Creality K2 Plus 200 hour + update. Worth the hype?

In this video we take a look at the creality k2, I've had this printer for a while now and overall its been pretty good! But like most new printer launches theres a few problems.... Let me know what you think of this printer in the comments! Love it? Hate it? Buying it? already own it?

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[CarlexDIY]

It is refreshing to see a good honest review video. I own the K2+ and BL printers and you are spot on. Looking at other reviews from others, they make it seems like the K2 is the best devices without flaws. Feels like they just want to get on Creality good side. It prints nice but it does have issues and the slicer Creality Print 5 & 6 are trash. BL printers at least for me are Set it and forget it. My K2 i need to watch it constantly. I hope they will make it better later down the road.

[rls-Ryan]

Got mine in 3 weeks after the order from Creality. Have about 180 hrs on it. Zero issues with the printer or the 4 CFS's. That said, Creality Print 6 is a nightmare compared to 5.1. Mine also prints excellent but im still tuning the color bleed. Im very happy with the K2 plus.

[RaRa-xgle]

The most recent Creality Print update has adjusted flush volumes. I just printed life size 64 hour skull print, black and white, made my flush volumes .9 of the suggested flush volumes and had no problems. However, my computer is windows and not Mac. The recent Creality Print updates are for windows only. The clitchy CP is applicable to Mac users only. Creality says the recent slicer uodates will be available for mac users in the very near future. So I think a great majority of your bad experience is due to using a mac comouter to slice. Other reviewers have expressed that. The unicorn nozzle is the reason for auch large flush volumes.

[rmps]

How far we've come from my good ol' Ender...lol

Good vid, my dude. Tossing you a sub. 👍

[noodlefroodle]

My guess is because of the long nozzle melt zone to achieve higher flow rates it also means that you have to purge much more to clear it when doing multicolor.

[ValueBrand]

I bought a K1C on a similarly honest review. I actually really love it and have had essentially zero issues with it. Ended up buying a K1 Max about a month ago after they included all of the upgrades and software fixes. Similar result as the K1C.

If I end up getting this one, it’ll be after they workshop it on the public for a while 🫤 Really unfortunate business practice.

I haven’t experienced the the Creality Print issues you have, but that might be a hardware issue (which sucks).

[Walt]

Nice review, I have a K1 Max, early on i used Orca, now I've switched back over to Creality Slicer for the last 6-8 months, runs really good for me, the Max is preforming beautiful. I'd like to have a multi color machine, mainly to load different material in
and not have to "manually change" each time, but it really isn't a big deal. Now, for "ABS FUMES", , I use Ovation abs and have never had any smells or fumes, i often wonder what filament people are using that complain about it. Thanks for your review!

[yusky]

Yes, the longer the melt zone the more you will need to purge for like black to white. All of my custom printers when I swap from for example black to white I have to purge more the longer the melt zone is. The filament likes to cling to the outer wall of the melt zone and takes a long time to clear out.

[mtking]

Thanks for the nudge. I've been on the fence for a few weeks about the K1 but was looking for multifilament. I don't care about different colors, but I would like to mix types of filaments. The ones I have been looking for have been out of stock or way over MSRP. I started looking at this combo yesterday and had one in my Amazon cart, but when I went to pay, it was already sold out.

I had the same issue with a different printer I was trying to buy before Christmas, but I finally found a return and saved a couple of hundred on it.

I used your link and found a discount code that saved me $$$ over what I was going to spend at Amazon. I was able to get the combo plus 4 rolls of filament for $100 cheaper than I was going to pay for just the combo. After I checked out, they offered more deals. One of the offers happened to be the 3D scanner I was thinking about buying. I saved another $120 on that.

I'm such a sucker for a deal!

[CyArch]

I was going to get the K2 Plus; but based on your complaints with software and color bleed, I am going to wait! I print lots of color embedded parts and the color bleed with twice the filament flush rate, is a no go. Thanks for your review!

[ScrapMetalWorks]

Questions: can the printer power completely off after completing a print job? Can you use the external spool in addition to the CFS at the same time? If you load two rolls of the same color in the CFS will it switch to the second roll automatically when the first runs out during a print? Thanks.

[shield]

You can change the flush multiplier on the bottom left if you need to go past the max allowed flushing volume.

[kylequinn]

I appreciate this video, you've successfully made me not purchase a K2 Plus. I was so close to pulling the trigger since all the typical YouTube reviewers all say "IT'S PERFECT", I don't trust those guys anymore lol. I'll keep waiting for a Bambu XL.

[BLACKSYNTH]

Glad I got a Qidi plus 4. seems way more robust I don't know if you need to strip the hot end down for a clog but on the plus 4 there's just a little cover you screw off to access the filament post gear and pre heatsink to pull it out, easiest printer to sort out a clog/chewed filament. nozzles themselves rarely clog despite opinion, it's usually just deformation/above through chew or heat where it cant fit into the nozzle throat. unless you've had it at 300c without movement and not realised and its burnt to a crisp in the nozz.

[sniperpronerfmods]

Love The honesty of your reviews, although I think you're a little too nice and give a little bit too much leeway to negative points, keep up the good work man

[Scheettini]

Typical problems of Creality, software/firmware problems. They want the people to fix it. This printer is amazing, but the software is horrible. Waiting on the full compatibility of Orca

[HavokPrinted]

I think the bambu has a shorter piece of filament in the hotend after color swaps so it needs to purge less. The k2 plus has a really long nozzle, I can't speak for the bambu, because I don't have one, but if it has say, 2" of material left after a cut, the k2 plus has about 3-4"

[buckmoody]

Thanks for answering some questions I definitely had about the centari , with the possibility of having an AMS in the future I'm even more interested if the price point is as good as everyone seems to think

[johnkelly]

Really easy to listen to. Subbed here.

[makertube]

Creality print 6 has been fine for me...
We got no colour bleed with 75mm^3 flush volume and enabling flush in to objects infill option