FLSUN Super Racer - 200 mm/s Fast 3D Printer, 2800 + mm/s², FDM Delta 3D Printer with self-Leveling Resume 1.75 PLA DIY 3D Printers Print Size Φ260 x 330 mm. (SR)

I got the Q5 at the end of July.  It's now the end of January, so this review is after about half a year of ownership and pretty heavy use.   This printer was a gift for my younger son who was about to enter high school with a robotics program and team.   My older son (an engineering major in college) has a lot fof 3d printing experience from school, but my younger son and i are total newbs.  This was our first 3d printer.  Since then we added an Ender 3V2 (black friday special) and a Sovol SV01.  So i'm writing this review with about half a year of "experience" total, and two other popular printers to compare to.Q5 Assembly and first print(s).Super easy.  FLSun did a great job of seeding review units to some youtubers (although not the best known ones), and just about every video included a detailed walkthrough of the assembly.  My younger son watched a couple of those and had the thing up and running in under half an hour, and he was specifically going slow because it was his first time building.Once build, initial setup is just as easy.   Auto leveling was a breeze.  Attach the little sensor to the magnet, and about 5-6 minutes later you're done.  The printer then prompts  you to take off the sensor and to adjust the Z height (another minute if that) and that's it.  Ready to print. It took another 4-5 minutes for everything to warm up, so about a 45 minute total from opening the box to seeing the first layer laid down.  All done by a 14 year old newb purposely going slow.   Like i said - super easy.Print quality is surprisingly good.The elephant and the nut/bolt combo that came on the SD card looked great to me, but then again this was my first experience with a 3d printer so i didn't exactly have a point of reference.  The big surprise was how much my older son (the engineering student) was impressed by the prints.   Immediately after the first two prints from the card finished, he sliced up his own models that he previously printed in the college lab using a Raise3D printer.   He's the type that doesn't care about finish, and is all about accuracy and proper tolerances.   After measuring and re-measuring his prototypes, he declared the printer to be "good".    Tiny desk footprint.It's only after i got the other two printers that i truly started appreciating just how little room the Q5 takes up on a desk or a counter.   My other printers tend to "spread out".  They need room for a display on one side, the spool on the other side, plus the room and clearances needed for the bed to move back and forth etc.   The Q5 is completely self contained in a triangle with 13" (about) sides.   It takes up no room compared to my other printers, and is much easier to move around.It turned out to be a workhorse.Both my kids' high school and college have well equipped labs with some of the best commercial printers on the market from Makerbot etc.  But due to the pandemic everything is online so they had no access to them.   Between the two of them, they worked this printer like a mule.   I had some things i wanted to print, and wife had discovered that this thing can make some great looking planters, so there came a point where to use the printer you had to fight someone "gladiator style".    We worked it hard, but it just kept on printing.Sadly, it was quickly outgrown.A 200mm diameter is not that much of a build space.  If you want to print something square, the print area is really around 140x140mm.    Because all the electronics are on top, and the bottom of the top panel is perforated letting all the hot air in - you can never properly enclose this printer.  You can put an enclosure around it, but the all electronics inside will start to bake, especially since they're on the very top where all the hot air tends to build up.    My younger son wanted a bigger build plate, while my older one wanted the ability to reliably print ABS (requires enclosure).  But that's not the big reason why the printer was outgrown.  It was due to lack of ubiquity for parts and lack of access to knowledge base and support.   As of now, one of them uses the Ender while the other one has the Sovol.  They have completely abandoned the Q5, which i don't mind - it's mine now :)Ubiquity has value. It was only after i got the Ender that i realized how much value there is in ubiquity.  Replacement and upgrade parts are much easier to find and source.  Amazon has great variety of anything and everything you could possible need.  Even my local Microcenter carries the majority of parts one would ever need to service or upgrade their Ender.  Not so with the Q5.  Some parts you can replace/upgrade just like on any other printers.  Other parts are custom and are semi-proprietary.  For example, the hotend is a V6 clone, but it's not like any other clone and has proprietary mounting.   If you wanted to upgrade your hotend to another/better clone or a real deal from E3D  you would need to perform some "metal surgery".  Holes will need to be drilled and tapped in metal etc. Not impossible, but not an easy procedure and one that required tools that we don't have.   Flsun does have a store where they sell spare parts, and their prices are pretty good.  But shipping is slow, and since some of the parts cannot be found elsewhere - you will have no choice but to wait a while for a replacement.  For example, my Q5 needed a replacement heating block - a $1 part on FLSun's website.   At the moment it's out of stock.  There are no compatible replacements available on Amazon (according to Flsun support).  I did get in touch with their support and they will be shipping me a new block, but it will take two weeks to arrive.   Had i needed a heating block for an Ender, i could take a ride to Microcenter and have it on hand in like 20 minutes.  Like i said - there is value in ubiquity.Lack of access to knowledge base and lack of community outside of Facebook.The "good stuff" is on Facebook.  Firmware, test files, and all kinds of documentation and help from other users is on the Flsun facebook group.  The group, from what i hear, is a phenomenal resource.    However, this printer was bought for a 14 year old.  He's not on facebook and neither is his brother. Both have no desire to join , and i don't blame them.    I left facebook years ago.  The only one in our family that still uses FB is grandma.   Having to give up private information to an evil corporation just to get some help with a 3d printer seems unnecessary.   The lack of community and knowledge base outside of facebook was by far and  away the biggest reason my kids eventually abandoned this printer.Getting a hold of support is tricky.Even if you do use Facebook, the help there can only go so far.  If a part fails and you need warranty service, you will need to get in touch with the company.   This is much more difficult then it should be.  There came a point where our printer developed "amnesia" and would forget settings like auto-leveling and Z height after a power off/on.   I tried emailing support about the problem a number of times over a course of a few months.  None of my emails were answered.   I eventually did get a hold of support by contacting the seller through Amazon, who gave me a name i needed to add on Skype.  If you do need support from them, don't bother emailing, just contact the seller here on Amazon and they will tell you what to do.In contrast, i had no issues getting in touch with Creality when i needed support for my Ender.   Sovol was a bit slow to respond, but i didn't have to jump through hoops or use Skype to get a hold of someone.   This is one area FLSun definitely needs to improve on.This isn't to say FLSun support is bad, they are actually excellent - once you find them. It's just finding them is..... tricky.Growing pains.Young company dealing in a foreign market, so some growing pains are expected.    The engineers did a great job designing this machine.  The factory workers did an excellent job building it.  The people doing the "groceries" did an admirable job of sourcing parts that allow this thing to come in at a great price.   Customer service is ok'ish.  However, ease of access to support and knowledge base need to improve dramatically, especially since the company is actively targeting beginners.  This is a young company full of smart energetic people - i'm sure  they'll figure it out.  For now, though, be prepared to deal with some growing pains.To conclude.The obvious question is - would i buy it again, or would i recommend it to a friend etc. ?  The answer is both yes and no.No, i would not buy it again for my kids.  The lack of ubiquitous parts for upgrades and the fact that all the "good stuff" is on facebook proved to be deal breakers for them.Yes, i would buy it for me.  I don't need to print anything large, or use any exotic materials.  The printer works great for my needs.  It's small.  It's very precise. It's faster then my other printers.  It's easy to maintain and so far it has been proven very reliable.   And for the price - it's a great value.My only regret in buying the Q5 is that i didn't buy it's bigger brother the QQS-pro. If i was making a recommendation to a friend, i would advise them to consider spending a little more and get the bigger delta if they can afford it.

