Ender 3 Pro review: What’s different and is it worth the extra money?

UPDATE It seems Creality have been dishonest. Their website shows a 500W power supply but it is in fact a cheaper 350W one. Still better quality as it is Meanwell, but dodgy none the less.

Well the current price of the ender 3 Pro is now about $50 more than the original. They no longer ship it with the Meanwell power supply, but a UL approved clone. However, it now comes with a 32 bit processor board instead of the original 8 bit. I like the magnetic bed, I hope I can get replacements for it, but it looks like you have to buy both the bed magnet and the build sheet. I've given up on ABS, as PETG is SO much BETTER, so the 80C limit on the bed is not a deal breaker. Nylon would be a problem, but I haven't had the urge to try that yet. So I think the PRO is worth the extra money, especially when it's on sale!

I would never buy another creality printer again. i just bought the 3 s1 pro and it never has worked from the first day out of the box. Tech support sucks I cant find out what is wrong with it. So people, unless you have money to blow, I would not waste your money with them.

Thank you so much for the review

I understand this is an old video, what about using glass as the bed surface?

Is it possible to print abs if you remove the magnetic print surface?

It’s like $40 Aud extra now. You may as well.

what PC specs does it run on? sorry, I checked on the website and it didn't say anything about it

I print the same gcode file (a 20mm cube) on 2 different ender 3 pro machines. Both machines have same settings, same Esteps etc. One cube is 20mm high, but the other is 2.3mm high. I cant figure out what is happening. Same filament, same everything. Just 2 separate machines.

I’m wondering if it supports Octoprint.

I hope Soon That Creality Ups Their Quality With The Ender 3 Mine has had 3 Loose beds It Needs manual calibration every print. Ive Ordered An BLTouch V3 For it. hope for better result

Got a Longer LK1 then the Ender 3 Pro, honestly I will never own another Creality product again. LK1 had hot end issue, Longer bent over backward to make it right asap. Ender bed warped to the point the nozzle is dropping pla onto the bed rather than extruding it in the middle 150mm x 150mm area, Creality won’t even acknowledge me with a 2 week old printer. I had to remove the bed and spend an hour with my DA and 320 paper to flatten the bed but its still doesn’t print as well as the unmodified LK1.Had I been thinking rationally I should have just gotten another LK1.

Just bought Ender 3 pro. It’s my first 3d printer. Thanks for information, and I hope we be good friends with my Ender :))

I hope some one can tell me should I buy this I want to get in to 3D printing but I don’t know what to buy

Hey Micheal I love your videos i know this video is 2 yes old I hope you still respond to them. Anyway I am in the market to buy a 3D printer to make windows for a model building i a making for my train layout and also just to play with when my nerves and nephews come over. I live in an apartment so I have very little space. I wanted to get the endor 3 pro but my wif says we don't have the room. Next I really like the easythreed cube printer and I am actually leaning towards that one because I am not going to make anything bigger then that. What do you think i should buy? This will be my first 3d printer I have never used one and love your videos but I am nervous about when I do buy one. Where do I start? How hot do you make the stuff you build? Is it always the same temperature? And can I use other filaments (companiesi mean)? Is the easy threed an open source printer? Finally is it hard to use the software on the computer and do I always have to use the SD card? Thank you so much sorry its alot hope you can give me some pointers thanks again.

Why do have background music? it is annoying, plus you are using the mic on Camera, which yields too much echo, add to that the background horror music, I can not make what you are saying.

Cant wait until we get to the point where we can use these printers for valuable things and not bunch of trash

Is banggood a safe place to buy the printer

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Hi - I ordered a Ender 3 Pro after watching your video and following the link to BangGood. I've subsequently been looking at the reviews of about BangGood. Apart from the negative reviews on shipping there have been a number of comments about them shipping fake products. I'm now quite worried about the 3D printer I've ordered. What has your experience with BangGood been like and how can I tell whether I've received a genuine Ender 3 Pro?

I want to print food-safe materials and it has been recommended that one needs a stainless steel nozzle to be compliant. What, if any, changes are required when switching to a stainless steel nozzle?

