Ender-3 Max NEO 3D Printer | 300*300*320mm

Good printer if your seeking to have bigger bed of 300x300x320 height. Is it a £400 printer i would say no, esp since you can get CR-10 pro or S1 Pro Large with direct drive sprinter head, i 100% pay extra money an get one of those. I found the Neo being little slow when printing esp since point of it is large prints that run for couple of days at the time. Speed aside i cannot complain it nice machine, which i've used for vases and objects that span diagonal across bed to get max size. Used 0.4 to 1mm nozzle and all easy to swap in and no issues. Bed leveling isn't bad with Touch and some manual tunning. I used it for alot of TPU printing and it did the job but can be hit and issues due to being not direct drive that i had to slow print down to run at 20% speed and took couple tempts on some prints to get it stick and smooth. Overall if you can get this for say ~£240 then go for it if your middle of road large printer, however if you think you will print allot of large things then definitely worth the extra money to get direct drive sprinters head printers that are the same size, not only does it provide better finish to product but also might save you time and potential waste in failed prints. What is £100 when your loosing £25 at a time when a helmet fails 3 days into a print etc. One things to note is the side spool holder, makes this printer quite large space consumption on a desk etc im sure there hack to move the spool and the moter etc but another reason to perhaps upgrade to CR -10 pro

Only had the printer for a month and printed some parts successfully. Many beginner failed prints due to bad leveling, Z offset, extruder not extruding in middle of print. Setting a hotter temperature, 207 degrees for PLA worked better where I am for the 1st layer to stick and for continuous printing . Once that first to second layer lays down fine, the rest of the print a majority of the time will print fine.

Printer so far has been working very well starting to test out more prints this week. Only problem we had was shown in the picture the filament would not go through no matter how it was cut, so the piece had to be removed & flipped upside down but now it works. If that didn’t occur I would have gave 5 stars. This is a great Printer Otherwise & I have no other Complaints Definitely a Great Printer & would Recommend!!

If you are new to 3d printing, the booklet isnt really clear on some things. once you figure out how to do the first leveling. Then let the machine do it there after is a great start. Next print head , they say set it at .9 ( i think they said) well, thats right BUT you do NOT set the numbers at .9 You must move the head to the table and then using a piece of paper get the correct number. Mine is -1.87 . Once you learn how tto do it, it becomes second nature . Ive printed about 5 things so far and every piece is excellent . Better than many of the much more expensive printers.

Customer service from the vendor was very good. My inquiry was answered quickly and then was followed up with another email a couple of days later. Originally, I had issues with anything over 200mm wide. The Z steppers would raise the axis over a mm by the time it reached 300mm wide. All prints 200mm and under printed very nicely. Basic bed leveling and auto bed leveling did not correct the issue. I decided to check the Creality site and found updated firmware downloads for the board and the screen. Looked like a major undertaking to flash the firmware on YouTube, but it turned out to be very simple - about a 15 minute job. Works great now and the screen is significantly upgraded also. I suspect that the MAX firmware was a modification of the regular 200 x 200 bed machines and the problem didn’t show up until printing over 200mm wide. Auto bed leveling really does improve the consistency once you go through the initial process of getting all four corners reasonably the same height. I only have to perform auto bed leveling if I see any issues on the first layer and have not had to manually readjust the four corners, as the auto bed leveling seems to compensate for minor deviations in the bed.

Had an Ender 3 v2 for a couple of years now and very happy with it. Purchased the Max Neo and found it so much easier to assemble and use. After initial set up and bed levelling it was working great. The dual Z axis and auto bed levelling and larger bed size and height are such an improvement and time saving, plus it means you can print much larger models than you can on the Ender 3 v2. The filament sensor is also another nice touch. I've only had this machine for about a month so far but am really pleased that I decided to go for it. It's a brilliant piece of equipment that prints really well. I would have no hesitation in recommending it to others.