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Best 3D Printers 2026: Buyer’s Guide

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Best 3D Printers 2026: Buyer’s Guide

Twenty printers tested and ranked, from $169 to the H2D.

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Best Filament Dryers (2026 Guide)

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3D Scanners 2026: The Complete Buying Guide

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3D Scanners 2026: The Complete Buying Guide

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Best AI 3D Model Generators for 3D Printing (2026)

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Best AI 3D Model Generators for 3D Printing (2026)

Type a prompt, get a printable model: the tools we tested, free tiers first.

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  • Transgulf Readymix Invests in UAE Construction 3D Printing Firm AC3D
  • Navy Engineers Design 3D Printable Safety Clip for Bomb Disposal Teams
  • GKN Aerospace Earns First Nadcap Accreditation for Laser Wire DED
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  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
  • OECHSLER Scales Carbon Lattice Production to 40 Printers Running Around the Clock
  • Reverse Engineering Without CAD Data: How the MetroY Ultra Turns Physical Parts into Digital Designs
  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
  • 3D Printed Quiet Pickleball Unveiled
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Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L

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Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L

Prague's central fire station prints its own mounts, door wedges and spare parts on a Prusa CORE One…

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  • Best 3D printers
  • For beginners
  • Multicolor
  • Resin printers
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  • For kids and schools
  • For miniatures
  • Large format
All printer guides

Brands and compare

  • Bambu Lab lineup compared
  • Compare printers
  • Full color 3D printers
  • Large scale and industrial

Reviews

  • Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra
  • FLSun T1 Pro
  • QIDI Tech Q1 Pro
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Filament

  • Best PETG filament
  • Best PLA filament
  • Best TPU filament
  • Best ABS and ASA filament
  • Engineering filaments
  • Composite filaments
  • Flexible filaments
  • Bio filaments
All filament guides

Resin

  • For miniatures
  • Tough and ABS-like
  • Castable resin
  • Water-washable
  • Flexible resin
All resin guides

Accessories

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  • Wash and cure stations

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  • Small objects
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  • Scan with your phone
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  • Revopoint MetroY Pro
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Print prep and control

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Start here

  • What is 3D printing?
  • How much does it cost?
  • FDM vs resin
  • Best printers for beginners

How it works

  • What is a 3D printer?
  • How does 3D printing work?
  • Types of 3D printing
  • Metal 3D printing

How-tos and glossary

  • 3D printing glossary
  • Food-safe 3D printing
  • Setting up a school program
  • Free 3D printable models
Deals

Latest

  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
  • Aurora Labs Raises A$6 Million to Scale Up 3D Printed Turbojet Production
  • Transgulf Readymix Invests in UAE Construction 3D Printing Firm AC3D
  • Navy Engineers Design 3D Printable Safety Clip for Bomb Disposal Teams
  • GKN Aerospace Earns First Nadcap Accreditation for Laser Wire DED
All news

Use cases

  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
  • OECHSLER Scales Carbon Lattice Production to 40 Printers Running Around the Clock
  • Reverse Engineering Without CAD Data: How the MetroY Ultra Turns Physical Parts into Digital Designs
  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
  • 3D Printed Quiet Pickleball Unveiled
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Filipino Expat Gets 3D Printed Jaw in Dubai

John Michael Mauleon, a Filipino expat living in Dubai, underwent a groundbreaking 3D printed surgery to remove a facial tumor. Before the procedure,... read more »

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Filipino Expat Gets 3D Printed Jaw in Dubai

Tennis Racket Dampeners Optimized with Additive Manufacturing

A tennis racket dampener, also known as a vibration dampener or shock absorber, is a small accessory that is attached to the strings... read more »

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Tennis Racket Dampeners Optimized with Additive Manufacturing

Cutting Control Valve Noise with 3D Printing Technology

Control valve noise can be a significant issue caused by high-pressure drops and turbulent flow. Traditional low noise trim designs have limitations in... read more »

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Cutting Control Valve Noise with 3D Printing Technology

Researchers Print Wearable Sweat Analysis Sensor

Sweat contains important information about our health, and researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering have made a significant... read more »

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sweatainer

3D Printed Cat Toys Emulate Everyday Objects

Have you ever spent a whole lot of cash on a toy for your cat, only to have the cat ignore it and... read more »

