Why Upgrade Your Monoprice Printer to an Ender 3 V2 Neo? [Initial setup]

Why I decided to upgrade my Monoprice Maker Ultimate 2 printer to the Ender 3 V2 Neo & initial setup. Straightforward setup, and results are fantastic. Unbelievable for ~$300.

TOC: 0:00 Intro - why I upgraded 1:05 Assembly and timing starts 2:00 Don't install your gantry backwards! 3:00 Set up on rack, level bed 4:10 First print 4:50 Final thoughts, and further setup goals

Ender 3 V2 Neo: https://amzn.to/3IJeC3y Dual-gear extruder: https://amzn.to/41goj0j

The above links are affiliate, meaning I get a small percentage of sales from Amazon. Seems they have flash sales on the Ender, so you may want to look around for a few days. Creality did not sponsor this video... Even though I asked! I'm not above such behavior.

Firmware Tweet: https://twitter.com/MKmeOrg/status/1623828888177475586 Side filament mount: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4691695

To be fair, I probably never really set up the Maker Ultimate 2 properly. On the other hand, there isn't the same kind of helpful ecosystem around it that helps you get things dialed in very quickly. I did a review of the MPU2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TyGpMrMeL8 but it's not great compared to the stuff out there for the Ender 3.

Speaking of which, this Ender 3 V2 Neo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaDvZqpQ_t8 by @JustVlads was really excellent, and helped me get things tuned in very, very quickly. As mentioned, I didn't really try to do a review per se here, as it'd be nowhere near as good as his and probably others, but more a piece on my personal motivation/experience.

Background music tracks by: midierror: http://www.youtube.com/user/midierror ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsubX2eg8CI