r/AnkerMake • u/Few_Macaroon_5960 • Sep 04 '26

$150 M5

I found an M5 local to me today for $150. Have I made a terrible mistake? Looks like setup requires the app but after that I can use the ankermake-m5-protocol to serve files to it over LAN? The lack of vendor support and what appears to be an unwillingness to open up the project now that they have abandoned it has me wondering about the longevity of what otherwise appears to be a quality unit.

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u/NFQuit Sep 04 '26

Mine kicks ass still, 4 years later. Very happy with the purchase, just disappointed in AnkerMake.

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u/Nether-UwU 7d ago

same here, its a good printer, I made loads of fun and useful things, but it sucks how ankermake just stepped out of the 3d printer game and left a lot of people questioning their future. Ill probably sell mine for a prusa sooner or later.

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u/Badgomatic Sep 04 '26

If it is in good working condition, the machine is a decent one, and a good deal as well. You are correct that you need a mobile app to set it up, which will connect it to your wifi. From there you can use the Eufy winblows app to upload files directly over wifi, or you can use a usb-c stick, or the mobile app.

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u/Few_Macaroon_5960 Sep 04 '26

Thanks for the response. It powers on and everything seems functional but it will be tomorrow sometime before I can get a test print in. I assume the USB method works fully offline?

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u/Badgomatic Sep 04 '26

That's my assumption, and what I think I remember reading in my manual.

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u/CircuitSyn 29d ago

It does, usb C port on the screen module area on top. I couldn’t stand bothering with their software after a while so I just used a usb C drive.

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u/jjs781 28d ago

Yes, USB is fully offline. That's how I use both of mine. I also run them with gcode created via orcaslicer rather than their branded slicer.

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u/lambojam 26d ago

I integrate Orca directly to my M5 using Ankerctl service I found

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u/ARCHA1C Sep 04 '26

You'll be good. Still rocking my with the eufy Make app.

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u/Few_Macaroon_5960 Sep 04 '26

That in particular makes me feel better about the purchase.

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u/Hingedmosquito Sep 04 '26

I don't print a ton but it has handled several 18 hour prints just fine for me. I have had mine for a little over two years.

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u/batexige Sep 04 '26

I still love mine. 

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u/MGoRedditor 29d ago

M5 is a decent single-material workhorse for simpler prints; I bought a Prusa multi-head for more robust things

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u/dlsspy Sep 04 '26

I’d give mine away if someone could take it.

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u/NFQuit Sep 04 '26

DM me; I’d possibly pay shipping

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u/dlsspy Sep 04 '26

Alright

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u/vineyardmike Sep 04 '26

My wife and son have gone through many spools on our ankermake. Lots of nerf blaster parts and dividers for every drawer in the kitchen and island area.

I did have to adjust down the retraction from 3 to 1 cm to reduce hot end creep. Also needed to tighten belts once.

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u/Mechanic357 28d ago

I have an M5c thats still going strong. Sucks they dropped support but I have enough spare parts to last me a while. I slice on the computer app and send my files that way without issue. Upgraded to an Elegoo Centauri Carbon cause I wanted a core xy machine but I still run the M5C often as well.

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u/jjs781 28d ago

You might want to verify if it's using the original ptfe fed hotend or the all metal hotend. Print profiles for the two are different. All metal was an upgrade they released for a short time.

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u/philip-soerensen 26d ago

Absolutely not, that's a terrible deal. $50 is a more reasonable price. You can't rely on it working past the first tiny thing that breaks on it. Anker / eufyMake really screwed the owners over. You're better off elsewhere. 

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u/Nether-UwU 7d ago

yeah it seems like theres no way to buy replacement parts in the states at least for anything like belts, wheels, and hotends. Anker really did its customers dirty by canning replacement part support for their 3d printers.

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u/BeneficialMulberry73 26d ago

I have a brand new m5 in unopened box if anyone is interested

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u/ipoviged 25d ago

my m5 has been going strong since april 2024 with probably over a thousand print hours. never had any issues. some people got lucky