FLASHFORGE Adventurer 5M Pro 3D Printer with 1 Click Auto Printing System, 600mm/s High-Speed, Quick Detachable 280°C Nozzle, Core XY All-Metal Structure, Multi-Functional 220x220x220mm 3D Printer

Final update: As you can see from the whole message, initially there was massive disappointment when receiving this item. Fortunately it seems to have been a rare isolated incident. FlashForge has proven to have OUTSTANDING customer service/ support. They made sure I received the full refund and without waiting a month for Amazon to go through the slow process. They also offered troubleshooting solutions, which unfortunately didn’t help with this specific printer. Furthermore I spent my morning with a buddy who finally unboxed his FlashForge printer of the same model and we have been making prints together non-stop. We were set up and printing in about 15 minutes. Unlike the damaged one I received, the printer heats quickly and runs smooth. The auto level is excellent. It is so user friendly that a child can figure it out. So far today all prints have been successful and we’ve been having lots of fun. Helpful tips to get started: You can edit all the specifications after downloading the computer program.. and it is simple. (Download free prints from Printables.com or Thingiverse.com etc.) once you unzip files and open them in FlashForge you can easily choose size/scale and choose if you want it to create stands and/or a base which really help with most builds. There is a sidebar on the right hand side of the program and scrolling over each option explains what it is for. Knowing that I was refunded in full and the issues were due to damages with that specific device, I will be continuing and looking forward to doing business with FlashForge. (Opening a different model today). The quality customer service and quality product outshines their competitors for sure. Original review: Incredibly disappointed. Massive letdown.. Incredibly disappointed. Even worse, my child was let down. I’m hoping this was a problem with the individual printer but after the initial few preprogrammed prints.. not one print has been successful. Even some of the preprogrammed ones stopped working. I watched what seems like every tutorial, thinking I was doing something wrong. I wasn’t. This printer is designed specifically to be easy to understand and assemble. Unfortunately, the filament would randomly stop feeding, but the printer would continue as if it was printing. So after 35 minutes of printing.. it would stop feeding for 10-30 seconds if not completely.. making the entire print a waste. Wasted a LOT of time, wasted lots of filament, wasted all this money and lead to constant let downs. There was also a major issue with prints not sticking to the tray bed and getting lifted and taken for a ride.. taking it out of the precise location and also tangling it up when I tried very basic single and/multi-part prints. (Yes, even with the glue that they specifically provide to avoid this.) On top of that and other issues like seemingly poor heating, it doesn’t seem to be capable of printing anything that’s not just a reshaped brick. You can build the same stuff with Play-Doh molds.. I am sending it back for a refund and will most definitely be reviewing the process. I truly hope that this company will give me the full refund and takes care of their loyal customers. I am truly hoping this was a one time thing and that I have no issues with future products. — Update 1: Amazon FlashForge seller contacted me and offered a full refund. Considering many factors I don’t know if this will truly be honored/issued. They later sent a troubleshooting message. However, by then I had already tried everything and I had someone who 3D prints for a living come look at it. I was assured I need a refund. I was also told not to replace the wasted filament with my own money. If that affects the refund, then legal action will be taken (cost free for me). I purchased at least 11 spools of FlashForge brand filament, which were not cheap, and another expensive printer (from their website) which I will not open unless/until I receive full refund for this one. How they treat loyal customers will speak volumes. Which is important, especially when investing in a company with so many competitors. At this time, multiple people and two businesses (whom do big YouTube reviews on products they purchase and use) are awaiting results. I hope to and would love to come back with great news of a company that outshines the rest because the alternative would be me left disappointed and them dealing with the results of bad business. I am frustrated and concerned due to the amount of people getting ripped off online these days.

