Flashforge AD5X Multi-Filament 3D Printer $483.65 ($472.27 eBay Plus) Delivered @ Flashforge eBay

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The Flashforge AD5X released back in June, an addition to their popular budget CoreXY printer lineup is again available at a discounted price using the current round of eBay codes.

It builds on the success of the Adventurer 5M, but instead of using a separate filament changer box, the multi-colour hub is mounted directly onto the printer itself. Simlar to the AMS Lite for the Bambu A1 but combined with a smaller P1S.

A solid, affordable option for those getting started with 3D printing or wanting to multi-material printing capabilities.

Key Details
  • Open frame coreXY (enclosure kit available)
  • Print Volume: 220 × 220 × 220 mm
    → Larger than the Bambu Lab A1 mini, but smaller than most 256×256×256 printers in its class.
  • 4-colour printing out of the box, no additional cost
Optional Enclosure Kit

You can grab an enclosure kit on eBay ($56 / $54.77 with eBay Plus) that includes the plates and hardware.
You’ll still need to 3D print the brackets yourself (PETG recommended).

Reviews

Aurora Tech just published today.

Pricing Table

It's not at all time low, that would be with the 20/22% codes which is around $30 difference.

Model List Price 15% Off eBay Plus (17% Off)
Adventurer 5M $399 $339.15 $331.17
AD5X $599 $569 $509.15 $483.65 $j497.17 $472.27
Enclosure Kit $65.99 $56.09 $54.82
Alternative CoreXY Printers (RRP)
Model Fully Enclosed Multi-filament Filament Drying Price
Kobra S1 Printer Only Y N N $648
Flashforge AD5X N Y N $599
Elegoo Centauri Carbon Y N N $699
Bambu Lab P1P N N N $569
Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo Y Y Y $729
Bambu Lab P1S Y N N $779
Qidi Q2 Printer Only Y N N $769
Qidi Q2 Combo Y Y Y $999
Bambu Lab P1S AMS 1 Combo Y Y N $1099
Bambu Lab P1S AMS 2 Pro Combo / with Buffer Y Y Y $1299
Bambu Lab P1S AMS 2 Pro Combo / with Hub Y Y Y $1329

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  • Far Cough on 09/10/2025 - 10:02

    Is there any printer that will do like 50x50cm

    • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 10:11
      +2

      Typical large scale printers like Prusa XL, Bambu H2D & Creality K2 Max the are around 350x350x350 size.

      For 500x500x500, you'd be looking at the Sovol SV08 Max.

      larger than that, there is the Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga is 800x800x1000

      It's worth looking at breaking down the design into parts.
      - easier to manage with filament rolls
      - reduce failure points
      - can split it between multiple printers

      Of course, if it really needs to be that size, then you have to go for the larger printer.

      • Far Cough on 09/10/2025 - 10:27

        Thanks guys, I wanna print car parts which are no longer available. I’d need to scan them as well prob the iPhone lidar would be good enough you think?
        The parts are more trim peices rather than engine or performance parts

        • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 10:35

          Give Scaniverse, Polycam or KIRI engine a go for scanning with your iPhone.

        • ozlurker on 09/10/2025 - 11:28
          +2

          You can look into splicing the parts instead of printing a whole part. Most of the bigger printers aren't as user friendly, you'll spent a lot of time troubleshooting. There was a video of someone printing a whole lamborghini in sections and gluing it together. You'll need to sand and finish the parts anyway so a gluing step shouldn't add too much work.

      • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 10:31

        Yeah, there's Kobra 3 Max which replaces the 2 Max but same bed size of 420x420x500

  • isthisreallife22 on 09/10/2025 - 10:31
    +1

    Is this the cheapest AMS available?

    • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 10:31
      +1

      pretty much,

      Next is probably A1 Mini Combo $579 but it's a bed slinger and smaller 180mm3 print bed.

      A1 Combo
      Creality Hi CFS
      Anycubic Kobra S1 combo

    • NigelTufnel on 09/10/2025 - 12:50

      A1 mini ($329) + BMCU (~$100) would probably be the cheapest. But smaller bed size and risk bambu updating something that makes the BMCU not work.

  • CharlieAus on 09/10/2025 - 10:42
    +1

    Something to be aware of, if you live somewhere humid you're going to be loading and unloading 4 spools each time you want to use the printer so you can store it somewhere dry or dry it while not in use, can get tedious and put you off printing. A sealed AMS type box like Qidi, Bambu, Anycubic etc is going to make printing a lot more enjoyable I reckon.

    • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 10:45
      +2

      The motors are in the hub so you could also just feed directly from drybox like Creality Space Pi or Sunlu S4 if you have some moisture-prone filament that you don't want to leave out.

    • NigelTufnel on 09/10/2025 - 12:48

      For PLA you'll be fine. Anything else and I agree with you.

      • CharlieAus on 09/10/2025 - 13:32

        PLA goes bad when wet too, I just had to pull apart a machine because the PLA I was using went brittle and broke in a bunch of places. Will also lower print quality when it's just wet and not yet damaged. I've noticed quality get progressively worse using the same roll of PLA over a couple of weeks through summer too. PLA takes longer but will still need drying if you live somewhere humid.

        • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 13:37
          +1

          for most cases it should be fine. Put it back in the bag if you know you won't be using it for a while.

          I've had some PLA go brittle but they are really old rolls, after being dried it prints fine.

          • CharlieAus on 09/10/2025 - 13:41

            @3dprintdeals: Mine wasn't old, just had been through a QLD ocean side summer.

