K1 SE

Creality

K1 SE

47 positive 1 neutral 13 negative

Based on 61 Reddit mentions

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Would like to buy a new printer and need suggestions.

Qidi Q2 has been amazing for me. Only other experience is with a Creality k1 SE and it’s a headache. The Qidi has been flawless out of the box.

Jack_mehoff24 in r/3D2A

February 22, 2026 11:31 PM

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What are the things not mentioned about the CFS

Just got one for Christmas so here is my insight: Third party extruders like DXC aren't natively supported. There are different upgrade kits for different models, I have a K1 SE modded as a K1C and not sure what upgrade kit I got, but it required some minor modifications to the cable chain mount to

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Dan_Likes_Reddit in r/CrealityK1C

February 2, 2026 11:04 PM

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Thinking of Switching from Creality to Bambu Labs – Worth It?

Ender 3 Pro (5+ years) -> Creality K1 SE (2 weeks, developed random fault, returned) -> P1S (current). For me, yes. I’m in the midst of some heavy prototyping cycles and lost time to playing around with a printer is more costly than anything. The K1 SE is a $250 race car, but it’s very demanding fro

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fuxpez in r/BambuLab

October 1, 2025 10:39 PM

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Why do people defend this company?

Nope, not a skill issue. The K1 max I had had serious VFAs because creality used 20 tooth pulleys and all of that jazz, fine, it was their first gen of a high speed klipper machine to compete with Bambu, I'll forgive that. Then I get a K1 SE, the idlers are glued in skew causing the belts to move ve

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No_Inside_1738 in r/crealityk1

February 6, 2026 2:13 PM

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Why do people defend this company?

Nope, not a skill issue. The K1 max I had had serious VFAs because creality used 20 tooth pulleys and all of that jazz, fine, it was their first gen of a high speed klipper machine to compete with Bambu, I'll forgive that. Then I get a K1 SE, the idlers are glued in skew causing the belts to move ve

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No_Inside_1738 in r/crealityk1

February 6, 2026 2:13 PM

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Why do people defend this company?

Too lazy to write a new reply so I'll just recycle this one for anyone who wants to know why I feel this way. Nope, not a skill issue. The K1 max I had had serious VFAs because creality used 20 tooth pulleys and all of that jazz, fine, it was their first gen of a high speed klipper machine to compet

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No_Inside_1738 in r/crealityk1

February 6, 2026 2:14 PM

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