Lengthy… I apologize. I purchased this after spending several weeks researching 3D printers. Their price points are all over the place and, as to be expected, the more features they have the more expensive they run. The initial reason for wanting a 3D printer is to make custom cutters for polymer clay. After reading dozens of reviews for different printers, I decided that this model from Flashforge would meet our needs and allow for more complicated projects in the future. It arrived the day after I ordered it (yay, Prime). Nice heavy duty box and excellent packing so it arrived in pristine condition. It is an impressive looking piece of equipment and seems to be well built. Unboxing and setup took about 30 minutes and was relatively painless. The relative part came with things that even the FlashForge website doesn’t make clear. So, I’ll have a go at it. There is a fair amount of software you need. The Flashforge website has flashy descriptions of what these do but does not really say what you need to get started. To begin with, you need FlashMaker. This is an app for iPhone, iPad, or an Android device. It is available from the app stores for the related devices. You will not be able to set up the printer without it as you have to make an account to register it and finish the setup. Once you have it, the setup is fairly straightforward and the display/touch screen on the printer guides you through the process easily. It did take a few tries to get it attached to the WiFi network but patience paid off. In the full disclosure department, we am newbies. So there was the need for a 3D application that we could use to create the projects to send to the printer. We didn’t want to spend a fortune on this and after looking at all the options, I found TinkerCAD for the iPad. It is an Autodesk product (think AutoCAD), is web based (though the is an app in the Apple App Store for the iPad that connects you to where you need to be), and it is free. Granted, I am sure if you are going for heavy engineering type 3D, you probably want a higher end application and most likely a higher end printer. I watched 3 YouTube videos on TinkerCAD and I was creating 3D objects in less than an hour. You can design directly in the app though I’ve taken another route for the time being. You’ll still need this in the process though to create the .STL files you will need later. I also learned how to create designs in Procreate on my iPad that could be exported out as PNG files. These need to be converted to .SVG files to be able to use them in TinkerCAD. There are a number of free web based conversion sites available. Then there is printing. Oh boy! Flashforge talks about a number of software applications on their website but it is very unclear what you need them for. Short answer: the .STL files from TinkerCAD need to be converted to .GX files for the printer to use. The printer comes with a thumb drive (USB A) that contains a Software folder with two applications: FlashPrint 5 and Orca-Flashforge. FlashPrint 5 is, as far as I can tell, a more consumer friendly version with fewer bells and whistles than Orca. Herein is the rub. I do almost all my graphics on my iPad and these applications require a desktop/laptop computer running either Windows, MacOS, or Linux. In my case, I have a MacBook Pro running the latest version of MacOS (Sequoia 15.0.1). Much to my surprise, the applications on the thumb drive, would not install as they were considered legacy version and not compatible with my OS. The versions on the drive were updated as of 04/28/24, which was before the latest version of the MacOS was released. I tried Flashforge’s website and had the same issue. The haven’t updated the installers for the newest version. That’s when the panic set in as I was now looking at an expensive device that I could not use. Fortunately we had an older MacBook Air that we had not updated. It is running MacOS Monterey 12.6.1. Crisis averted and I got the applications installed. I was able to import the .STL file and run the slicer to produce the .GX file for printing. If I had installed Orca, I could apparently send the file to the printer via WiFi (my next project). Using FlashPrint 5, I went old school and downloaded the .GX file to the thumb drive. The printer has a USB A port. Popped in the drive, let the printer warm up, and voila! A 3D object. By the way, the HEPA filtration system on the Pro does a great job of keeping the fumes down. Other than the software installer mess, the process was relatively painless and I must say that is it a deeply satisfying experience to handle your first 3D object. In closing, this is a very cool printer and I’d recommend it to anyone who wants a reasonably priced entry level device. Save yourself a world of frustration and make sure you have: 1. Your phone or tablet with Flashmaker installed so you can setup your printer. 2. A computer with the capability of installing FlashPrint 5 and/or Orca-FlashForge* 3. And, of course, a 3D application capable of producing .STL files, which seem to be one of the most common types. Hope this overly long dissertation was helpful. *My guess is the MacOS version prior to Sequoia (MacOS 15) will work based on the dates on the installer files, but that is exactly what it is: a guess). I will be initiating a conversation with Flashforge about getting the installers updated.

