Creality CR-10 MAX 3D Printer

It is well-known fact that Creality 3D, over just a few short years, have become some of the world leaders within the industry of Hobbyist 3D Printing. In fact, there are very few 3D Makers out there who haven’t yet heard of the Creality Name, the CR-10 or Ender 3 models, or perhaps the incredible value for money that Creality strive for. However, if you’ve loved Creality 3D Printers like we have since they first made the Creality brand a household name with their classic Creality CR-10, then you’re going to be blown away by their latest model: The Creality CR-10 MAX.

The Creality CR-10 MAX, despite the name, is the most recent addition to the CR-10S Pro Series, and is the culmination of the past two years of market-leading 3D Printer designs, all refined and distilled into one of the most amazing 3D Printers that we’ve ever had the pleasure of using. And in learning from over two years of reviews, user feedback and oftentimes assistance from some of leading minds in the 3D Printing world, The Creality CR-10 MAX is ready to blow away the competition!

So What Makes The Creality CR-10 MAX so Great?

Well, I’m glad you asked, because there’s a lot about this machine that proves it’s more than just a hobbyist 3D Printer, even though the price still falls within the hobbyist price range, and the first factor that comes to mind would have to be the incredible size. Featuring a massive build volume of 450x450mm squared and 470mm high, the CR-10 MAX is ready to print LARGE straight out of the box, with the included Z-Axis Stabilisers to ensure you don’t even have to do any modifications in order to utilise that MAX size that it offers. This, of course, is complemented by all of the fantastic new features that were refined and polished from the CR-10 Series, Ender Series and most recent Pro Series, with only the best of these making it to the final design.

But enough talk! Let’s get into the juicy details now, and explore some of the most exciting features that you can expect to find on the Creality CR-10 MAX:

• Bondtech-Certified Dual-Drive Extruder System – With Creality providing legitimate certifications and documents from Bondtech, we are excited to get confirmation that these are in fact made by one of the leading extruder system manufacturers in 3D Printing. As such, you can expect premium quality extruding, with certifiable non-slip grip, to ensure that your feeding, driving and retracting is always on-point, accurate and fast!
  
  
• Official Print-Ready BLTouch Bed Levelling Sensor – After trying a good range of different sensors on a variety of different models, we’re glad to let you know that Creality seem to have finally settled on the Official BLTouch Auto Bed Levelling Sensor. And unlike a few previous models, which required some modifications and tinkering to get these sensors to work, the BLTouch on the CR-10 MAX comes ready to print and very capable straight out of the box. So say goodbye to frustrating bed levelling, and say hello to perfect squish factor for every print, with an official BLTouch Bed Levelling Sensor that’s ready to go from the moment your new 3D Printer is set up.
  
  
• Dual-Driven Y-Axis Heatbed Belt Rails – With such a large bed, it’s usually prudent to be concerned about the heavy inertia and weight that the Y-Axis motors have to carry around. Fortunately though, Creality have already learned from their Creality CR-10 S5, and have made sure that the CR-10 MAX is well-equipped to handle heavy loads. Featuring dual-driven belts on the 450x450mm bed to make Y-Axis motion smoother and more stable, this ultra-sturdy design results in fewer artifacts on prints, better overall print speeds, and greatly reduced chances of layer shifting on massive prints.
  
  
• Dedicated 24V Heatbed Power Supply – When delivering such high levels of power between various components, unexpected problems can sometimes arise, and some of these are simply due to the high currents creating electro-fields that can affect other components in the system. For this reason, Creality have taken safety and precautionary standards to a nice new level with a dedicated power supply just for the massive heatbed. This means fewer potential ESD problems, less stress about electrical faults, as well as the extra benefit of substantially faster heating times – ensuring you can get to printing your new design quickly and efficiently without any time wasted.
  
