Creality Ender 3 v3 KE High Speed 3D Printer With Klipper Full Review

[@mikehensley78]

i just got one of these printers yesterday. it's supposed to arrive tomorrow! i been wanting one forever so i saved up since christmas and got the E3 V3 KE. I just got the 2 kilo deal on filament too. i got a white and a black roll of PLA. There's so much RC stuff i want to print. I can't even wait!

[@JamesISpalding]

I'd like to see a video under the hood - the electronics board, under the hot end shroud. Does it seem like you might be able to install regular Klipper stuff? Is there a separate Klipper board and a main board or did they put it all on one PCB? Is the the same board as the K1? Pop it open and let's take a look!

[@russshanks5913]

Thanks for the reply. Yes I’m loving the PET-G printing so far.

[@emmanuelskolinos1361]

PETG is a pain needs 50% cooling and slower speed. nice review and printer

[@blazingtrailsrc396]

i really hope the automatic z offset becomes a standard in all printers

[@_DROM_]

That's relative. I was gifted the SE and in 4 weeks of owning it I had to manually adjust it a handful of times, because it was getting off constantly. God knows why. I set my S1 Pro , for example, and don't have to touch it for months.

[@loopymind]

Didn't Creality open the system up so you can run full Klipper?

[@jarke1988]

Which is better the Neptune 4 Pro or the Ender 3 v3 KE ?

[@slottygw2wvw842]

I'd say neptune 4 pro but............. for the price point with 0 knowledge? maybe save the money and buy the Ke

[@dmitche3]

Great video. I'm holding off on buying one as I don't have the need to upgrade at this time. Some of my questions that I have are. As this is so new there is little information out there. :) (I hope any and all will comment on their experiences and knowledge. Thanks.) 1. So how fast did you print those items out at? 50mm, 300mm, 500mm or an unknown Creality quality settting that takes into account quality vs speed? 2. From your video the display showed "local" files. Is there storage in the unit itself? The following questions deal with repairs and replacements. 3. Are the nozzles generic or proprietary? It sounded as if they were special. And if so, how much are they for different quality? I know that the "K1" nozzles are not cheap. 4. Same with the hotend. Is this Creality's sprite? I 5. I've read a number of issues with the cables being a bit too short and people having issues with the cables to the hotend causing issues with thermal sensors and fans. Any thoughts? Misc. 5. I watched the homing function and started to laugh. For a "fast" printer it sure is just as slow as the older models. Any idea why? Addendum: I would love to see the extras demo'd. How does the "AI" work to determine a print failure? Does the vibration limiters do much good. Thanks.

[@russshanks5913]

Great video! I just got one about a week ago and I love it. I sent back an Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro because it just wouldn't print reliably...sometimes great...sometimes a train wreck. I have a question, do you use Creality Cloud Print? I do and it works great remotely and I have the camera too...but I want it to do an auto-level before beginning the print like it does on local prints from the USB drive. Any info on that? Thanks.

[@learnelectronics]

No sir, Ive never tried the cloud printing. Sorry. But it is a really nice printer. best one Ive ever had for printing PETG!

[@_DROM_]

This is the one thing I don't like about this printer's body - the USB sticks to the side of the LCD panel, which makes the printer take more space. My printers are lined up and offline, and this one won't make a good addition to my line. I will give the KE a go and test it, but I might just have the one.

[@hydroturd]

you could try those tiny usb sticks, thumb sized or something

[@willgadsby5246]

Or use the KE's wifi interface to send your gcode from your pc/Mac.

[@_DROM_]

@@hydroturd it's funny, but they don't go deep enough to be read. They work perfectly on my laptop thou. Not even my HP can read the little stick 😔🤷

[@_DROM_]

@@willgadsby5246 I keep my line offline

[@KANIVERSE]

Bro I'm about to get my first 3d Printer I'm conflicted between neptune 4 Pro and Ender 3 V3 KE, an not sure difference of KE and SE models... any help would be appreciated 👏

[@neil2153]

Ke is better

[@learnelectronics]

Go with the KE. You will be very happy with this as your first printer.

[@KANIVERSE]

@@learnelectronics my brother confused the hell out of me.. If you had to choose between KE or K1 ?

[@angelante8806]

​@@KANIVERSEgo with the KE, the K1 is much more expensive and for what I've seen presents quite a lot of problems.

[@learnelectronics]

KE unless you need an enclosure for ABS or engineering grade materials

[@K2teknik.]

It should be possibly to root the thing and get root access, then there are some tool/settings that allows you to use your own camera. Maybe worth checking out?

[@learnelectronics]

Creality has released the unlock codes. It's fully open now.

[@SilvaSRT4]

Those top layers just look really over extruded. Turn your extrusion multiplier down like 5% and those top layers will look way better.

