I bought this machine after already having three creality machines and I wish I would have ran into this Delta first. I’ve had the machine for over a year now and the only upgrade I did is when I took it out of the box I put Capricorn Bowden tube on it just because I had some laying around other than general maintenance like cleaning the bed and changing the nozzle I have not had to do any thing else to this printer. And the print quality is better than the creality printers and the print speed is usually half the time it takes to print the same model on one of the creality machines. If you’re thinking about it just buy it you won’t be disappointed
Easy to set up, and with self levelling function it was very quick from unpacking to printing.
Enjoying using it, but can see the small build area will limit me on some of the things I will eventually want to print.
Great print quality but needs some work. First thing is that there is a 13 amp fuse in the plug that needs to be changed to 3 amp. This thing draws less than an amp. The other things are more about poor design. The cable for the heated bed is just hanging about waiting to be snagged by something. The stepper motors are ok untill they move quickly and they are then noisy. The top panel vibrates badly unless you have at least a three quarter reel of filament to weigh it down. If you can live with or fix these things it is a very capable printer. The thing I will say is that being sold as an entry level printer it should come with a lot more information on the operation than it does. This is my third printer and this has settings I have not seen before so some sort of clue would be helpful. You should not need to search the web to be able to use it.
It came well packed. The paper instructions were very clear on setup. But actually upon looking at the sdcard included. There are better instructions on that.
Took me about half an hour to assemble.
Instructions were very clear on how to set up homing and ensure the bed was levelled.
Cura was easy to set up. ( I didn’t use the version on the SD card. Used the current up to date version) added machine defaults and my filament settings.
Started a 5 hour print of my own. And it has come out beautifully.
It’s quite a noisy printer compared to my cr10. But as it’s in a workshop away from the house , it doesn’t bother me.
For the price, (150) . The instructions and the fact that it prints perfectly after 45 minutes fettling is amazing. I thoroughly recommend.
OMG WHAT A BRILLIANT LIITLE PRINTER…
I recommend printing an upgraded fan duct but this is the easiest printer i have ever used and the print quality is fantastic.
easy assembly, set-up, and operation. The only two things I dislike about the system are 1) lack of direct connection, to my pc. it required intermediate software , for a direct connection, which I chose not to use since the sw I tried was clunky.
2) he small sd Micro card slot on the back of the tool was hard to use, which i corrected with a sd micro card extension cable, making it more accessible
Over all a great buy for the price. it has saved me a bundle in machine shop prototyping fees.
Great little fast delta printer took me 20mins out box to first print.make sure you clean the build plate with ipa because when you take the protective film off it leaves yellow glue on it and your first print will stick way to good ,all in all happy with the printer on a whole.
This thing is a workhorse. It’s very forgiving. It’s simple and extremely reliable. If something does go wrong, its design makes it 100x easier to fix than a Prusa or Ender. I can’t overstate how much this aspect will improve your experience.
All you need is to put a silicone sock on the hotend and print out a fan duct from thingiverse.
If you need a bigger print volume (you will eventually), get the Super Racer. It’s likely to be my next purchase.
My prusa prints prettier, is inherently dimensionally accurate, prints other materials better and has a larger print volume, but it’s a bit unforgiving. I’d say it makes an excellent second printer, especially if you buy it as a kit. Assembling it really gives you an understanding of how it works.
Everything you need to get started with 3D Printing. Had it set up and printing its first test model within an hour. Instructions are very basic but they do the job of getting the thing put together, there’s some great out of the box setup videos on Youtube to help you get set up first time, couldn’t be any easier. It comes with two test models on the included SD card and a variety of tools (Allen keys, screwdriver, mini wrench, zip ties, USB SD reader, USB Cable, snips and a scraper), like I said, everything you need and you’ll struggle to get a better printer cheaper, the price is amazing. Would recommend ordering yourself a roll of filament when you buy as the one included is only a sample size and won’t last you long. Print quality is great and im sure the printer is capable of even better once you get confident in tweaking settings in your slicer and what not. On the SD card is an old version of CURA to get you started if you have STL files ready to go, again Youtube is your friend, some great how to videos about this printer out there. If you’re new to this just download openSCAD and have a play, this printer is perfect for teaching yourself how to design and make stuff. Touch screen works well, menus are easy to navigate and there’s a whole load of settings you can tweak without the need of a computer, just pop the SD card in and go. Auto bed levelling process is simple to do even first time and the whole machine is nice and sturdy and relatively quiet, I was expecting it to be considerably more noisy, I would say its quieter than a conventional printer for sure. If I had to nit pick I would say that the spool holder doesn’t allow the spool to rotate easily so maybe pick yourself up a spool holder as I did but its not essential. If you’re wanting to get into 3D printing just as a general hobby 100% get this printer, its a great bit of kit.
