Creality K2 3D Printer – Printer Only (No CFS)

£319.00

SKU: CR-K2-STD Category: Brand:

Description

The Creality K2 is the way into the K2 family. An enclosed CoreXY machine that runs at 600 mm/s, levels itself, cuts and loads its own filament, and gets on with the job without asking anything of you. If you’ve been printing on an open-frame machine and you’re tired of babysitting it, this is the step up.

This listing is for the printer on its own. If you want multi-colour printing, see our K2 Combo, which includes the CFS unit.

Printer only — what that means

You get the complete K2 printer, ready to print in a single colour, straight out of the box. You do not get the CFS (Creality Filament System) multi-colour unit.

The printer is fully CFS-ready, so you can add one whenever you want it. You’re simply not paying for it today.

Who it’s for

Anyone printing PLA, PETG and carbon-fibre PLA who wants speed and reliability without the price of a workshop machine. Models, prototypes, prints for the house, small-batch parts — the 260 mm cube handles the overwhelming majority of what people actually print, and the enclosure keeps draughts, noise and dust out of it.

One honest word on materials. The K2 does not have a heated chamber. PLA, PETG and PLA-CF are its home ground and it’s excellent at them. ABS and nylon are possible but prone to warping on any printer without active chamber heating — if those are your main filaments, the K2 Plus is the machine you want, and we’d rather tell you that now than take the order.

What makes it good

600 mm/s, 20,000 mm/s² acceleration

A rigid enclosed CoreXY frame is what lets it use that speed rather than just claim it. Prints that used to run overnight finish while you’re out.

Sensored filament path with automatic cutter

Run-out detection and a magnetic cutter that trims the filament cleanly on every change. It’s the unglamorous feature that stops jams, and it’s the reason adding a CFS later is painless.

Hardened steel quick-swap nozzle, 300 °C

Hardened as standard, so carbon-fibre and glow filaments won’t chew it out. Swapped in seconds without tools.

40 mm³/s high-flow direct drive

Enough flow to actually feed the speed, and a short direct-drive path that handles flexibles far better than a Bowden setup.

Fully automatic levelling

No bed screws, no paper, no test squares. It sorts itself out and starts printing.

Chamber camera with failure detection

720p monitoring through Creality Cloud, so you can check a long print from your phone and catch a failure before it wastes a whole roll.

Specifications

Build volume 260 × 260 × 260 mm
Max print speed 600 mm/s
Max acceleration 20,000 mm/s²
Nozzle temperature Up to 300 °C
Heatbed temperature Up to 100 °C
Chamber Enclosed CoreXY, passive (not actively heated)
Extruder Direct drive, sensored path with run-out detection and auto cutter
Nozzle Hardened steel, quick-swap
Flow rate 40 mm³/s
Levelling Fully automatic
Camera 720p chamber camera, 30 fps, failure detection
Materials PLA, PETG, PET, PLA-CF, ABS
Screen 4" colour touchscreen
Connectivity Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz), USB drive, Creality 485 port
Onboard storage 8 GB eMMC
Multi-colour CFS compatible (not included with this listing)
Machine size 404 × 436 × 545 mm
Weight 18.3 kg

Buying from 3DFLO

We’re an official Creality partner with a real showroom in Swansea, and this machine is in stock here now. Come and see one running before you spend the money — we’d rather you bought the right printer than the expensive one.

Every printer we sell goes out with a printed care and maintenance guide, and free access to The Print Doctor, our free fault-finding tool.

If something does go wrong, you talk to us — not an overseas support queue. We service and repair FDM printers in-house, and we stock the filament and spares to keep yours running.

All prices include VAT at 20%. Questions before you buy? Call 07432 675560 or email james@3dflo.com.