I just got one of these for my first printer (excluding a Solidoodle I bought 10 years ago and promptly got rid of) This has been a dream to learn with! So easy to set up, and I got near perfect prints first time as a complete noob. Love it. Thanks for the vid!

THANK YOU!!! I"ve been struggling with this printer, my first, for over a week with terrible results. Just seeing you print the XYZ cube was a big help, and now I have duplicated that and have a better feel for the settings to use. Great video. Thanks again!

Brought 1 today, absolutely incredible for the price. I was blown away

Wonderful video! I decided to research these as my small IIIP printer I got from a 3D printing class died on me last year. This video shows me everything I wanted to know and has me comfortable with my decision. Thank you!!

This is the only good review of this printer on KZfaq. Thanks!

Great review, this printer looks very interesting, good evolution

I unboxed mine yesterday. After struggling with under-adhesion on my Voxelab Aquila X2 for the past few weeks I bought an X3 - which was a big disappointment and went back to Amazon. After which I got this Ender 3 v3 SE - it is a wonderful machine. It delivers all the ease of use and auto configuration one could wish for! Although I mut find a way to load filament without making a dog-turd mess on my build plate - It wouldn't happen if the 'extrude' menu option held the head higher.

Very informative for me, a new user. I found the video well done and very helpful. Thank you!

Nice review Guy. I just ordered one of these to replace my Ender 3 Pro. It's only a small upgrade but it'll remove the headache of keeping the bed leveled and removing some of the errors and failed prints I've had.

Thanks for this video! Great prep for the arrival of my V3 SE, currently sitting in a local FedEx warehouse while a cold wet Labor Day slowly drags on.

Looks like Crowley hit it out of the park with this one. $200 for all the quality of life upgrades is great for the industry

Thank you for showing us how to assembly you really helped

great job,,,,, now i will open this one !!!,and get started!!

I got one last saturday and its a real nice make.

Man, this thing is loaded. It basically killed the entire aftermarket modding scene for the Ender 3. I got my Ender 3 Pro for $100 a year and a half ago when on sale, and the cost of mods to get it close to the level of the V3 SE would be at least $100, bringing the total cost to $200 like this one. Even after the mods, it would still be missing some of the non upgradeable features like the double rods on the bed and better Z axis design. I know I got a year and a half of use out of my Ender 3 Pro, but it still feels like this is such a huge step up and I missed out.

Thanks for the detailed video! I'm going to pick one of these up to try out, there are a lot of things I'm excited about on this version, but I really hope Creality doesn't get too proprietary with it's parts. One of the great things about them using the aluminum extrusion framing was the ability to use it as a framework to build on. It kind of defined the 3 series as the go to for tinkerers. This generations feels like they are moving away from that and I think it was a mistake. They are trying to make their most popular printer more friendly for the masses but I think they forgot who's been buying them. If it works and you don't have to tinker with it they will probably be successful but if it still needs the Ender 3 touch of being down to figure it out this thing looks frustrating to work on. I'd love to see a follow up video after you've had time to stress test it and see what you think.

New Ender 3 V3 SE owner here. Overall having a great experience with this printer. The only issue I have been encountering is with auto-leveling. Sometimes the bed will be 3mm below the nozzle while printing and then sometimes too close to the bed. Doing another level will correct this, but I assume it’s a firmware issue that may be addressed in the future. Thanks for your video on this new 3D printer!

Hi, I also have this printer and it worked fine until a few days when it stopped printing. I had cleaned the nozzle several times, I even changed it with the new one but the problem remains. Do you have any ideas to solve it? Thanks .

Thank you very much for the review and greetings from Russia.

Best review I've seen on this printer, nicely done!! Thanks. Big question for me is whether to wait for the KE?

Bought one, thanx !

Regarding a sticky plate - I'm sure everyone already knows something about this but the absolute perfect solution for me has been to lightly apply a bit of Elmer's purple glue stick to the plate and then spread it around with a piece of tissue paper soaked in IPA. More glue stick is added only occasionally, but re-wiping the plate with IPA is done every print - to reestablish an invisible glue layer. Since employing this I've never had a print peel off prematurely, and never had one that wouldn't release readily.

I just got mine yesterday. I completed two successful prints but now when I go to print something it is far from the bed (about 1cm). I retried the auto-z calibration a few times and it worked fine with great numbers. It is only when I go to print something it doesnt come close enough to the bed

It looks like I'm gonna enjoy my upgrade from my temperamental Ender 3 V1

Thanks for that great review! I just order one thanks to you! I just have one question, I like printing on borosilicate glass, have you try this type of bed with the autolevel? Or do you know if it can work with it? Thanks a lot!

Hello Guy! Thanks for the video. Since you've also tested the Artillery Sidewinder X2, (besides the printable size) what are the differences of the two models, and which one do you prefer? I can't decide which one to choose. I would print with PETG, Nylon or similar filaments, with higher durability. Could you please advise? Thank you!

