Creality Ender-5 S1 3D Printer Review

How Much Does It Cost?

Coming in at $529 or £579 from the Creality Store, and an additional $159 or £165 at the Creality Store for the Sonic Pad, it’s not that expensive for a 3D printer, but it’s still quite an investment. Whilst there are certainly cheaper options, many of those feature some compromises compared to this printer, so for the money I think this is a pretty good all-round option, and the addition of the Sonic Pad could be a worthwhile investment if the control pad is something you could find useful.

Overview

When it comes to the initial setup and calibration of the printer, it was very quick and easy to get it going, most of my time with it initially was bed levelling, which was rather tedious, but with a 3D printer, you would expect some tedium given that prints can take hours if not days to complete. In terms of quality, the prints were pretty good, but they lacked a little in precision because even though they looked the part, I found that models that should fit together without flaw often were tighter than I would expect, why this is? I can’t be sure, but I think with some time I could figure it out and get some very clean and precise parts printed.

Should I Buy One?

In general, the prints are good, and this printer is easy to use, not the most precise, but it’s also not advertised as being the be-all and end-all printer, for the price it’s hard to argue with the features, the only major consideration is the print bed, coming in a little smaller than other options you aren’t going to be able to print quite as large of models. Overall though I recommend this printer, as a first printer this is easy to dip your toes into the water to see how you like 3D printing before you possibly move on to higher-end models, maybe even from Creality themselves.