How much money would it be with the electric power after using the Ender 3 Pro for 2 continous days? Nozzle=230, Bed=65C, fan on

I keep getting an error message: "Thermal Runaway printer Halted, please reset" on my Ender 3 Pro using PLA at 210 and 60 on the bed. Is there a fix?

ender 3 pro is trash, 24 hours after getting it. it stop working nothing but blue screen.

You can find ender 3 pros for 206 on a flash sale

Will buy today. Its on a sale! 70€ less!

I´m actually confused completly by all the printers ;) Right now I have to decide between Ender 3 / 3 pro / 5. Every Video tells my different pros and cons. Some tell ypu same the money and get an e3 with addon. Other tell me get the bigger one (e5) when you are not sure about the size. The quality seems to depend expremely on the settings and slicing? Can anybody help me please... Thank you

Good morning Michael. I have to say your videos are very informative. Lately I've been doing research on the Ender 3 pro and Geeetech A10 and I have settled on the Ender 3 Pro. Watching everything Ender 3 related I'm confident that this will be the best first first choice 3d printer as a beginner. With SKS, MKS and Octopi upgrades to follow as well as various printable parts while I learn the programming and my new printer. Thanks again for your very in-depth reviews and learning series. You've got a follower out of myself and that of my son and daughter.

I've had bad luck with removable bed with my ender-5. Pieces of lower surface seem to stick to bed and get torn off when repeatedly removing the base. I swithed to glass because of that.
I think it took perhaps a week of printing before the base started sticking in the base. Used only normal temperatures like 60C for PLA and a bit of 70-80C for PETG.

I bought 2 of these through Comgrow on Amazon. Both showed up with dents in the bottom Y axis bar. Its a pre-assembled bar, covered by the build plate during shipping. This imo is an obvious QC issue (and on an item they charge you extra for), since i had 2/2 that had this defect on it. I returned them both & got the regular Ender 3 just like I did last year & this one showed up with chips in the wheels. Creality's QC is a major issue right now & has me looking into other options when it comes to getting more printers for my studio.

Just got this first hand for £65

Hi, Did your Pro have thermal runaway protection enabled when you received it?

Mine is a lemon. Micro SD is never recognized. Tried multiple SD card, including the one that comes with the printer. I've changed the gcode file name to remove all spaces, dashes, underscores, etc. since someone mentions printer is picky about file names I've reformatted the card with SD association formatter as someone else suggested. Jumped through all sorts of hoops, and still nothing works.

How do you think this printer will do with you? Printing drone parts which can be both easy and challenging at the same time.

to bad it cant print ABS

Do you want to change your recommendation now that Creality is selling the 3D Pro for $229 and free shipping on their website? The standard 3 is $199 and sometimes $179.

I also saw a video of the firmware been updated and has much more settings, i just want to know should i decide to go for the Ender3 Pro can i still just take the magnet buildtak of and just fit a glass with clamps.. surely then i can print ABS? or would that not be possible

I have a question. If you want to use abs and heat above 80 degrees and the magnetic surface breaks. Could you secure it with a clip or something?

i had the wobble too on the base- but it happened when i was putting the z axis arms on, it definitely wasnt there before i did and i think it was because i turned it on its side and torqued the bolts down. i was able to loosen and tighten them while they were on a level surface and issue is resolved.

was on the site and only shows 1 filament selection

Saw that this Pro version has pressfit pulleys on the steppers so when adding dampers, there is no possibility to adjust the pulley alignment. Is there a possibility to maybe remove these pulleys and mount the regular Ender 3 ones? Thanks!

What do you think of the CR-10 mini compared to the Ender 3 Pro?

I just ordered one after watching your Ender 3 videos, I need something that can print higher temps than my K8400 but is more reliable than my FLSUN Cube. Thank you for the detailed information and clear instructions, I have subscribed!

I ordered the Pro machine from Creality directly on sale for only $40 more than the standard machine.

I’ve been enjoying your videos and they are helping me figure it what to look for in a 3D printer. I was wondering if you have looked at the Ender 5 printer or are expecting getting one for evaluation?

I can find the power supply for $30