My husband and I were looking to get into 3d printing. We did quite a bit of research before settling on this one. I don't usually write reviews, but it was so hard finding information on this printer, I want to put some more out there in case someone else is researching which printer to buy. Our criteria were as follows. We wanted decent print quality, room to grow the printer once we got our feet wet and a machine that worked well enough without tinkering for us to get a good start. It also had to be quiet since we were planning on having it in our living space.The things we liked about this printer were ease of setup (we were precise and followed the clear instructions), good prints from the get go, most upgrades already included (auto bed leveling, quieter motherboard, decent bowden couplings, better extruder etc). There is a dearth of information about this printer online relative to other similarly priced printers, but the reliability of the included parts more than made up for it.I recommend this printer for people who like to tinker as there was a bit more footwork required to find out how to calibrate certain aspects of the print where the firmware was involved (Chitu firmware instead of Marlin) and setting up Octoprint needed some extra steps. There was also one problem with the printer out of the box that required us to troubleshoot some bizarre under-extrusion. That ended up being that the hot end side of the bowden tube had not been cut straight and so a plug of plastic developed between the nozzle and the tube. I'm not knocking off any stars for that because this is still a bang up printer and I have been consistently impressed by how well it is performing even while the plug was in place. As with any piece of equipment meant for consumer fiddling, it does have things that need to be checked and maintained so don't expect to print well completely effortlessly. However, even after much research and now that I know what all the points on the box mean, if I had to do it again, I would still buy this one gladly. We have successfully been printing both PLA and ABS for a few weeks now.

The setup was pretty fast ( under 20 minutes) and printer looks great. The included power cord was no good , machine wouldn’t power up. But I had extra pc cords ( who doesn’t) and problem quickly solved. Figuring out the auto level/ manual level setup correctly took about 45 minutes until got it down right. Next time will be simple. Isn’t silent and fan is noticeable but not like reviews saying too f’ n loud etc. isn’t that bad! Doing first print so far loving it.

I currently have two of these running side by side. The only real complaint I have is that they have garbage cooling fans (I have already had to replace all 3 of them) and the heat bead requires some tweaking during the printing to get and keep it level. I have read where people are having problems with the print sticking to the build plate. This happens for a number of reasons but can be corrected with Final Net EXTRA HOLD Hairspray (yes, brand specific and yes, you read correctly... hair spray) I have had no problems printing with ABS, PETG, PLA, TPU and Flex PLA. As far as this being a printer for beginners, I really cannot say that it is. Very few printers can just be taken out of the box and go. The ones that are, are very limited in what they can do. As with any printer, before you buy one, read the forums watch some videos and expect some trial and error with it. Every printer is a little different, and every material is different. Everything requires some knowledge of what you are doing BEFORE you do it. Learn the settings in the slicer program and what they do. Temp, extrusion speed, layer height, fan speeds...all can have a major influence on what happens during the print. The fun part of life is learning the how behind the what of what you are doing. I have a Tronxy X5SA that experienced a failure in the control board, I was able to contact tech support and they are sending me a new one at no charge, which is why I had to by 2 of these to stand in while I wait on the new board. The tech support email is : lisa@tronxy.com. There is about a 12 to 24 hour delay for a response, but I have never had a question go unanswered and they have always gone above and beyond to help.

I currently have two of these running side by side. The only real complaint I have is that they have garbage cooling fans (I have already had to replace all 3 of them) and the heat bead requires some tweaking during the printing to get and keep it level. I have read where people are having problems with the print sticking to the build plate. This happens for a number of reasons but can be corrected with Final Net EXTRA HOLD Hairspray (yes, brand specific and yes, you read correctly... hair spray) I have had no problems printing with ABS, PETG, PLA, TPU and Flex PLA. As far as this being a printer for beginners, I really cannot say that it is. Very few printers can just be taken out of the box and go. The ones that are, are very limited in what they can do. As with any printer, before you buy one, read the forums watch some videos and expect some trial and error with it. Every printer is a little different, and every material is different. Everything requires some knowledge of what you are doing BEFORE you do it. Learn the settings in the slicer program and what they do. Temp, extrusion speed, layer height, fan speeds...all can have a major influence on what happens during the print. The fun part of life is learning the how behind the what of what you are doing. I have a Tronxy X5SA that experienced a failure in the control board, I was able to contact tech support and they are sending me a new one at no charge, which is why I had to buy 2 of these to stand in while I wait on the new board. The tech support email is : lisa@tronxy.com. There is about a 12 to 24 hour delay for a response, I have never had a question go unanswered and they have always gone above and beyond to help.