Ordered mine before I even look up any reviews cause it seem as good as the higher end ones we have at work but more in my budget

Great review, this printer looks awesome.

Thanks for the review, having trouble deciding between this and the Neptune 4

what settings were used for the deadpool

Great video. Considering this for cheap backup for other printers. Does Creality have an all metal hot end they recommend for this??

I really need some help. I bought my second Creality printer. This time I purchased the Creality Ender 3 VE SE. RIght out of the box the language has been set to Chinese and I am stuck on the Main menu with no choice it seems or going back to the language screen. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Can you print multiple things at once and what is the program name

I'm a beginner and I'm getting this printer as my first printer in a couple days. My question is, where do you get there test prints like the x y z cube and the others that you showed in this video?

Hi! My wife got me an Ender 3 V3 SE for my birthday, I am quite excited! Assembly was really easy and straightforward. The first print I did turned out great! I did notice that when I move the X axis by hand, it feels 'lumpy' when the guide rollers pass over the spots they were in when it was shipped. Flat spots on them maybe, that will hopefully go away? There is nothing in the manual pertaining to proper adjustment of the rollers, so I may have to just figure it out on my own. I've downloaded the Creality Slicer and have run it on Linux Mint, but when I connect the printer to my (older) HP laptop, it doesn't seem to detect the printer, and I only see an option in the Creality Slicer for a 'LAN' connection. Do you know if it's possible to send files to the V3 SE via the USB port, as the V3 SE specs only state SD card for transfers. Is a USB 3.0 port required? Is there a more 'communication friendly' software, like maybe CURA? I am full of questions, but this printer is so new, there are very few answers to be found! I appreciate any insight you may be able to provide!

Quick question about the auto bed leveling; what do I do when the auto bed leveling process is “completed” but some of the values in the 4x4 grid are blue (relatively level) instead of green (level)? Should I manually “edit” these values, or leave them be? I haven’t yet run into any yellow or red values yet, but in the case that I do in the future, what should I do? I had been researching about which Ender 3d printer to get for 6+ months, and I finally pulled the trigger a week ago and bought the Ender-3 V3 SE. Definitely in the noob phases, although I am really motivated to make 3d printing a major hobby of mine. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

Nice video! I have an issue (perhaps user error). So I unpackaged my Ender-3 V3 SE last night. It ran through the cat print test file with no problem. I was so excited so I went to the Thangs website to get something going. I found something, downloaded it as an STL, put it into the Creality slicer (v3.8), and then took the .gcode file and transferred it onto the SD card that came with the printer. The problem I can't seem to overcome is when I insert that SD card with the .gcode file on it into the printer, nothing shows up in my printable files. Anyone have answers as to why this isn't working? I've tried Creality slicer v3.8, v3.7, and also Cura. I've exhausted every fix that I know of. Let me know, thanks!!

Can you tell the STL slicer software that you used and the parameters that you used like temperature, infill %, any overlap infill %. Can you add also thee STRL file at least both cubes?

i have a problem with mine. the auto leveling is showing green apart from the 3 in the top left corner and 1 in the bottle right corner showing blue. and the nozel when printing is way too high. the filament is not sticking as its touching the bed too late??

what if on the auto leveling monitor is not all green, how to adjust it

So I just recently purchased a ender 3 pro on amazon And now I'm seeing this ender 3 version 3 SE everywhere, seems like a much better printer than the one I purchased and is the same price I paid, I am within the return window, I am assuming I should make the swap ? Unless there's something I am missing?

Would one be able purchase a PEI sheet from amazon and swap it out, or will those screws in the back prevent that? I notice the build plate it comes with has notches for those screws. I am wondering if your stuck to only using that build plate it comes with. Thank you for the video.

I’m just not getting the same results. 😞 I auto level and my z-offset is NEVER CORRECT. It calibrates too low and then I have to tinker with it until I get a smooth layer. I’m very frustrated.

Just wished mine worked it won’t move up or down (it used too until I fixed it from not moving left or right) and will infinitely try and home and not move

Did you print at 180 mm/s on the Deadpool bust?

I just got one of these to replace an ender3 pro. It is soooo much easier to setup and get going than that one was. Literally 20min to a perfect print. The main issue I have now is work flow. I had Octoprint on the old one, with good Cura profiles for slicing. The V3 is too new to support either yet. Moving files back and forth on an SD card seems a big step backwards to me.

Thank you for the great review. Do you think we can move the power supply location to another? (For enclosure etc..)

Local store was just selling them on a 4 day sale for $162. Can't beat it for the value. Software in it doesn't seem stable yet though. Had it twice tell me nothing can occur while it waits for the printer and it never came back to the screen. The screen doesn't respond during tasks like leveling or heating up so you cannot cancel a mistaken request. It'd be nice to know what it's up to temperature wise during extrusion tasks instead of just having a color blink on the screen. The software needs a bit of work yet.

