Creality Ender 3 Max Neo 3D Printer, CR Touch Auto Leveling
Creality Ender 3 Max Neo 3D Printer, CR Touch Auto Leveling Bed Dual Z-Axis Full-metal Extruder Silent Mainboard Filament Sensor FDM 3D Printers for Kid Beginners, Large Printing Size 300×300×320mm
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| Dimensions: | 51.6 x 59 x 58.2 cm; 13.5 Kilograms |
| Manufacture: | Creality |
| Dimensions: | 51.6 x 59 x 58.2 cm; 13.5 Kilograms |
| Origin: | China |
Estamos ante una maravilla, soy novato en este mundo,la e puesto a todo lujo,la controlo con la Creality Sonic Pad y quito la humedad con la SULUM S2 secador de Filamentos y mantengo la energa ininterrumpida con la SAI NGS FORTRESS DE 1200V3 TODAS ADQUIRIDAS EN AMAZON,LO grab todo con la web cam Trust Trino HD.
La tengo a pleno rendimiento es una maravilla y es de las ms grandes del mercado 310×310 y 420 de ancho.
Ir actualizado mi opinin segn vaya usandola y poniendo mods nuevos, recomiendo su compra,la mejor wue he tenido.
Great bit of kit, set-up on our CR-10 Smart Pro fairly simply following latest software/firmware prompts. Happily printing at 120-150mm/s now with good ‘draft’ quality. Well worth going the extra mile with klipper pressure advance settings (google it) but otherwise the Sonic software automates the set-up effortlessly (PIDs, resonance etc). I’m also happy that we are saving energy by reducing the time the heated print bed is operating (printing 2-3 times quicker). Well worth the investment for us.
So this is far nicer to live with. Plus you can use included resonance/vibration measurement tool to do some tests that then enable you to double print speed smoothly. Klipper itself worth this much money IMO. Yes, no regrets
Been looking at improvements for my CR10S PRO V2 as I generally print large structural items and wanted to print more exotic materials at higher speeds. Upgraded to a creality spider 3.0 a while back which allowed me to start printing at higher speeds using klipper. It did take a while to get the sonic pad to work with my printer. Read alot of people having similar connection issues as it wouldn’t flash the firmware directly onto my printer. However if you click on you printer then go to custom and use the correct settings to save onto a USB. Flash the firmware via laptop using xloader then run the setup on the sonicpad and keep trying with the update firmware direct to the printer it will eventually take. I think there is a time period you need to wait but keep trying and it will work. Once it connects I didn’t have a problem again. Followed the setup via YouTube Ricky impey, which is a great tutorial and now I’m printing perfect prints on the standard creality sonic pad profile for the ender v2 on cura. Will start to up the speed even more in the future.
Fantastic 3d printer with a big 300x300x320 build size.
My first print come out amazing.
Fantastic quality from creality with this gadget.
No more messing around with sd cards and you can check on your phone your printing progress.
A great addition to your 3d printing needs.
This Creality Sonic Pad has revolutionised the way 3d printers work by using kipper firmware and allowing you to easily upgrade your 3D printer to use it, this is a seamless update for most Creality printers and for non Creality printers it’s just as simple. With everything you need built in to the pad you can enjoy this fantastic 7 inch screen to operate up to 4 printers with a single click to switch between them on screen, not only that you will also have the ability to use your web browser to control your printers thru Fluuid or Mainsail os with a simple interface. You also get a visor adxl tool for input shaping and you can tune all your printers for best print quality, remember this pad works with almost any 3d printer not just Creality printers, I currently have a TronXY X5SA pro, a Fokoos Odin-5 and an ender 5 all working seem less thru the pad, I highly recommend this to anyone who wants a better experience using kipper on thier printers.
As someone new to 3D printing, I recently ordered and tried out the Creality Ender 3 Max Neo, and I must say that it has left me impressed with how easy it was to set up. I found the setup process to be quick and straightforward, and the auto-levelling feature made it even smoother. This feature allows the printer to adjust the height of the print bed automatically, ensuring that the first layer of any print is level and sticks well to the bed. I still recommend manually levelling the bed using the paper method but this feature gives you a bit more leeway.
