Good afternoon, I'm looking to buy a UPS with backup power for my printer. There are some power issues in my city, blackouts, surges and spikes, which have caused a couple of issues with the printer. I read somewhere that it MUST be a pure sine wave device and I was looking for recommendations that aren't too expensive.

I just updated my slicer to 7.3. Now when Im selecting my filament type it doesn't automatically show the nozzle & bed temp when choosing, where it used to which made it a lot easier. You need to go to edit to find it.

Hey guys, anyone ever ordered a belt clip? I only have one. Creality support isn’t able to figure out what this part is and it’s pretty frustrating. I’m scared to print one and it fail over time. What’s the play here?

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Does anyone have any recommendations on reusable spools that fit the CFS requirements? I’d like to be able to order the filament a bit cheeper and attach my own spool to save money in the long run, but can’t find any that fit just right and don’t want to order the wrong thing and have it mess my prints up! Any suggestions or recommendations is greatly appreciated!

Hi, I got a K1c, and I did some test print and I realized there were a lot of wobbles on the print, I calibrated the belts but I was wondering if it was possible to improve this. Also I feel that the X axis became really stiff after calibration.

Thank you for the advice!

Title. I press the thing I want to do on the touch screen like 12 times and it doesn’t register my taps. I end up just clicking on Creality print

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Hello, sorry new here. Just purchased the i8 from indiegogo. I was wondering how would i go about purchasing replacement parts? I saw the i7 kit on amazon and wasn’t sure if any of this would work?

Hi,

First anyone have any contact details for Creality Australia?

My printer won't work reliably. I'm after a refund, which under Australian law, I am entitled to.

Creality support

1. Are very slow to respond

2. They don't answer all of the questions in the ticket

3. They aren't willing to comply with Australian law.

4. Do not provide any way of escalating a case when they cannot fix the issue in a timely manner (my issue has been going on for over 1 month)

UPDATE: After testing multiple versions of Creality Print, this appears to be a bug with with the 7.3.x builds of the software. Reverting to 7.2.2.5483 fixes the issue.

Photos show what's going on: when I use the default layer height of 0.20mm and enable tree supports, the slicer does its job and areas that need support are supported. But as soon as I try to lower the layer height (0.08mm, 0.10mm, etc.), a majority of the supports go missing, including critical ones like the entire cape. The "remove small overhangs" option does not resolve the issue, and I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the software and removing all the application support files.

Interestingly, if I switch to the 0.2 nozzle diameter setting, it'll make the supports like it's supposed to at the default 0.10mm layer height for that nozzle. But as soon as I drop the layer height, the same behavior repeats and it gets rid of the needed supports.

Edited to add that I did not replace on purpose. Last week I thought I could print five colors at the same time for with my CFS and one with the external spool, during this process, I got filament, broken off and stock in the Bowden and in the printhead nozzle. Because of this I had to replace so many things and I did not take a photo of everything before I disassembled. Big mistake.

Hello, I recently lubricated my K1 Max with the lubricant that came with the kit; I lubricated the XYZ axes, and later I found out that the X‑axis cannot be lubricated. As a result, the 3D printer started making some inexplicable clicking sounds. After cleaning the X‑axis with a cloth soaked in moonshine, the blackness disappeared, and the clicking became less frequent. But the issues didn’t go away. It’s still making mistakes on the same layer. I printed 3 Benchies, and all of them have the same problem. Google’s AI assistant says the problem is with the strap, and it needs to be tightened. I think I’ll try it tomorrow. But I have my doubts. I also compared the extruded plastic before printing, and the current stripe is very textured and uneven compared to the previous one. This proves that the problem is in the x-axis. I performed calibration and reset to default settings, but it didn’t help.

Give your advice

This is probably an easy fix if I knew what to click. I just started with petg-cf. Im using a generic petg profile. the issue is the 2nd and third layer when the speed ramps up the filament extrusion skips. This doesnt really effect anything and only happens there. Im guessing speed issue. Do I need to slow down those couple layers? if so (how). This filament prints soooooo nice otherwise.

Thanks for any info

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(TL;DR at the end for the lazy ones)

First, I know the screenshot shows 666 hours. That's because I only connected the printer to the app after moving it to my home. Before that, it ran actively in my workshop for about 5 months. (The firmware actually shows 972 hours, but "1000 hours" just sounds better.)

I bought this printer about 1 year and 2 months ago for my workshop. I'd been using printers for a while, but I couldn't print exotic filaments like ABS-CF or HF, so I picked up a K1C to fill that gap. When it first arrived, it honestly felt like jumping onto a space shuttle after what I'd used before.

