Simple Creality Ender 6 Review – Worth Buying or Not?
ByMichael DwamenaReading Time: 8 minutes
Creality has a reputation for manufacturing some of the best 3D printers on the market, and with the release of the Creality Ender 6, we can really look into whether its multitude of features is worth buying or not.
The Ender 6 is a serious contender in the FDM 3D printing market with some unique upgrades that really make it attractive to 3D printer users, whether brand new to the field, or advanced with many years of experience.
Without even looking deep into the features, just the initial professional look and fully-enclosed design leaves plenty to be appreciated in a 3D printer.
The rest of this article will delve into the features, benefits, downsides, specs, what current customers are saying about the Creality Ender 6 (BangGood) and more, so stay tuned for some interesting and useful information.
The integrated all-metal frame along with the acrylic doors, blue corner connectors and acrylic open door structure gives the Ender 6 a very elegant appearance. It can seamlessly fit into any area of your home or office with ease.
I’d have to say that it is probably the best looking Ender 3D printer with plenty of great design and manufacturing put into it. That’s the first thing I noticed when looking at this machine.
Semi-Closed Build Chamber
Now besides the looks, we have to look at the actual features of this 3D printer, with the semi-closed build chamber.
You have transparent acrylic open doors which can protect against drafts and can ever so slightly stabilize printing temperature, although heat can easily escape out the open-top.
I’m sure you can manage to cover the top with something to keep the heat in to fully enclose this 3D printer rather than have it be semi-closed.
Stable Core-XY Structure
The amazing print speeds of up to 150mm/s can be achieved due to the stable Core-XY mechanical architecture. Straight out of the box, without tinkering, you can print extremely fast along with a high quality resolution of 0.1mm.
When taking the price into account, the Ender 6 really does an amazing job to keep the most important features of a 3D printer, being the output quality.
Large Printing Size
As long as we have the space, we all love a large build volume on our 3D printers. The Ender 6 features a build volume of 250 x 250 x 400mm which is more than enough for most of your 3D print designs and models.
It’s perfect for your rapid prototyping needs! The Ender 5 comes in at just 220 x 220 x 300mm, so I’m sure you can appreciate the increase in build volume for this 3D printer.
4.3in HD Touchscreen
It comes with an HD 4.3 inch touchscreen which operates on the 6th version of the user interface system. This touchscreen display is very easy to operate, and gives you a wide range of visual capabilities to adjust or view your printing parameters and much more.
Ultra-Silent Printing
Older style 3D printers were known for being very loud, to the point where many people in a household would be disturbed. It’s now more common practice to use silent drivers to significantly reduce printing noise.
The Ender 6 (BangGood) comes with a custom-built ultra-silent motion controller TMC2208 chip, imported from Germany, ensuring that your 3D printer gives smooth movements and sounds under 50dB.
Branded Power Supply
A branded power supply is great for ensuring a consistent level of supply throughout your prints, as well as a smooth operating heat. With a 3D printer of this size, having higher sustained power is important for success.
Resume Printing Function
Rather than have a power outage or filament breakage ruin your print, the Ender 6 can automatically resume power. This is a lot better than worrying about printing failures, which happen from time to time.
Filament Run-Out Sensor
Similar to the resume printing function above, the filament run-out sensor acts as a smart detection device which suspends printing until new filament is fed through the system.
Larger build platforms usually mean more potential for longer prints and filament running out, so this is a great feature to have on your Ender 6.
Neat Wire Arrangement
The neatly arranged wire system is done in a hassle-free way, which is also mimicked in the assembly of the Ender 6 3D printer. Maintenance is made that much easier with a seamless design.
It’s almost an out-of-box machine that you can get started with fairly quickly.
Carborundum Glass Platform
The carborundum glass platform has amazing heat-resistance, as well as thermal conductivity, so your 3D printer heats up quicker than other types of build platforms, and you get better print adhesion.
Another upside of this glass platform is getting a seriously smooth bottom/first layer after your print finishes! Defeat curved build platforms and warping of your prints with this high quality build platform.
Large Rotary Knob for Leveling
Rather than having those smaller bed leveling knobs, this 3D printer has larger rotary knobs which translates to easier access to leveling your bed platform.
Extra convenience when leveling is always appreciated, so you can save some time and energy in the long run.
Benefits of the Creality Ender 6
Very quick 3D printing speed, 3X faster than the average 3D printer (150mm/s)
Great print precision at just +-0.1mm
Easy to remove prints afterwards
Dual-drive extruder
Quiet stepper motors
Comes with a semi-enclosure which protects prints from drafts
Downsides of the Creality Ender 6
Fans can be quite noisy
Release is fairly new at time of writing, so there aren’t many upgrades or profiles to be found.
The way the top of the Ender 6 is designed, it’s not too easy to cover the top, making it not ideal for ABS.
Bed can require alignment often if assembly hasn’t been done up to standard.
Some people have reported the enclosure plexiglass holes didn’t line up too well, so you may have to drill holes.
Similar issue with the front door not lining up, which ended up needing a small adjustment.
One user had touchscreen errors, but taking apart the connectors and re-plugging it got it to work/
Plexiglass is prone to cracking if you over-tighten the bolts
Have had reports of filament breaking with retractions
Specifications of the Creality Ender 6
Machine Size: 495 x 495 x 650mm
Build Volume: 250 x 250 x 400mm
Resolution: 0.1-0.4mm
Print Mode: SD Card
Product Weight: 22KG
Maximum Power: 360W
Output Voltage: 24V
Nominal Current (AC): 4A/2.1A
Nominal Voltage: 115/230V
Display: 4.3-inch touchscreen
Supported OS: Mac, Linux, Win 7/8/10
Slicer Software: Cura/Repetier-Host/Simplify3D
Printing Materials: PLA, TPU, Wood, Carbon Fiber
File Formats: STL, 3MF, AMF, OBJ, G-Code
Customer Reviews on the Creality Ender 6
When looking at what customers are saying about the Ender 6, you can mostly see glowing reviews, but there are some smaller issues that arise here and there.
For the most part though, they love how an Ender 3D printer finally comes with an acrylic enclosure chamber. One user mentioned how it looks similar to the Ultimaker 2, yet also performs to a very high standard.
Print quality straight out of the box was exceptional for many users, and the speed is top class. The TMC2208 chip leaves the 3D printer to operate in a very silent manner, with only the fans being heard.
You can upgrade to silent fans also if desired. There are tons of features jam-packed into the Ender 6 and all for a more than reasonable price!
I think the biggest downsides are how new the 3D printer is, so with a little more time, these smaller kinks and troubles will be worked out as Creality usually does!
Once there are more users purchasing the Ender 6 and designing upgrades, as well as giving users pointers, it will truly be a top of the line 3D printer for people to enjoy. Creality always has a large community of individuals who love tinkering with their machines.
There hasn’t yet been one bad review of the Creality Ender 6 3D printer, so I would take that as a great sign!
Verdict – Worth Buying or Not?
The Creality Ender 6 takes many of its technical parts from the well-loved Ender 5 Pro 3D printer, but adds plenty of build volume, a semi-open acrylic enclosure and many other improved components throughout the machine.
When you’re getting an upgrade of an already well-designed machine, you are going to mostly see praises.
Looking at the price point of the Ender 6, I can truly say it is a 3D printer worth buying, especially after we get some more community love for it. I’m sure there will be plenty of upgrades and mods that you can implement after some time.
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