 My wife and I decided to purchase a 3D printer for Christmas this year. We are both absolute novices to the technology. We saw it as an investment, being able to make clay cutters for her jewelry business and I was hoping to use it to prototype projects I was interested in building. We did our homework and decided on the Tronxy XY-2 Pro. We have not been disappointed by our decision. This printer is an affordable machine capable of detailed work. It was extremely well packed and all components, including a sizable spool of filament, tools, and spare parts, were organized within. Assembly took less than 60 minutes and that included watching two videos. (One from Tronxy that takes you step by step through the assembly process and another one from an independent reviewer that disassembled the printer to show that it is well made.) The actual assembly process consists of attaching the control panel (prewired and attached to the frame for shipping) with two bolts, mounting the gantry (upper bracket) with 4 bolts, and topping the structure with the filament bracket with two more bolts. That’s it – eight bolts. There are two wiring harnesses to plug in, plus the power cord. I checked out the rest of the preassemble frame, printer bed and other moving components. They were all tight with little to no play. The machine was literally ready to print in less than an hour.In our research, we found that bed leveling was crucial for quality prints, so we spent time both manually leveling the bed with the spring-loaded thumb screws, as well as running the auto leveling program that is part of the system software. Over the dozen prints we have made since purchase the bed has kept its level (I run the auto-level program before each print session to confirm.) The other issue our research pointed out was filament adhesion on the first level. Tronxy included a hot bed “sticker” which is actually a 10 inch by 10 inch piece of fiberglass that you clip onto the hot bed (The XY-2 Pro is capable of printing an object approximately 10” X 10” X 10”). In our research, it was recommended that you use blue painters tape or glue sticks to improve filament adhesion, but we have not used anything but Isopropyl alcohol to clean the print surface between projects, and we have had no issues with our prints popping off the board before they are done.Loading filament is a breeze, and as shared above, Tronxy includes a sizable spool of white filament with the printer. The loading process is simply running the filament into the filament detector (that also warns you when you have run out of material), through the Titan extruder, and on down the feed-pipe to the printing head. Tronxy also includes several pre-sliced projects with the system software. Our first print was the “Rook”, a castle tower, complete with a spiral staircase inside. The bed and nozzle heated quickly as you can watch the temperatures rise in real time on the color touch-screen monitor. It took 8.5 hours to print the 2-inch wide by 3-inch tall model, but the detail was amazing. We had read about “salmon skin” on prints caused by vibration, but as the detail photo shows, the layers were evenly distributed. We then created a clay cutter pattern, sliced it in Cura, and printed it as both a single cutter and as multiple cutters simultaneously. These also came out clean and ready for my wife to used in her Jewelry making. I then changed filament to a dark color (purple), and printed Tronxy’s Octopus. Each arm on the model is linked like a chain allowing the arms to dangle and move. Again, we are very impressed by this machine, especially as novices, and recommend it to anyone planning to jump in and get started quickly.

I have owned a Da Vinci XYZ and Anet A8 (was sent a mix of A6 and A8 pieces by vendor :( ). It is just as easy to use as the Da Vinci but half the price. Good entry level printer with enough wiggle room to keep more seasoned used entertained for a bit. The range of materials that can be used is a great selling point as well!

i use this product to make small things and it works Ok

This was my second attempt at getting into 3D printing. My first was a refurbished Monoprice that I could not get dialed in at all, and after many failures, just gave up. So after reading many reviews for a starter printer that had features I wanted, (auto level, resume print, filament detection) I went with this one. The instruction booklet is great, and takes you step by step through assembly, leveling, and print set up. If you follow the instructions you'll be up and printing within an hour. My first test print of the dino model went off without a hitch. Being a 10 hour print, I was impressed by the pin jointed dino model, and was surprised it printed the joints as the whole model printed. It's a solid little printer with a good build area. The only cons are the location of the SD card port, and the short power cord.

