Ender 3 S1 Pro

[pgrbff]

My Ender 3 V2 was put away because the results were inconsistent and I was spending too much time on forums and not always getting the best advice.
I have asked a few questions about getting my Ender 3 V2 working here, and a few upgrades have been suggested.
It turns out that doing the upgrades, dual axis, Direct Dual-Gear-Extruder, Sprite or micro swiss, with hot end, and a CR touch will cost 50 euro short of an Ender 3 S1 pro.
The question is, does the latter work out of the box? Or does it need lots of tinkering?

 

[cgarry]

I upgraded my original Ender 3 to within an inch of its life. It is now a very capable and reliable printer. I did the upgrades over a long time period so I did not notice the drip drip of funds into the printer though.

My advice to you would be to buy a Sovol SV06 rather than an Ender 3 S1 pro. It is cheaper and appears to have better reviews than the Ender 3 S1 pro. If the reviews I have seen are anything to go by the SV06 works great out of the box without any messing around.

 

[sploo]

It's difficult to know for sure (in terms of tinkering), but it also depends on what you want to use the printer for. I'm still running the original extruder + hot end (on my Ender 3 v2) albeit with some mods) and it's fine for PLA and PETG. It (being a Bowden setup) will not work for flexible filaments, and the whole thing isn't ideal for any exotics (carbon fibre nylon etc).

As you already have an Ender 3 V2 I'd suggest focussing on the areas that caused you issues; additions such as better bed springs and a CR or BL Touch are not particularly expensive, and will make a huge difference to first layer consistency.

From there I'd highly suggest a magnetic flex plate bed (I wouldn't be without one).

 

[AndyMc]

I have an Ender 3 S1 Pro and was able to print pretty much out of the box. Auto bed levelling seems to need a bit of assistance (there's a couple of useful YT videos on that) and printing more complex shapes such as screw threads may need other parameters setting. I had to drop to 0.1mm resolution and play with the nozzle temp to get that to work. Getting a cover may also be useful, print quality seems sensitive to drafts and dust and I had to take mine out of the workshop and put it back in the house after printing quite a bit of spaghetti.