Creality Ender‑3 V3 SE

Name: Creality Ender-3 V3 SE
Brand: Creality

Very low-cost beginner bed slinger for first-time users printing PLA, PETG and TPU.

$179typical US price

Check price at Creality vs Kobra 4

Bundles and current deals

$199 list, $179 on sale at US store (Oct 2026).

Build volume to scale, in mm, beside a 20 cm cube. Every printer on the site is drawn at the same scale.

Build volume: 12.1litres
Top speed: 250mm/s
Max colours: 1
Frame: Open frame

Will Wright’s take

Based on the specs and price

Great value

“The cheapest real printer worth buying.”

At $179 it's the lowest-risk way to find out if you even like 3D printing. It's slow by today's standards and has no Wi-Fi, so you'll be walking SD cards around. If the budget can reach $300, the extra speed and ease of an A1 are worth it.

Buy the Ender-3 V3 SE if

Trying the hobby for as little as possible

Skip it if

You can spend $100 more

How it stacks up

Against 41 other filament printers

Price$179#42 of 42, most expensive first

$179$2,299

Build volume12.1 L#36 of 42

5.8 L125 L

Top speed250 mm/s#36 of 37

180 mm/s1000 mm/s

Hotend temperature260 °C#42 of 42

260 °C370 °C

What it does well

Very low price
Easy assembly with auto leveling
Direct drive handles TPU

Worth knowing

Slow vs. newer CoreXY machines (250 mm/s)
260°C hotend limits materials
No Wi-Fi (SD card file transfer)

Full specifications

Every number, in one place

From Creality, checked October 30, 2026

Price: $179
Released: August 2023
Technology: Filament (FDM)
Motion system: Bed slinger
Build volume: 220 × 220 × 250 mm
Top speed: 250 mm/s
Acceleration: 2,500 mm/s²
Max colours: 1
Frame: Open frame
Hotend, max: 260 °C
Bed, max: 100 °C
Weight: 7.3 kg
Materials: PLA, PETG, TPU 95A
Features: CR Touch auto bed leveling, auto Z offset, Sprite direct-drive extruder, input shaping, filament runout sensor, power-loss recovery, 3.2-inch color knob screen