Shipping was fast. Install easy. If not there is plenty of support and videos to help someone if lost. WARNING: Do not put filament sample that is shipped with this printer on its holder. Doing so may cause damage to the machine. Ask me how I know. My filament sample was wounded up and I thought I Had it completely untangled and set the filament on its designed location but since this filament doesn’t come on a roll the filament just has a mind of its own. My filament was no longer sliding and ended up becoming too tight for the printer to pull the filament to the nozzle. I may have a damaged product now because of this. We will see. And I will update weather support is helpful or not. I’m a complete amateur on 3D design and the printing process. I did run TinkerCad and was able to print a few things with a little bit of a learning curve. Without YouTube I would have been lost. Best of luck. UPDATED: It has taken time for me to learn how to design things and after a few weeks I put this printer to use. Long story short, this printer has failed me after 7 different prints. I mean actual printers where something takes 30 mins to 3 hours to complete. My failure started when I was printing things back to back trying to fine tone my design and I ended up with a lot of Filament in a large blob pile instead of any sort of design. I tried to clean the nozzle right quick and try my luck again but I only ended up with a smaller blob of plastic. I decided to give the printer a rest and to try my design again but only doing one part on the layout instead of 2 or 3. This didn't go so well. The printer didn't go home or calibrate correctly on its on and when it started to print the nozzle dug into the base plate causing deem scoring marks. I tried to buff them out and the plate is probably going to be ok for what i need out of the printer but that's not the issue now. My issue continues to be filament not coming out when changing filament. More so I cant get the printer to even print a practice cube. I've tried completely cleaning the nozzle, removed the extruder and filament completely and made sure the extruder gears are messed with no missing or broken wheel cogs or teeth and watched the gears spin and feed the filament into the nozzle. My nozzle temp gets up to 280 degrees but still things are not feeding or spray out even the smallest practice designs. I cant even get a line up mark on the base plate. This printer is supposedly suppose to be simple and great for beginners. With my background in fixing robots and machinery this thing is giving me hell. I can only hope flash forge does away with this model. I would love nothing more than my money back or a newer model this thing needs to go in the trash. I had a feeling things would go south after the issue at setup and they did.

Had this for a full year and is my 10th 3D printer and my 3rd from Flashforge. It by far is the best one I used by this brand. The speed of printing is a lot faster than any other filament printer I own. The print alignment is so easy simple push of a button it does it for you. The days of manual bed leveling is over. This thing works over wifi super easy. one of the best printers I used but there is still a few weird things. This thing designed for noobs so there not much moding available on this machine over other I have. The only thing I don't like about flashforge is their community is filled with people that no nothing about 3D printing and give advice that is way wrong and will newer users to have bad user experiences. If your not a noob user this is a great 2nd or 3rd printer or like in my case 10th printer. If you are new to 3D printing get experience by learning how over asking their commuinty.

This review is for the 5M model, not the Pro model, but they are very similar and a big plus is the ease with which this can be upgraded by the user to the Pro version. It is fully on par with similar offerings from Bambu Labs and Creality. TL;DR - There is no printer less than $600 that I would recommend. This printer is fast, extremely accurate, and trouble-free. Pros: * Blazing fast - about 4 times faster than my Ender5 * Extremely accurate. This is my 4th 3D Printer and the first one that passes various tolerance tests without a lot of tweaking (not that I was ever able to fully get there with other printers). This one passed the nickel test as well as the Tolerance Coin without any tweaks at all. * Plug and play. Only unpacking and plugging in the display, followed by automatic calibration. * Absolutely perfect bed leveling and adhesion. Supposedly application of a glue stick is required for PLA, but I have zero problems across the bed. Parts do pop off at the slightest touch when done, but so far have not come loose during printing. Perhaps taller parts may have problems that required either a gluestick or another bed plate material. * Perfect configuration for OrcaSlicer which is a good choice. * LCD display is easy to read, easy to use, and intuitive. Cons: * It is very loud. Part of it has to do with the high print speed. However, some optimization of fan noise should be investigated. Every online review I have seen speaks of the noise from the motherboard cooling fan when not printing. I do not find that noise to be that bad. What is bad is the two fans for the hotend. One is to cool the hotend and the other is to cool the part when printing PLA. I suspect both the choice of fans as well as excessive shrouding by the plastic enclosure are major contributors. UPDATE: the worst of the noise is actually from the motors and/or motion. This may be part of the high-speed nature. * No wifi support except for their own slicer (which is junk). At this writing, a fork of Orca supposedly supports wifi uploading. Also missing are various Klipper Web UIs. A fix for this may also be in the mix. UPDATE: Wifi is now supported. I can send prints directly from OrcaSlicer now. General UPDATE: After owning the printer for a few months now, and 300 hours of usage, I have upgraded my rating to 5 stars. This printer at $300 to $350 is the absolute best value and extremely reliable. No fussing is necessary to get good results. Recommendations to users: 1. I started having adhesion problems, and the supplied glue stick was worse than no glue stick. I heard that buffing the surface with ScotchBrite pad would fix it, and it did. No glue stick or anything is needed now. Adhesion is great with both PLA & PETG. I also bumped up the heated bed temps to 60 & 70 deg respectively. 2. I found I needed to print PETG at a much higher temperature - 265 degrees in order to maintain a glossy finish (which indicates the correct temp). 3. Print out the spool holder for the upgrade - it makes filament changing much easier. 4. You can add a camera from Flashforge (I did, but haven't installed it yet). 5. A nice upgrade would be a 2nd spool holder (or make the upgraded one into a dual holder) to make color swapping easier. If you don't need the run-out sensor for the 2nd color, just bypass the entire Bowden tube assembly and feed straight into the extruder. 6. For color changes, add M25 to the Change Filament G-Code in OrcaSlicer, then check the Manual Filament Change box under the MultiMaterial Tab (it took me a while to figure that out) in order to prevent the printer from pausing at the start of the print when a color change is inserted. Suggestions to Flashforge: 1. Fix the fan noise for the hotend and motor/motion noise. I am not sure if an upgrade can be made available to existing customers, but that would be nice if you can fix this problem. 2. Incorporate Klipper WebUI into the regular firmware (that can be upgraded OTA). 3. Provide replacement nozzle tips in addition to the current all-in-one nozzle. It would be nice to be able to replace this inexpensive part when needed without buying an entire new nozzle. 4. To the printer screen, add the time remaining and the current layer. 5. Add a filament swapping system. Even a simple two-filament system would be great.

