Creality Ender 3 V3 PLUS review: CoreXZ, die-cast gantry, 300x300x330mm print volume

00:00 Intro
02:41 Setup
04:39 14 mins vs 29 mins 3D benchy, sound test
06:10 Clearance test
07:39 Retraction test
09:07 Tolerance test
10:41 Surface quality test and compare with BambuLab P1P, Creality K1C, Ender-3 V3 and Neptune 4 Max, and Prusa MK4
12:50 Tall print with PETG
14:43 High speed printing with PETG
16:30 Testing with more materials: ABS, TPU, Polycarbonate, and Nylon Carbon Fiber
20:11 Pros and Cons
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[@arduino-tuto]

She has a future brighter than the sun! Great job!

[@bryancampbell4604]

You seem to be one of the only people who actually does thorough testing and do not hold back on anything that is wrong with the devices you are reviewing. Keep up the great work!

[@AkashCherukuri]

Babe wake up new aurora tech vid just dropped

[@philliplabbe4409]

ugh

[@TonyGrant.]

Another very good technical review. Please consider adding another test to assess print quality at low to moderate speeds. It would be good to do a test where you print a tall angular object at the same low speed speed on each machine or even a test where you find the quality sweet spot on a given machine. Many of us will reduce speed to achieve a quality print and adding a suitable test to explore this would make a great many of us very happy. Many thanks.

[@hamptonmini4204]

thank you for testing PETG!

[@makerscorner93]

Another awesome review! Love your channel and look forward to watching you every time I see a new upload!

[@rondlh20]

Great review, I didn't expect a bedslinger to be so fast

[@RaymondCHowes]

Always enjoy your videos. Very informative. Keep up the great work.

[@aberodriguez4149]

Thanks for your time and review 3D filament printers are evolving nicely.

[@kuro68000]

Enjoyable and comprehensive as always.

[@mujahidinjaiva668]

thanks for your review

[@carlacespede3489]

Brillante EXPLICACION...ESTA SERA MI PRIMERA IMPRESORA 3D Y QUIZAS LA ULTIMA!

[@VideoOfMike]

Good review!

[@rabenklang7]

Grear review thank you! I would really like to see a review from the FLSun S1 from you!

[@patrickmckowen2999]

Great review as always 👍 I still have my Ender 3, I guess it is a Ver 1, but still going strong for the few prints I do. Cheers

[@rickmellor]

“agree to whatever it says” is the best thing today. 🤣💙💙

[@KidHaru]

Another great video. I always appreciate that you are so in-depth, compare the printer to the market (this is huge and a shame many others don't do consistently), and don't let the companies sway your approach just because they're sponsoring. Friends and i agree that a company willing to send you their printer for review is only a good thing. Because it shows they're open to a genuine audit. (Not entirely true but it's one positive point when the company could be content with zero ethical points)

[@gonzaloluismontana9933]

Seeing this just makes me feel we still have a future amidst the challenges... ❤

[@Brombay]

Bought a Bambulab Printer after seeing your review like 5 times

[@LokeesanLokeesan-oh1sd]

❤ nice review video ❤

[@daxfromthediamonduniverse2025]

Ender series naming is getting crazy

[@Scriven42]

That blue shows the ringing much clearer than the red, damn...

[@corlissmedia2.0]

Your delivery on this was excellent. Your voice is sounding more and more confident. And the flow of the video, perfection in my opinion. Printing the same test files for each machine is brilliant and it reinforces this idea that you are a professional, very astute 3D printing expert. My suggestion: Raise your prices to supporters.

[@subwayak]

I very much enjoy her videos and don’t mean to be disrespectful in any way, but I really wish she would drop that vocal fry at the end of every sentence. It’s a very grating sound to anyone outside of the west coast.

[@corlissmedia2.0]

If she moved her mic to the left or right the “vocal fry” as you called it, which is really her breathing through her nose would be diminished. Given her worldwide appeal I don’t think she needs to worry about the west coast.

[@corlissmedia2.0]

Also she is a young lady whose voice is still developing. In a few years it will be very different.

