SV06 ACE 3D Printer Open Source, 600mm/s Max High Speed 3D Printers, Fully Auto Leveling, with Camera Upgraded Structure Planetary Dual Gear Direct Drive Printing Size 8.66x8.66x9.84 inch

I've just recently gotten back into 3D FDM printing and I was interested in purchasing a new printer that had some of the latest bells and whistles. When I began researching the purchase I became a bit overwhelmed due to countless brands, types, sizes and price ranges of printers that are on the market Needless to say I had a difficult time deciding on which to buy. I ended up stumbling across a video on youtube reviewing the Sovol SV06 which led me to finally make a decision. I thought the price was great and it has all of the features that I was looking for in a printer. I made the purchase on a Thursday night and it was on my doorstep by Saturday morning. Unboxing impressions - This printer comes packaged very well.... It's packaged so well that I didn't see the extruder assembly in the foam packaging and almost threw it out with the foam. All parts and pieces are tightly packed and there was no sign of possible damage to any of the components. Good job Sovol. Assembly impressions - Getting this printer put together and ready for printing was easy and quick (15-20 minutes). The instructions are simple to understand and the packages of screws used for assembly are all labeled based on which step you're on in the process. It couldn't have been easier. Getting it ready to print - The instructions show you how to level this bed properly using the mesh leveling. First you level the Z, which is automatic. Then you auto home and set your z offset using a piece of A4 paper. You then tell the printer to run mesh leveling which takes a couple of minutes but then you're ready to go. No more fiddling with knobs to level the bed (Amen!) Print quality impressions - Like most folks my initial print was the file that's included on the SD card - in this case it was the Boat Benchy. I'm not used to having perfect first prints on a brand new 3d printer but this one comes really close. There were a few whisps of filament on the model but nothing I'd go so far as to call "stringing" and one quick blast of heat from the heat gun made all whisps disappear. (Photo attached shows the whisps.) Ever since then I've had nothing but fantastic prints. Some models have whisps, others do not so I think it has more to do with me not having settings dialed in for the different filaments that I've been using. Regardless, the prints turn out looking great! After several successful prints on this machine I wanted to really test how level the bad was by loading it up and watching the first layer and I've attached an image to this review that shows just how well that layer went down. It was perfect and consistent across the entire bed. Adhesion was good throughout the entirety of the print and all parts turned out excellent (the parts in the photo were used to make the robot hand which is also pictured) The few failures that I've had on this machine have been while attempting to print with old Sainsmart TPU that's been sitting around my house for a year or two. I've attempted to dry it but I haven't yet to dialed in the settings but I expect that I'll have better results once I do. Filaments that I've used to print with so far - TPU, PLA, PLA+ and PETG. This is my first time attempting to print with PETG as I've always heard that it was a difficult filament to get quality prints with and surprisingly I've had NO issues and it turns out I really like printing with PETG now (go figure). Inland PLA+ has also been a really good filament to print with on this thing. The only minor thing that this printer is missing is a filament runout sensor. I've never had to rely on one but it's a nice feature to have, just in case. Sovol has addressed this with the release of the SV06 Plus that just recently came out and you bet I also ordered that printer for the larger build volume. . So, all in all I would absolutely recommend this printer to anyone. Ease of use and the high quality prints right out of the box makes this a great buy for beginners as well as those that have experience. For the price you can't go wrong with this machine. Mine has been going nonstop since I put it together!

