Creality seems well aware of this, which is why we’ve seen the newer Ender models, specifically the Ender 3 S1 and Neo lines-up fitted with CR Touch probes for automatic bed leveling. If you’d rather side step a hands-on automatic bed leveling upgrade, there’s also the Ender 3 S1, Ender 3 Neo, and soon-to-be-released Ender 5 Neo printers, which all have Creality’s CR-Touch ABL probe installed as standard. On that note, both machines have heated beds, gearing them for a wider range of temperature-sensitive materials. The Ender 3 V2 can reach up to 110°C, making it slightly hotter than the Ender 5 Pro, which is capped at 100°C. Automatic Bed Leveling 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.

Generally speaking, neither the Ender 3 nor 5 falter in print quality, but given the Ender 5’s improved movement, upgraded design so parts don’t bump together, and more reliable safety protocols, it wins overall for more consistently successful prints. Ender 3 vs Ender 5 Price E3D Hemera Direct Drive Kit– a frictionless Ender 3 direct drive upgrade from the competent folks over at the E3D, the Hemera kit includes everything you’ll need to set the Ender 3 to print flexible filaments. Designating a clear winner isn’t straightforward when it comes to price. The Ender 5’s pure cost-effective value is clear, but both the Pro and Plus fully justify the extra money for the quality of the enhancements over the original. Ender 5 vs Ender 5 Pro vs Ender 5 Plus: The WinnerBoth are what we’d consider average for entry-level 3D printers and are enough for a wide variety of projects, including decorative and displays pieces, household items, functional items, models, toys, and all those go-to Thingiverse favorites. If extruder and nozzle temperature are top of your list of requirements, it may be worth taking a peek at Creality’s new Ender 3 S1 Pro. With a nozzle that can reach temperatures up to 300°, the Ender 3 S1 Pro is equipped to print a broader range of materials – PLA, ABSE, PETG, Nylon, TPU, Wood fill, and numerous other high-temperature filament types. Creality Spider High-Temperature Hot End– An affordable option from Creality that’s guaranteed to play nice with both the Ender 3 and Ender 5. CR Touch Pre-Installed: Creality Ender-5 Plus 3D printer with CR Touch as configured. You just plug them in and start printing! It can precisely measure the tilt of the Bed surface, offers automatic compensation for the Z-axis for unevenness of the platform plate, easy to solve the printing failure caused by the unevenness of the platform and provide reliable operation with all build surfaces. Power off your printer and put the SD card into your printer’s SD slot. Turn the power on. This will cause the printer to flash the firmware from the SD card to your printer CPU. This may take up to 1 minute on some boards.

In keeping with Creality’s objective to marry affordability with solid performance, the Ender 5’s print quality out of the box is excellent for the price and reliably so even at higher print speeds. I went on to print out a tablet stand I designed a while ago. On the Ender 3 these take over 20 hours to print (I’ve made a few of them), but the Ender 5 S1 managed it in just nine hours and 15 minutes. I was also impressed at the adhesion; every one I’ve made on the 3 has had slight warping on at least one corner of its large, flat base, no matter how much I cover the build plate in tape or douse it with 3D LAC. The Ender 5 S1, on the other hand, produced a perfectly flat base with no lifting or warping at all. This is a very good sign, and suggests I’ll be able to take full advantage of its 220x220x280mm build volume. The Verdict Comparison Table between the Ender-5 S1 and the Ender-5 Pro. Scope of Delivery & Setup Ender-5 Pro Ender-5 S1 Because the size and capabilities of the Ender 3 and Ender 5 differ, you will need to make sure that the modification you’re getting applies to your machine. There’s nothing worse than putting together an auto-leveler only to realize it’s the wrong size. UpFitters Ender 3 Enclosure – A premium option for 3D UpFitters, this enclosure features see-through panels and an array of optional add-ons. There’s an Ender 3 version and Ender 5 version available.By now you’re probably asking yourself the same question many of us have. If the Creality Ender 3 is such a powerhouse, then why pay more for the Ender 5? The Ender-5 S1 is a worthy successor to the older Ender-5, and the price doesn’t seem very bad considering the extra print speed you are able to get from it compared to the Ender 3 S1 Pro, for example.

This has several advantages. Most filaments adhere excellently to the coating and removing the object after printing is easy. As soon as you take off the print bed and bend it, the object comes off by itself. So, you don’t need a spatula anymore and you never run the risk of damaging or scratching the print bed. Nowadays, a filament sensor is a must-have feature in my opinion. The filament sensor pauses the print as soon as there is no filament left or when it broke. Bed Strain Relief: it is a support structure for the heated bed wires. It reduces the risk of damage while increasing printer safety. A beefed-up all-metal extruder frame helps smooth filament loading and extrusion consistency with a handy adjustable bolt to fine-tune gear pressure to suit different filament types. And finally, the Ender 5 Pro replaces the plastic tubing for sleek Capricorn Bowden PTFE tubing, raising the printer’s printing chops when using flexibles and cutting down on wiggle and other common filament loading woes. Overall, the printer is a decent alternative, but the price it’s sold is a bit higher than other similar machines out there. Having the ability to enclose the printer afterward is also nice, but it makes me think of reasons why to get this instead of the more-popular Ender 6 if you’re looking for more speed. You could get that printer for a similar amount and get a real core-XY machine which already comes enclosed and has a stiffer bed.Eventually I did some upgrades such as building my own enclosure, adding a capricorn bowden tube, and all metal extruder. It has drastically improved my PETG prints once I got my E-steps dialed in. Both 3D printers have a relatively small print volume compared to their size. This is due to their design, which prioritizes stability. However, there is also one 3D printer in the Ender-5 series that has a gigantic print volume, the Ender-5 Plus. Here is a comparison between the Ender-5 S1 and the Ender-5 Plus. Print Bed Ender-5 S1 Ender-5 Pro The heated platform lets you successfully print with PLA and PETG straight out the box. Even if showing some warping issues, printing with ABS and ASA is also possible. For a deeper dive into print speeds, head to our Ender 3 Print Speed: Best Speed Settings for Ender 3 V2 & Pro guide. Firmware A direct drive extruder is built directly into the print head, so this distance is minimal. A Bowden extruder sits on the frame of the 3D printer and the filament has to travel a much longer distance to the nozzle.