It’s a good printer, if you’re weighing up whether to go for a cheap cartesian or a delta, this is one of the good choices, had no problems building it and no problems on the first print.
Drawbacks of a delta: not quite as smooth on the walls, and you can’t level while printing.
Other than the above, a solid printer, well worth the money.
This is my first 3D printer purchase. I wanted a delta printer because, honestly, they are cool to watch. Also the bed is completely stationary which I believe is a plus. The printer arrived quickly and assembly was straightforward. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos of people assembling this model so I was aware of what to expect. Bed leveling was straightforward and super easy.
Order extra filament because the small included amount goes very quickly.
Aside from cleaning the bed with isopropyl alcohol before each print, maintenance has been minimal. Prints just print and they print very well. I compared this printer’s output to a print done for me by a coworker a few years back on a much more expensive printer and the Q5 output is much smoother and has no printing errors.
I will say I set up a Raspberry Pi with Octoprint to control the printer and that gives the printer features that far more expensive printers have. An inexpensive USB webcam lets me monitor prints from anywhere on my home network.
The only problems I have had were caused by me pushing the printer past its abilities. printing overhangs without supports or bridges that went a little too far all caused problems. once I changed the design to either add supports or minimize bridges all is well.
Dipping my toe and purchased my first delts (been using my Ender 3 for many years) and couldn’t be happier. took all of 20 mins to set up and get the first print on the go. The only drawback (if it is one) is the print bed is very grippy to the point I took some of the coating off!.
If you are a beginner or expert, you are going to love this printer.
An excellent little (well, little in footprint, not height!) Printer. Perfect for entry level people, or those like myself who don’t enjoy the hassle of levelling an Ender 3 V2 for hours on end.
This printer has a very good auto-level function, built in with only the sensor to clip on magnetically and plug in. It tells you when to do this and when to take it off too.
Instructions for assembly are not very good though, as a lot of Chinese originating products. They do have PDFs on the SD card supplied, but I found it easier looking on YouTube.
The printer does very good quality, and is a fair bit faster than normal/Non-Delta FDM printers. I do recommend keeping the print speed at 50-60mm/s minimum, otherwise it can struggle a bit at slower speeds. Great quality at those speeds.
The extruder is very good, if a bit noisy on 7mm+ retraction. The machine can handle feeding in and feeding out the filament with a dedicated program/tool for changing over filaments, which I was surprised that other, more expensive printers don’t have usually (you have to wind the filament in and out manually, which can be an issue at times).
One annoying thing about it is that the supplied spool holder is too narrow for “True” 1KG spools, which are wider. You can find a longer one to print on Cults3D though, just search for FLSUN Q5 Spool holder, and it should come up with a few choices 🙂
Overall, this is a very fun and cost effective printer, I’ve printed a lot more on it than my Ender 3 V2, purely because it is so much easier to just set and go, no faffing around with levelling wheels for hours and then finding out you did it wrong on one corner!
ADVICE: When you auto level, the hot-end will always be at least 1mm too high up at the end. YOU MUST RESET/CALIBRATE THE Z AXIS=0 VALUE AFTER EACH LEVEL. (Though the machine does tell you to do this, but you can accidentally skip this step if you don’t pay attention). 🙂
Ordered this after ordering and sending back an Ender 3 in frustration. This unit was out of the box and worked within 20 mins and with no issues, very easy to put together.
Printed about 10 things so far with various colors and all turned out as expected.
The only complaint’s I have is the engineering design of the Micro SD card slot placement and not being flush to the faceplate panel inside which sometimes you can slide it in thinking it’s in the slot but it’s actually above or below the slot and may fall into the unit. I fixed this by ordering a Micro SD to SD Card Extension Cable Adapter Flexible Extender, and the other issue is the included cloud server/USB connection software to avoid using the micro SD card slot, it’s clunky and forces you to be connected to their services to use the USB connection. I’m reviewing the use of Octoprint with my spare Raspberry PI now to bypass the use of theirs and to add a camera to watch it from my bedroom for long-time-span creations. For these two issues, they lost a star.