Summary: Worked out of the box and was printing decent quality items the same day. The software is standard Orca Slicer and tweaked Klipper, so the manufacturer can't lock main features behind a paywall. Runs on your network and is opensource, they even provide the 3d files of the printer so you can print replacement/modified parts if you want. Sovol was smart and enlisted a few good content creators to make how-to videos, including setup and upgrades. I only have 24 hours of total print time and will update the review later if needed. Background: I started on a borrowed Monoprice MP Mini and learned a lot, especially about build volume and bed slingers. The Mini had ok print quality on most things, was slower, needed a micro SD card to get files to it, and had no way to check on prints remotely (prints fail, it happens but without having it close by you just don’t know if everything is ok). I am an IT person by trade, so anything that connects to my home network get severely locked down. I also have had far to many devices that stop working because the manufacturer decided not to support the web portion it needed even though the device still works great. My requirements: Needed larger build volume: 350mm x 350mm x 345mm vs 120mm x 120mm x 120mm Needed LAN connection: RJ45 (ethernet) and Wifi No Planned obsolescence: Open Source and upgradable with no internet required to work. Works without constant fiddling: I can send to Orca Slicer from thingiverse on my desktop and just print. Need remote monitoring: Has a webcam and connection to Orca Slicer. Simply print and watch it work from your desktop. Need a removable plate: PEI plate included Need option to print fast: 700mm/sec vs 55mm/sec After diving down the rabbit hole, I wanted to build a Voron but currently do not have the time or printer with a big enough build volume to print the parts needed. I looked at the other name brand printers, but ruled out most. The Sovol is like a Voron, but mostly put together. It took me a few hours with help from small curious onlookers to get it out of the box, setup, and printing (even though I overly complicated the setup). The directions are good and there are a number of Sovol sponsored videos showing tips and tricks to do a full setup. Once it was assembled and levelled, I connected it to its own vLAN on my network which had no internet (one of my big requirements). Then I downloaded and installed the latest Orca Slicer LTS build (an older version was on the included USB stick), plugged in the IP address of the printer (after creating a firewall rule because of the vLAN) and there it was. I used the “Open in Orca Slicer” option in Thingiverse (Printables has a button for Orca Slicer too), then hit the print button in Orca Slicer to send it remotely to the printer so it started printing and watched the printer auto level and start printing on the included web cam from the comfort of my office chair. No more walking to the basement where the printer is only to have forgotten the SD card. No more making 5 trips to see if the print is doing ok, just going back to Orca Slicer. The print quality was much better than the Monoprice and I could batch print things that were too big to fit one of one the Mini. Because it is so much easier to print and the prints look better, I use the Sovol printer far more. Future tinkering: I plan to enclose the Sovol, but can do that later because of the open source nature of the printer (they sell one or I can design my own). I plan to add a Bondtech INDX when they are out to give me a tool changer with Multi-Material (Looks pretty straight forward on the Sovol compared to other name brand printers). I plan to add fume exhaust with the enclosure, but again can wait until later. I was going to upgrade a whole bunch of things like the bed and leveling sensor, but the Sovol works good enough that I don’t have a reason too yet. The biggest benefit to me is that I CAN if I want and someone already has a video on how to do it which was probably sponsored by SOVOL. They want it to be your printer, not theirs that they are leasing you through software. Competitors: Prusa (top contender) - I really wanted an XL with a tool changer, but my pocketbook just laughed. Even a Prusa Core One or MK4s was almost twice the price. They are really nice and you get more features, but tinkering seems more difficult. Putting something like Bontechs upcoming INDX on a Core One would be interesting, but it will be a lot easier on the Sovol. Adding an enclosure to the Sovol is pretty easy, but would take tinkering to make it as good as the Core One. Also, software and parts seem a little more closed off, but again I would own a Prusa if Sovol didn’t make the SV-08. Bambu - Needs internet to use some of the main features and Bambu has automatically rolled out changes that ruffled a lot of feathers in the community. The printers look nice and are a great price if you are ok with being locked into the Bambu Ecosphere. The H2D looks amazing, but if their software stops working for some reason, so does your printer. The Sovol can be put on main line Klipper and already works with main line Orca Slicer. Voron 2.4 Kit - I just don’t have the time or budget right now. Maybe in a few years, but honestly I think starting with the Sovol and upgrading it is a better idea for people who don’t want the printer to be the hobby. The software and hardware are as open as you want, since you select and load everything. Creality, Anycubix, etc. - These all seemed to have similar issues with software and upgradability as Bambu (though not to the same extent). There are a lot of nice options and features on these, but I want to decide when I stop using the machine and how to make it better. Creality was a close contender behind Prusa, but again the Sovol just made more sense.

