Review on 🖨️ Enhanced 3D Printer - Creality Ender V2 Printer Upgraded by James Jenkins

This printer could be a lot better with a little more attention to quality from the factory. First let me say that once the product is assembled, aligned and functional, it is a great little printer. It's easy to use, once you get used to its features, you'll be able to print most things just fine if you have quality filament, and the speed isn't too bad considering the price. I bought this printer thinking it was basically assembled. It's not a difficult build, but the build instructions and video (included on the flash drive) cover up a lot, and I mean a lot of steps that are actually very important if you want this thing to work properly. If you follow the video step-by-step exactly as shown, you'll end up with misalignment, a tablet that doesn't zero the Y-axis properly, and an X-axis that sags about 20mm on one side. If this is your first 3D printer, you won't even notice these things, and if you're about to manually line a bed or even an RV, the nozzle will commit suicide, camouflaging the print bed and squeezing the "nonstick" coating. At least that's what happened to me..once you fix these issues you need to find something to test the prints in. You'd think you could just use the gcode files for cats, dogs and pigs as is. But the thing is, the cheap PLA plastic that comes with it tends to either crack or clog the nozzle depending on how you tighten the bowden feed locking screw Finding the perfect balance is almost Impossible. Save yourself the headache and buy good quality PLA instead. I ended up sending mine back and getting a new one. Same problems as before but knowing the nozzle would snap on the plate right away would kill, and because I was aware of the tilted X-axis, I was able to make adjustments to my build that solved those issues. However, the y-axis doesn't want to go to zero as the thing both heats up and flattens out. This is because once leveled, the bed does not have enough clearance to clear the Y-axis stepper motor. I figured this out in advance to save on my belt, but was able to with a little DIY and some adjustments to the bed height some good old triggers. . So my final word is this. Get this if you want an inexpensive, good quality 3D FDM and don't mind spending about 6 hours fiddling around before your first print to make sure it's perfect. Subsequent prints require approximately 30 minutes to prepare so each print can be calibrated. Have a glue stick handy, without it nothing will stick to the non-stick surface. Paper"a4" does not happen. The pen always delivers a quality print. In general, this is a master's dream. If you like fiddling with your gear before each print, then this is the printer for you. If you want a printer that "just works," try something different.