[@subwayak]

@@corlissmedia2.0​​⁠ No, it’s not her breathing. Vocal fry is a clearly defined linguistic term. Look it up. She is clearly doing it, and it is predominant on the West Coast. Again, I’m not trying to be disrespectful, it’s just how she grew up speaking. It is kind of like an accent if you will.

[@corlissmedia2.0]

@@subwayak I think you have to be a special kind of person to hear “vocal fry”. Moving the mic would change what it picks up. I could give a rats behind for the racism I hear in your statements, but thats me. It’s her voice, she has an absolute right to sound however she does, and we have zero right to attack her because our sensibilities are somehow “harmed.” When she’s a billionaire everyone is going to love her voice and absolutely no one with a bone to pick about how she sounds will be closer than another continent.

[@corlissmedia2.0]

I downloaded the newest Creality "Slicer" onto a Win10 machine an hour ago. WHAT A MESS! First of all it asked to AMS information on my K1 and K1Max? To my knowledge Creality isn't even SELLING their "new" AMS system yet????? Secondly, the interface was FROZEN on my 27" monitor. The message said there's a problem with missing AMS information (well, yea!) and you have to "fix it" but the entire interface was LOCKED SOLID. WARNING: Creality's newest slicer is DOA on arrival. Do Not Download and INSTALL.

[@corlissmedia2.0]

UPDATE: They've changed the graphic on the download of the "new" creality slicer back to the previous design. I wonder if they've stopped distributing the newest slicer?

[@iq0099]

very good review. Creality create excellent hardware, but they dont have creativity and imagination.. they are always behind. Ender3 is a legend

[@mohistschool1003]

I'm still going with coreXY structure，Q1 Pro seems like a nice choice

[@DeviantFrogman]

While it printed very fast and having the prints turn out well, I ended up returning my V3 Plus. It was SO loud and when slowing down the squeaking sounded like a dental drill. I couldn’t stand it.

[@MrDonXX]

I would have to say a product has not been reviewed unless its was done by Aurora Tech

[@Jim_2571]

Is having to agree to a privacy policy/user agreement before you can use the printer really a thing? Is it limited to Creality or is it industry wide with new printers? Thanks for the great review!

[@anthonylong5870]

Bambu is even worse. Not only do you have to do all the signing up, they save and harvest your data

[@doupak]

Hello, great review as always! are you doing one for anycubic cobra 3 + AMS?

[@AuroraTech]

Yes, by the end of June.

[@xtos2001]

I don't own a 3d printer, but am very interested and watch all your vids. From watching many creators videos, I think something you should consider adding is how difficult it is to replace common wear items as it seems very easy on some printer and very difficult on others. When you recommended the ender 3 V3 SE, I did further research and found so many people complain the gantry is super wobbly. I'm surprised you had zero mention of this unless you example didn't have this?

[@fernandooliver7005]

Angela, do you plan to do a review of the FLSUN S1?, i would like to know your opinion about it. thanks

[@AuroraTech]

Yes, may be in August or September.

[@D_Deimos]

I hope the bed has its own accelerometer to measure resonance, if it is using the one in the print head then I don't know what kind of magic they are doing to try and tune the input shaper. The K1 had the problem of measuring only the x-resonance and using the same input shaping values for the y-axis, even though they will not behave the same mechanically.

[@blalesnail3098]

I feel like 300x300 is a weird middle ground that doesn't differentiate itself enough from 256x256 beds. If I'm going to buy a plus-sized printer I want at least 325x325.

[@JKC40]

i'm tempted by this, but i'm wondering if they're going to make an Ender-3 V3 Max or something that's 400 mm on a side...

[@Davidlahall]

Just wondering A.. What title would you give this printer!?!

[@jjptech]

I still prefer to pay a bit more for a k1 max, although the Core XZ seems to be maintenance free, which is good at the cost of a bit of surface quality.

[@kitmarshall4084]

Wow 3D printing has come a long way from prusa mk2s days

[@protonus]

Will you be reviewing the FLSUN S1?

[@AuroraTech]

No plans yet, but let’s see.

[@darthvader4977]

Please review the Kobra 3 combo if you could

[@AuroraTech]

Coming in the next 2-3 weeks

[@awesomearizona-dino]

Hi Aurora, if software and speed improved it would be great machine.

