Is The Kingroon KP3S Worth It?

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In today's video we take a look at the Kingroon KP3S. A small cantilever style 3d printer that I have been playing around with for the past couple of months. This printer has a pretty large community for support and mods and for under $200 you get linear rails and a direct drive extruder.

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[ZombieHedgehogMakes]

Love my KP3S! I flashed klipper onto it almost immediately, but got some quality prints stock. Ended up adding dual Z linear rails, a PEI sheet, 3d printed power supply base, and an H2 toolhead. It's now my dedicated "just works" printer that I can rely on to print ABS/ASA printer parts

[Cornish_Co]

I have 2 KP3S printers and absolutely love them. They are solid machines and print flawlessly time after time. I use a smooth PEI sheet attached with small binder clips. Both printers are used to print custom brackets out of Polymaker ASA at 255°C. The only failure I've had is the hot end fan.

[howtinker]

Great video. Yes, I have a KP3S with the red extruder. I purchased it used for just $75 about a year ago. it appeared to be in near mint condition, except someone had dug a groove in the bed with the nozzle. I was planning on a PEI sheet anyway so that just made the deal sweeter. I use this printer almost every day, stock at the moment, and print more on it, with more consistent results than my Ender 3 S1. All I can say is that it just works. I did have a bearing fail on the x-axis belt end roller but it was a very easy and cheap fix. I highly recommend this printer to others.

[trollonme]

Kingroon is getting the recognition it deserves. Been preaching about it for months now. It's so good and consistent.

[daliasprints]

Excited to see more on this printer. I don't have one, only a heavily modded Ender 3, but I'd absolutely recommend this over E3 for both use as-is out of the box and modding. It's such a better base, especially if you're aiming for speed.

[UncleJessy]

$180? not bad at all. I really need to look into Klipper already

[dontcallmebrave]

I have the original version of the kp3s and other than some X belt bearings and upgraded fans (stock were noisy AF), it's been the most dependable printer I've owned. Prints always just work.

[peterclegg]

It's the most accurate printer I have, had it for about 18 months and its never let me down.

[Hyozon]

I've been using my kingroon for a long time now. No mods and I'm still printing minis I love.

[Andredeamorim]

I ended up with the ender 2 pro. It's a fantastic little printer as well and very reliable.

[Cobesh]

One of the best printers.
You buy, fold, level the table and prints TPU like a dream. And it's ridiculously cheap and quiet.

[Waltkat]

I've been using an original KP3 (not "S") for about a year and it has been performing perfectly. It has hundreds of hours on it so far and the only thing that needed replacing was the nozzle (replaced once). The only mods I've done are replacing the stock Z nut with an antibacklash nut and replacing the bed with a PEI spring steel bed. Still using the stock bed magnetic sheet as it holds the spring steel bed perfectly fine. Just bought a new KP3S for US$140 and again added an antibacklash Z nut and PEI bed using the stock magnet. So far so good. I like the relocated user screen that no longer gets blocked by the bed. The direct drive print head is nice, but I haven't noticed any difference in print quality vs the bowden system in my KP3.

[walkdontrunplz]

Picked up a Pro and it's easily the best performing and low maintenance printer I've owned

[SB]

I have two with the older red extruder, im buying two more. Such a great little printer even stock!

[muzykk]

It would be awesome if you made a video explaining how to get Klipperscreen working on that kind of hardware. I think it’s the cheapest way to get klipper and screen in one package.

[Robothut]

Love the large tablet control display.

[MrBaskins]

this printer really looks great even prior to your mods. gotta sit down and look into klipper some day

[jon]

Have you seen the new pro version of this printer? Getting rid of the linear rails on the bed seems like a step in the wrong direction, but otherwise it looks to have a few neat changes.

[ChasingtheKraken]

Great video. Loved mine. I have owned 3 I think but each ended up clogging hard and never figured out why.

[woutererades]

put klipper on mine, v6 volcano clone with .6 nozzle, bmg and pei sheet. 4k accel, 25+mm3/s flow. next upgrade is linear rails on z! it's a little beast. and that for 160 euro. (210-220 with upgrades)