Flashforge Adventurer 5 AD5M Nozzle Storage Box with option to attach to back of printer

[@JamesTenniswood]

Nice box but that location looks painful to use (but i guess its hard to loose it when its hidden away)

[@design8studio]

Anything on the back of the printer is hard to get to. However, being that nozzle changes are rarer than filament reloads, it’s not something I need to get to often. Being that the sides are removable, I was reluctant to drill holes in the plexiglass to mount the box to the side. Storage space inside the printer is practically nonexistent. They have kept everything very tight up against the print volume area. There’s no room to store it internally.

[@antonkukoba3378]

For how long do you have it? I'm AD4 owner, and I'm looking for a replacement, since AD4 sucks at stability of the prints. For now I'm considering to buy Bambulab X1C, despite the price. But the the price of AD5 is indeed attractive. So did you try to print multiple objects or have some long prints for like 20 hours? Because AD4 is notorious for layer shifts that hit you randomly. You print 20 parts in series of 4, the first two series print just fine, and then it starts shifting layers, and you can do nothing about it. This is the experience that I want to avoid in my next printer. But unfortunately, there are no long term use reviews for AD5 to prove or dismiss the claims about AD5 firmware, that it has the issues of the predecessor, only "unboxing + first print". AD4 was also good until I printed one part a time, and session times are less than 4 hours.

[@design8studio]

I have had this printer for several weeks and have printed huge items in it, including the top risers for DIY printed enclosure. Items that would have, "before", taken more than 24 hours to print on "normal" 3D printers, can now print in only 3 to 4 hours on the AD5M, because it's just that fast. For instance, there are four of the top risers for DIY printed enclosure. I sliced one of those four in Cura for my BIQU B1 printer, standard quality at 0.2 mm layer height, and Cura estimated the print time at 26 hours and 10 minutes. The same part, sliced in OrcaSlicer for printing on AD5M, at 0.2mm layer height, is a 3 hour and 1 minute print. I can confirm the print estimate was accurate! So, I literally have no models that would take 20 hours to print, because this printer is too fast for that! I cannot say enough good things about this printer. I am impressed. It's now my main printer, and I bought a second one to have two of them.

[@LordKerry]

It would also work for the ADV 3 and 4?

[@design8studio]

I think so. I don’t know if either of those printers has screw holes that would support the mounting option, but if not, you could always drill two M3 holes at 40 mm on center, and if you are not interested in the mounting option, then I think the plain box itself would accept the print nozzles from the AD3 and AD4.

[@JoshuaRilliet]

Hello, can you tell me if the original 0.4 nozzle that comes on the M5 is a reinforced nozzle (steel) or a brass nozzle please?

[@design8studio]

There is a difference between steel and hardened steel. Only the 0.6 and 0.8 are listed as hardened steel. The 0.25 and 0.4 seem to be steel, but not hardened steel. The manufacturer's website (linked below) says the 0.25 is for PLA/PETG. The 0.4 is for PLA/PETG/TPU. The 0.6 and 0.8 are for PLA/PETG/TPU/carbon fiber. www.flashforgeshop.com/product/adventurer-5m-3d-printer?cID=31

[@JoshuaRilliet]

@design8studio OK, thanks for the clarification, strange to have chosen different materials for each nozzle, but noted 👍😉

[@design8studio]

@@JoshuaRillietThere are probably valid engineering reasons for not hardening a 0.25 and perhaps 0.4. The abrasive chunks in the carbon fiber and fiberglass (etc) filaments, would probably have accelerated risks of clogs in smaller nozzles.

[@JoshuaRilliet]

@design8studio Indeed, I remember that already for my Sidewinder X1 it was recommended for filaments loaded with particles such as carbon, wood, etc to use rather a 0.6 but also that a 0.4 nozzle could work. As I haven't tried this type of filament on the X1 (Artillery) I haven't been able to check whether the reinforced steel nozzle that I added to it was suitable for 0.4 or whether it would be better to use a 0.6 nozzle, it's so much work to change the nozzle on the "old" machines that I've always been too lazy to make the change and test the carbon filament or the wood-filled filament that I've had since almost the beginning, but I still haven't opened the bags. With the ease of changing the M5 I could always take a 0.6 nozzle and finally test these filaments ;o)