I am really impressed with this printer so far. It’s very accurate, even on the fastest default slicing profiles in Cura and PrusaSlicer!
Now, it’s obviously not perfect – it’s only a couple hundred bucks after all! I had some issues with a few screws backing out but I just removed them and added some blue threadlocker on the nuts that retain the parallel arms on their mounting rods.
Assembly of the printer was SO EASY. It was twice as easy to put together as the Ikea table that I built it upon! All of the screws are the same, which makes things super easy, and they give you spares! All of the tools you need to assemble the printer are included, plus some extras that you might not even need! Seriously idk what the little wrench is for it doesn’t seem to fit anything.
Support from the company has been fantastic. I haven’t had to reach out to them for anything directly, but they have a lot of materials available online. Their YouTube channel contains a lot of information on how to maintain and service the printer or swap out parts. Some companies will be like “no don’t touch anything!!! YOU BREAK!!!” but FLSun is like “please touch and upgrade the printer c: here are directions on how to do it so you do not break”
The base printer is great but can definitely benefit from some upgrades. The first thing I printed, after a benchy and a Fred or two, was a fan duct attachment for dual airflow I found on Thingiverse. It really helps to cool the part from both sides instead of the single sided cooling you get with the base duct. The gap of the slot the MicroSD card goes in is way too big though. If you are not careful you could easily accidentally put your card into the top of the case instead of into the slot. I solved this by simply putting a little bit of epoxy putty around the microsd card slot with a sacrificial card in the slot to keep any epoxy from entering it, then removing the card after the putty hardened a bit but before it was impossible to remove. Now I can put the card in without looking and without worry.
Update: After using the printer for a couple more weeks I am still really happy with it. However, the stepper motor driver that is used for the extruder is a 4988 which is REALLY, REALLY noisy especially with the stock firmware (they have an update on their website to quiet it down a bit). This strikes me as a bizarre design decision since the XYZ drivers are TMC2208 silent stepper drivers, and they are as you’d expect pretty quiet. FLSUN does offer a firmware that supports replacing the 4988 driver with a TMC2208 which is great and nice but does beg the question why it doesn’t come like that. I just replaced the extruder 4988 driver with a TMC2208 and the installing was very easy and now the printer is so quiet I could sleep in the room with it on. I’ve just gotta deduct a star for this and the minor quality issues I experienced over time (things coming loose that shouldn’t). That doesn’t mean it isn’t worth it. I did just buy the Super Racer since I like the Q5 so much
Ordered this after ordering and sending back an Ender 3 in frustration. This unit was out of the box and worked within 20 mins and with no issues, very easy to put together.
Printed about 10 things so far with various colors and all turned out as expected.
The only complaint’s I have is the engineering design of the Micro SD card slot placement and not being flush to the faceplate panel inside which sometimes you can slide it in thinking it’s in the slot but it’s actually above or below the slot and may fall into the unit. I fixed this by ordering a Micro SD to SD Card Extension Cable Adapter Flexible Extender, and the other is the included cloud server/USB connection software to avoid using the micro SD card slot, it’s clunky and forces you to be connected to their services to use the USB connection. I’m reviewing the use of Octoprint with my spare Raspberry PI now to bypass the use of theirs and to add a camera to watch it from my bedroom for long-time-span creations. For these two items, they lost a star.
I am really impressed with this printer so far. It’s very accurate, even on the fastest default slicing profiles in Cura and PrusaSlicer!
Now, it’s obviously not perfect – it’s only a couple hundred bucks after all! I had some issues with a few screws backing out but I just removed them and added some blue threadlocker on the nuts that retain the parallel arms on their mounting rods.
Assembly of the printer was SO EASY. It was twice as easy to put together as the Ikea table that I built it upon! All of the screws are the same, which makes things super easy, and they give you spares! All of the tools you need to assemble the printer are included, plus some extras that you might not even need! Seriously idk what the little wrench is for it doesn’t seem to fit anything.
Support from the company has been fantastic. I haven’t had to reach out to them for anything directly, but they have a lot of materials available online. Their YouTube channel contains a lot of information on how to maintain and service the printer or swap out parts. Some companies will be like “no don’t touch anything!!! YOU BREAK!!!” but FLSun is like “please touch and upgrade the printer c: here are directions on how to do it so you do not break”
The base printer is great but can definitely benefit from some upgrades. The first thing I printed, after a benchy and a Fred or two, was a fan duct attachment for dual airflow I found on Thingiverse. It really helps to cool the part from both sides instead of the single sided cooling you get with the base duct. The gap of the slot the MicroSD card goes in is way too big though. If you are not careful you could easily accidentally put your card into the top of the case instead of into the slot. I solved this by simply putting a little bit of epoxy putty around the microsd card slot with a sacrificial card in the slot to keep any epoxy from entering it, then removing the card after the putty hardened a bit but before it was impossible to remove. Now I can put the card in without looking and without worry!