This is a very nice starter printer, as I’m just getting into 3D printing. It’s is very easy to set up, I was printing within 20 minutes of opening the box. My only gripe with the printer itself, is that it will randomly enter almost a sleep mode? The touch screen and power button become unresponsive and it has to be powered off and back on by the switch on the back. The app is another complaint. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. The connection for video is like a 50/50 if it works. Randomly the printer will show as offline and cannot be connected to through the app, nor orca slicer. A power cycle fixes this however it is a pretty annoying inconvenience, especially as I like to check my prints as I’m away from home. Overall I still do think this is work the money even with the kinks, especially for a beginner. The nozzle and filament are extremely easy and fast to change out. I’ve been almost nonstop printing for nearly like two weeks now, and the only failures have come from user error (usually bad supports, or forgetting to glue the bed).

I run a small business and had been using two printers: an Elegoo resin printer (fantastic printer) for prototypes, and an Creality Ender 3 S1 (below average experience) for tools and fittings. The Adventurer 5M was added to the stable in a fit of rage and desperation incrimentally fueled daily by the Ender 3 S1. This is a review for the Adventurer, but I need to share the behavior I'd been accustomed to from my eldest workhorse, context is important. I acquired the Ender 3 new in box at the end of November 2024. The first, second, third, and fourth things it produced were various sized nests of knotted filament. The plate had no adhesion to speak of, the self leveling feature...didn't, the physical distance the nozzle was from the print bed seemed to have little concern for the numbers indicating the Z-offset. I just figured it was my own inexperience and ineptitude preventing the machine from doing it's best work. Over a time span of roughly 3 months, countless instructional videos step by step articles helped me to triangulate an almost acceptable, almost reliable combination of settings, adjustments, and physical add-ons that would allow the printer to do it's job, most of the time. The best thing about the Creality product, is that it forced me into a level of competence I never would have attained with a reliable printer. It's a lot like owning a cheap Ford: It's just barely good enough to be called a car. Since the Ender 3 was my first foray into 3d printing, I just assumed that's just how printers are: Frustratingly sensitive to EVERYTHING. A few days ago I realized the errors I was dealing with were repeating frequently enough that I knew how to counter most of the behaviors before the wheels came off (The adjustment knobs literally came off 18 hours into a rather large print last month). After steadily escalating jaw clenching frustration was no longer tenable, I tried resetting it to factory spec...which it wouldn't do, it just beeped at me like a petulent child. Fine, I thought, I'll update the firmware. A word to the anyone considering purchasing a Creality product: I would recommend against it. The firmware update process ignores the fact that most people don't wish disassemble their machine to access a port that Creality decided shouldn't be on the OUTSIDE of the machine. Also, the old addage "Keep is Simple, Stupid" isn't terribly popular in that part of China. So, after doing my best to decode the cryptic instructions that later became clear, I loaded the update onto the SD card that came with the printer (which required the card to be reformatted for some reason) and followed the instructions in the helpful readme file. The read me file was one of FIVE files included in the download. I soon discovered that you need to load only ONE of those files to upgrade the control board's firmware. The instructions were originally in Chinese and obviously passed through Google translate a few times to ensure adequate user confusion. The result? My Ender 3 S1 is now a brick. I could feel the veins in my forehead pulsing as I pulled up Amazon. I ordered the Adventurer in an act that I can only describe as "rage quitting" Creality products, never to look back. Boy am I glad I did. The new printer arrived this morning. Well played to the distributor, that was a turn around of less than 12 hours. After some minor assembly and a few downloads, the Adventurer roared to life with a happy little tune. With zero adjustments, no tuning required, no bed leveling, and no drama, the thing just works perfectly. I printed the included benchmark models one after the other with none of the abrasive behaviors Creality built into their "good enough" S1. I then switched the filament to PETG and began running calibration models. Again, perfect performance and holy cow it's fast. It's not a quiet printer, I wouldn't recemmend locating it near a sleeping child, but that's really no concern to me. I'm very pleased with my purchase.

