After spending a great deal of time with the original mini in an educational environment, I decided to order my own mini 2. Great print quality, a breeze to use, and nearly silent operation!

Coming from my Creality CR6-SE, this printer is a big step forward. I'd always appreciated my little CR6 as the printer-that-could, but this K1 Max is leaps ahead in speed, convenience, and polish. I've had no problems with it at all and it's been chewing through all the filament spools I can feed it!


B&H's price was hundreds less than what I could find elsewhere, making it a no-brainer.

Good for abs filament

I'm a STEM teacher that just started at a school with a new 3D printer. I don't have a lot of experience with 3D printing, so I was a little intimidated at first. Setting up the printer was very simple and straightforward. I started with the preset builds on the LCD screen and moved on to different designs I've found online. I had an issue with the drag and drop files feature on the print cloud, but easily worked through the solution with tech support (who was very friendly and helpful). I'm consistently impressed with the level of detail and accuracy in the performance of this model. Now I just keep surprising myself with all the ways I can infuse 3D printing into my curriculum. I've been so excited about it that my partner wants us to get one for our apartment. Very happy that my school went with this model and would recommend to both beginners and more advanced 3D printing enthusiasts.

Handled everything I threw at it. Quick startup. Printed in sla and ngen so far. Multiple colors. Swapping filaments took a little experimenting. Found it best if you cut filament at 45 degree angle before attempting to feed new spool into head. Very quiet.

Wow, what a difference in printing quality compared to the Lulzbot TAZ-6. It has network connectivity, USB support and an awesome case that makes printing ABS filament a breeze, at a very affordable price. Dremel is still supported, and for this reason, I decided to go with this ultra-reliable printer.

I have logged over 48 hours of print time on this unit since getting it ~1 week ago. I has been in production since I received it and printed exactly as expected. I have had some failed prints which were a result of setting I placed- nothing caused by the machine at all. The only complaint I have/ issue I had is that the replacement filament function tends to cause a jam in the extruder head. So instead of reversing the filament out I'll snip it and manually extrude it through while threading the new filament in after.

Honestly, if anything this has provided way to needing a larger printer with dual extrusion capabilities for new use cases. There is no doubt I will opt for the Taz Pro after truly falling in love with the Mini 2.

In conclusion 11/10 - this is a phenomenal machine and I am really proud to own one.

It made much easier to print ABS and Nylon. I own a creality and 3 prusa which I use for PLA prototypes, and I was looking for a higher end printer for final parts and dual printing. Definitely the best cost-benefit relation for my needs as it supports many materials. One E3D teflon nozzle is for PLA and the other E3Dnozzle is all metal. Decent printing area. Cloud is useful to manage and monitor prints.

We bought two these to replace a very expensive professional printer that has been slowly ending itself the last few years. We are very happy so far!

So this was my 1st 3d printer I had done my research for quite a while if you want a premium printer that can print right out the box with minimal setup and a large bed this one is for you I might just buy a second one too.