

Then again, there is already work being done to the Marlin firmware from the community, so it may get even better soon. The Creality Ender-5 S1 has a decently sized touchscreen display where you can make additional adjustments to the models and overall the software is good enough considering that Creality has been in this game for a long time, so it has a lot of experience. But we do get a Sprite direct extruder which apparently can go up to 300 degrees C, so using most types of filaments should not be a problem and we get auto-leveling bed which is a very welcomed addition. Yes, it’s still a cartesian model (not core xy) and the manufacturer decided to go with wheels for the Y axis instead of linear rods. But that doesn’t mean the Ender-5 S1 is an inferior product, quite the contrary. Creality Ender-5 S1 3D Printer.Īnd yes, Creality did hit a sweet spot with the model 3 in terms of price and performance.

And the popularity of the Ender 3 3D printers is due to the users involvement into developing various mods, improving the performance of such a cheap machine. All of these are impressive, but can it convince the users to finally leave the much loved Ender-3 printers behind and go for the version 5 and above? I have no idea and I say that because Creality recently made available the Ender 3 V2 Neo, so the ‘entry-level’ model is still very much supported.