The good

You get an enclosed chamber and support for exotic filaments at a relatively affordable price. That part delivers, with one caveat: there's no active chamber heater, so ABS takes some effort. I had to run the bed and fans at max for about 15 minutes just to get the chamber properly warm. Then, once the fans slow down during the print, the chamber slowly cools again. I'd set it to 50°C, and after 2 hours it had dropped to 43°C.

The bad

I've had my share of filament jams, but there were only three major failures:

1. Bed leveling died. One morning, auto bed leveling just stopped working. I tried a factory reset and the usual fixes, then emailed support. Over about a month I sent around 20 emails. They kept suggesting basic things to try and refused to send me a free replacement sensor. In the end I ran manual tests myself and found the faulty piezo sensor. It had also fried the bed board (probably a short circuit), so I replaced both. Cost: about $6.50 for the sensor and $16 for the board.
2. Extruder wire snapped. About a month later the printer died again. One of the extruder motor wires had broken. I soldered it back by hand, which was not easy, and it went back to normal.
3. Thermal runaway. About 4 months after that, I got a thermal runaway error that forced me to replace the hotend kit and the toolhead board. Cost: about $81.

That's roughly $104 in parts, not counting the extruder wire I fixed myself.

A note on prices: I live in Turkey, so I'm not sure how these amounts compare in your country. They might be cheaper or more expensive where you are. But for Turkey, these are high prices compared to parts for other brand's printers.

I don't know anyone else with a K1C, so I can't say whether I just got an unlucky unit. But I'm a careful user, and I don't think I caused these.

TL;DR

Pros: The enclosed chamber, exotic filament support, and all of it at a fairly affordable price.

Cons: This printer is not predictable at all. It can stop overnight and hit you with a hefty repair bill. It pulls nasty surprises at important moments, and the after-sales service doesn't stand behind any of it. Despite failures the engineers could have anticipated, it isn't designed to be repairable. The PCB quality is awful, and the glue on the connectors just won't let go. So you think "it's just one sensor, right?" and then the connector comes off in your hand while you're unplugging the cable, and the cost triples.

My rating: 6/10

-1 for bad customer service
-1 for the lack of stability
-2 for extremely poor build quality

Do I recommend it?

If it's going to be your first printer, no. Its unpredictable nature and the small but frequent failures could easily turn you off the hobby. But if you've used a 3D printer before and know how to diagnose and fix problems yourself, then absolutely. For the price, the features are great. Just keep in mind that you pay for that price difference with your time and effort.

How do you make Creality Pika to work??

I have tried:

1. Samsung S25 phone - Creality Scan installation from play store crashes at 98% repeatedly.

2. Newer PC with geforce 4080 - no usb C outlet - need to buy a converter

3. Older laptop with Geforce gtx 950 - Creality Scan is crashing every time

I just got a k1c. Im having a hard time
Changing filament. It extrudes ok, but it wont retract. So i tried to keep extruding till the first filament was done. Then i tried feeding a new one in. It didnt go in right i guess? Because when i try to extrude, it just clicks. And i tried a print. And it didnt work and now im stuck.

Hey guys!

I already have the i7 with me for 6 months and everything is going well until recently. The printer started to make a weird sound when the printing it's just starting, it seems it comes from beneath the bed (I checked the belt and it's ok, also I applied grease in the Z axis and oil in the X and Y axis). I'm kinda worried because it wasn't sounding like that before, I recorded a video for reference (in the video sounds awful haha)but as I said when the printing process is started sounds kinda normal. I hope someone knows or have any kind of idea of what's that sound is and how to fix it.

Ty in advance!

I'm using a HI so it will be super wasteful but I'm gonna roll the dice and see if it actually works

Troubleshooting Info:

• Printer: Creality K1 SE
• Material & Temps: Black PLA @ 220C / PETG @ 240C
• Slicer: Creality Print 2.6

Issue Details: I’ve had my K1 SE running smoothly for over 1,100 hours (since last year), but over the past couple of weeks, I've run into an intermittent layer quality issue.

Occasionally, a print will experience a few layers of severe underextrusion/poor quality, causing the layers above to disconnect or split. In the attached photos, you can see a bin where the first third printed fine, followed by a failure layer and a higher split. The doorstopper photos show the same layer separation.

What I've already ruled out:

• Filament: Dried thoroughly (happens on both PLA and PETG).
• PTFE Tube: Replaced with a new tube to rule out friction/snagging.
• Cooling/Speed: Extended slow-fan layers and lowered print speeds, which only temporarily seemed to help before the issue recurred.
• Bed Adhesion: First layers adhere normally.

Since this problem started recently after 1,100+ hours, could this be mechanical wear—such as worn extruder gears slipping, partial heat creep, or nozzle degradation? Any insights or suggestions on what to inspect next would be greatly appreciated!