[@bblod4896]

Looks good. You could insert a LED, dropping resistor and mini USB port into Yoda so he lights up all the time. ☮ brother.

[@learnelectronics]

Lights up with the force Master Yoda does, hmmm.

[@murderdoggg]

UV LED no doubt.

[@mattkon1808]

So at the end of the day which one is better? Neptune 4pro o v3 ke? And how about the printing quality? Which one is better? I'm new in 3d printing and never had one

[@learnelectronics]

For your 1st printer go with the Creality.

[@mattkon1808]

@learnelectronics for printing quality? Which one is better? I learn fast so the fact that it's my first printer doesn't matter too much I think. Thank you for the previous answer :)

[@gaveintothedarkness]

Thanks for the review!

[@MisterkeTube]

Klipper is GPL v3 and hence Creality locking it down is against the law. Of course, the law is only as effective as those enforcing it and enforcing it would cost money for lawyers and hence open source advocates typically can't do that much. But everyone should complain to their reseller that you do not want to be complicit to Creality breaking the law (in principle you using the product containing this illegal cooy of Klipper could also be considered illegal).

[@hydroturd]

did they amend v3? Back in the day, Linus said he hated v3 because it didn't require contributions back kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpKueo1tnK-fiLc

[@dmitche3]

Hmm, what is and isn't against the law. Yes, they have to make the code available. Whether the law actually states that you can then use it on their machine is another thing. As far as locking out it down I have to agree with Creality at this time. They are releasing a new unit and there will be a ton of people with problems. How do you expect a company to provide support if every one is modding the software and failing to tell them about it? Give them time to work out some of the bugs and if after say six months to a year they haven't opened up the unit to be flashed with other software then complain.

[@MisterkeTube]

@@dmitche3 The GPL V3 license of Klipper clearly defines what is and what is not allowed. Any product using Klipper has to offer the user a way to install his own variation of GPL V3 software. Nothing debatable on that.

[@tenlittleindians]

I doubt they actually have you locked out of anything. I'm still running Marlin on a very old Anet A8 and it too uses open source software. I did have to configure Marlin the way I wanted on my computer and then flash it as a firmware update to my printer but it truely is open source. The only difference I see is Klipper runs on a Raspberry Pi rather than an Arduino for the motherboard. What's preventing you from rebuilding a version of Klipper that suits your needs and reflashing it to your motherboard? I see that Marlin has been ported over to run on the 32 bit processors now which still program the same as the original Arduino's. Given how cheap these 32 bit micro controllers are I could easily replace my entire motherboard with a new and faster version to keep my old printer dancing to the current trends. Are your Raspberry Pi based motherboards any different?

[@learnelectronics]

Like I mentioned in the video, I'm sure there's a way to SSH into it. But that's not something that the average person who's buying a 3D printer wants to do or knows how to do. With the newer clipper printers, all you need to do is click on the settings tab. Make your adjustments, click save and restart and you're good to go. If you make a mistake when you clicked, save and restart, it saved a backup that you can always return to. But none of that is available here. However, this was also the case with the Creality k1 and K1 Max. And after much pushing from users, they have released and upgrade to unlock it and give you full clipper access. So let's hope they do the same with this.

[@Alex-Arias]

Which is better, Ender 3 v3 KE or Neptune 4 Pro, i see a lot of videos and some said the neptune 4 had some issues. I live in another country in Latam and i dont have too much support for the components

[@learnelectronics]

I've had less issues with the Elegoo, but it lacks the nicer features of the Creality such as auto z offset and wifi

[@ZF_isNoob]

how would u compare this to the neptune 4 pro? im stuck between which to get, i just sold my ender 3 pro and im looking to get a new printer which prints faster and maybe the ability to tinker/mod, which one would u recommened?

[@learnelectronics]

The Neptune 4 Pro would be my recommendation. The only thing it lacks compared to the KE is the load cell for z offset. Otherwise you have full Klipper, not creality's chopped up version. And the 4pro is mostly metal. The KE is plastic.

[@ZF_isNoob]

@@learnelectronics hmm, if i were to the KE i'll root it so i can access more stuff, but i might just wait for the newer ender v3 to hit the market, seems really good and maybe worth the wait and price

[@ZF_isNoob]

@@learnelectronics also, is it possible to connect neptune 4 pro directly to my pc via usb c or any other way without lan cable? big concerning factor for me and if so i would buy the neptune 4 pro in a heartbeat

[@learnelectronics]

I'll have the V3 soon for review.

[@learnelectronics]

Yes you can do a USB connection to your PC.

