...as long as you anticipate and enjoy creative troubleshooting (with a healthy dose of collaboration) *Updated Review* I purchased this item anticipating the need for a lot of troubleshooting (and therefore a lot of patience) and a fairly challenging learning curve. Purchase this knowing this isn't directly from Comgrow, but rather a Comgrow brand item from a third party vendor. If there are problems, do not contact Comgrow directly; instead, contact the seller via Amazon. They do assist with troubleshooting over e-mail. The attractive thing about this specific printer was the base printable size. I don't think I will be printing anything that large... but I wanted to keep my options open (having three geeky sons, I anticipate eventually printing bigger things). A larger print bed size probably makes it much more critical to level the printer well prior to printing. The nice thing about the officially released Ender-3 Max is the fact that Creality DID listen to input from early reviewers of the beta product and added certain things that were recommended-- ie a silent motherboard, tempered glass bed, high-quality springs, large ergonomic levelling knobs, and (axis) limit stops. Additionally, it comes mostly preassembled (and preassembled well: things are tightened and put into place properly), most likely to safely ship this massive beast of an Ender 3 in as compact as a box as they could possibly squeeze it into. One should be warned that there was a faulty batch that was sent to this seller, so it was no fault of the seller him- or herself. The Max does not have an adjustable Z-stop: instead, you have to screw them into predetermined holes... and on an unfortunate batch of the Ender 3 Max printers, these holes were predrilled too high on the vertical beam. The seller was able to come up with a working solution that was gleaned off of the earlier incarnations of the Ender 3. I'm sure this issue has been resolved by now... but if you find yourself having bed levelling issues where the springs are loosened to the point that they are completely decompressed and you no longer have anymore space to loosen them because your knob has reached the bottom of the screws... contact the seller, as they know what the solution is. When printing with the included filament, some of the filament was either tangled or broken in pieces, and the filament sensor didn't detect it... so the printer kept on trying to print without any filament coming out. The first superficial "fix" was getting a nicer spool of filament... but I keep on fearing that one day, a piece might break, and the printer won't sense that it is missing filament. For the price, the size, the nice components, the mostly preassembled product, and the assistance (as well as the foreknowledge that it would take quite a bit of time and troubleshooting to learn how to use this printer well), I'd give this printer a 4.5 stars, but rounded up to a 5 due to how committed the seller was to making this product work. This is a pretty nice printer to work with as a first printer, especially if you have a bit of technical inclination and like figuring things out.

So I got this to make a few gifts for family and when I got it all set up I was glad to see it all working well till I could not level the bed. The Z end stop switch is mounted to high. If it has just been a touch lower I could get a good print off. To bad it is ******* into the frame and not on say a t nut that can be adjusted up or down. I would like to know what sizes I will need to at this in so I can get a test print off. Update: I still have the printer and it is working wonderfully after I used two t nuts and two M3 screws to move it down. I went looking online for and fixes others has with the ender 3 max and menu has the same complaints and listed what they used to fix it. The issue is from Creality factories, they tapped the holes that the z end stop get screws into to high. I sent them a message in regards to this issue and have not heard back yet. I now have wonderful prints going.

I absolutely love it! The quality is better than expected and the print size is HUGE! As my first 3D printer I love it! It's mostly assembled so it's only a few screws. If you know what you're doing 15 minutes to build. As my first 3D printer it took my 45 minutes to make sure I did it correctly. Love it. Once I get the hang of it I'll eventually try for larger prints.