One of the features that stood out to me was the printer’s bed size, which is 300x300x320mm. This larger bed size allowed me to print more extensive and more intricate objects than I could with my previous printer. Additionally, the printer is quite versatile, and I was able to print various objects with great results.
Another feature that impressed me was the printer’s user-friendly interface. The screen is easy to use and navigate, and I found it to be very intuitive. It’s an excellent addition for beginners who may be struggling to figure out how to use a 3D printer.
One issue I did notice is that the fan can be quite loud when printing. However, this is not a dealbreaker, and from my research, it’s a common issue with 3D printers.
Overall, the Creality Ender 3 Max Neo is a reliable and high-quality 3D printer that can produce stunning prints with great detail and accuracy. While it may not be perfect, it is an excellent choice for anyone looking for a starter-friendly option with advanced features. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced 3D printing enthusiast, this printer is worth considering.
Easy to setup and get off the ground and allows me to take full advantage of my S1 Plus
I can run my 3 printers from this print faster and check the progress from my phone no fiddling with sd cards just plug in usb. Excellent once again from creality.
Was available 20 cheaper in the Creality website. Otherwise a good product. Makes my ender3 s1 pro much smarter. No more running up and down with SD cards. Can connect to Acura or Prusa to direct upload and print in two clicks
Ok, so I will start my review here with a small disclaimer in that I am a complete noob when it comes to this sort of tech. I literally didn’t have a clue what to do or what to expect from this 3D printer but after some perseverance and experimentation I have finally started printing some great quality items. I still have a little way to go before I think I am fully up and running, but I have to admit to being really rather impressed with just how good this printer actually is. Here is my honest opinion based on my experiences so far.
I have had the unit now for around a little over 5 weeks and I have to be honest, I felt a little intimidated by this beast at first. Out of the box the printer is a reasonably large product so you will need a fair amount of free and an available desk space to house it. The printer measures approximately 51.6cm deep by 59cm wide, with a height of 58.2cm when fully set up. It does look particularly impressive though and it’s easy to see from initial set up that the manufacturers have clearly used some good high quality parts and components in the construction of their product. For someone new to this type of tech, I would highly recommend doing a little research and reading up on 3D printing as there is actually a wealth of great free information out there that will really help you both get the most out of your new printer, but also give you some really useful hints and tips to get you up and running faster. For example, I didn’t realise that there were some really good file sharing sites that allow you download some awesome 3D designs without charge. I won’t mention any websites in particular here, but I would strongly suggest starting with some basic shapes and items first to help get you going as you will almost inevitably have to tweak the settings of your own printer for best results. My first couple of prints were definitely not the best and certainly it something I would want to share pictures of on Amazon (embarrassing!). The manufacturers do supply a micro and card with their product here which has two simple files to get you started; a rabbit and a boat. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I just assumed it would print these within a few minutes or so. The reality is that it actually takes a fair amount of time to print items in 3D. The bunny took around 2 hours and the boat was a little less at around an hour and 45 minutes. So bear this in mind when you start printing more complex items.
I can’t tell you too much about technical features as I am afraid this really isn’t my area of expertise. What I can say is that once you start experimenting you should naturally find that your products get better. I would say there is a steep learning curve here but with patience it’s one definitely worth persevering with. It’s not too noisy in use and the whole unit seems rock solid and stable on its feet when in use. The printer comes supplied with one roll of white filament to get you started so remember to order more and other colours to keep you going as you are learning. The actual volume of the printing base is 30cm by 30cm by 32cm so you can print some decent sized items. There are larger units out there but remember that costs spiral upwards as you go up through the chain. For a first time 3D printer this is a great size unit that allows you to construct some pretty impressive pieces without being overly complex to use. I still have a lot to learn but at least this unit allows me to do so with reasonable simplicity. Like I said at the beginning of my review, I am a complete novice and by no means an experienced or professional user yet I have been genuinely able to begin to improve my level of understanding around this new print medium in a reasonably short time frame. I can’t really fault this machine in anyway as I believe any issues have been down to my lack of skill and knowledge rather than any issues with the printer itself per-say.