News
Milk-ring replicas

3D Printed Toothbrush Mods to Ease Dexterity Issues

Landor & Fitch, a San Francisco-based brand consulting firm, has developed a solution to make oral care accessible to people with dexterity challenges.... read more »

News
Enhancing dexterity

Arizona Plant Saves Huge Bucks by Turning to 3D Printed Replacement Parts

Griffith Energy, a gas-fired power plant in Arizona, has turned to additive manufacturing to hugely reduce the cost of maintenance activities. When faced... read more »

News
valves

MIT 3D Prints a Miniature Vacuum Pump

Researchers at MIT have created a miniature peristaltic vacuum pump using 3D printing that could help create inexpensive portable mass spectrometers for use... read more »

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Peristaltic mechanism

Hayabusa Launches Boxing Gloves with Force Dampening Lattices

Hayabusa, a sports equipment manufacturer, has recently launched a new product line of boxing gloves named T3D, which incorporates 3D printed manufacturing processes.... read more »

News
3D Printed lattice gloves.

3D Printing Makes Hearing Aids into Functional Jewelry

Hungarian design team Dress-coding has launched a new project called hEarrings that combines jewelry with hearing aids to create an innovative solution for... read more »

News
hearing aid

Engineers Use DfAM to Reduce Shaft Weight by over 50%

Mario Franchi, an Application Engineer for Additive Manufacturing at il Sentiero International Campus, faced the challenge of creating a lightweight gear and sprocket... read more »

Use Cases
3D printed gears and sprockets

Czech Company 3D Prints Butt-specific Bike Seats

Posedla, a Czech cycling tech company, has developed a system for 3D printing bike seats using a shaping algorithm and an MJF 3D... read more »

News
Custom saddle

The Future of AM-Assisted Sand Casting

The sand casting process involves creating a mold from casting sand and filling it with liquid metal to create a solid part. It... read more »

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sandcasting

3D Printed Cellos Are Here

We have seen a few examples of printed violins on these pages, and many of you are probably aware of the additively manufactured... read more »

News
MyCello

Limbitless Solutions Expands Halo Prosthetics Range

Prosthetic limbs have come a long way in the last decade, largely thanks to additive manufacturing. Prosthetic arms in particular have benefited from... read more »

News
Limbitless Solutions

UnionTech Dental 3D Printing Digital Solutions

UnionTech is a provider of professional DLP & SLA 3D printers with a range of solutions available for dental 3D printing.

Dental

3D Printing Saves Horse from Certain Death

We have seen a few examples of additive manufacturing being used to manufacture prosthetic devices for smaller animals such as cats and dogs,... read more »

News
horse hoof

Printing Rigid and Rubber Materials for Hearing Aids

WS Audiology not only utilizes the 3D Systems Figure 4 solution for making production parts, but they also use it for production of... read more »

3D Systems
WS Audiology

Alpine F1 Team uses AM to Manufacture Titanium Accumulator

Alpine has been working with 3D Systems on the production of a titanium hydraulic accumulator for their F1 car. The accumulator is part... read more »

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alpine-featured

Satellite Benefits From Metal AM Weight Reduction

The European Space Agency’s 15-year Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Program is aimed at stimulating R&D and creating innovative products for the... read more »

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QIDI Plus4

~$699-$799
  • Built around a 65°C heated chamber with a 370°C nozzle and 305 × 305 × 280 mm build…
QIDI Plus4
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Revopoint INSPIRE 2

~$549
  • Entry-level dual-mode scanner combining infrared structured light with an 11-line IR la…
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Creality Hi

~$369
  • CoreXY motion with 500 mm/s speeds and a 300°C all-metal hotend in an open-frame desig…
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Elegoo Centauri 2 Combo

~$329
  • A CoreXY open-frame printer with Elegoo's CANVAS four-spool system included, offering 4…
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Bambu Lab PAHT-CF

  • PPA-based (polyphthalamide) high-temperature nylon with carbon fibre offering substanti…
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Hatchbox ABS

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eSUN ePETG-CF

~$25 to 35/kg
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Bambu Lab PETG HF

  • Developed specifically for Bambu machines' high-speed profiles, running at twice the de…
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