[@brunocosta8842]

Hello good evening I new on 3d printers and I need help. I bought an Ender3 V3 KE but it hasn't arrived yet, I tried to install CURA but KE doesn't appear what can I do or choose because only SE appears. Witch one should I choose? Thanks

[@learnelectronics]

Set it up as an Ender3 Pro and tweak it to fit

[@brunocosta8842]

@@learnelectronics But is there the v3 SE! It's the SE is not better because it's more recent than the s3 pro? Thanks

[@malik636mw]

Can I ask a ? I just got this and used the hyper pla that came with it. I used all of it and all my prints came out good. Changed it from the creality pla I got off Amazon and it seemed to have trouble a lot of stringing and than it looked as if it wasn’t coming out. Mid way through my print “it was ruined already” I put the left over hyper in there and it started to come out the nozzle again any suggestions?

[@RafaelBenedicto]

Stringing usually means your filament roll has acquired a lot of moisture. Make sure you've dried your filament and keep them in a sealed container with dessicant inside.

[@Titusphuk]

More so than the moisture you should look at tuning your retraction

[@jg957]

Can you show how to calibrate the e-steps on the creality ender 3 v3 ke. i seams that i am not the only one who cant find it

[@learnelectronics]

No where to do it with this locked down firmware

[@dmitche3]

I doubt that 100%. It's probably no different than you would on any other Klipper system. Adding these silly macros is just silly. When I can simply type in a GCode and settting, then another to save the settings, why would I want to type in these macros and hopefully spell everything correctly?

[@jesseburson]

What neptune machine is that and do you like it

[@learnelectronics]

4 Pro. I love it!

[@SiXiam]

Just bought one of these. An upgrade from my modded Ender 3 V2 clone (Voxelab Aquila). Seems your next step is building a Voron printer if you like doing all the customization and console commands. Want to eventually build one myself.

[@learnelectronics]

I have been looking into them. I'm not sure who has the better kit, LDO maybe? I'm a little wary of the 3d printed parts. I watch Alan Mandic's channel, and he's gotten bad parts. I think I could print them on my QIDI X Plus 3

[@SiXiam]

@@learnelectronics I was thinking of going the self source route. For the printed parts most people seem to have good luck with the pay it forward program, but of course there a lot of companies making them also. My current printer doesn't do ABS very well, hoping the KE does so I can just print my own.

[@learnelectronics]

I haven't tried ABS on the KE. I have used ASA and prints nicely.

[@murderdoggg]

9:19 The sticker means "touch this", you know, to pull the sticker off. My subconscious made me pull that sticker off of my S1 Pro, dagnabbit.

[@gsmithy7995]

Well hopefully I got a good one this time from microcenter I first had the v3 se ,printer head would keep crashing after auto leveling,then ame 2 anycubic kobra , then this it took 3 hour long run by ggg5 GB

[@dmitche3]

Sorry, you must have gotten the one that I returned to them repackaged as new. LOL

[@kristinadams3780]

You stated they would sell this for under $200. That would be the SE. The KE is closer to $300.

[@learnelectronics]

I printed $300 in the middle of the screen when I said that.

[@vikkidyer]

Mine didn't have rubber feet I didn't know it was supposed to its my first printer. X

[@learnelectronics]

I guess I'm not the only one then. I thought I was crazy.

[@crooker2]

The 3v3se is a very good printer as well... But the software sucks. So it's worthwhile spending a little extra money on the KE. I wish I did

[@murderdoggg]

True, but if you want to upgrade to a fully unlocked Klipper, like a Sonic Pad or even the one that comes with the upcoming multi filament kit, it works out in the end.

[@crooker2]

@@murderdoggg Yeah, I'm considering building my own klipper interface for it. Just need to find some officially supported Klipper settings for this printer. Also... does the KE support the auto Z-Height adjustment? Seems like there's no DIY klipper settings for this. Would be nice to know how to get that going in Klipper (even though it's, really, not that big a deal)

[@gsmithy7995]

I seen that finger print opening and I was like woah old Joe making sure these printers aren't used for constitutional purposes lol

[@s.leegooding1827]

Was really hoping to see more details on the print speed and comparisons. That's what really makes this tempting Blobs on top layer is a calibration issue with flow. Most likely too much on top layer.

[@learnelectronics]

I have to disagree with you on the blobs. Because the only material they blobbed on was the PETG. Everything else worked just fine. Now. Ask for speed. They are comparable. It all depends on your settings and what you want to get out of it. I run the elligoo at 300 mm per second for just about everything except ABS and ASA. The reality I've been running at 300 mm on everything except for the first layer which I really slowed down to about 80 mm per second. But other than that, the only goo has more bells and whistles with the dual zone, heated bed, and overhead light, and a tool headlight. But it lacks Wi-Fi. Kind of got to take the best of both worlds here and put them together and see what you get.

[@praveenshiva6111]

Bro I'm about to get my first 3d printer. Ender 3 v3 SE and creality cr 10 SE.. Can you suggest me which one should I go with... I'm about to get either one of them asap.. By this week.. @learnelectronics