Fcil de montar y calibrar. Impresiones de aceptable calidad, pero lo ms destacable la rapidez de las impresiones con respecto a las impresoras cartesianas.
Also ich besitze diesen Drucker erst seit einem Tag, und habe auch erst die mitgegebenen Druckmodelle gedruckt, aber ich bin derzeit SEHR zufrieden mit ihm! Die Druckqualitt ist fr diesen Preis schon fast einzigartig. Alles im allem bin ich sehr zufrieden und wrde ihn noch mal kaufen/weiterempfehlen <()>
Stampante fantastica..facile da montare…con istruzioni anche nella scheda sd in dotazione…qualit ottima!!! La monti fai il livellamento in automatico e sei pronto a stampare!!! Adesione al massimo!!! Io l’ho restituita per un problema al piatto….l’azienda mi aveva aiutato in tutti i modi..spedendomi il piatto o rimborsandomi la fattura!!! Ora ho acquistato la qq s pro.
If your auto leveler gets stuck make it go home move your Z to the bed with your leveller and then do out of leveling again….don’t trust Google and flash the os lmao
Stampante ottima, con sensore di calibrazione automatico, e piatto in vetro!! Per il prezzo ch ha un ottimo prodotto, unica pecca la dimensione della stampa, essendo una delta 200 di altezza per 200 di larghezza considerando che il piatto rotondo.
Semplice da montare, all’interno c’ una chiavetta e una microSD da 4g con sopra il video tutorial per montarla se uno non riuscisse a farlo, e un video su come utilizzare il menu della stampante.
I’ve always used Cartesian 3D printers, but thought I’d give a Delta a try – and I’m glad I did!
This one is easy to assemble and the auto levelling works amazingly well!
It’s a quiet printer (apart from retractions – but they’re not too loud anyway). Pretty quick getting up to temperature and bed adhesion is great (sometimes too great – so I recommend using something like 3DLAC or MAGIGOO which helps bed adhesion even more but should make prints easier to remove after waiting a while for it to cool down).
Very good videos showing you how to replace the nozzle etc.
Belt tension is adjustable as well (there is a video on this). Not as easy as tightening a knob, but it’s still fairly easy.
I had issues printing the test prints because the infill kept breaking up (not sure why – maybe it was speed or something else). I now use PrusaSlicer and print at about 40mm/s and the prints are wonderful! I suppose I could go to about 50 or 60mm/s but wouldn’t want it to go any faster than that. 40mm/s gives me great prints.
MAKE SURE YOUR VOLTAGE IS SET CORRECTLY IN THE POWER SUPPLY BEFORE SWITCHING ON. THERE HAVE BEEN CASES WHERE IT WAS SET INCORRECTLY AND CAUSED A HUGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE / POSSIBLE FIRE.
Perfect 3D printer for a beginner. Because it’s a Delta it’s great fun to watch and doesn’t take up as much space as a Cartesian. I actually prefer this style of printer now! Very light weight as well and comes in a fairly small box (compared to other printers).
When you’re ready (or just get fed up of waiting ages to take your prints off the glass bed) – it might be a good idea to upgrade to a PEI sheet (they flex so you can take off prints easily). You can just stick the magnet directly on top of the glass surface – so very easy to do.
A really great purchase. FLSUN support has been amazing as well, and the support resources you have is great. There are facebook groups etc where you can ask for help, and the help you get is excellent.
However, as with all 3D printing, be prepared to have failed prints etc – it isn’t easy getting started, but it’s a great hobby and you can make lots of things with it. I’ve found that I’ve started saying “why have you purchased this when I could have printed it?” to my partner quite a lot… There are many websites where you can get pre-made 3D models from, and if you’re feeling creative you can also design your own.
