as a comparison. and I will be switching out the Qidi hot end (included with printer) and run abrasives on it for comparison. But, is this a "kiddie/noob" printer? Nope. This is definitely rightly aligned as prosumer. The filter system is better than that on BambuLabs until you get to their commercial unit. And better than Qidi. Only the Snapmaker's have an easier hotend change out from what I can see. If you have Amazon Prime like me, I got an extra $100 off when I bought it! An absolute bargain!. Oh and one other thing-the inside of the chamber does not have any attached parts that things can fall into (looking at you Qidi) so it is easy to keep clean and clear of debris. Here's the thing-Flashforge, if you make this exact same 3d printer with a minimum 300mmx300mm300mm minimum print volume. And I mean literally change nothing else about this printer, I will be buying it even though for production purposes I want to get an IDEX 3d printer. This is just that good overall. Highly recommended.

The Flashforge Adventurer 5M 3D Printer is a feature-rich, user-friendly machine designed for both beginners and seasoned enthusiasts. Achieves print speeds up to 600mm/s with an acceleration of 20,000mm/s², thanks to its Core XY structure. This setup ensures rapid and precise printing, ideal for prototyping and batch production. Equipped with a one-click auto-leveling system, it simplifies setup and ensures consistent first layers. Allows for nozzle swaps in just 3 seconds, with options ranging from 0.25mm to 0.8mm, catering to various printing needs. Enhances print quality by reducing warping and improving detail, especially in intricate designs.

Needed some additional 3-D printing capacity. I have 3 units (Dremel, Snapmaker, generic) and it seemed that at times I have more to print than those units can do. I consider myself a bit more than a novice, but certainly not a pro with 3-D. I do make my own drawings and print the items as well as download a lot from sites like Thingsverse.The features I liked on this were fairly low price 150 x 150 x 150 print space, enclosed (quieter), ethernet ability. I do not need the absolute best quality for most of my stuff.....and this one spec'ed out to match my needs.First....out of box to printing test block was less than 10 minutes. Block was pre-loaded, so it was easy. First print was about 11 minutes and ended up dimensionally near perfect. Two other prints (from my files--one thing verse, one mine) loaded via usb stick perfectly. Both were items I have printed previously.....about the same time as printing with my Dremel and dimensionally (and finish) an improvement. 5 items on three prints all have been perfect. Running a "torture test" print now and will up date with those results.Flexible build plate has made removal of flat pieces easy with no tools.I am using Flashforge PLA material....small spools that fit into the feeder build into machine. Will feed from larger spools external to machine of other brands later. Their material is pricey.....but it is very good compared to many other.brands....and the machine mount feeder is nice and quite easy to use.I have used Flashforge downloaded software and it works ok but has limited options. Will use a couple other slicers and update info. The touch screen controls are very simple and intuitive.For my skill level and expectations, it has been perfect out of box. Will see if longevity is good as well. I would think a new to 3-D printing hobbies will be happy with the machine. I see them getting up to speed with basic stuff quickly. For those like me, just above that level, it is performing well...no fuss and giving nice quality.I should mention sound. I have enclosures on my other three machines as well...but this one is quieter than the other three.....something that is good for all night prints.OK.....unit has operated over 200 hours. Most of time using ABS, the rest has been PLA. Two failures out of all that (since original part of review) One was a design issue I created, the other I have not figured outQuality has been good but not spectacular. Better than the Snapmaker 1.0. I suppose it is due to time and adjustments, but the Dremel can do a bit better than this....but most will not notice the differences. I have tried old and fresh filament, cheap and brand name and it has fed and placed anything I have run through it. Snapmaker is really fussy and Dremel enclosure design provides some issues with using non-dremel internal mount filamentChanging the filament is quicker and easier than any of the other machines I have. Removable flexible heated bedplate seems like a good design, looks new after 200 hours of use.Would be a nice first choice as the learning curve is not steep. Enclosure makes it quiet. Variety of materials it uses has proven accurate in description.Still happy with choice. Not the most technical unit....and has some advanced feature limitations but for most users it will be just fine. I have found the 150 x 150 x 150 volume a bit limiting so next unit will exceed that.