3-Point Heated Bed Upgrade for Creality Ender 3 5 and Pro 3D Printers

This thing is a god send. Easy install on Ender 3 Pro, super flat. Paired with PEI coated spring steel bed. Did a little leveling and so far she's printing better than she has in ages. So far so good!

Note, it heats up SIGNIFICANTLY faster than the stock bed did.

Linear rails/bearings and 24V LED lights are next I think.

I went from being able to print out of the box to a printer that just couldn't produce anything acceptable. Grabbed this, and the 3 point leveling carriage. Also bought a Wham Bam FBS kit. Overall, I'm very happy with the end result. GCR has made me a repeat customer (previously gotten smaller upgrades), and now I'm considering buying even more knowing they sell quality.

For those with a new printer, if the surface is still flat- buy the Y carriage from GCR here. So long as the factory bed works, use it. When you're ready to upgrade, get this bed. Or, just get the full kit from GCR now (but that also adds the cost of a new build surface). Best course of action is to replace it all, and maybe with some linear bearings too (took me 2 years to wear out my Delrin wheels, but now I find that it's hard to find them of good quality anywhere except official Creality sites, which makes the cost closer to linear rails).

An Ender 3 is a great printer, especially starting out. It does need upgrades, but Gulf Coast Robotics has made the process much less painful. They even provide the firmware settings for items that need them. THAT is service!

Oh, to focus on the product here at the end- it took me 5 minutes to level the bed my first time. For comparison, I'd spend 15-20 messing with a 4 point system. Very impressed.

Edit: since I got distracted and didn't address the bed itself, it arrived exceedingly well packaged, flat, and ready to have the heater and my (separate) new build surface installed. Sturdy and thick, not excessively heavy. Everything installed well, and the new heating pad kept time-to-temp close to the original despite the increased thickness. I also didn't do any temp timing, so that could well be on me since they recommend doing so. Fantastic kit, especially paired with the 3 point Y carriage GCR sells!

I've had an ender 5 pro for a while, and have gone through the list of things to get my bed flat. Glass bed, G10, PEI, different springs, silicone springs, hours spent leveling, feeler gauges, ABL. The closest I have been able to achieve was a .7 variance on the Octoprint bed visualizer. Needless to say, it's been a little painful. When I received this, I spent about 10 minutes installing it, direct fit right in, although I wish the wires were a little bit longer. The only thing I did after was a little tramming with the paper test, and BAM the first bed level was at .2 variance, better than I have ever seen. I'm sure I can get it even closer with a bit of work. Loving it so far! Also looking forward to the higher temp with PC.

Very easy install. Bought firstly for a flatter surface, secondly for more uniform heating. Does both better than stock bed and is also quicker. Its a great product.

It turns out that my bed is still flat! One of my linear rails was just barely misaligned, not enough to see, but enough to raise and lower the right side of the bed as it moved. I’ve already changed the bed on that printer, but I can still use this one on another one of my printers! Overall, great product, great company!