[@tweekFPV]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@anthonyz.4560]

22:05 Is the surface quality something that could be corrected with a firmware update or is it a hardware issue?

[@AuroraTech]

Most likely a firmware issue. This happened to the K1 series before, but after a few updates, it has gotten much better.

[@user-hw1uf4xw4c]

Where can I get the stl of test model？

[@XeKToReX0]

Great review, seems Creality are catching up and slowly trying to get away from the "Ender 3 is the troubleshooters best friend" public mindset. I think they should have changed the name from Ender 3 for this series of machines, there is far too much confusion for first time buyers.

[@mixedpopcornproductions9692]

Nah I’d happily go with Bambu lab A1 combo with a smaller print bed for much better quality print surface

[@Traveller79b]

What is the official website of Creality in australia?

[@ossamafarroujeh4887]

From where did you get Ender 3 V3 Plus profile for Creality Print 5.0?

[@AuroraTech]

Just select V3 and change the print volume.

[@Doogleraia]

These new coreXZ printers might be fairly easy to convert to coreXY machines with just a few parts 🤔🤔

[@zenholistichealing]

I am still waiting on your review on the Ender 3 V3 KE

[@AuroraTech]

This $329 Ender-3 V3 would be a better option; its print speed and quality are both better than the KE.

[@fernandooliver7005]

hahahaha 3:43 the most real thing that i have listen to, just perfect,

[@Drd4all]

Waiting for the Ender 4 V3 ProMax Ultra++ 😂

[@HugoPlaVentas-iy2jv]

for nylon CF an enclosure is not needed?

[@AuroraTech]

I print Nylon CF with glue, and it works fine on most open-frame printers.

[@annpeerkat2020]

"core ZX" fooled my subconscious mind... I was startled when I saw the bed slinging. It completely changed my mind on the sort of printer the video was reviewing. Does that mean non bed slingers should be all called "core XYZ"? Or are there core XY printers that throw the bed up and down?

[@lilietto1]

Ah, I was starting to think, Creality didn't release yet another ender 3 this week, strange.

[@oldman1944]

That ringing is really bad. I'm surprised they released it with such poor print quality.

[@gameaddict6969]

The more i watch this video, the more jealous i am that its not as good as my V3SE. And now its 170$? Like Creailty is kicking me while im down.

[@ThatsPety]

I'm still annoyed that they don't make 0.2mm or 1mm nozzles for this thing

[@gconol]

Everybody abandoning Cura now ??

[@EvilSewnit]

It’s just outdated, and in my experience it crashed nearly every time I used it.

[@gconol]

@@EvilSewnit I've never had problems with it. However, it has been a while since it was updated especially the UI.

[@lochlan20]

It can actually print 330mm high

[@AuroraTech]

Thanks for letting me know. I just cut out the part with the incorrect print volume.

[@zoltanmisley666]

not 300mm^3

[@AuroraTech]

Thanks for letting me know. I just cut out the part with the incorrect print volume.

[@fernandooliver7005]

sigh, i wonder if you ever read the comments :/

[@AuroraTech]

Yes, I do read comments. I spend more time reading them within the first 1-2 hours after the video is uploaded, but I may not reply to every single one.

[@abel11112]

One thing we must not forget is that we are all human. I am poor, and you are rich, but everyone will eventually die, and you will leave all of your 3D printers on Earth when you die.

[@Nerd_DIMINE178]

First? Or Not?

[@AuroraTech]

First!

[@abel11112]

Please, my sister, help me to have a 3D printer. I like 3D designing and printing, even though I haven't touched a 3D printer with my own hands yet. please change my life. If you will and have old or broken one.

[@annpeerkat2020]

Are you nigerian?

[@abel11112]

@@annpeerkat2020 am not

[@KToMmi]

How can you say you "like printing" if you've never done it in your life 😂

[@abel11112]

​@@KToMmi I understand your point, but my passion for 3D printing comes from my deep interest in 3D designing. I've spent countless hours learning and practicing 3D design software, creating various models and designs. The next step for me is to bring these designs to life through 3D printing. I know I would love the process because it aligns with my interests and skills. I'm eager to take my designs from the digital world to the physical world, and having access to a 3D printer would make that possible.

[@Drd4all]

​@@annpeerkat2020Ethiopia