Features:

  • Full manufacturer's warranty fulfilled by Flashforge, and free email support provided by expert FlashForge technicians
  • A sturdy metal frame that is substantially more stable than the Creator's original wood frame.Build volume 8.9 X 5.8 X 5.9 inches
  • Aviation level aluminum plate with a thickness of 6.3mm guarantee its surface is completely flat and will not warp during heating process
  • Metal platform support plus 10mm guide rod ensure a precise Z axis movement and prevent platform arm from deforming. Filament Compatibility- PLA, ABS, PLA Color Change, Pearl, ABS Pro, Elastic, PVA, HIPS, PETG, TPE, TPU, Conductive Filament, Flexible Filament, Metal Filled Filament, Wood Filled Filament, and PP
  • Enclosed chamber insulates and protects ABS prints.Filament Diameter:1.75 mm [0.069 in]
  • Please refer the user manual below for better use
A great first printer for me!

Ok, I've had this for several weeks now, and feel safe writing my review. I knew nothing about 3D printers or the software that you use with tem. I'm not a very tech savvy person at all. I love this printer, and how easy it is to set up and use. You need to do your own homework, learn some basics, really read the manual they send you BEFORE you even get your printer! There's a learning curve when it comes to 3D printing, that has nothing to do with the quality of your printer. You have to actively learn to adjust settings to fit YOUR needs. I don't think you could go wrong choosing this printer, especially if it's your first foray into 3D printing! Don't give up, and learn your settings and how to change them, and you're good to go! My prints are level, they don't warp, and they print true to my designs. This one was a winner for me.

Stunning quality

Bought this in March and I was very intimidated because everything I've read online about 3D printers is that you have to be a tinkerer to get them to work right and fix them. THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR THIS MACHINE! I opened this out of the box, put it together (which is very easy) and the first print was PERFECT. I was stunned, I thought for sure, there is no way a machine can be shipped over seas, taken out of a box, and produce an incredibly precise 3D print, but it did! By the way, I bought this in March for $1,300, and now it is $999! That's a steal. A few cons: When I received the printer, one of the little fans on the left extruder was broken. However, Tang's service is excellent, and he promptly sent me another fan free of charge. I have yet to hook it up because I only use one extruder anyways. I have never had the urge or need to use both extruders. And one more thing, the little sensors that are used to tell the head when to stop on the rails are quite fragile. They use a little paper, thin, metal flap which gets depressed when the extruder head rails contact them, thus telling it to stop. I broke one of these little flaps once (I have no idea how) and the build plate crashed into the extruder head when I tried to level the build plate because the build plate did not know when to stop. HOWEVER, suprisingly, there was absolutely no damage to anything on the printer, I don't even think I needed to level the build plate afterwards haha. Again, I emailed Tang and he sent me another sensor for free! These just plug in and are very easy to install with just one screw. A word of advice: before every print, examine each metal, flap sensor to ensure it is working. There are only four I think. Just turn the printer on, and depress each metal flap, carefully with your finger, to hear a click and a little green light should turn on next to it.

great printer so far

I am happy I chose this for my first printer, so far I have learned quite a bit about 3d printing. I haven't yet attempted printing PLA plastic, but I have used the ABS that came with it and matchbox has with good results. I didnt like using the rafts so after playing around I have been printing ABS at 222-225 on the 110 bed. Finding I get great prints using Elmers washable school glue on the blue textured platform cover. I have some pictures of stuff I have made, but the kindle fire doesn't appear to have a while to upload pictures so I will do it at another time on a computer. Also Flashprint, which should be on your SDcard included, works great for this and provides many more options for printing. I recommend using this software in advanced and slowing down your first layer, this allows you to avoid using rafts, also you can make the first layer height different then the rest. You can also set when the extra cooling fan turns on. I also recommend getting an active cooling fan mod form thingiverse, you can remove the old extra cooling fan it comes with and install the new cooler and a 24VDC fan using the connector that is there. You just need to connect to it with a 2 pin JST connector.

I like to tinker with things so I didn't mind that ...

