A Huge Letdown That COULD Have been Great! | Creality K1 Review

Welcome to my review video of the Creality K1!

I don't really enjoy making videos where I have to talk negatively about a product but this 3D printer has been so in the spotlight lately, especially when compared to the Bambu Lab P1P; I can't NOT talk about it and share my experience and thoughts on it with you all.

I wanted to like this printer and I do believe it could have been amazing had more time been spent on it but yet again I feel Creality just rushed it to the end. So allow me to explain my thoughts and feelings on this machine in this video and hopefully help steer you into a better direction.

Enjoy!

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[dronemoodbr]

I have a K1 and from the moment I turned it on I only had perfect prints. One thing is that many problems mentioned by reviewers (like the door slamming in the display, the chain unlocking the filament, need to raise the acrylic lid, etc...) they don't occur on my printer, so it may be that you tested a unit from an older batch.

[risingphoenixbronco]

Quality advice. I just bought the P1S from Bambu in addition to my X1 Carbon. Zero failed prints. It just works.

[williamblaes]

I don't know why but I've honestly been very successful on my K1 without applying any glue to the plate. The only thing I've noticed with adhesion is that after about 3 or 4 prints it'll get a "oily" shine where repetitive prints overlapped. I just wash it with soap/water and a sponge and it seems to get rid of that contamination. Got about 100 print hours on it now.

The extruder on it is crap though, whatever metal they used on the original units seems to slowly start bending over time. I've rebuilt mine twice now taking a pair of plyers to the extruder gears to bend them back into position. Supposedly the $3 upgrade kits fix this but only time will tell...

[GlennBerry]

8 months on from this review, I decided I wanted a CoreXY for my printer stable, decided the bed size is adequate for my projected use and bought one of these.
Fantastic printer, Creality have fixed a lot of the reviewer problems from release and I have had nothing but clean prints from it.

[koyboi]

A problem with the Bambulab's printers is that they don’t ships those worldwide yet, and if you could find one it’s literally the double of the price ($1100 - $1500 USD in Chile for example) and in that point it’s just worthless in comparison with the K1 that conserve the original price 😔

[AkiTsukita]

I got a K1 for about $430. Do you think it's worth it? I actually wanted P1P, but in my country P1P is much more expensive. Just a little more and it's almost $800.
(P1P shipping is $170 💀, I lived in Thailand.)

[KazumaSwordsman]

All I know after watching this and owning both the anker m5 and Bambu p1p is that Bambu is just killing it.

[TJ-fbkw]

I will most likely get the k1 on a Black Friday deal, maybe a k1 max. The bed adhesion and the noise problems are minor and both printers are pretty much the same there. I'm more concerned about the proprietary replacement parts for the P1P, the connection issues, and the privacy concerns. The full enclosure, the ability to print many types of filaments, and the touch screen on the k1 are great features. for the P1P the ability to upgrade it for printing multiple colors or print out your own side walls is great, but I'd prefer the enclosure and I always paint my prints so I don't care much for printing in multiple colors. I'm in no rush so I'll let the companies change my mind if they can. my friend/co-worker has the P1P he uses glue for the bed and has also had some trouble with failed prints, so that's not a deciding factor for me. both of these machines are beasts and I'll continue to look into reviews, before a purchase.

[Icarus]

been wanting to get back into the hobby but saw your video a few weeks ago about the P1P and have decided to way until the end of the year to decide what to get. very glad for this review and looking forward to the K1 Max review. hoping Bambu Lab makes a larger version of P1P soon

[KeithBoatman]

1M video: bloopers of successful videos and crazy outtakes. You're one of the 3D printing, cosplay kings!! Have fun with it!!

[paulguerrero]

Wow!!! Glad I came here to watch this!!! Almost bought one, they are $399 now on a flash sale. Very good objective review....now where is that bamboo labs ad. 😮

[heyspookyboogie]

It’s really refreshing seeing someone give some of these printers *actually* honest reviews.

So tired of everyone acting like these sorts of printers are just magic.

[Shadow_Banned_Conservative]

Not many mods for these printers yet, but looking at fan mods for the noisy fans brought me to this video.

Honestly, I didn't have high hopes for Creality's K1. I bought a CR-200B as my first 3D printer and it really soured me on Creality and 3D printing in general. I still have it boxed up in pieces and need to put the parts on eBay one day as not many spare parts are available. I got a single good print off of it, then never another successful print. Something wasn't right with the single screw Z Axis, unsupported setup, it varied greatly on back-to-back auto-leveling sessions.

I took another chance on Creality with an open-box CR6-SE for $137 at Microcenter a year ago. Literally it was opened and returned, never being removed from the box, it still had all the peel-off plastic on the bed and display, all the screws in bags, etc. So I took a chance getting the SR6-SE for $137 instead of $400. It gave me hope, the CR6-SE has been a great printer, just slow but enough on that.

I was all set to buy the Bambu Lab X1 with the filament box when this printer came on the market for a little over 1/3 of the X1's cost. The P1P wasn't an option for me as I didn't want an open frame and the basic LCD display as I do everything from the front panel of the printer. I took a chance on the Creality again because of the return policy and I've had nothing but good prints since. I have had a couple of failed prints but these were small parts (clips) that had no first layer brim to help hold them down. It's strange that you mentioned you didn't get a glue stick, mine came with one. But I did replace the glue based plate with an aftermarket Creality spring steel with the textured surface, for the Ender 5 that has the locating cutouts at the rear so it's a perfect match and it's eliminated my need for using glue. It set me back $20 and I'm happy with it.

The only real complaint I have is that I have to use the packaged slicer. Hopefully someone comes out with some Cura profiles soon. The Creality modified version of the slicer is very poor IMO in the supports compared to running generic Cura on my CR6-SE. Once that gets ironed out, I'll be perfectly happy with the unit for just over 1/3 of the price.

I'm no professional, I don't print large volume things like the helmet you showed. I got into the hobby to make replacement parts like spacers, sleeves for bolts, brackets, enclosures, and printer improvements so my experience is likely much different than most hobbyists. So based on my needs, I'm happy that this Creality printer is doing for me for $600, what I was ready to spend $1200 on a Bambu, actually $1500 (because why not get the filament box?).

[Droneflyer]

This is definitely fixed now. Haven't used glue and still using same bad and no problems

[MadRickMaker]

Can't wait to see the review on the max. I've been very curious about it. Thank you for the advise!

[ClydapusGotwald]

The thing about Bambu is their private policy turns me off. The glue thing is ridiculous.

[TheMorrowgamer]

Creality printers almost pushed me out of 3D printing.
Never going back....

[Yakafake]

Frank r u going to review the P1S or not because of how similar it is to the P1P

[jmango]

So should I buy it I’m looking for a 3D printer to print and it will be easy to set up and no maintenance

[zachh]

Not to point out the obvious, but the elephant in the room is that Bambulab's privacy policies are just terrible.