Creality Ender 6 3D Printer Review: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Detailed!!! 😮 thanks for taking the time

Stopped watching after you said that the enclosure is for keeping it clean and quieter, lol

You can definitely look into changing your slicer end g-code to automatically lower the bed to allow easier access

don't know what the purpose of your video is and how long you've had the ender6? there is much more and more informative info about the ender 6 on the web
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You van die a cable chain i have done it My self and you can keep then the Top cover

And for the Top Cover there are rails to stop it falling

hmm mabe upgrade the sides with magnets in some way instead of screws.

could you provide the link fir the hotend?

I have an Ender 6 and it works great. I did a lot of upgrades. Revo CR hotend, BMG Extruder, PEI bed. I have a Sonic Pad and added a line to the GCode to lower the bed 350 MM and also extract the Filament once it hits 170C. It pulls it out of the hotend and never gets a clog. I moved the Extruder to the inside so I have a much shorter bowden tube. A cable chain and lights to the inside and a filter system so I can print ABS ASA or NYLON. I use solid bed mounts no more springs and a BL Touch. I never level my bed any longer. New fan for the hotend and a twin 5015 blower for the parts. Thats all it took to make it a good printer lol lol lol.

Good video thank you Bud. Been using E6 for 2 years, a few of them. Consider Klipper and Mainsailos, turns it into a rocket!

You can modify that printer install klipper upgrade everything to linear rails and add BIQU H2 direct drive I swapped out my control board with a BTT SKR Mini

Thanks for that review. Really dont like the feeder design.

I have this same Pet Rock. I have given up modifying it with components that fix one problem only to find another way for it to fail.
I am used to buying products that work! This would be like buying a car with square wheels, no fuel lines, no battery, no windows and no breaks.
Endless bed leveling ended in aftermarket beds that were FLAT! Everything from Bowden tubes to the hot end have been replaced sometimes several times, new filament and every type of recommend setting for reliability in the print. ONE small 2cm cat successfully printed in a year! By comparison my Sonic Mighty Resin printer prints everything perfectly. The Ender of printing...

i bought this one in 2024 as my 1st 3d printer. Mostly because of the huge print size and VERY CHEAP price.
The stock feeding mechanism is awful indeed. the pneumatic connectors failing too soon...
I already found a model what basically converts the stock printer to direct drive just by placing the feeding motor above the hotend. Then had fun to design a filament guide system and already ordered a filament drying box. The top cover just too expensive and not enough tall... but im planning to print some parts what making it taller with additional acrylic sheets.

Just curious if you are still using the printer or if you have moved on to something else.
I've had this printer for about a year and have upgraded just about every aspect of it, and it works very well for me... now.

I first bought a basic 3d printer named Flashforge Finder. It printed very well with almost no tweaking. Then i bought this Ender 6 because of bigger volume and heatbed. ITS THE WORST BUY EVER! Compared to my beginner printer, Ender 6 is worse on absolutely everything, except for bigger build volume and heated bed. There is no support for z axis. You had to buy extra parts to stabilize the z axis. There's no wifi. Primitive display. Noisy printing. It is not possible to adjust temperature settings in slicer. And there's no slicer available that has this model. Not even Crealitys own sl8cer!! And the print quality is so bad. Im sure it's some settings somewhere. But you have to set up literal every setting manually. So it's a guessing game and endless test prints.