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Review on ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Enhanced Bed Leveling with Creality Capricorn Pneumatic Upgrades by Hector Liamsi

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great upgrade for the price but remember it's not magic

This is a great little kit, don't get me wrong - it's great value and adds some nice little improvements added, but some reviews are downright misleading. No, this does not improve your print quality in general, nor does it allow you to increase your print speed in any way. Little changes here and there can be either subtle or different from ugly plastic spaghetti blob prints. A good calibration and tuning of your settings, stepper, flow rate, temperature, retraction, alignment and combing settings will have infinitely more. Impacts print quality and speed than most physical upgrades, and this product is no exception. If you want more from your printer, learn these things first! Even if you have a $5,000 printer, nothing works without these settings! BUT that doesn't mean it's a waste of time, quite the opposite. I love this little kit and it's a nice little addition to my favorite soldier, my Ender 3 Pro. My standard extruder clamp actually broke a day after a few months of use, but with this version I definitely won't have that problem again! It fits very well and when you assemble it correctly the tolerances and accuracy are excellent. Having just tried one of the red "unbranded" versions, this thing sucked. It has real precision in manufacturing, I was really amazed because I really wasn't expecting any real difference. I could talk about how crappy the red was that I had before, but I digress. Capricorn tubing is nice and better than standard PTFE tubing, but no magic either. I checked if the tolerances and accuracy of the tubes are better. For most standard print media like PLA and PETG there is no difference although they are superior. However, for other threads and special use cases, there is a difference. With some thermoplastic polyurethanes and filaments that get particularly hot (e.g. very hot) you will actually find this tubing beneficial. I give credit where necessary, I just don't want people to get the wrong impression that these things magically make better prints - it just isn't that easy most of the time. Add bed springs I mean sure why not? I hope I don't have to explain that it won't be magic either, but they seem very well done and I think they'll hold up for a while. Still - yes, it's a solid upgrade IF you've already given your printer the love and attention it deserves so that it can already perform better. The added strength of detail and flexibility of options combined with the appealing style - I would definitely recommend this. Just make sure you really understand this before you magically fall into placebo better casts like some reviews seem to have done. This isn't anecdotal evidence that it doesn't improve prints - it just isn't exactly how a 3D printer works. But if you want to upgrade your Ender 3 a bit, this is definitely a good idea.

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • There are new competitors