            Yes, that was my entire point haha, between prints having to load and reload filament every single time can make it seem like a chore and put you off using it.

            I print a hell of a lot more on my open bed slinger Anycubic because I can leave the filament in the ACE Pro box and it's ready to go in a few seconds with no pack down at the end, my core xy Qidi Q2 I hardly use as I haven't got the Qidi box yet and loading and unloading, packing away into special bags then removing all the air and swapping out desiccant so you can microwave it to remove moisture etc just puts a damper on the whole thing.

            • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 13:48

              @CharlieAus: Yeah, all depends on your environment and how much you're printing, I've left filament out for weeks on AMS lite and no real issue.

            • preasm14 on 09/10/2025 - 14:14

              @CharlieAus: There's an official ad5x dry box you can print. See this
              https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kFr-__6uzVY

              • CharlieAus on 09/10/2025 - 14:18

                @preasm14: Wow that's cool, might try printing one and see if I can jerry rig it to use on my Qidi until I get the box.

                • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 14:50

                  @CharlieAus: they seem to have the combos in stock but the individual listing is still o/s..
                  https://au.qidi3d.com/products/qidi-q2?variant=5202682501561…

                  Wonder when it will actually ship.

                  • CharlieAus on 09/10/2025 - 15:24

                    @3dprintdeals: Yeah I probably could've had one this month if I got the combo but I ordered it without, I'm trying to hold off ordering one anyway as I saw a few issues during the demo ones they sent out for reviews. Just in case there's a hardware issue that they'll fix in a later production.

              • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 14:49

                @preasm14: Nice,

                I thought about the AMS Lite enclosures but figured I might as well just get a dryer and feed from there.

                The AMS lite is stripped down using this mod.

        • NigelTufnel on 09/10/2025 - 22:02

          I live in Brisbane, and agree, it can get wet, but it honestly takes months and even then it is just slightly stringy and easily solved by a quick dry.
          What I mean is for PLA you don't need to unload after every print and worry about leaving stuff in an open AMS for a while.

  • cuteseal on 09/10/2025 - 11:08
    +3

    Interesting note about multi-material printing which I wasn't aware of - most printers like this one have to purge the old filament each time it changes colour. So, for some prints, the waste material can be larger than the actual print itself!

    For example have a look at this multicolour Benchy and the amount of waste generated:
    https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/the-rising-concern-of-waste-in…

    I think there are some newer multi-head ones where each filament colour goes to a separate print head to avoid this problem.

    Just food for thought!

    p.s. not a knock on this deal in particular but just thought I would share!

    • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 11:18
      +2

      Yeah, the purge waste is a huge factor when it comes to multi-colour prints but you don't have to print those if you don't want.

      • Many multicolour prints are by layer e.g. embossed text where it's a colour change at a set layer.
      • Using PETG as support interface for PLA or vice versa.
      • Having four spools ready to go, so you don't have to manually change every time
      • print by object - different objects using different filament on single plate.
      • multi-coloured prints that are assembled together

      The next trend is affordable multi-head printers with the Snapmaker U1 leading the way.

      Bambu Lab has announced their H2C, and Bondtech INDX will be coming soon with a Prusa Core INDX confirmed.

      2026 is going to be an exciting year for 3D printing.

      • cuteseal on 09/10/2025 - 14:06

        Thank you - that is very insightful.
        Yes I think apart from the multi-coloured printing, those other scenarios are also great use cases.

      • jp1011 on 09/10/2025 - 16:58

        Agree with everything you said but a small note on multimaterial printing (ie. mixing PLA and PETG)

        It's really not recommended on a single nozzle setup like this (or bambu AMS) because of the inevitable contamination from swapping back and forth. With PLA and PETG this can lead to layer delamination and weaker prints.

        • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 17:01
          +2

          I do it all the time on my A1/AMS Lite.

          Some models it doesn't make sense but for large flat areas of support it works well, and it only needs to change filament for the support interface layers.

          With multi-head printers, this works even better as you say there is no contamination or issue with having different temps.

  • preasm14 on 09/10/2025 - 11:39
    +1

    Got this one last month with 22% ebay code. Printed a couple of single and multi colour items. Printed a multi colour Labubu doll in parts and glued them together. Also done a few 26-hours multi colour prints and did not have an issue. Got some failed prints on tall items due to me not enabling brim, so user error. Mine is installed in the garage as it's a bit noisy.

    • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 11:50

      nice, you could add the enclosure kit to add some noise dampening. Loud fans are one of the common cost saving measures on budget printers. But put it in the garage like you have or another room and it's not a big deal.

      • preasm14 on 09/10/2025 - 12:06

        The AD5X enclosure has been out of stock. Thinking getting the one for 5M if its suitable to 5X. I only need to cover the frame itself to prevent gust of wind blowing to the printer when I open the garage. Happened to one of my failed print. For now I put some cardboard on the front and sides whenever I print.

    • CharlieAus on 09/10/2025 - 12:20

      My 3d printers are in the garage too, mostly just because off-gassing and microplastics etc, don't really want them in my home office where my kids play computer etc regardless of material used or filtration setup.

  • preasm14 on 09/10/2025 - 12:13

    This is also very compact. I'm using the SCA workbench (without the top part) and still have space on the left. Got drawers for tools and accessories. Bottom shelf can be used to put filaments, etc.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/734456

    • 3dprintdeals on 09/10/2025 - 12:28

      one of the benefits of a coreXY form factor, and this one being even more compact with the 220mm3 bed size.

  • CharlieAus on 09/10/2025 - 16:01
    +1

    Looks like they've added $30 off to the AD5X making it even cheaper!

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