12 month update === Still 1 star. The latest Firmware, that adds POWER LOSS RESUME, now crashes all the time... I couldn't get two long duration prints without something throwing a Klipper Exception and crashing the printer while mid-print... of course, you'd think with POWER LOSS RESUME it would be okay... it was unable to resume... so WHY THE FOXTROT would anyone add a PLR feature if it doesn't work, and not only that, it now crashes ALL the FRIGGING time!!! I had to replace the toolhead after it dug another hole into the PEI plate, this time ripping the head. Amazingly, with this new toolhead the printer seems to work much better... except when KLIPPER crashes due to the PLR useless feature they've half-a&&ed in there... what a joke 10 month update === Still 1 star. I am on the 2nd build plate (2nd destroyed by the printer deciding to dig into it due to heat drift? ) The PEI build plates wear out super quick, and stuff usually doesn't stick very well. Polymaker ASA has trouble sticking to it unless you use some glue on the build plate. Zoffset calculation is hopeless, doesn't work. The sensor has about 0.65mm drift between hot/cold states. And about a ~0.1 mm accuracy error between prints with same identical temperature. I tried a klicky proble, but that wasn't much better. It is just a bad printer. Cheap. The hardened nozzles are not very good at all. They seem to suck compared to the original chrome plated copper ones. In the end, if you want to actually build things, then get something else... or if you like to just tinker, then sure, get this. Oh, while not related to the printer directly, the Orcaslicer software that is "needed" to print crashes all the time too. In contrast, BambuStudio (based on the same slicer) does not: Its just bad software. And it won't slice certain models correctly either, like the good old Cura did. At this point I am ditching the printer in favor of something else that doesn't require me sitting next to the printer like the POS Ender 3 did. Or, This is the Ender 3 of the CoreXY printers.

I've been 3D printing since early 2021 and looked at many different 3D Printers and narrowed down it down to the Sovol SV01 (Classsic) to be my 1st printer because I liked the features offered for a good price and their customer service. During my 2 years of printing, I learned a lot and had been enjoying printing since. But......I quickly realized that a 2nd printer would greatly help when printing large multi-object prints and multiple colors. I looked at many printers and kept going back to Sovol’s website and was eyeing the SV06. I saw Sovol’s announcement of the SV06 late 2022 and really liked the features it offered but kept contemplating on making a purchase for a 2nd printer. 7 months later, I decided I was ready for a 2nd printer and purchased the Sovol SV06. I’m glad I purchased it. Upon opening the packaging, I noticed it was packaged extremely well! Each component was packed into its own compartment and all the screws/bolts bags are labeled making it easier to assemble. If your new to the 3D printing world, then this is an excellent printer with very little effort in assembling. The entire process of assembling took me just under 30mins from unboxing to turning it on (I took my time reading through the guide and tightening all the screws/bolts). There is also a guide that was included with the packaging with pictures and there are videos online on how to assemble it. The guide is very detailed. Once I got it all assembled and also got the auto z aligned & bed leveled, I started by printing the benchy included on the sd card but got half way through it and realized the nozzle/hot end was angled severely which may not be a problem for small prints but a huge problem for large prints. I took the extruder off the mount (so much easier to remove than my older SV01) and looked over it. I contact Sovol’s support and they were extremely helpful. They provided a replacement and links to videos and information & once I received the replacement parts it was easy to fix the issue. Pros: • The biggest pro that I like about this printer is the Bed Leveling feature. Unlike my SV01, I would have to level it every few prints even after adding the silicon pieces instead of springs. With the SV06, the bed does not have any springs or silicon pieces. It slides on rods and includes an inductive sensor. I included the G29 command in my startup gcode and it checks the bed before printing. • I like the size of this printer. It is smaller than my Sovol SV01. Its not to small but not to big. Its a good size that will allow for printing almost anything. If your into printing cosplay helmets they you may have to cut up parts and print multiple parts. For me I’ll probably print helmets on my SV01 and print all the small misc. pieces on my SV06 so I can complete them much quicker. • The extruder is extremely easy to work with. With my previous SV01 I would have to move the gantry to the very top to give me room to work on the extruder and sometimes maneuvering to get a good angle to work on it. With the SV06 there’s 3 screws to undo and remove the wiring clip and its free to work on. Wish this was feature was around on my