The printer is priced at 389 (at time of review) but has an additional voucher to the value of 59 that can be applied at checkout taking your purchase down to a better value 320. Given quite how expensive these printers can get, for a first time foray into this field I happen to think this is a very reasonable price. In summary this printer seems to me to be well manufactured using great quality materials and components. As I mentioned earlier, there is a steep learning curve here, it to be fair, i think that would be true of any similar product, and it takes a little time and patience to master your new found product. Personally I am more than pleased with this printer and would be equally happy to recommend it to anyone. A great quality product at a great price. Brilliant!
The only reason I have given this 4 instead of 5 stars is the fact that it came without a screen protector fitted and there were a couple of scratches on the screen when I anpacked it which sets you wondering if this was an item that had already been used. However once the Sonic Pad is up and running these scratches are not noticeable and do not affect its functionality, but a screen protector is advised as for all touch screen devices in my experience. I found the device worked well once you overcome the complexities of flashng firmware etc, if you are a complete newbie this could be quite intimidating so familiarising oneself with the procedure is highly recommended. Once set up and all the calibration procedures gone through, quite an exercise, I found it very useful and look forward to getting my 3D printer (an ENDER 5 S1) as finely tuned as possible which being a 3D print novice is going to take some time but hopefully the Sonic Pad will be a great aid on my journey. I found the web interface to be very useful as it reduces the amount of contact with the screen and it also allows control of the printer via mobile devices.
Lucky for us reviewing a printer is quite an easy job, we have so many different printers and have use lots over the years it’s easy to tell which ones are going to be a pain and which a low maintenance affair.
Happy to say this was in the latter category, easy to put together and easy to level with the cr touch style levelling. I have to be honest I’m not a massive fan of the creality textured beds, I find they wear quite quickly and always opt to turning them over and printing on the glass side with some hairspray. This bed I have to be honest and say will be the same, it’s the same as the standard textured creality bed on the Enders and a bit like the Geeetech superplate. Adhesion is good if you get the levelling right, you can see by my pictures one rabbit is a little off but with some tweaking the 2nd one was perfect. I could have stopped after the 1st layer as I could see if was slightly too high but wanted to find out how it coped.
Nice to already have a metal extruder, this was always the downfall of the smaller printer making one normally the first purchase in the journey to fix printing issues.
The only problem I had (and it’s not just this printer) is that the filament sensor is rubbish, it is really basic and also puts a fair amount of drag on the filament leading to poor printing. The images are from the sample spool, one is with the filament sensor bypassed and the other used it. The one bypassed is far better and in the subsequent prints had similar results. Like I said it’s not just this Creality machine, I pretty much disable and remove filament sensors from all printers I get.
Build quality is good, volume level is low and the fans actually do a decent job and are a bit quieter than something like an Anycubic Kobra I have. I have noticed this printer is quite slow at printing, I know it’s a larger machine and acceleration limits might be set low in the firmware but using the same slicer, model and print quality and speed settings I achieved 4.5 hours of a model railway piece on a smaller Creality Ender 3 vs. 6 hours on this Neo Max. Definitely due to size and weight but I’m sure you can tweak settings to speed it up a bit (even setting it at 120% on the actual machine might do it).
Keep in mind this is a big machine, you’ll need a bit of space behind it and in front of it so the bed can move to full extremeties. This is however a well priced machine for the size and the Creality community is great help and being a popular machine there are many spare parts around too.
Once you get use to it its great but was a bit difficult at the beginning but once up and running its grea
Got these for a 3D printer I use in a FabLab. Have to say it was a pain to set up despite – in theory – working straight out of the box. After updating firmware this worked OK and is a useful bit of kit. In fact, once you use one, you think however did you manage before. Impressive once it works.
This 3D printer has promise, having not used one before, it is easy to assemble, the frame slotting into the base, making sure it’s the correct way around. There are a few screws to secure the frame, plus the material reel (you get a small 200g reel of PLA) and the dial driven control screen. A couple of connectors to power the screen and the extrusion head motors, and an IEC power plug and it’s ready to switch on.