I bought this machine after already having three creality machines and I wish I would have ran into this Delta first. I’ve had the machine for over a year now and the only upgrade I did is when I took it out of the box I put Capricorn Bowden tube on it just because I had some laying around other than general maintenance like cleaning the bed and changing the nozzle I have not had to do any thing else to this printer. And the print quality is better than the creality printers and the print speed is usually half the time it takes to print the same model on one of the creality machines. If you’re thinking about it just buy it you won’t be disappointed
Easy to set up, and with self levelling function it was very quick from unpacking to printing.
Enjoying using it, but can see the small build area will limit me on some of the things I will eventually want to print.
Great print quality but needs some work. First thing is that there is a 13 amp fuse in the plug that needs to be changed to 3 amp. This thing draws less than an amp. The other things are more about poor design. The cable for the heated bed is just hanging about waiting to be snagged by something. The stepper motors are ok untill they move quickly and they are then noisy. The top panel vibrates badly unless you have at least a three quarter reel of filament to weigh it down. If you can live with or fix these things it is a very capable printer. The thing I will say is that being sold as an entry level printer it should come with a lot more information on the operation than it does. This is my third printer and this has settings I have not seen before so some sort of clue would be helpful. You should not need to search the web to be able to use it.
It came well packed. The paper instructions were very clear on setup. But actually upon looking at the sdcard included. There are better instructions on that.
Took me about half an hour to assemble.
Instructions were very clear on how to set up homing and ensure the bed was levelled.
Cura was easy to set up. ( I didn’t use the version on the SD card. Used the current up to date version) added machine defaults and my filament settings.
Started a 5 hour print of my own. And it has come out beautifully.
It’s quite a noisy printer compared to my cr10. But as it’s in a workshop away from the house , it doesn’t bother me.
For the price, (150) . The instructions and the fact that it prints perfectly after 45 minutes fettling is amazing. I thoroughly recommend.
OMG WHAT A BRILLIANT LIITLE PRINTER…
I recommend printing an upgraded fan duct but this is the easiest printer i have ever used and the print quality is fantastic.
easy assembly, set-up, and operation. The only two things I dislike about the system are 1) lack of direct connection, to my pc. it required intermediate software , for a direct connection, which I chose not to use since the sw I tried was clunky.
2) he small sd Micro card slot on the back of the tool was hard to use, which i corrected with a sd micro card extension cable, making it more accessible
Over all a great buy for the price. it has saved me a bundle in machine shop prototyping fees.
Great little fast delta printer took me 20mins out box to first print.make sure you clean the build plate with ipa because when you take the protective film off it leaves yellow glue on it and your first print will stick way to good ,all in all happy with the printer on a whole.
Una stampante molto buona e con una perfetta adesione al piatto.
This thing is a workhorse. It’s very forgiving. It’s simple and extremely reliable. If something does go wrong, its design makes it 100x easier to fix than a Prusa or Ender. I can’t overstate how much this aspect will improve your experience.
All you need is to put a silicone sock on the hotend and print out a fan duct from thingiverse.
If you need a bigger print volume (you will eventually), get the Super Racer. It’s likely to be my next purchase.
My prusa prints prettier, is inherently dimensionally accurate, prints other materials better and has a larger print volume, but it’s a bit unforgiving. I’d say it makes an excellent second printer, especially if you buy it as a kit. Assembling it really gives you an understanding of how it works.
Everything you need to get started with 3D Printing. Had it set up and printing its first test model within an hour. Instructions are very basic but they do the job of getting the thing put together, there’s some great out of the box setup videos on Youtube to help you get set up first time, couldn’t be any easier. It comes with two test models on the included SD card and a variety of tools (Allen keys, screwdriver, mini wrench, zip ties, USB SD reader, USB Cable, snips and a scraper), like I said, everything you need and you’ll struggle to get a better printer cheaper, the price is amazing. Would recommend ordering yourself a roll of filament when you buy as the one included is only a sample size and won’t last you long. Print quality is great and im sure the printer is capable of even better once you get confident in tweaking settings in your slicer and what not. On the SD card is an old version of CURA to get you started if you have STL files ready to go, again Youtube is your friend, some great how to videos about this printer out there. If you’re new to this just download openSCAD and have a play, this printer is perfect for teaching yourself how to design and make stuff. Touch screen works well, menus are easy to navigate and there’s a whole load of settings you can tweak without the need of a computer, just pop the SD card in and go. Auto bed levelling process is simple to do even first time and the whole machine is nice and sturdy and relatively quiet, I was expecting it to be considerably more noisy, I would say its quieter than a conventional printer for sure. If I had to nit pick I would say that the spool holder doesn’t allow the spool to rotate easily so maybe pick yourself up a spool holder as I did but its not essential. If you’re wanting to get into 3D printing just as a general hobby 100% get this printer, its a great bit of kit.
