Yes. 3D Radical Prints is an authorised Australian reseller for Flashforge, stocking the Creator 5 range and other Flashforge 3D printers with local warranty support and stock held in Adelaide, South Australia.
Both share the same FlashSwap 4-toolhead tool-changing system, CoreXY motion, 600 mm/s print speed, and 30,000 mm/s² acceleration. The Creator 5 is open-frame and built for standard materials such as PLA, PETG, TPU, and PVA. The Creator 5 Pro adds a fully enclosed chamber with active heating up to 65°C plus HEPA and activated carbon filtration, which unlocks engineering materials including ABS, ASA, PC, PA, PAHT-CF, PET-CF, and PPS-CF.
No. The Creator 5 and Creator 5 Pro are structurally different machines — the enclosure, chamber heating, and filtration system on the Pro aren’t retrofittable. If there’s any chance you’ll need engineering materials like ABS, ASA, PC, or carbon-fibre filaments down the track, it’s worth buying the Pro from the start.
FlashSwap is Flashforge’s tool-changing system — instead of feeding multiple filaments through one shared nozzle like an AMS or MMU, each of the Creator 5’s four toolheads has its own independent nozzle, heater, and filament path. Swaps take around 7 seconds, and because there’s no shared nozzle there’s no filament mixing between colours, resulting in far less purge waste than single-nozzle multi-material systems.
The open-frame Creator 5 is suited to standard materials that don’t need a heated chamber: PLA, PETG, TPU, PVA, and similar filaments.
The Creator 5 Pro handles everything the standard Creator 5 does, plus engineering-grade materials that need a heated, filtered chamber: ABS, ASA, PC (polycarbonate), PA/nylon including PAHT-CF, PET-CF, and PPS-CF.
Yes. Because each of the four toolheads runs independently at its own temperature, you can combine materials in a single print — for example a rigid structural material with a flexible one, or a print body with soluble PVA supports — without needing to change filament mid-print.
Both printers run on Flash Studio, Orca-Flashforge slicer, and the Flash Maker mobile app, and support fleet management for monitoring multiple printers at once — useful for print farms and small production setups.
Yes. As an authorised Flashforge reseller, 3D Radical Prints provides local warranty support and troubleshooting for Flashforge printers purchased through the store, rather than relying on an overseas seller.
Yes. 3D Radical Prints has a physical shopfront at Ridgehaven, SA, with set opening hours — check the store’s hours page or contact the team to arrange a look before you buy.