  
• Synchronised Dual-Driven Z-Axis Leadscrews – With the design of the CR-10 MAX, Creality are expecting users to print BIG, and the Dual-Driven Z-Axis Leadscrews are a definite sign of this. While many smaller 3D Printers typically feature only one leadscrew to drive the entire gantry, the CR-10 MAX is equipped with two leadscrews and individual stepper motors to drive each one. This ensures that you can enjoy precision accuracy over thousands of prints without ever having to worry about the gantry drooping over time or losing accuracy from missed steps over multiple prints. Instead, you can rest assured that these leadscrews, when working together, are much more capable than is even necessary, and will last for months or even years with little to no problems ever arising – offering precision accuracy that's ready to deliver whenever you’re ready to Make.

After enjoying some time with this beautiful machine, we’re confident in saying that this is certainly the very best 3D Printer that Creality have ever produced, and it is certainly going to rival even some of the Professional-Grade 3D Printers on the market. With an almost excessively large build volume, incredibly high quality features, as well as out-of-the-box print-ready upgrades installed and integrated before the machine even lands on your doorstep, we can’t really imagine any ways in which to make the Creality CR-10 MAX better.

So, if you’ve been saving up and waiting for the next great model so that you can get involved in the 3D Printing community and really dive in head-first into 3D Making, we guarantee that you won’t be disappointed in The Creality CR-10 MAX.

Our Final Verdict on The Creality CR-10 MAX:

In carrying forward a good range of amazing features that have been developed and refined in the recent Creality CR-10S Pro, the Creality CR-10 MAX actually outshines almost every 3D Printer that we’ve had the opportunity to test for ourselves. In fact, while there were a few small factors from the CR-10S Pro that we weren’t entirely happy with, this newer CR-10 MAX has effectively remedied all of these, making it the new (very impressive) Flagship model for the world-renowned Creality Brand.

In terms of upgrades when compared to the CR-10S Pro – which was an major shift into higher quality branded parts, as well as improvements gleamed directly from user feedback – the CR-10 MAX has not only refined, but also improved on the fantastic upgrades introduced with the Pro Range of Creality machines. For this reason, we originally wanted to label this printer as a “CR-10 S4 Pro”, but after subjecting the machine through rigorous tests and difficult demands (we like to torture these machines and see what they’re capable of) we simply cannot find anything wrong with this finely crafted piece of beautiful technology.

So, as a final verdict, we are exceptionally excited that we were lucky enough to be some of the first in  South Africa  The World to test out the Creality CR-10 MAX, and we're even more excited to let you know that we will definitely be stocking it in SA with our full seal of approval, as well as our commitment to comprehensive support. Not only did it live up to the high expectations that we’ve come to expect from Creality 3D, but it actually surpassed these expectations both in terms of quality, as well as in terms of the MASSIVE 450x450x470mm build volume that the Creality CR-10 MAX boasts.

Additional Note: For what may be the first time in Creality's history of creating 3D Printers, the initial demo unit was perfect, and required no additional iterations or changes before Creality shipped out the entire first batch. As such, you can expect these beautiful machines to operate perfectly from the get-go, which is a feature that only a handful of hobbyist 3D Printers can actually boast.

Although Creality 3D have been working within the industry since 2014, their addition of the Creality CR-10 series is what really catapulted them to the front line of competition, as it offered substantially better quality compared to other 3D printers – while simultaneously reducing the cost and complexities of the machines.

The quality of Creality’s 3D Printers and accessories shows through in their market history, with the brand selling around 3000 printers in their first year on the market, followed by about 10,000 sales over the next year. Now, Creality easily sells around 30,000 or more 3D printers each year, with sales continuously rising as they bring out more models. These are impressive numbers when considering the fact that they entered the industry as unknown competitors, quickly rising through the ranks and now even competing with Wanhao and similar top brands.

If you are looking for excellent 3D Printers that offer affordability without compromising on quality, Creality 3D is certainly a brand that you should take note of. From the basic Creality Ender 2 all the way up to the large build volume Creality CR-10 S5, there are few other brands who are capable of offering such a refined package while still maintaining some of the most enticing prices in the industry.