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ces une trs bonne imprimante 3 d pas cher et volutive
It’s a good printer, if you’re weighing up whether to go for a cheap cartesian or a delta, this is one of the good choices, had no problems building it and no problems on the first print.
Drawbacks of a delta: not quite as smooth on the walls, and you can’t level while printing.
Other than the above, a solid printer, well worth the money.
Assembly was easy, and barely any tuning to get good quality prints.
Adhesion I found to be too good with PLA that I ripped part of the bed off.
For an entry level delta, it’s making prints easily comparable to my ender 3 pro.
This is my first 3D printer purchase. I wanted a delta printer because, honestly, they are cool to watch. Also the bed is completely stationary which I believe is a plus. The printer arrived quickly and assembly was straightforward. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos of people assembling this model so I was aware of what to expect. Bed leveling was straightforward and super easy.
Order extra filament because the small included amount goes very quickly.
Aside from cleaning the bed with isopropyl alcohol before each print, maintenance has been minimal. Prints just print and they print very well. I compared this printer’s output to a print done for me by a coworker a few years back on a much more expensive printer and the Q5 output is much smoother and has no printing errors.
I will say I set up a Raspberry Pi with Octoprint to control the printer and that gives the printer features that far more expensive printers have. An inexpensive USB webcam lets me monitor prints from anywhere on my home network.
The only problems I have had were caused by me pushing the printer past its abilities. printing overhangs without supports or bridges that went a little too far all caused problems. once I changed the design to either add supports or minimize bridges all is well.
Dipping my toe and purchased my first delts (been using my Ender 3 for many years) and couldn’t be happier. took all of 20 mins to set up and get the first print on the go. The only drawback (if it is one) is the print bed is very grippy to the point I took some of the coating off!.
If you are a beginner or expert, you are going to love this printer.
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An excellent little (well, little in footprint, not height!) Printer. Perfect for entry level people, or those like myself who don’t enjoy the hassle of levelling an Ender 3 V2 for hours on end.
This printer has a very good auto-level function, built in with only the sensor to clip on magnetically and plug in. It tells you when to do this and when to take it off too.
Instructions for assembly are not very good though, as a lot of Chinese originating products. They do have PDFs on the SD card supplied, but I found it easier looking on YouTube.
The printer does very good quality, and is a fair bit faster than normal/Non-Delta FDM printers. I do recommend keeping the print speed at 50-60mm/s minimum, otherwise it can struggle a bit at slower speeds. Great quality at those speeds.
The extruder is very good, if a bit noisy on 7mm+ retraction. The machine can handle feeding in and feeding out the filament with a dedicated program/tool for changing over filaments, which I was surprised that other, more expensive printers don’t have usually (you have to wind the filament in and out manually, which can be an issue at times).
One annoying thing about it is that the supplied spool holder is too narrow for “True” 1KG spools, which are wider. You can find a longer one to print on Cults3D though, just search for FLSUN Q5 Spool holder, and it should come up with a few choices 🙂
Overall, this is a very fun and cost effective printer, I’ve printed a lot more on it than my Ender 3 V2, purely because it is so much easier to just set and go, no faffing around with levelling wheels for hours and then finding out you did it wrong on one corner!
ADVICE: When you auto level, the hot-end will always be at least 1mm too high up at the end. YOU MUST RESET/CALIBRATE THE Z AXIS=0 VALUE AFTER EACH LEVEL. (Though the machine does tell you to do this, but you can accidentally skip this step if you don’t pay attention). 🙂
I really like the fact that it is user friendly. Much easier than the other brand i tried but could never get to work.I would definitely recommend.
Ordered this after ordering and sending back an Ender 3 in frustration. This unit was out of the box and worked within 20 mins and with no issues, very easy to put together.
Printed about 10 things so far with various colors and all turned out as expected.
The only complaint’s I have is the engineering design of the Micro SD card slot placement and not being flush to the faceplate panel inside which sometimes you can slide it in thinking it’s in the slot but it’s actually above or below the slot and may fall into the unit. I fixed this by ordering a Micro SD to SD Card Extension Cable Adapter Flexible Extender, and the other issue is the included cloud server/USB connection software to avoid using the micro SD card slot, it’s clunky and forces you to be connected to their services to use the USB connection. I’m reviewing the use of Octoprint with my spare Raspberry PI now to bypass the use of theirs and to add a camera to watch it from my bedroom for long-time-span creations. For these two issues, they lost a star.