Calibration is the awkward part, I had to unscrew the surface dials halfway then do the paper test, to make sure the nozzle was paper thickness from the surface at the center and all 4 corners of the plate. Initialisation is quite simple thereafter.
The problem came with adhesion of the bunny test model I was trying to print. It all started ok for a few layers, then, it came unstuck from the plate.
Tried several times with different temps and adjusting z offset, but no luck. I’m finding the learning curve is quite steep with 3D printing, so I’ll try a textured base plate next, then maybe an enclosure, since my house is quite chilly at the moment.
This is not the fault of the printer, which appears to work fine; it’s just the users that are incompetent in this case. A good starter printer for someone who wants to learn about 3D printing.
Addendum: I’ve since changed the glass plate to a textured PEI one from Two Trees – although about a centimetre shorter than the original plate, it provides much better adhesion and it started working properly as soon as it was stuck to the printer bed. I’d be inclined to suggest this is the sort of printing surface that should be supplied by default.
This is my first 3D printer. Therefore, setting up and learning how to operate it has taken quite some time with lots of instruction videos seen online.
As I have nothing to compare it to, this seems like magic to the whole family! You can find designs online to upload for the printer to create, or you can use the two designs provided. It is brilliant. Set up would be recommended in a room you don’t sleep in, cause if you do long prints, there’s a bit of noise that could wake you up. It’s not noisy but not super silent either.
Overall great for home creations or for a self-employed type business. Recommended!
I have been using the Creality Ender 3 Max Neo 3D printer for a couple of weeks now now and it has definitely impressed me. It’s great for someone new to 3D printing, and I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t difficult to put together, and I was able to start printing sooner than I expected. The printer’s larger build volume is a plus for me, allowing me to print both large and small models, I’ve yet to try several small models at once. There are two basic models to get started on the MicroSD card that’s included, a tiny rabbit (approx two hours to complete) and a boat (hour and 45mins) both of which came out looking great. The CR Touch Automatic Levelling feature, which measures and adjusts the 25-point print height on the heat bed, has been helpful in making levelling easier, although I have found that doing the initial bed levelling manually produces better results. The dual Z-axis and full-metal extruder have contributed to a smoother printing experience, reducing the risk of nozzle blockage. The printer’s resume printing function and filament sensor have also been very useful, preventing wasting and enhancing the success rate. The 32-bit silent mainboard has greatly reduced noise exposure to below 50dB, although the consistent fan noise can still be a bit annoying. One downside is the awkward side positioning of the filament spool holder, but it hasn’t been a major issue. I would have also liked a touch screen interface. The 4.3-inch colour knob screen is easy to use and optimised with icons, but I would have preferred a touch screen for even easier navigation. Overall, a great 3D printer, especially for beginners or those looking for a simple and efficient 3D printing experience.
This is yet another re-release from creality that takes the Ender3 Max design, removes a little z volume and adds a bunch of the upgrades people typically added as aftermarket upgrades.
The box is well made with thick cardboard and custom foam inserts to keep everything in top condition. You receive a 200g spool of white pla which by all accounts appears to be good quality filament.
As always with creality printers you get a set of flush cutters which are invaluable and mine from my original Ender3 are still going strong after four years. Furthermore you get a set of allen keys that cover every screw size on the machine for maintenance. Some generic flat sheet metal spanners for adjusting the v-wheels and swapping the nozzle are also included.
The spanners aren’t the greatest and should be one of the first tool upgrades you consider. Swapping to a small 2.5 or 3 Nm torque wrench with a socket will make it infinitely easier to perform nozzle swaps. The spanners are generally okay for adjusting the v-wheels and are small enough to get into the tighter spots under the bed.
All of the tools & extras can be stowed away inside a small drawer under the bed so that you don’t misplace them.
The printer is almost fully assembled from the factory except for 2 connectors for the Z stepper motors and four bolts to connect the gantry to the base. Sadly this wasn’t the case on my unit, as with any 3D printer I checked everything before booting it up. First of all I checked the v-wheels all around the printer. Many were excessively loose and not at the correct tightness for printing. The bed was badly adjusted to the point that it was flopping around with a light press on either side.
