Ender 3 Spring Steel PEI Bed Plate,Heat Resistance, Removable,Flexible,Magnetic Build Surface, with 235mm×235mm,Upgrade Replacemnt Parts for Creality Ender 3/Pro/V2/S1/Neo,Ender 5/Pro

I've tried multiple different beds for my Ender 3; this is the first one that seems to work very well.The stock Ender 3 bed was difficult to use due to needing bed clips, as well as just being a 'meh' bed surface. The Creatality glass bed was nice, but PETG seemed to have adhesion issues. The Ender 3 Pro magnetic bed was convenient, and prints adhered to the bed well, but the bed surface itself would warp on longer prints.This bed sticks right in place of the Ender 3 Pro magnetic bed, and seems to work very well. I use a bltouch with a 5x5 grid, and it was as easy as "remove magnetic bed, drop in PEI spring steel bed, run auto bed level, print". The prints stick well when the bed is hot (7 hour prints run perfectly), and then practically fall right off once it's cooled, making for very easy removal. No more struggling to get the skirt off; once the bed cools, it practically falls off when you turn the bed sideways.Due to being made of spring steel, this bed sticks down very well. That was the biggest problem with the Ender 3 Pro magnetic bed; the backing surface seemed to basically be a massive fridge magnet, and it lacked rigidity; thus the magnetic bed surface itself would warp on longer prints. The spring steel does not warp like the magnetic bed, staying flat, and makes sure that prints come out un-warped.This bed does come with the magnetic underlayment that you will have to install on printers that were not already equipped with a magnetic bed (such as the Ender 3 stock). If you already have a magnetic bed like the Ender 3 Pro, this bed surface seems to be a drop-in replacement.

This bed is a huge upgrade from the original magnet bed. The originals were soft with very little hold. This is a strong hold and an nice smooth metal.

This is easily in my top 3 upgrades, and saves a ton of time and frustration. Prints pop right off like magic, but if they don't, a slight bend to the plate does the trick.I previously used a glass plate for the smooth bottom finish, but eventually got tried of putting it in the freezer, spraying IPA, and sometimes still having extreme difficulty removing prints. When I got my first PEI plate, the only options were a double sided (rough and smooth) flex plate for around $40, or a single sided rough flex plate for around $20. I wanted the smooth side, so I forked over $40. I wished they made a cheaper, single sided smooth PEI flex plate.After an unfortunate auto bed leveler incident tore up the $40 plate, I went back to the cheapie Creality non-PEI flex plates. They got the job done, but didn't offer the magical properties of PEI.Finally, after being certain the incident wouldn't repeat itself, I was ready to commit to a PEI plate again. To my surprise, there was this new single sided smooth PEI flex plate with only a few reviews. I took the plunge, and couldn't be happier with this purchase.The $20 price point is easier to stomach than $40, and it works just as well. It just doesn't have the rough side, which I didn't use anyway. I now recommend this plate to anyone I know with a 3D printer, there simply isn't a better option in my opinion. You get the smooth finish of glass, the ease of a magnetic flex plate, strong adhesion while hot, and prints practically fall off the plate after cooling. All of this for about $10 more than the cheapest non-PEI plate.

I bought this bed after using a few other beds.I started with an ender 3 flexy magnetic sheet with the weird sandpaper bottom, it worked well but got damaged easily and warped and cracked after a couple months of heavy printing.so I bought a big heavy glass plate that was perfectly flat that was held on with those stupid clips, and it was definitely nice and even across the build plate and made distinctively shiny surface layers on my prints but it just was a struggle to keep my prints sticking, even after regular washing and alcohol prep, some people šware by glass but I was done with it.Enter flexy steel sheet, everything sticks to this incredibly well and it's smooth surface for the bottom side of prints and has the bonus of being able to lift it up and pop off prints with a quick little flex of the plate, the thin sheet they glue on to the top of the steel is what makes the magic, my first printer was a prusa mk3 and had a steel bed with this same coating on it, i beleive is called pei surface or something, but my prusa didn't have the added benefit of being magnetically remove able.5/5 starsBE AWARE HOWEVER:: if you have your first layer super smooshed to the bed and the Temps up and you get your print to stick Too hard... You'll be getting your print off along with that coating over the bed along with it, which is what I immediately did, i had all my settings aimed at REALLY squishing my first layer on because my glass bed was stubborn, and wasn't paying attention when I switched to this bed. I ruined my coating--but that material is easy to find so you can re coat the bed easily for cheap. If you doubt your abilities to make a smooth new surface again you'll be ordering another steel plate.. But just be smart and this bed can last you a very long time, years even! My old prusa printer still has the same bed 4 years later , and once I fix my new bed my ender 3 will have a great new bed with no dumb clips required.PS= incase you didn't read half of this, the texture of this steel bed is smooth, not like that sandpaper surface that some beds have, neither are better or worse than the other, just preference. I like a smooth first layer surface myself.

This was recommended to me as the one that came with my Ender 3 S1 wasn’t holding on to much of anything. I find a majority of my prints are happy on this although a silk PLA attempt yesterday popped off early in the print. So you may still need a glue stick but it’s a huge improvement over the standard one.

So far this sheet has been the best. No signs of damage to smooth side after a few dozen prints. Easy to remove prints once the sheet has cooled a little.Only used the textured side a few times so far but all good, flex and prints pop off with ease at anytemperature.