***UPDATE*** Ok, I gave Flash Forge a second chance and I got another Adventurer 5M Pro. The features that made me get a second Adventurer 5M Pro were the filters (HEPA for UFPs and Active Carbon for VOCs) to me that was the most important feature to get a 3D printer for health reasons and then obviously the speed. The Adventurer 5M Pro had both of the features I wanted (Filtration and Speed). I am a little bit confused with how the filtration system (very important to me) works because there is none of that in the User Guide. Also, the UFP (Ultra fine particles) emitted by the printer could be PM 1.0 which are way smaller than what the included HEPA PM 2.5 filter can capture (unless i am proven wrong). So with that in mind... is this printer delivering on the filtration system they are marketing much? You be the judge but at the same time don't be fool by the feature descriptions that could be misleading. One last thing, the doors on the printer do not shut tight...UFPs and VOCs can leak out. This time the box came good with the two handles intact. I was able to open the box and set up the Adventurer 5M Pro in a breeze seriously (around 10 minutes - second time around). The auto setup screen did not appear but I was able to get it going by reseting the machine to factory settings from the screen menu (not a big deal, easy) and it worked. I followed the on screen instructions and everything worked great. I had no issues with the feeding of the filament or anything else. I decided not to print any of the models in the machine instead i designed a quick box for my tools in Tinkercad.com 3D designs and I saved the .STL file to my computer and opened it with the Flash Print 5 app provided by Flash Forge . I then connected the Adventurer 5M Pro to the wifi and transferred the .STL file from my computer using the Flash Print 5 app. It worked like a charm. No issues with the internet connection. If the Adventurer 5M Pro goes to sleep, just disconnect it and connect it again to your WIFI connection (In Flash Print app) and you are ready to go. Since I got the new machine, I have been printing at least 2 to 3 prints of 30 mins -1:30 Hours for several days and I haven't had any issues ( I will update this post if I run into something). Right now the Adventurer 5M Pro just prints fast and to me the prints look really good (i was impressed). I ran into some lifted corners (warping) issues in one of my prints but that was my issue I did not do a raft or brim to make sure the model had no issues. Now, this is my feedback for the technical support. Yes they have no calling number yet but they reached out to me as soon as possible. They helped me with the first Adventurer 5M Pro return and were quick to respond via messages (they do take a day since they are in a different time zone) for any questions I had. Thank you. I have changed my review to 5 stars because I have had a great user experience from the second device (Adventure 5M Pro) and great tech support where my questions were answered. Overall experience Great! -------Original Comment Below --------------------------------------- Box came missing one handle, you can see the printer. I pre read the manual before the printer showed up. Once i had it home, i follow the instructions on the screen. First issue, the tools provided are not the best quality tiny tools. it took me 2 minutes just to install the filament holder, then it took about 4 minutes to remove the screws inside the printer. I followed the on screen instructions and here is where my issues started. First i did the calibration and worked fine, then i clicked back because i did not want to install the filament. The machine went crazy, the head started moving in many directions and it gave me an an error on the xis. Ok it stopped on its own but a piece of plastic came off broken (don't know from where) i then turned it off. Left and came back and did a filament feeding, i followed the instructions on the screen and for some reason the machine was making a noise like trying to pull in the filament but it couldn't. I went online and see what i can do. I found Flash Forge support videos and they suggested to unclog the machine. So with the tools they provided and the video i tried but failed. In the video they ask you to unscrew a screw on the side of the extruder but guess what, the screw did not want to unscrewed with the tools they provided. I started to look for support (maybe a number i can call)... well, there is no number to call and there is little info for this printer (for support) on their website and on the internet. So i believe than 10 minutes became 10 hours and now i have a machine that does not work, came with the box ripped from the handle, does not want to extrude, a screw that is stripped and a piece of plastic that came off somewhere. I am now returning this printer because of these issues.