I am really impressed with this printer so far. It’s very accurate, even on the fastest default slicing profiles in Cura and PrusaSlicer!
Now, it’s obviously not perfect – it’s only a couple hundred bucks after all! I had some issues with a few screws backing out but I just removed them and added some blue threadlocker on the nuts that retain the parallel arms on their mounting rods.
Assembly of the printer was SO EASY. It was twice as easy to put together as the Ikea table that I built it upon! All of the screws are the same, which makes things super easy, and they give you spares! All of the tools you need to assemble the printer are included, plus some extras that you might not even need! Seriously idk what the little wrench is for it doesn’t seem to fit anything.
Support from the company has been fantastic. I haven’t had to reach out to them for anything directly, but they have a lot of materials available online. Their YouTube channel contains a lot of information on how to maintain and service the printer or swap out parts. Some companies will be like “no don’t touch anything!!! YOU BREAK!!!” but FLSun is like “please touch and upgrade the printer c: here are directions on how to do it so you do not break”
The base printer is great but can definitely benefit from some upgrades. The first thing I printed, after a benchy and a Fred or two, was a fan duct attachment for dual airflow I found on Thingiverse. It really helps to cool the part from both sides instead of the single sided cooling you get with the base duct. The gap of the slot the MicroSD card goes in is way too big though. If you are not careful you could easily accidentally put your card into the top of the case instead of into the slot. I solved this by simply putting a little bit of epoxy putty around the microsd card slot with a sacrificial card in the slot to keep any epoxy from entering it, then removing the card after the putty hardened a bit but before it was impossible to remove. Now I can put the card in without looking and without worry.
Update: After using the printer for a couple more weeks I am still really happy with it. However, the stepper motor driver that is used for the extruder is a 4988 which is REALLY, REALLY noisy especially with the stock firmware (they have an update on their website to quiet it down a bit). This strikes me as a bizarre design decision since the XYZ drivers are TMC2208 silent stepper drivers, and they are as you’d expect pretty quiet. FLSUN does offer a firmware that supports replacing the 4988 driver with a TMC2208 which is great and nice but does beg the question why it doesn’t come like that. I just replaced the extruder 4988 driver with a TMC2208 and the installing was very easy and now the printer is so quiet I could sleep in the room with it on. I’ve just gotta deduct a star for this and the minor quality issues I experienced over time (things coming loose that shouldn’t). That doesn’t mean it isn’t worth it. I did just buy the Super Racer since I like the Q5 so much
Ordered this after ordering and sending back an Ender 3 in frustration. This unit was out of the box and worked within 20 mins and with no issues, very easy to put together.
Printed about 10 things so far with various colors and all turned out as expected.
The only complaint’s I have is the engineering design of the Micro SD card slot placement and not being flush to the faceplate panel inside which sometimes you can slide it in thinking it’s in the slot but it’s actually above or below the slot and may fall into the unit. I fixed this by ordering a Micro SD to SD Card Extension Cable Adapter Flexible Extender, and the other is the included cloud server/USB connection software to avoid using the micro SD card slot, it’s clunky and forces you to be connected to their services to use the USB connection. I’m reviewing the use of Octoprint with my spare Raspberry PI now to bypass the use of theirs and to add a camera to watch it from my bedroom for long-time-span creations. For these two items, they lost a star.
I am really impressed with this printer so far. It’s very accurate, even on the fastest default slicing profiles in Cura and PrusaSlicer!
Now, it’s obviously not perfect – it’s only a couple hundred bucks after all! I had some issues with a few screws backing out but I just removed them and added some blue threadlocker on the nuts that retain the parallel arms on their mounting rods.
Assembly of the printer was SO EASY. It was twice as easy to put together as the Ikea table that I built it upon! All of the screws are the same, which makes things super easy, and they give you spares! All of the tools you need to assemble the printer are included, plus some extras that you might not even need! Seriously idk what the little wrench is for it doesn’t seem to fit anything.