SV01. • Prints PLA, PLA+, PETG, TPU, ABS, ASA, Nylon & etc... I mostly print with PLA, PLA+, PETG & TPU. I haven’t tried TPU on the SV06 but PLA, PLA+ and PETG print extremely well. • Filament change from the printer is very easy compared to my SV01. Its easier to navigate through the menu to find the filament change. Cons: • Loading filament was a little tricky the 1st few times but after several attempts its become much easier than my SV01. There are videos on how to properly load filament that should help. • The size of the bed. Even though for me its not a con since I have another printer that I can use but if this is your 1st printer that may be an issue. Its build plate says 235mm x 235mm but the actual build plate size is 220mm x 220mm. Wish Sovol would had adjusted the wording on that since it can cause some confusion. If this is to small you could always go with a SV06 Plus that has a bigger bed. • I’ve read online that others experience the bearings being very loud. I experienced the same issue but used some specialized grease and fixed the loud sound. This can be an issue if you don’t have specialized grease to fix it. It should be something Sovol should have fixed before sending them but not a big deal. Just something to think about when purchasing. • Still uses a micro sd card and a micro usb. Wish this used a USB-A or USB-C connection but not an issue for me since I had an extra Raspberry PI running Octoprint connected to my SV06 using a micro usb cable. Also something to think about when purchasing. • No Run out Sensor offered. I never used my run out sensor on my SV01 since I problems getting filament to load into it so for me its not an issue. I just keep an eye out on how much filament I have loaded and guestimate on when I need to change it. • No color display like the SV06 Plus but for me its not to much of a problem since I’m use to it on my SV01. I’ve only printed a few test pieces but so far the SV06 has been a great printer for the price. If this is your 1st printer then I think it will be a 1st good printer or 2nd/3rd/etc… printer. Its very easy to use and is loaded with a lot of features that I can’t wait to start using it more! I like it so much that I may have to get another SV06 so I can print more!

EDIT 2: I'm also impressed with the response from Sovol, both by their presence in the Facebook users group, and the fact that they responded to me, quickly, with recommendations on how to make the printer quieter. I can't quite give the printer 5 stars, but I wish I could give it 4.5. EDIT 1: added a star I've had this printer for a about a week now. I've printed quite a bit with it and I'm really enjoying it. It's still louder than I would expect, but I'm really impressed by the quality of prints I've been able to achieve by a printer at this price point. Most of what I've done is just fiddle with the slicer settings to find what works best with this printer. The only thing that I've done to the printer is use some hairspray on the bed just to help with adhesion. I experienced a few prints that peeled up at the corners (both PLA and TPU) which a small amount of hairspray solved. Orig: I just got mine yesterday. It was easy to set up and I was able to print really nice prints straight away with no adjustments. Obviously, the slicer settings had a lot to do with it, but I was really impressed. Too get it out of the box, I would recommend turning the box over and sliding it all out. The base and gantry are connected, so it would be hard to try to lift it all out. The instructions are pretty clear. There are a couple things that aren't obvious, but overall, they were good. Upgrading to Marlin 2.0.0 was easy, especially since they included the USB mini cable (not too many of those around anymore). The run out sensor is kind of worthless. It puts a significant amount of drag on the filament the higher and further off center the print is. I just disabled it in the Marlin 2.0 firmware. It's too bad, really. I've run out of filament a couple times and it would have been nice to be able to load more up and resume. TPU doesn't seem to stick to the bed particularly well, although running a higher bed temp than I usually use did help a bit. I used 60c, although I think I might try a little higher and see if that helps more. PLA sticks great and releases fairly easily. I used 55c. You have to be fairly careful where you put the clips that hold the glass down so they don't interfere with the hot end. The Z stop isn't particularly easy to adjust. When the screws are loosened enough for it to move, it's a bit floppy, so it's hard to be accurate. Not a huge issue, but they could have figured out a better way to do it. The only real complaint so far is how loud it is. It seems to be the fans. Part of the issue is there are very few vent holes in the box that houses the main board and the power supply. And, there are no holes where the power supply fan is. No idea what they were thinking when they did that. Luckily, I have my printer in my basement, so it doesn't really bother anyone, but again, it seems like it'd be pretty easy to have engineered this a bit better. Overall, I'm happy with it and would recommend it.

