K1 Max

Creality

K1 Max

52 positive 1 neutral 62 negative

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Another noob question - what causes this horizontal banding on a surface that’s meant to be smooth?

Say what you will about Prusa, but my Mini+ that is nearly 6 years old and still receives firmware updates including input shaping shows the long term value. Bambu started in 2022, I think, so it still has to prove itself long term. Not saying it isn't any good. If I wanted reliability today VS my C

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crazyslicster in r/BambuLab

February 5, 2026 6:34 PM

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Still under warranty, think I'll get a new printer or just new parts for the printer?

My K1Max drilled a square in my plate at the start of a gridfiinty bin print. Luckily I stopped it doing what happened to yours. Also under warranty. Last I heard from Creality was they will replace the "strain gauge and adjustment plate". Not the build plate though as it is older than 3 months and

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timokawa in r/crealityk1

December 18, 2025 8:17 PM

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I want to hear about your CFS upgrade

I got it about a month ago. I upgraded my K1 Max, upgrade went text book. Firmware upgraded correctly. I've re-installed the helper script (I'm a linux admin, so I could work around the issues it was having). I've got moonraker/mail sail installed but currently using creality print because it talks

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soahc in r/crealityk1

May 5, 2025 1:22 AM

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k2 vs k1 max comparison

You cant compare these two, they are in vastly different categories and the k1 is very manual in comparison. U see people here spending a week leveling the bed. Note that I am of the new millennium, If I can recommend a machine that cooks for you and feeds you I will do so, I dont see the point in y

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Foreign_Tropical_42 in r/Creality_k2

June 21, 2025 12:10 PM

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New resonance tester

Done for the night, backported mainline sweeper code, kalico quality of life adjustments.... and if you know what your looking at in the console, you know lol had to create a separate .py to house the smooth shapers from bleeding edge, a separate worker thread to keep them and reduce the resolution

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Mart7Mcfl7 in r/crealityk1

December 29, 2025 1:08 AM

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Second printbed damaged exactly the same way

This happened to me too. I started a print, then canceled the print before it finished calibrating. Made a minor change and sent the new job to print and it damaged my plate exactly as in OP's photo. Thought it was a random failure and stopped using the printer until I got a replacement plate. Happe

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CHR0N0MASTER in r/crealityk1

March 6, 2026 7:05 AM

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My detailed K1C + CFS-C review

I’m glad I didn’t hold out for the CFS-C for my 2nd printer and just bought a 2nd CFS v1 with extruder upgrade kit. What’s clear is that software and firmware isn’t a strong point. It took some effort to get the CFS working with OrcaSlicer and playing with KAMPS nicely. If you’re prepared to do the

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korutech-ai in r/crealityk1

March 29, 2026 8:02 PM

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CFS-C with K1 Max

Found this thread via google I know it’s a bit older. I got a K1 max end of last year in October 25 used for 450€ included the sunlu S4 dryer. I got a lot of hussle with it especially with the X axis vibrations. At the moment it runs I changed belts, extruder and nozzle. The counter said 330hr but I

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Lamumba1337 in r/Creality

April 5, 2026 5:44 PM

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K1 Max(2023) with CFS and Helper Script - Mesh and Z offset (FW V2.3.5.34)

I almost went insane trying to figure out why the first layer with PETG was so bad on the K1Max after upgrading to v2.3.5.34. Lots of people talk about z offset. The thing is, z offset has two different meanings that aren’t the same. In one context (firmware) it’s the delta between a z sensor trigge

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korutech-ai in r/crealityk1

March 28, 2026 8:27 PM

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Prints fail

I print entirely in high speed petg pushing 450mm/s on k1 max so just providing my input on that basis. I know your using PLA so some aspects can be different but first and foremost what filament brand are you using? Getting the proper print temperature with respect to speed is very important. PLA a

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stock-sauce in r/crealityk1

April 7, 2026 3:28 AM

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