The LCD screen and menus are fantastic, and the leveling functions are awesome. For the price point, this printer is excellent for the beginner/hobbyist.

Very simple to put together. Great for a first timer like our family.
The program it came with is easy to use.

Super smooth prints. Wound up tightly and evenly

I had this up and running within an hr. super simple. The print quality is pretty decent. As this is my first 3D printer, I am only able to judge so much. So far I am loving it. The only drawback I do not like about it was the poor placement of the SD card reader. Its in the back. so if your computer don't recognize the printer( my main computer is) then you are printing via loading files to your SD card. they tell me its because it was soldered to the motherboard when I contacted support. I think they need to put an external reader connected to the Touchscreen or integrate it into the touch screen. other than that i have no issues and use it almost daily.

My first printer had bit the dust on me, requiring an immediate replacement. After doing a little research online and on Amazon, I decided to go with the Tronxy. I was pleased with the shipping time that Amazon provided and I was pleased with the set- up time. This printer took me about an hour to set up, and it was extremely easy. It would have taken less time, had I not gone around the entire thing and tightened each and every bolt, which I do recommend you do. Though it is put together well in the factory, all that time shipping can cause the screws to loosen up a little bit. The software allows me to print up to 100 mm/s with a max layer height of .3mm. I have really been putting it through it's paces since I received it a couple days ago (24+ hours of print time in 48 hours), and I am pleased to see that it is still running extremely strong, without any loss in performance or increase in noise. It is extremely quiet, extremely fast (for the price), and I am extremely happy with it.

 My wife and I decided to purchase a 3D printer for Christmas this year. We are both absolute novices to the technology. We saw it as an investment, being able to make clay cutters for her jewelry business and I was hoping to use it to prototype projects I was interested in building. We did our homework and decided on the Tronxy XY-2 Pro. We have not been disappointed by our decision. This printer is an affordable machine capable of detailed work. It was extremely well packed and all components, including a sizable spool of filament, tools, and spare parts, were organized within. Assembly took less than 60 minutes and that included watching two videos. (One from Tronxy that takes you step by step through the assembly process and another one from an independent reviewer that disassembled the printer to show that it is well made.) The actual assembly process consists of attaching the control panel (prewired and attached to the frame for shipping) with two bolts, mounting the gantry (upper bracket) with 4 bolts, and topping the structure with the filament bracket with two more bolts. That’s it – eight bolts. There are two wiring harnesses to plug in, plus the power cord. I checked out the rest of the preassemble frame, printer bed and other moving components. They were all tight with little to no play. The machine was literally ready to print in less than an hour.

In our research, we found that bed leveling was crucial for quality prints, so we spent time both manually leveling the bed with the spring-loaded thumb screws, as well as running the auto leveling program that is part of the system software. Over the dozen prints we have made since purchase the bed has kept its level (I run the auto-level program before each print session to confirm.) The other issue our research pointed out was filament adhesion on the first level. Tronxy included a hot bed “sticker” which is actually a 10 inch by 10 inch piece of fiberglass that you clip onto the hot bed (The XY-2 Pro is capable of printing an object approximately 10” X 10” X 10”). In our research, it was recommended that you use blue painters tape or glue sticks to improve filament adhesion, but we have not used anything but Isopropyl alcohol to clean the print surface between projects, and we have had no issues with our prints popping off the board before they are done.