In total I had to adjust 5 eccentric nuts for the v-wheels and tension the belts on both the bed and the gantry. This is just general knowledge and are common enough maintenance steps with printers that use v-wheels for motion. The issue I have is that the manual makes no mention of these steps and a novice wouldn’t think to check them before printing.
However, the instructions are good for the information it does cover, with well written text and informative images to accompany it. They really need to start covering the basic setup checks and maintenance information with these printers though.The current instructions are at best a quick-start guide. A much more in depth set should be included if they’re going to continue marketing this as a beginner friendly unit. New users shouldn’t be expected to google the issues that could easily be covered from day one with a small supplementary booklet.
Once I got everything tightened up to an acceptable level all I had to do was home the printer, run the auto bed levelling and adjust the z-offset and it produced a very clean print with the included files and filament. I recommend just tightening the bed knobs fully and using the auto bed levelling before every print for reliable and consistent first layers.
Running the machine with the prints included on the sd card is slow going, as the manufacturer always runs slower speeds to ensure that the first few prints the user experiences are less likely to fail or look bad. You can absolutely take the time to tune and modify the printer’s firmware to run at a faster speed while still maintaining quality but that is its own rabbit hole entirely and outside the scope of a new user, there are plenty of online resources if you are interested.
The printer is built well enough from the factory besides the mentioned issues and it really is a quick and simple machine to build and run. It’s surprisingly quiet with the exception of the noise the motherboard cooling fan produces. This could easily be swapped out for a much quieter one if you needed to reduce the noise.
At this price point creality should really be putting touchscreens onto these printers, these older knob controlled screens do work fine but they’re slow and tedious to work with at times. You can get the touch screen as an official part from creality resellers if you’d like to upgrade it yourself. It does have the same mourning pattern but also requires a firmware upgrade.
On the default firmware there is no software based method for aligning the dual z motors, they are purely reliant on the timing belt that connects the two leadscrews at the top of the printer. Which is fine if things were initially built correctly but if something happens they can go out of alignment. The software or manual don’t offer up any fixes for this potential frustration for a new user.
They can be carefully realigned with some manual adjustment of the lead screws and measuring to see both sides are at the same height. An easier solution is to slowly raise the gantry to max Z height and let it bump into the top extrusion to realign them. There are firmware options to fix this issue but as both motors are run from the same stepper driver this printer cannot make use of them.
The filament runout/break detection works well, it reacts quickly and pauses the print. It then requests user intervention to correct the fault. However the printer doesn’t have any option for filament swaps during this pause so you need to go into the move menu and manually reverse the old filament out of the hotend and also manually insert the filament. It leaves a small mark where the pause happened but it does a great job of recovering without letting the print end in failure.
The power loss recovery does essentially the same thing, it detects the loss of power and saves the coordinates of the current position. Once power is applied again it will alert the user and offer to attempt to continue where it left off. It works just fine as long as the print hasn’t been left for an extended period of time and detached from the build plate already as the bed cooled down.
You can see the use of both the filament runout sensor and the power loss recovery on the rabbit print photos in my review. The layer shift on the benchy (boat) print happened because I tightened up the belts mid print. The rabbit had a few marks from where the power resume and filament runouts tests occurred. The slight layer inaccuracy in the red section was the power loss recovery and the other marks are filament runout testing with a filament change. The only real issue I see with the test files is that the z-seam is quite pronounced but this can be fixed with slicer settings.
One major complaint for me is that the included spool holder is very loose and it easily slides around and folds and unfolds far too easily. It artificially increases the footprint of the machine by hanging off the side when it could be placed on the top instead. This printer already takes up a lot of space and the spool holder increases it by another 30-40 cm depending on the size of the spool currently loaded.
My second complaint is in relation to the wires extending up to the gantry and the bed. They aren’t secured to anything and dangle freely and could easily get snagged or caught on something. You do get some zip ties in the package but a new user isn’t going to know where to safely use them without causing more harm than good.
The safety features of these machines have come a long way from the originals back in the day. The frame is grounded to prevent shocks and the appropriate wires are terminated with ferrules for the screw terminal connections. Thermal runaway protection is also enabled in the firmware so most of the safety concerns are covered from the factory which is great to see.
