Much BETTER than Expected - AnkerMake M5 3D Printer

3D Printers are daunting when you first get into the hobby/industry. The setup isn't too bad, but AnkerMaker wants to get you started as quickly and efficiently as possible with the M5 3D printer, and honestly, it's surprisingly pretty good!

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Why won't you stop?
0:10 - Please just work
0:20 - Unboxing
1:50 - Baseplate disassembly
4:36 - Assembly
6:18 - Filament holder thoughts
6:51 - Auto-leveling overview
8:21 - Loading the filament
8:55 - Anker App
9:37 - Starting the print
10:58 - 3D Printing Timelapse
11:17 - Results impressions
13:43 - Anker Smartphone app impressions
14:32 - Beta disclaimer
14:45 - What is a slicer?
15:08 - Will it stop?
16:20 - Final thoughts

[Zae-R]

Few suggestions for future 3D printer reviews.. Include information such as Printing size, max temp of hotend and bed, drive assembly type and other important stuff. I know this is not a 3D printer channel but for a 17 minute video, i would've liked to know more about the specs and maybe more 3D prints.

[berencam]

12:35 The cylinders are a test of the tolerance, meaning that .5 .4 .3mm of a gap is repeatable. But a .2mm gap is too tight and fuses between the 2 parts.

[ernieoporto]

As somone who has worked with 3D Printers for years now, I'm VERY impressed. For a company that had no foot in additive manufacturing, to come in swinging this hard, they're about to make their name known!

[computer]

I haven't messed with any 3D printers in about 7 years...
Seeing one that actually works (that a regular person can afford) is very nice.

[marsgizmo]

I’m also pretty impressed on the build quality for its price! Looking forward to review one 🤘😎

[Aladdinsane]

Alex has got progressively more comfortable with hosting and he is now one of my favs - he explains stuff well too and doesn’t drop stuff all the time like some other hosts 😀

[scarletetee]

I love how Alex and LMG explains things a way that even people with not as much knowledge with tech have a slight understanding with these videos, so thank you so flipping for pushing these videos out every day no matter the situation or the day ❤

[gggy]

ShortCircuit has become my favorite LMG channel. Each time you show something new. A car, shoes, watches, printers, pro cameras etc. Keep it up guys.

[TechyBen]

That "out of the box print" makes me want this far too much than I should. :P

[dallindr]

Put a preorder in for this the first day it was announced. Very excited about it and happy you guys are making a video on this one.

[thingking]

That’s what i love about the ShortCircuit videos they just feel so natural and improvised. For example how they always wanna take it apart and it doesn’t matter if that’s even a good idea they just yolo it.

[tonyfweb]

This past May, I decided to purchase a 3D printer. I remembered watching this video and how good ya'll said it was that I went with this one. Not even a week later a realized that this video was two years old and Bambu Labs has entered the scene. So now I own an AnkerMake M5, a Bambu Lab X1C, AND and Bambu Lab P1S. And while the AnkerMake is good, the X1C and P1S blow it out of the water in terms of speed, quality, AND capability. Still think it was a good purchase and use it regularly. Thanks guys!

[deepblue]

"I know people that kept the warranty on their things... They're all dead now" might be the best one-liner LTT quote ever :)

[WakingJoaquin]

Yes, absolutely more "makery" type videos! Maker projects would be a great addition to the company's repertoire. Think of the near-limitless creative possibilities! Thanks for this video. Makes choosing an affordable 3D printer a lot easier.

[Yavorh]

Thank you for letting Alex do this. Last time Linus did a vid on 3d printers it was sadly uninformed, but that's understandable - let each cover their strengths

[thunderturbine]

Jolly good show guys @ShortCircuit Alex's presentation style and in depth knowledge on the subject of 3D printing makes the video informative and entertaining. Seems like something I'm likely to get into sooner or later. Keep up the awesome work guys 🙂

[MetallicaLife]

Can we all just agree that almost everything Anker makes is great?
I have had their powerbanks, cables, chargers, heck even their audio stuff under their sub-brand soundcore. All of it has been seriously good for the price.

Edit: Forgot to include their security stuff from Eufy (Anker sub-brand), also great stuff

[TheUallis]

The build construction looks pretty solid (Hard to tell with all the unneeded plastic in the way!), which would help with speed, but I'm most concerned with the closed slicer and the promises of advanced AI that is supposed to work from a fixed position. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out

[danielbenda]

I've been doing production 3d printing for a while now, and while the speed looks great but for doing a reasonable amount of printing the biggest problem looks top be the serviceability of the print head. It is inevitable that you'll have to clear a jam, change the nozzle, etc. for me at least that would be a complete deal breaker at any price.

[imskyrcheez]

In the time lapse you can see the printer is actually shaking (most likely the table or maybe the machine it's self) and I think that impacted the "spires" that were produced.