Loading filament is a breeze, and as shared above, Tronxy includes a sizable spool of white filament with the printer. The loading process is simply running the filament into the filament detector (that also warns you when you have run out of material), through the Titan extruder, and on down the feed-pipe to the printing head. Tronxy also includes several pre-sliced projects with the system software. Our first print was the “Rook”, a castle tower, complete with a spiral staircase inside. The bed and nozzle heated quickly as you can watch the temperatures rise in real time on the color touch-screen monitor. It took 8.5 hours to print the 2-inch wide by 3-inch tall model, but the detail was amazing. We had read about “salmon skin” on prints caused by vibration, but as the detail photo shows, the layers were evenly distributed. We then created a clay cutter pattern, sliced it in Cura, and printed it as both a single cutter and as multiple cutters simultaneously. These also came out clean and ready for my wife to used in her Jewelry making. I then changed filament to a dark color (purple), and printed Tronxy’s Octopus. Each arm on the model is linked like a chain allowing the arms to dangle and move. Again, we are very impressed by this machine, especially as novices, and recommend it to anyone planning to jump in and get started quickly.

After 4 months with this printer, I am highly disappointed. First, Auto bed leveling is useless. While it will probe the locations on the bed it saves nothing. Unlike mesh leveling, this has no longterm use as you print. i have had the nozzle crash into the best on multiple occasions. Second, now I'm getting a random powering off-screen that just happens while in the middle of the print. i had to power off and restart the printer 7 times for a small test print. Lastly, the print quality using any other slicer that is not the tronxy one is terrible. i spent a week trying to get cura to print a good quality print to no avail. Just get yourself an Ender 3 pro. That's what i should have done.

Great first time printer. Runs almost silent when printing. Does TPU easily with the titan extruder. Highly recommended.

I bought the non pro version to start with and was very impressed with the print quality. So when I was ready for a second printer I purchased this as leveling the bed was easier and the slightly larger print bed made this a simple choice. Both of the printers are used to print demo parts and customer parts that we are going to machine on CNC machines so they get a lot of use for business and well there have been a lot of drone and chess sets printed as well. There have been some reviews that say not worth it but these printers do compete with more costly printers. If you know electronics you can tweak them to be more accurate then you would expect but out of the box they will meet most hobby users.

I am a first time 3d printer and i found this printer to be very easy to use. I had it up and running with in 30 mins of being delivered. For the first print it ran 30 hours straight and never missed a beat,as far as print quality for price point i think its great. Printer has not had any problems yet and runs just about everyday. If you are a beginner as i am i think u will find this a perfect fit .

This was my second attempt at getting into 3D printing. My first was a refurbished Monoprice that I could not get dialed in at all, and after many failures, just gave up. So after reading many reviews for a starter printer that had features I wanted, (auto level, resume print, filament detection) I went with this one. The instruction booklet is great, and takes you step by step through assembly, leveling, and print set up. If you follow the instructions you'll be up and printing within an hour. My first test print of the dino model went off without a hitch. Being a 10 hour print, I was impressed by the pin jointed dino model, and was surprised it printed the joints as the whole model printed. It's a solid little printer with a good build area. The only cons are the location of the SD card port, and the short power cord.The LCD screen and menus are fantastic, and the leveling functions are awesome. For the price point, this printer is excellent for the beginner/hobbyist.

 Great machine for beginners. You can bolt it together level the bed and print. With some mods I am getting fantastic results with the xy2pro. Am even able to print flexible filament .
I always just ditch abl and add a z limit switch and glass bed to my printers but the abl feature did seam to work the 1 time I let it run. This type of sensor does not work reliably with a glass bed.

The machine showed signs of being tested at the factory( filament in hotend) which is very rare for a Chinese company.
The stock hotend cooler is less than optimal as it blows on the hotend also but just about any can duct for an ender 3 or x5s on thingiverse will work. Also print yourself some bigger knobs for the bed level screws and save the hasstle of the stock ones. The left rear is especially difficult to reach.

The chassis is all 20/40 and 40/40 extrusion and is very rigid. The rubber feet are quite stout too.

A very competent printer for the price point for sure with a few mods and very little money can be a great printer

There are also a few Facebook groups with fantastic members that can help out with any questions that may arrise

 this printer took me less than 30 minutes to assemble and start printing. i was surprised at how quiet it is. i did have to adjust the titan extruder to print with tpu and it was able to give me a good print with tpu at 60mm/sec which is twice as fast as my xy-2 pro with the standard extruder. Well worth the extra money for the upgraded version.