Hi Everyone,

After Using my Creality Ender 5 Plus printers, I decided to add 2 new Creality Ender 3 S1 printers to the family!

In this video I'll go through the main features of the printer and go through some test 3D prints to show you the results you can expect from this printer.
I bought these printers myself on http://www.3dprinthings.be for €440 at the time of making this video. Black PLA is from 3D printhings as well: https://www.3dprinthings.be/materiale... "Additive heroes premium PLA Raven black"

In no way I was sponsored so I'm just giving my honest opinion about this printer without being biased. This review is my personal opinion purely to show you what you can expect from this printer.
If interested in buying this printer, make sure to see it's features to make sure it matches your expectations.

The Ender 3 S1 is the newest printer from Creality. It has a higher price than the Ender 3 models but has all the features the Creality community wanted in this printer. So all Upgrades like direct drive, bigger screen, Dual Z, bed leveling is included in this printer.

One of the main features/upgrades on the Ender 3 S1 is the new SPRITE extruder. The extruder is easy to add and remove and is held in place with 4 screws. All cables from the fans, hot end, CR touch, probe are connected on a circuit board on the back. By using one sleeved ribbon cable everything is connected to the newly designed silent mainboard.

The printer has a run out filament sensor, and a power shut down recovery mode. Making sure that in any possible situation you should be able to finish your print. The printer has a PC magnetic bed for easy removal of your prints. The bedleveling is made easier with the 16 point CR level probe. Keep in mind that you'll still need to level your bed and set up de Z distance but once calibrated the bed touch probe should help you get rid of small imperfections in you leveling.

The direct drive in the SPRITE extruder makes it possible to use various printing materials like PLA, PETG, TPU, ABS. Keep in mind that this is not a all metal hot end, you still have a bowden tube in you heatsink. So going much higher in temperature for PP, Nylon might cause some damage to your hotend. As a solution for this Creality is working on a SPRITE pro that will have an all metal hotend to solve these problems. Another benefit is that by swapping the extruder for a laser you'll be able to change the use of your printer by buying the add ons.

So is this printer good?
I would personaly buy it again straight away. It's easy to assemble, has direct drive, works straight out of the box, no need to mod your printer to get good results. It doesn't have a touchscreen like on my ender 5 plus, but you get used to it. Another few minor things are that the fan is in front of the nozzle, this should give better results for your prints but is blocking the view over your print. The spool on top is something I'll try to adjust as well in the future to have the printer have a smaller footprint if I'll want to enclose them.

Models used:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:362... (female torso) original file has some flaws
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:513... (male torso)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:457... (astronaut)

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