Note: I had zero 3D printing experience going into this. First, let me say that this thing prints very well when everything is tuned properly. It takes some time and patience to figure things out and get things right. I knew this when I bought the printer and expected to spend a lot of time tinkering with it. I like to tinker with things so I didn't mind that thought too much. I've had to take the extruding nozzle apart once to remove broken pieces of plastic that were clogging it. No big deal. I've had to take the extruder apart to clean the drive "gear" that pushes/pulls the filament through quite a few times. No big deal. I've only had a few prints come out bad. Guess what though? The cost of the material it wasted was pennies. No big deal. Overall, I'm very satisfied with this printer. I highly recommend it to everyone. PS- when you're setting it up for the first time, check every screw in the thing for tightness. I had to crank many down at least a half a turn. This will help the quality of your prints. :) Happy printing!!

GREAT PRINTER and EXCELLENT Customer Service!

GREAT PRINTER and EXCELLENT Customer Service! Hi I just recently got in to 3D printing and chose the FlashForge Pro as mid range consumer printer. So far I'm very happy with the printer! Easy to use right out of the box. Right after purchase I have been contacted via email by customer service representative (Tang) from FlashForge Amazon with contact information in case I have any questions. Turns out they are very engaged and responsive in respect to answering any technical questions, assisting with any issue and are dedicated helping you out. I didn't have any issues with the printer but I had some questions regarding slicing software and Tang have been in contact with me daily helping me out. I will be honest here, I didn't expect such great experience with customer service, and I'm very impressed! I recommend this printer to anyone, Novice and Pro alike. Now a little about the printer: This is a dual extruder printer, meaning you can print with two different types of filament or two different colors. It comes with color setup instructions and all necessary wrenches (except for extruder wrench, no big deal). Adhesion pad included with printer (couple spares with it) does the job very well, it softens under temperature (heated bed) and becomes adhesive. One wish I have it is for second blower fan on opposite side (by right extruder) to cool printing part evenly on booth sides. I noticed that when printing fine detail with ABS the side not exposed to blower directly curls up just a bit probably due to lack of cool air on that side to keep it straight. I already got a spare fan online and will be adding it to the system as upgrade shortly to compensate. Leveling of the bed is easy with the provided program on SD card, it basically moves the extruder to 3 different points on the bed and pauses each time for you to adjust the gap with provided gauge sheet. Easy. This is big - I assume as with any other 3D printer printing profiles in the slicing software are the biggest challenge. FlashPrint software is the one you want to use for this printer. It comes with 4 standard print profiles for that produce excellent quality without any guess work with ABS, PLA and Flexible Filament. Without properly setup print profiles, you can get frustrated very quickly with a 3D printer. Use of good software with well refined preset profiles is critical for good quality prints. Happy customer! Tad

Awesome Printer with Amazing Quality

I LOVE this printer. I upgraded from a DaVinci 1.0A which was my first 3D printer. It was time for something else so initially I tried a different design and went with a kit 3D printer of the delta design from Geeetech. It was a terrinle printer which required LOTS of tweaking to make a decent print. I gave up fiddling with it after I realized the bearings etc were all garbage so I decided to go to the Flashforge Creator Pro since it was recommended on many reviews. I loved the "out of the box" printing this printer has given me. I unpacked the printer and all the stuff jammed inside it, loaded up the filament and I was printing. The first thing I printed was the traffic cone so I could see what a dual-extruder was all about. I am amazed at how nice it turned out. The next thing I printed was a new filament feed assembly for the back of the printer since the design from Flashforge is completely useless and will cause the filament to come off the spool and wind up around the spool holder as it feeds into the tubes. I knew this was going to be a problem since I did my research and went with the one people seem to like the most : [...] The next thing I printed was a test part to see how good a 3D printer is and WOW! it came out amazing. So much better than my DaVinci 1.0a ever did, and way more better than the Geeetech delta "tried" to print. I have attached a picture of the test print and here is the file: [...] I plan on printing many things with this printer and it has already been running for the last 20 hours on many prints back-to-back. One tip: I still apply a thin layer of glue stick to the print surface otherwise the PLA does not want to stick very well. When the print cools, I need to pop it off with a little spatula. Without the glue, the first layer was not sticking very well.