I wanted to start out by saying that I already own a SV06 Plus for over a year, and have had various 3D printers since 2015. I have been looking for a printer with a smaller build volume than the SV06 Plus, so I can take it to work and print out things there. The SV06 is looks so cute sitting on my desk. The SV06 is just as awesome as the SV06 Plus. The SV06 has the added benefit of now running newer firmware which allows it to print faster, while maintaining excellent quality. It's really amazing to see the kind of quality you can get out of a bed-slinger style printer that prints quickly. Prints are clean, and the machine itself is relatively quite. There were a few times where I forgot it was printing something. I use OrcaSlicer for slicing all of my prints. The only changes I made are ones I make for all printers. Double the width of infill, set the infill pattern type, set # of walls as well as top & bottom layers. etc. THIS PRINTER IS QUIET! I seriously forgot it was printing because it's so incredibly quiet. Older printers were loud, and even newer printers make some noise, but this printer is quiet. The fans on the control box were louder than the printing being done. And do not get me wrong, the fan on the control box is barely noticeable. The sound coming from my mechanical keyboard is louder than everything on the SV06 combined. Bed leveling just works. Just follow the instructions and all should be good. A word of advice, do not lose the book the printer comes with. With my SV06 Plus, I only really level the bed if I move the printer from one location to the other, and because I do it so infrequently that I don't exactly remember the steps needed, so keep the instructions handy to ensure you're following them in the proper order. It's not complicated, just 3 or 4 steps, but you want to ensure you're doing it correctly. The build quality of the SV06 is just as great as the SV06 Plus. It's solid, and rigid (in a good way). It doesn't doesn't feel loose whatsoever. Putting together the printer was relatively quick and easily following the instructions. It took roughly 20 minutes. It would have been faster if I wasn't distracted by things unrelated to the printer. I actually did the unboxing and setup at work, as I want to be able to use it for work, and non work related prints. Things to keep this in mind: Just because the printer is amazing doesn't mean you don't need to do your homework and become familiar with the ins and outs of 3D printing. There are plenty of great resources on Youtube, Reddit, and everywhere else on the internet. There are also many books on the subject. Do not instantly blame any issue you might run into on the printer. There is a bit of a learning curve when it comes to 3D printing, and the SV06 does make it easy, it's still a hobby you need to be familiar with. If you have issues, ask wherever you you can find. There are plenty of people in the 3D printing community that are more than happy to answer your questions. Pros: Quick to assemble. Quiet. Seriously quiet. Amazing print quality. Fast printing. With new firmware. Great build quality. Cons: Honestly, I can't find any. I've had my SV06 Plus for over a year, and have had no issues with it that either I wasn't the reason for or I couldn't figure it out with some searching online. I don't really expect to have any issues with this printer either.

