3D printers · Creality
An inexpensive used printer that can stay in service: one owner runs an Ender 2 Pro on Klipper beside much newer machines, and current Creality Print still slices for it.
One owner who printed on an Ender 2 Pro relied on Cura's random seam placement to hide seams and made it their usual setting. This rests on a single account, too few to call a pattern.
One owner's experience with slicers was mixed. Cura was fine at first, but switching to Orca Slicer produced stringy, bumpy prints. They got good quality back with a custom profile in Anycubic's slicer. This is a single account, so it can't be called a common complaint.
The Creality Ender 2 is a small, low-cost 3D printer from about 2017. It builds objects by melting plastic filament and laying it down one layer at a time. It came as a kit you put together yourself, so it suits beginners, hobbyists and anyone who wants a cheap first printer.
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From the maker's spec page, checked October 11, 2026. A blank row means the maker does not state it.
Creality has taken down its spec page for the original Ender 2, so none of the numbers in the table could be checked against the maker and every row is blank. Other websites list figures for it, but those are not from Creality. Before you buy a used one, ask the seller for the model label or the manual.
Pick up to three. You get a page with just those, side by side, on the subjects owners raised.
What owners keep coming back to is that the machine stays useful. One owner with a large collection, including several Bambu Lab printers, still keeps an Ender 2 Pro running on Klipper firmware. Another commenter pointed out that the newest Creality Print can still slice for the Ender 2 Pro, while some of Creality's more hyped models have lost that support.
Day to day, the main thing to get right is the slicer. One owner settled on Cura's random seam option to hide seams. Another found that changing slicers made print quality worse and had to build a custom profile to fix it. Not every unit ends up being used: one owner got a retired Ender 2 clone from work for free and hasn't yet decided what to do with it.
The accounts that do exist describe machines that are still in use and still supported. An Ender 2 Pro running Klipper is part of one owner's active lineup, and current Creality Print still slices for that model. On the used market in Germany, one owner said worn-out units sell for around 50€ and most go for 90 to 150€, so plenty of them are still changing hands.
The long-term picture is thin, and we can't say much about durability. None of these accounts describes a part failing or a repair. Several comments are about the Ender 2 Pro or a clone rather than the original Ender 2. The comment filed under filament waste gives no detail about waste at all. Every theme here comes from a single owner, so none of it is enough to judge how the printer holds up over years.
From 0 owner accounts that said how long they have had it. Own one? Add how long yours has lasted.
Nothing with a clear majority yet. Owners who raised these subjects were split, or too few to judge.
Nothing has a clear majority against it yet. Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.
4 more subjects came up from fewer than 4 owners each, which is not enough for a fair reading. To see how it stacks up, compare it with another machine.
The same owner, asked again at each point. Fills in as owners answer.
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Among the 0 owner accounts here that gave a duration, 0 described a failure.
Before you buy one used, ask the seller: how old it is, whether it was ever repaired and by whom, and whether any of the parts above have been replaced. Ask to see it run. A receipt tells you the warranty start date; most makers honour the term only for the first owner.
Public discussions we read and summarised in our own words. Nothing here was submitted to Still Kicks.
Counted from public accounts by people who said they own it, and summarised by Still Kicks in its own words. Not a manufacturer claim, a lab test or an estimate.
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