Support from the company has been fantastic. I haven’t had to reach out to them for anything directly, but they have a lot of materials available online. Their YouTube channel contains a lot of information on how to maintain and service the printer or swap out parts. Some companies will be like “no don’t touch anything!!! YOU BREAK!!!” but FLSun is like “please touch and upgrade the printer c: here are directions on how to do it so you do not break”
The base printer is great but can definitely benefit from some upgrades. The first thing I printed, after a benchy and a Fred or two, was a fan duct attachment for dual airflow I found on Thingiverse. It really helps to cool the part from both sides instead of the single sided cooling you get with the base duct. The gap of the slot the MicroSD card goes in is way too big though. If you are not careful you could easily accidentally put your card into the top of the case instead of into the slot. I solved this by simply putting a little bit of epoxy putty around the microsd card slot with a sacrificial card in the slot to keep any epoxy from entering it, then removing the card after the putty hardened a bit but before it was impossible to remove. Now I can put the card in without looking and without worry!
Love live the delta! Believe in delta!
Fcil de montar y calibrar. Impresiones de aceptable calidad, pero lo ms destacable la rapidez de las impresiones con respecto a las impresoras cartesianas.
Also ich besitze diesen Drucker erst seit einem Tag, und habe auch erst die mitgegebenen Druckmodelle gedruckt, aber ich bin derzeit SEHR zufrieden mit ihm! Die Druckqualitt ist fr diesen Preis schon fast einzigartig. Alles im allem bin ich sehr zufrieden und wrde ihn noch mal kaufen/weiterempfehlen <()>
Stampante fantastica..facile da montare…con istruzioni anche nella scheda sd in dotazione…qualit ottima!!! La monti fai il livellamento in automatico e sei pronto a stampare!!! Adesione al massimo!!! Io l’ho restituita per un problema al piatto….l’azienda mi aveva aiutato in tutti i modi..spedendomi il piatto o rimborsandomi la fattura!!! Ora ho acquistato la qq s pro.
If your auto leveler gets stuck make it go home move your Z to the bed with your leveller and then do out of leveling again….don’t trust Google and flash the os lmao
Semplice da montare, all’interno c’ una chiavetta e una microSD da 4g con sopra il video tutorial per montarla se uno non riuscisse a farlo, e un video su come utilizzare il menu della stampante.
Una stampante stupenda e veloce, un po’ laboriosa da settare
I’ve always used Cartesian 3D printers, but thought I’d give a Delta a try – and I’m glad I did!
This one is easy to assemble and the auto levelling works amazingly well!
It’s a quiet printer (apart from retractions – but they’re not too loud anyway). Pretty quick getting up to temperature and bed adhesion is great (sometimes too great – so I recommend using something like 3DLAC or MAGIGOO which helps bed adhesion even more but should make prints easier to remove after waiting a while for it to cool down).
Very good videos showing you how to replace the nozzle etc.
Belt tension is adjustable as well (there is a video on this). Not as easy as tightening a knob, but it’s still fairly easy.
I had issues printing the test prints because the infill kept breaking up (not sure why – maybe it was speed or something else). I now use PrusaSlicer and print at about 40mm/s and the prints are wonderful! I suppose I could go to about 50 or 60mm/s but wouldn’t want it to go any faster than that. 40mm/s gives me great prints.
MAKE SURE YOUR VOLTAGE IS SET CORRECTLY IN THE POWER SUPPLY BEFORE SWITCHING ON. THERE HAVE BEEN CASES WHERE IT WAS SET INCORRECTLY AND CAUSED A HUGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE / POSSIBLE FIRE.
Perfect 3D printer for a beginner. Because it’s a Delta it’s great fun to watch and doesn’t take up as much space as a Cartesian. I actually prefer this style of printer now! Very light weight as well and comes in a fairly small box (compared to other printers).
When you’re ready (or just get fed up of waiting ages to take your prints off the glass bed) – it might be a good idea to upgrade to a PEI sheet (they flex so you can take off prints easily). You can just stick the magnet directly on top of the glass surface – so very easy to do.
A really great purchase. FLSUN support has been amazing as well, and the support resources you have is great. There are facebook groups etc where you can ask for help, and the help you get is excellent.
However, as with all 3D printing, be prepared to have failed prints etc – it isn’t easy getting started, but it’s a great hobby and you can make lots of things with it. I’ve found that I’ve started saying “why have you purchased this when I could have printed it?” to my partner quite a lot… There are many websites where you can get pre-made 3D models from, and if you’re feeling creative you can also design your own.
Highly recommended!
Great printer
Very easy to build.. super easy to get the first print running..
Love the speed love the build quality.
Super value reccomend it for anyone new to 3d printing or as a upgrade from a anet a8