First 3d printer. This review is after nearly 3 weeks of non-stop printing (literally, I keep it going 24x7). I spent a lot of time researching printers and ended up starting with this printer. I made sure to watch the setup video and youtube setup videos before it arrived. Knowing generally how to set it up accelerated the process and in 30 minutes my first print of a benchy started. The first print was on PolyMaker Silk PLA, a little wisp here and there and a couple blobs of over extrusion but nothing horrible. Made an infinity cube fidget toy for my daughter and she loved it. I put the printer on a rubber fatigue mat, it's a solid 1" of rubber on top of the thin piece of packaging material it came with to reduce the effects of mechanical movement. It resides in a corner of a room away from drafts and the room stays at 70 degrees. Bed leveling was easy and for the most part worked well. Even after adjusting the nozzle height it just seemed off a little, after heating the bed to 70 and the nozzle to 200, then ran a full z axis calibration and bed leveling and did another nozzle height adjustment - the printer printed even layers and adhered to the bed perfectly. One filament failed on the benchy with the same settings. After a little research I bought a filament dryer and the two PLA filaments were at about 30% humidity, when they were brought down to 15%, no stringing, no blobs, no failures, and the end result looks amazing. With the dry filament they printed at a few degrees cooler without issue resulting in fantastic results. One thing I noticed which I don't think is a printer issue, perhaps a slicing issue; printing multiple objects in one run. Each time I tried it failed in spectacular ways. Printing one object at a time fixed the issue. After watching youtube videos it seems it could be the previous layer cooled too on an object the new layer didn't adhere properly. An extruder test confirmed its accuracy; tell it to extrude 100mm of filament and it did 100mm on the nose. All the calibration tests recommended by youtubers (one being dr vax) came out near perfect. Overall I'm impressed by the printer's quality prints (once you dial in material temp and retraction settings). And after setting it up to run Octo4a (Octiprint for android) I turned an old unused cellphone into a Octiprint server connected straight to the printer and now I can monitor the status from my phone with a live webstream and allows me to start prints without using the microsd card. Pros: Good quality prints Easy setup I like the simplified one button control knob. Others may not. Handles overhangs better than expected which is a testament to it's part cooling ability Cons: A little slow printing with default Cura settings. After a little tweaking it goes a little quicker but not insanely fast. Creaky. The normal movements are easy to get used to, its the occasional creak and squeak starts to annoy you after a while. Even after lubricating the z lead screws and guide rails and a belt tension adjustment it still creaks a bit here and there. If the noise bothers you put in an enclosure which on my list to do since I'll eventually do ASA on this machine. Overall, I'm satisfied, actually - amazed at what this printer can do. Paired with the Sovol Filament dryer and good quality dry filament, it does fantastic. Edit After some tuning, it now blazes through prints with near perfect results as the blue benchy shows. The creaking was tamed somewhat after a round of screw tightening. I printed the blue benchy at 80mm/s at first but had a little over extrusion. Cranked up the speed and hit 96mm/s with no problem. Love this printer and so does my daughter.

Update: I purchased a hotend from Triangle Labs and finally the clogging issue is resolved. The printer still requires frequent tinkering but at least the hotend works now and, as a bonus, replacement nozzles are cheap now. I ordered this printer 6 months ago. It is my third 3D printer and this one seemed like such an obvious choice: A design that was thoroughly tested by the community (via Voron) before it ever went into production. At first, it delivered. A large build plate and speedy, high-quality prints. Wow! But then I got my first filament clog... Okay, sure, printers clog sometimes. But even after I cleared it, it seemed partially clogged and I got uneven extrusion and nothing would stick. Nothing - no filament tool, cold pulls, leveling or drying or banging my head against the wall would get it to print a damned thing until I bought a brand new Sovol nozzle, which wasn't cheap. With the new nozzle, it printed like new... for a few weeks. Then another clog and again, it could barely extrude. Note that this was just using PLA and occasionally PETG, no carbon fiber or other exotic stuff. I'm using the same brands of PLA and PETG I've used successfully in my CR-10 and I3 Mega for many years with no problems. So after weeks of fiddling, I bought the Micro Swiss (expensive) hotend that everyone says cures the dreaded SV08 clogs. I only got one or two good prints and bang! More clogs. Yes, I checked the idler and no, the pin isn't out of place. Yes, the extruder has plenty of pressure. Yes, I've tried other filaments. Yes, I've leveled it a thousand more times. Yes, I've tried a different hotend cover that allows more cooling. But it still acts like it has something stuck in it and no, there's nothing stuck in the tube between the extruder and the hotend. Believe me, I've spent countless hours of research and fiddling and replacing and trying fixes and there seems to be no permanent fix. Google SV08 clogs if you think it's just me. When it has a new nozzle, it does a great job and it's really fast. But speed doesn't mean much when you spend all your time taking your printer apart or waiting on replacement parts because it's not working. Big disappointment, I would not purchase again.