Great 3D printer with options and abilities well beyond its price

I purchased this printer as my first 3D printer, mostly based on customer reviews and the awards it has won in the industry. The fact they take what was good about the big name in 3D printing "MakerBot" and took what the community did to improve the already solid machine better, and made their machine with the community improvements. Fantastic idea, and excellent execution. I believe the printer is best for intermediate enthusiasts. As a beginner, I was a bit lost at first, but the community and CS made it much easier to dive in. It is incredibly versatile, printing almost any filament, and making modding a part of the community. My main issue has been getting the plate to level properly. I'll have it at perfect distance on the whole plate, except for the front left side.. trying all kinds of combinations of knob turning, sometimes the prints stick on that side, sometimes they don't. Some in the community have suggested getting a new plate, maybe mine is warped.. tape, idk. I planned to pick up a couple different plates, so we will see if that helps my consistency at all. The printer is loud. There is no way around it. Part is the door rattling during printing, the other is the motors combined with the cooling fans (the fans are fine, the motors are louder than most). So it's not a living room printer :-D It'll do fine in a room where you won't have something else to listen to without headphones lol. Some have complained about the included software, it will work with other printer software, some say they get better results using other software, I can't say either way. All I can say is I am a beginner, and I've used nothing but the FlashPrint software, and my prints come out fine. It seems like it slices the models for the printer just fine, and I've had no problems that I can identify to do with the software. Since there are so many options on this printer (a good thing) it's a lot to take in at first, especially for a beginner. The printer works great though for all levels of experience. Having never touched a 3D printer before to build something, I was able to unpack, put together, level, and print one of the test prints with no problems at all. I proceeded through the other 2 test prints no problem, and the prints worked great! The only filament I've tested so far is ABS, and have made some great prints. Please go to the community for help if you need it (shoot even if you feel you don't need it) they've got suggestions and ideas you may not have thought of, they are all awesome there, and will help you figure out the settings you don't understand (cuz if you go into advanced mode, there are settings everywhere), and tell you what settings to leave alone lol. For the beginner printer, this isn't the best choice IMO. There are printers out there (even by the same company) that make things much more simple and plug and play, so if that's what you're looking for, this is not the printer for you. The Finder is a great beginner printer, I can't say enough good things about it, almost the perfect beginner's printer.. but as a beginner you can comfortably order the Pro and still produce amazing prints. You'll have a bit of a learning curve when it gets to more complicated prints, and changing filament types, with the temperatures involved, rafts, walls, dual extruders.. there are a lot of factors to learn. You just have to be willing to ask for help when you need it, and like I said before, the FlashForge and the 3D printing community in general is great, and always willing to help and give advice. So don't let it scare you, if you feel this is a hobby you'll be into for a while, and are willing to take the time to learn all it takes, this is one of the most solid printers out there, with so many bells and whistles. Been very happy with FlashForge as a company. You can learn all of the options this printer gives you, and make use of them, just take the time to learn. You will fail, a lot, but you will not regret buying this printer. It's monster ability for the price, it just takes some practice to get the results you want out of it. I will update once I've tried other types of filaments, maybe a month or 2 to see how I'm still liking it, but I will report back to tell you how it has evolved. I am sure of one thing though, the FlashForge Creator Pro is a great 3D printer.

Great 3D Printer! If your thinking about getting one... Get this one.

I have had this printer for about a week now and I couldn't be more happier. Well actually I could.. I have had some issues with printing over the USB cable to the computer. Sometimes about half way through the print, it would just stop printing. I thought it could be power saving mode on the USB ports or maybe something to do with a screensaver. So I switched from my laptop to a desktop and the same thing happened. I have not tried a different cable, but I suppose that could be something that is causing issues. However when using the SD card to print via the printers on board SD slot I have had no such issues. Both of the print heads seem to have already been calibrated and leveled. EDIT: It has been a few months since this review and to be honest I find that only using the SD isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Before I had to have a dedicated computer hooked up to the printer for however long the print would take. Sometimes that could be days. So being able to use the SD Card instead of the cable is awesome. I have been able to print out Ninjaflex but the speed at which the extruder moves has to be slowed way down in order to print with NinjaFlex Mostly I use PLA with this printer. I would recommend buying a piece of borosilicate glass to add onto the heated print bed. ATTN those who order this printer from Amazon. When I originally ordered mine there was a $150 rebate form that you could fill out to receive a rebate. So I filled it out and mailed it in within the time frame stated. Just recently I made contact with Flashforge and I was told I could not receive the rebate due to the fact that I bought the printer through Amazon. So just FYI to those who purchase thinking that they will have those rebates honored.