Would this be accurate enough to set in bearings to a printed part and make hollow tubes to insert into the bearing what slicer is 100% compatible

I got this machine. First 10 prints amazing perfect. Both pla and petg. Bed all green on level, the z probe offset is slightly to much on my machine. Now i have 3 failed prints in petg. The bed is no longer all green it has 1 blue and you cannot print multiple prints on the entire bed because they dont stick in certain places. With no wheels im confused as what to do because the gantry and frame are perfectly level. Any ideas?

hola, no pñude imprimir PETG, aparte se salta laimresionene el eje y no se por que y no se adhiere el PEtg ni a 30ss/seg

anyone set up SuperSlicer or Cura with the SE. There are no profiles setup for the printer in either and I don't want to config all this

Hi, has anybody installed a filament run out sensor to this printer?

What is this stepper next to the motherboard?

After i print something, can i just turn the printer off without waiting for it to cool down?

im thinking of getting this for my first printer would you say it is the bets beginner one?

what would be considered one step up from this??

I just got mine but when I install the slicer it came with its all in Chinese, I've tried downloading it from their website buts in Chinese too.

Do you not have to calibrate e steps on this?

Hi man.... is there a way to monitor the height as it print

What filament did you use please?

Did you have to calculate the e-steps?

Hi I am new to 3d printing. And now I am having a difficult decision between Ender 3 v3 se and Ender 3 v2 neo ,can anyone give me some advice?

How to rebalance the printing table when it has been tilted?

Worked great for 2 weeks... Now every time i attempt a print unless its very small, it wont stick. Ots definitely not level no matter how many times ive tried to auto level... No knobs is sweet until the auto level feature doesnt work at all which is the reason i bought it ..... Now im screwed

can it print flexible filamentor abs?

How long does shipping take? I ordered mines 5 days ago and it still says awaiting shipment, I feel like I should’ve ordered off Amazon instead.

Does anyone know where to get one?? Can’t find any on Amazon rn and not sure which creality website is real.. lol

It's not 100 percent compatible with Octoprint? What's not compatible? Try loading MriscoC firmware on it and let me know how well it does. I might buy this one.

First! not really, more like 72nd. When are you going to get a Delta, Guy? I bet Nathan, er, I mean JJ has one he'd let you borrow.

I see you have a k1 as well.. Imo this is better than k1

Just got mine. It is not so silent as author saying. Y axe terrible, cooling fan is also very loud. My friend got the same experience.

I have a question about the printed object not being 100% accurate in measurements. For those of us who need EXACT numbers, how easy is this print to tweak to adjust X, Y, Z printing "sizes" so that say, a 20x20x20 cube comes out 20x20x20 and not slightly more or less? I currently have a @#$#@% Wanhau D9 MK2 400 and it's a real P.I.T.A. (not bread) to tweak. But it's doable. This thing is huge, NOISY and can be "glitchy". I mostly get great prints out of it... NOWWW... but I had to do a lot of mods to it in order to achieve that. This Ender 3 V3 SE is looking good. HOWEVER, I've read that there's one important feature that it does not have and perhaps you can confirm this? That is, no filament run out sensor to stop the print. Is that true? If so, with all the extra connections on the main board, is there a spot to add a filament run out sensor AND would the current firmware detect and use that? *UPDATE Ok, I see what they've done here. On their website, it appears that the filament runout sensor is an option that can be "added" to the order.* Sadly, on that site (I assume it's their legit site) they have this listed under "accessories". However, you can't click on any of the "accessories". I don't trust sites like that.

They just don't have replacement parts, I've been trying to get an replacement extruder cable since the day I [finally] got it back in october. [it was built busted, and shipped that way] and all I have gotten is the creality royal run around, without even a reach around, they porked me but good. DON'T EVER DO BUSINESS WITH CREALITY, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Dual Independent Z axis would be the best upgrade IMO, the gantry could then be auto levelled before a bed probe and print by using G34 in the start code, I upgraded one of my Ender 3 printers to this configuration as it was proving impossible to keep the gantry level without overtightening the excentric nut on the right hand side to stop it dropping. The belted z solution looks good on paper but in practice it's another story, I have seen plenty of examples of people upgrading to the dual independent Z axis who previously had the belted Z solution, in many cases the belt either streched or expanded over time and lost grip on the undriven Z leadscrew which threw them out of sync.converting this printer though is going to be difficult as the power supply would have to be moved to allow the mounting of a second Z motor if it is even possible! Looking at that CR Touch it seems to not be square 2:18

Why does everyone reviewing this machine show how to start the "Extrude" feature and have everyone watch the printer homing, heating and then extruding... but not point out that there is no other way of stopping the printer from doing that like forever besider turning it off?!

Enders are the best for learning prints. Then when youre serious you get the K1 series.

They work great……for a little while then they lose the ability to auto calculate the Z offset. I have had 5 of them that do the exact same thing, unluckily the last one lasted more than a month so I could not send it back my v3 is now a useless paperweight. I could manually set the offset….but why should I they advertise it as automatic. This is a very common fault. Avoid and don’t buy one.

They maybe should of made this at the start

Ahh, yay, yet another tinker toy from Creality…