I am new at 3D printing. I new nothing about this when I decided to buy a printer. I searched the internet, I read about the different brands and then I found that the most popular printers are Creality and Prusa. Not knowing anything, I was inclined to choose the Prusa. A friend who already owns both printers, told me I would not regret buying a Creality. And boy was he right. Each has their strengths. The magnetic bed allows for easy pop-off print removable seconds after a print finishes thanks to its flexible properties, while the glass bed on the Ender 3 V2 offers first-rate first layer adhesion and also allows prints to come off with little effort once the bed has cooled down. Confused, I did a Google search on homing the Ender-5 Pro's extruder, only to learn that other users had noted the same issue but it wasn't a problem—the extruder by default does home to the right rear corner. Some third parties offer custom firmware fixes so it homes to the front left, but the printer works fine even with its peculiar homing convention. Just be aware that an object being printed may appear to be rotated 180 degrees from how you saw it in your slicing software's preview. The window panel is velcroed for easy access to the Ender 5 should you need to pause a print or tweak a setting on the display. The enclosure also features multiple metal-line cable passages along with two large spool holder access holes with resealable plugs to prevent hot air from escaping when not in use.

It’s a better-made tent enclosure that’s even easier to assemble with enough room to act as an Ender 5 Plus enclosure alongside the smaller Ender 5 and Pro. You need to perform this type of leveling regularly on the Ender-5 Pro. With the Ender-5 S1, you only need to perform it once after assembly and can then run the automatic leveling regularly. Extruder Ender-5 S1 Ender-5 Pro All three Ender 5 printers support the most popular filament types, including hobbyist go-to PLA along with ABS, TPU, and PETG. However, performance varies. The Ender 5 Pro is ever so slightly more suited to more temperature-sensitive materials like nylon that require hotter nozzle temperature to print well.In many ways, the Wham Bam HotBox Mega Enclosure takes the basic concept of Creality’s enclosure and improves it in more ways than one, perfect for those that want a more reliable Ender 5 enclosure. Build volume determines the size of the prints you can create, so is a feature well worth mulling over before pulling out your credit card. The Ender 3 V2 has a 220 x 220 x 250 mm build volume, while the Ender 5 Pro offers a slightly larger 220 x 220 x 300 mm.

For standard objects, 20% has proven to be a good guideline. But if you need stronger mechanical properties, you should set it somewhere between 20 and 60%. In extreme cases you can also print completely solid with 100% infill. The precise linear rail on the X-axis has a carriage slide containing ball bearings, making each move accurate, steady, and frictionless (0.04 friction coefficient). As the Ender 5 Pro has a slightly larger build volume, the bed takes slightly longer to heat than on the Ender 3 V2.

Wham Bam HotBox Mega Enclosure: A semi-rigid enclosure with insulating sandwich panels, thermometer, cable passages, and spool holder access holes. At the time of this writing, you can find default profiles for the Ender 5 and Ender 5 Plus. However, the Ender 5 Pro hardly differs from the Ender 5 in its Cura settings. All its dimensions are the same, it only has a few upgrades. Due to the other extruder, the settings for the feed or retraction could be different. More on that later. The mats offer very poor visibility of the printer, making monitoring those tense first few layers impossible. The original Ender 5 features a relatively classic heated magnetic build plate. It won’t win any awards and just about gets the job done for your day-to-day printing. Thanks to the 24V Mean Well power supply, the plate reaches ideal printing temperatures rapidly. It’s slightly prone to throwing bed leveling off-kilter, so be prepared to weave a routine calibration into your printing process to avoid any major print failures.