CREALITY ENDER-5 PRO vs non pro

[starplanet]

I've read loads... and am saturated in too much info about what to buy.
CREALITY ENDER-5 - a good machine to buy I am led to believe.

But then I see 'CREALITY ENDER-5 PRO' is supposed to be slightly better.

My budget: £250. Buying in the UK.
Experience none. Complete newbie. Happy to learn.

What I want to make: an Iron Man helmet. ????
The Iron Man helmet is not crucial.
There are 2 small 'widgets' that I need to make, less than 4cm cube space. Smoothness and good finish are more important to me.

Thanks.

[AutoWiz]

Hello. The Ender 5 Pro has a few improvements over the Ender 5. Specifically it has a better mainboard running silent TMC2208 drivers. It has a stronger all metal extruder frame. And the PTFE tube has been upgraded to a high quality Capricorn tube. The Pro will find you more joy. Silent printers save sanity. The Capricorn tubing will allow for more precise control over the extruder and lower retraction settings. And The price difference is less than you would pay to buy the parts and upgrade yourself. Bang for buck I would go with the Pro.

[curious aardvark]

Just remember that you are paying £250, and it's a creality.
don't expect miracles.

[starplanet]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Just remember that you are paying £250, and it's a creality.
don't expect miracles.

I was going to go with the Ender 3 to be honest...
But then thought, heck, spend £100 more and get the Ender 5.
I've seen people on tiktok have farms of 3D printers - all Ender 5s.
Ender 5 pro, price now: £289 (from a non Chinese website) delivered in the UK. Was on offer for £250 a week or 2 ago, but offer now gone.

For the same price, what alternative would you suggest?

Thanks.

[AutoWiz]

I've seen people on tiktok have farms of 3D printers - all Ender 5s.

OMG. Do you think that might be a part of what's driving the insanity that seems to be grasping the world today? I have seen people go mad with just one of them. A whole bunch in a space together I think is just gonna be too much for man to endure. Can you imagine trying to debug 38 of your 40 printers on a daily basis?

[starplanet]

Guys, I've seen videos of people with 50+ 3D printers.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeDo64sp/ - she says ALL machines are Creality 3 Pro

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeDorLSX/ - he says his machines are all Creality CR 10V2

Creality 3 Pro - maybe I should buy that as my first 3D printer?
I'll save about £100.
If everything goes well... I'll get into 3D printing a lot more and upgrade.
Not planning to make a farm or anything. Just would be great for me to make prototypes of a few things.

Thanks.