All in all this is a great machine, but it can take a little more effort to set up than described by the manual and creality’s product descriptions. Hopefully my unit was an exception and not the rule, but the fixes are simple enough if you have issues. The thriving online community is willing to offer help and advice for practically anything when it comes to 3D printing.
Amazing Creality Ender 3 Max Neo 3D Printer
I like the printing capacity of 300300320mm allowing me to print large projects
very easy to assemble with a couple of steps, you don’t have to worry about wasting time building the 3D printer from scratch.
I love the printing stability, comes with perfect-quality motors.
Comes with nice and efficient CR touch auto levelling.
The printer is suitable for home and office use and provides a low-noise operation.
easy to load the 3D Printer Filament.
Overall, excellent quality and perfect value for money.
Recommended for sure!
At the time of writing this review, the price for this 3D printer is 389.00.
This review provides a detailed overview of the features and benefits of the Ender 3 Max Neo 3D printer. The CR Touch Automatic Levelling feature is highlighted as a major advantage, making levelling much easier. The larger build volume of 300300320mm is also mentioned as a benefit, offering more creative possibilities and increasing efficiency. The high-precision Dual Z-Axis is described as effectively avoiding printing deviation and reducing the possibility of lines and bulges on the print. The full-metal extruder is highlighted as more durable and having greater extrusion force, reducing the risk of nozzle blockage. The power loss recovery and filament sensor are also noted as beneficial features, improving the stability and success rate of printing. The 3-step assembly process and the colour knob screen are also mentioned as convenient and user-friendly features. Overall, this review provides a comprehensive overview of the Ender 3 Max Neo 3D printer, highlighting its many features and benefits.
I’ve never even seen a 3D printer in the flesh, let alone used one, before I recieved this beast, but I’ve wanted one for years! This does not disappoint.
I was a little daunted when I first got its pieces out of the box – it looks very technical – but actually it was pretty straightforward to put together. The instructions are a little vague at times, leaving out some basic yet fundamental information (the screen, for example, is not touchscreen as we assumed. Rather you need to turn & press the knob to select the options, but we had to work that out ourselves!). However, with a bit of inferring, my OH and I got it set up in around an hour. This included levelling the bed, which took about 30 minutes in itself.
(TIP: Do make sure that when wherever you decide to put it there is adequate space at the back for the bed to go fully back – it goes back further than the arm extends to, and will push itself all the back & forward before each print.)
Next step, install the software. Again, the instructions tell you to do it but not where to get it from (I found it on the Creality website eventually). This done, on to the first print! We chose the bunny provided on the SD card, preheated the bed & nozzle (do not leave this step out!), and set it off. The machine moved the bed & nozzle around to orient itself, started printing, and…. nothing came out of the nozzle.
Turns out we had not pushed the filament in far enough – again the instructions were vague on how to load the filament – so after “fixing” this issue we started again. Bingo!!
We left it to do its thing, popping in occasionally to check it’s progress and marvel at the genius of it. The machine itself is very quiet in terms of mechanism, but the fans are quite loud. Best to shut the door on it and let it do its thing. You can purchase quieter fans, this may be an investment I make in the future.
A little over 2 hours later, it was done. Sitting on the print bed was a perfect, adorable little bunny!
I am super impressed with the quality of the model – the curves are smooth, and the detail is great. You can feel the ridges of each layer down the bunny if you run a nail down it, but they’re hard to see and could easily be sanded down if a fine finish is required.
I had no problem getting the print to stick to the bed – if anything it adhered a little too well, and needed quite some force with the scraper to get it off!
The filament provided with the machine (a white PLA) is good, I’ve no issues with it. I have also subsequently bought a spool of purple and this printed beautifully too. Changing the filament was simple – heat the nozzle to 185, snip the filament near to where it is fed into the machine (leave enough to be able to grab hold of it), and pull it out while pressing the leaver down.
A small amount of white remained in the end of the nozzle bit this didn’t effect the purple print, as it does a test line & kind of outline before it prints the model, which got rid of any remaining white.
Overall, as a complete novice to 3D printing, I am amazed and really impressed with this. Everything is simple and reasonably intuitive – I’ve downloaded a couple of models from Thingiverse & the Creality slicing software was really easy to use with them, and the prints came out great.