Great 3d printer

This is a great 3d printer, if you want the least amount of hassle and the shortest learning curve, this is the one. My only strong recommendation, is that you buy simplify 3d with it. 3d printing takes much trial and error. Different filaments, different temp settings, different slicing software, etc etc. FFCP takes a lot of that out of the equation. My recomendendations: 1. Buy Simplify 3d 2. Start with PLA. ABS can be very difficult to master and the benefits are few over PLA 3. Use Hatchbox filaments. This is very important. Heat bed to 60 deg, and use 205 for filament. Buy it here from Amazon. Wait for Prime stocks so you don't over pay. 4. 3d prints of high quality take a long time to print. Avg 6 hrs. However, once you see a HQ 3d print, you will never want to use anything else. Bottom line: patience. 5. Level the bed very well before you print. I cannot stress this enough. LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL ! 6. Make sure the first things you print are a filament feeder and a bigger spool feeder. Go on Thingverse for STL plans. You will these before you do anything else. 7. You will almost never use the dual extruders. The only benefit is that you can use two filaments of different types ready to go. 8. Always unload the extruder if you are not going to use the printer for more than a week. 9. Keep the door and top cover on when printing. Heat retention is your friend. 10. Experiment with your slicing settings. Don't accept default values. They are typically the wrong ones for your printer. 11. Try to print things vertically. Vertical printing is always more accuarte. Even if some instruction states to print something flat, always flip it vertically. 12. After you get some time on the stock nozzles, upgrade to some micro swiss nozzles. Huge difference. Do not go full metal. It's not needed and it will screw up you temperatures. 13. The blue stock print surface works great. Don't listen to all the idiot's out there that recomend all kinds of other stuff, glass, PEI, Kapton, etc. The key is keeping your surface clean. Clean with denatured alcohol after each print. Let dry. Always use a raft. I don't care what they say about not using one. ALWAYS USE A RAFT !. When it's truly not sticking anymore replace with a new one. I get about 20 prints before I need to replace. 14. Always preheat. That is so important. Both bed and extruder. OK so here are some cons: 1. Nozzles will need to be replaced at some point. 2. The two nozzles are more than likely NOT at the same height. What this means is that one may "knock" into the other "structures" when printing and ruin the print. The solution here is either remove extruders and rebalance the nozzles or remove the nozzle of the extruder you dont use. Either solution is simple, about 10 min total time. 3. Balancing the table takes several attempts. I use feeler guages. They are more accurate. 4. Loading and unloading the filament becomes a chore, but it's something that needs to be done. 5. The table is actually small, as your appetite for bigger projects grows. You will have to get creative wit layouts. 6. The cooling could be improved. Several mods are available online. 7. Do not use the provided spools. The quality is very low and it has led to numerous clogs. Use Hatchbox for both PLA and ABS. Overall I love this printer. Yes, some things could be improved but the only 3d printer I would consider to be better than this one is the makergear m2. I also own that one. It's very good but also twice the price. I still find myself using the flashforge over the m2 more often than not. The m2 is great for bigger projects. I would recommend the Creator pro 2016 to anyone starting or wanting a more reliable 3d printer. Don't waste your money and time on anything else. I love this machine.

like most things in life

You know what they say... second time's a charm! After having bought 2 printers prior (and having returned both), I've learned one thing... like most things in life, you get what you pay for. The first was $400, and the second $700, and neither provided any form of support so I returned them both out of sheer frustration. Searching around I found the Creator Pro and according to the reviews, it was well supported. At a $900 price point though, I ordered it anyway. First, the X-axis switch arrived bent out of shape (quite literally), at a full 90 degrees! I reached out to tech support, and the infamous Tang replied with a fix, along with a video explaining everything. OK. I got the switch bent back into place. Then came the issue with the right extruder clogging almost on a daily basis. Reached out to Tang again... got it fixed. Then it was the left extruder. Got that fixed too. Each time having to take the extruder apart to clean it out. Both extruders continued to clog repeatedly, and another problem was that I couldn't print multiple parts in one shot. I'm very convinced that I got a lemon. But because of Tang's responsiveness, I decided to give FF another shot. I returned the original and ordered a replacement, and am very pleased to say that I've had no issues (absolutely zero!) with the replacement. The support that you'll get from Tang alone warrants buying this printer.

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