I've had this printer for a little over a year now, and it has been both a workhorse and a real pleasure to use. It's a little quirky in some ways - semi-proprietary firmware, somewhat primitive (and very small) touchscreen IU, and a pretty suboptimal Titan clone extruder out of the box.But overall, it's fast, durable, it produces really nice prints, it plays nicely with OctoPrint (which I use for all my printers), and it has a pretty robust feature set for the price. I've run a lot of filament through this printer - mostly PLA and PLA+, some PETG and TPU - and gotten consistently great, highly repeatable results. It definitely prefers PLA variants in my experience. PETG works, but it can take some time to get your retraction settings dialed in. Similarly, flexibles (e.g., TPU) are doable, but again, they take some tuning to get right, as is the case with any Bowden tube printer (and this one has a particularly lengthy Bowden tube given the design).I originally got this printer as more of a novelty/research platform, as my other printers are all Cartesian bed slingers. You might say I was delta-curious. ;) Turns out that delta printers are indeed pretty cool, and this one is not only a great value, it's a reliably excellent performer.PROSGood value.- Strong feature set.- Easy, guided auto bed leveling with included probe sensor.- Consistently high print quality.- Fast!- Let's be honest... delta printers just look really cool in action.CONS- Factory extruder is meh (I replaced mine with a cheap aluminum dual-gear drive extruder and never looked back).- Loooong Bowden tube - can wreak havoc on retraction and makes printing with flexibles challenging.- Firmware - you _can_ build and install base Marlin, but it's a project that's probably beyond the scope of most new 3DP users.- The factory textured glass build surface is OK, but prone to damage. (I replaced mine with a magnetic base + PEI-coated flexible steel plate system - much better IMO.)

The media could not be loaded. Estoy fascinado con esta impresora, tiene muy buenas terminaciones en las impresiones, aunque creo que el gasto de luz es mayor, pero para agregar objetos grandes es lo mejor, creo que pierdes espacio y gasto energético en productos pequeños. Adquierela no te vas a arrepentir 😌

Very easy to assemble. Very simple to use. Love the speed, love the controls, very intuitive and first layer adhesion is great!

Es de buena calidad e imprime muy bien, es rápida

La he usado ya como 8 meses y me encanta!Ningún problema, pero estoy también en una página de usuarios de estas impresoras y muchos tienen problemas sobre todo porque tensionan demasiado las bandas y/o quieren modificarla inmediatamente.No hace falta modificarlas, no es una Harley. Funciona así tal cual perfectamente

The media could not be loaded. -Bien embalado.-Calidad precio ok.-Vienen con heramientas para montarlo.-Tornillos de respuesto.-Incluie 1 Sd Card y card reader.-Incluie un rollo de filamento de calidad acceptable.-Instrucciones en ingles y videos explicativos en el sd.-Ficheros con piezas de repuesto para imprimirlo en el sd.-80% es premontada, solo tienes que montar los railes y el cabezal. Se tarda 20min en montarlo si te gusta apretar tornillos.-De momento no tengo problemas con élla, imprime bieb y se calibra facilmente.