It’s not just a machine for novices though, it makes great quality prints and would make anyone pleased with their purchase.
Creality’s Ender 3 Max Neo 3D printer is amazing. I’m not going to say it’s made 3D printing non-techy friendly (as I couldn’t give my technophobe mother it and expect her to be able to know where to start!) but it’s miles ahead from the “build your own” first generation models of old.
Assembly can be done in about 30-50 minutes depending on how experienced you are in assembly. You start my bolting on the arms, which is simple enough and then follow by attaching the panel to the right side – this are T-bolts, so I can only recommend assembling on a flat clear surface like the floor as I first attempted it on a small table and it was so fiddly it made things needlessly more complicated! Then it’s adding the fiddlement arm and you’re pretty much done except for minor adjustments to the plate if it needs levelling.
It’s an exceptionally capable printer than I’m looking forward to working more and more with it. As always, setting up a printer profile can be a bit tricky and complicated but once you’re up and running it’s done a couple of easy prints with zero problems.
Really looking forward to tasking it with a few overnight prints and have been blown away with my experience so far!
This Ender 3 Max Neo is a great printer for those just starting out in 3D printing. It is the big brother to the Ender 3 neo series, with the main upgrade being a much bigger build plate area totalling 300x300x320 and a metal extruder.
The build quality of this machine is the usual fantastic quality that Creality are known for. The machine assembly was one of the easiest 3D printers i have ever put together as the majority of the printer is already assembled, bolt the Z Axis frame to the base then install the control pad. Everything you need to put this together is in the box.
The printer has a metal Bowden extruder with a nozzle temperature than can reach a maximum of 260c. The heated bed glass can reach a max temperature of 110c. This allows the printer to print in a variety of materials including PLA, PETG, ABS and even wood filament.
The control pad on this printer is knob controlled rather than a touch screen. The display is crisp, sharp and vivid. It has a very simple interface that allows you to change various printer settings and the prints themselves.
Levelling the printer bed has always been an issue for me with Creality printers, the Neo Max was one of the more smoother processes i have gone through. Firstly it is important to note that although this is advertised as Auto Bed levelling, in principal there still are some manual adjustments that need to be made. I always use the paper under the nozzle method, adjusting the bed springs as necessary. Then the auto levelling takes over.
I only ever print in PLA and TPU, unfortunately this printer can’t manage TPU filaments, i suspect due to the Bowden method rather than direct drive. For the test prints on this printer i used PLA – my day to day filament, the final print quality on this machine is very good. I have so far done 3 PLA test prints on this printer so far and had zero issues with any of them. Print speed is up to 120mm/s however i printed my test prints at 50mm/s. Noise wise this printer is pretty quiet! At this speed i experienced no vibrations when the printer was on my wooden desk.
Software wise Creality Slicer is recommended to use with this printer, this is a free bit of software which allows you to import and slice your 3D models. I prefer to use CURA, however you need to copy across the printer settings in order to do this. For most people ordering this printer, as a beginner, i would recommend sticking with Creality Slicer – it does the job very well and is pre configured. Sliced prints are copied to the printer using the included memory card.
The printer has an auto power resume function, but i always disable this in the Gcode due to zits forming on prints especially when printing in spiral/vase mode. I have not tried the power resume on this printer at all so can not comment on if this problem exists with this model, it’s just something i never have enabled on any of my printers.
I did take a short video of the printer printing a 3D benchy boat, but rather annoyingly the video won’t playback so i have been unable to upload to this review. If i sort out the issue i will add the video for you to see how the printer actually prints.
I can’t wait to print some super large prints over weekend, i really want to try spiral mode at the print beds maximum print size! Extra large vases here we come!
In summary if you are looking to explore the world of 3D printing, or are looking for a very easy to use printer to keep the children occupied then in my personal opinion you can not go wrong with this printer and i would definitely recommend this product. It is almost plug and play – you can literally be printing something within an hour of unboxing it! Fantastic large build area opens up much more 3D printing possibilities, and the quality is really very good for a budget printer.
I hope that you found my review helpful.