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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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  • 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
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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

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  • Scan with your phone
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  • 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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3D Printing Use Cases & Applications

Read all about 3D printing use cases and 3D printing case studies. Stories from and interviews with companies that use 3D printing in their daily routine.

Classic Car Carburetor Replica by Tecron & Markforged

Markforged has released a report highlighting a whole bunch of case studies from users of their range of machines, both carbon composite and... read more »

Automotive
3d model carburetor featured

Electrically Conductive Polymer Composites for 3D Printing

Last week we took a look at ESD safe materials for 3D printing. These are materials that are safe against electrostatic discharge, and... read more »

Use Cases
electrically conductive polymer composites for 3d printing

ESD Safe Materials for 3D Printing

The mechanical properties of 3D printed thermoplastic materials have been fairly well explored at this point. Sure there is always room for improvement…... read more »

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Atherton Bikes 3D Printed Titanium Lugs

They say poachers make the best gamekeepers, so you could probably extend that idiom to bike manufacturing, especially where it comes to UK... read more »

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Create Isotropic Parts With 3D Systems’ Figure 4

As anyone who has ever touched a 3D printer knows by now, many different additive manufacturing processes result in anisotropy of the part.... read more »

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figure 4 isotropic parts

Miele Offers 3D Printables on Thingiverse

German appliance manufacturer Miele are offering CAD files for the 3D printing of extra components for their own range of appliances. According to... read more »

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3D Printing for Spines

Medical 3D printing news of the last few months has been dominated largely by coronavirus-themed stories. Masks, ventilators, valves… even vaccine discovery aided... read more »

3D Systems
3d systems implant

3D Printing and COVID-19

As countries around the world grapple with the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), there have been several 3D printing-related occurrences worth reporting. Last... read more »

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Operation Shields Up OSU covid

3D Printed Submarine Parts Ready for Serial Production

Our recent article on a 3D printed underwater scooter ended with a prediction that we’ll be seeing a 3D printed submarine soon. While... read more »

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3D Printing Copper

We’ve all heard of the Bronze Age and the Iron Age but what of the Copper Age? Bronze, an alloy consisting mostly of... read more »

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3d printing copper featured image

3D Printing Spare Parts On-Demand

A notable portion of production 3D printing is dedicated to supplying replacement parts, and I say replacement parts rather than spare parts because... read more »

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3D Printing a Mold to Repair a Seal with Epoxy Resin

While production 3D printing has certainly stepped into the limelight, the DIY and household 3D printing community is still active and growing. Some... read more »

Use Cases
repair button with 3d printer

Intro to Ceramic 3D Printing

The modern 3D printing space is a far cry from the days of plastic prototypes. Today’s users have their choice of materials, from... read more »

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ceramic 3d printing

Intro to Continuous Fiber 3D Printing

The range of materials available in 3D printing, even just within Fused Deposition Modeling, has grown considerably in the last few years. Not... read more »

Use Cases

3D Printing as a Production Technology

There’s no question that 3D printing has moved beyond making prototypes and one-offs. The adoption rate of 3D printing by Fortune 500 companies... read more »

Use Cases
bigrep pro boyce 3d printed air ducts

Testing A Lamborghini With 3D Printed PETG Intake Stack Prototypes

The folks over at Driftworks have been modifying and testing a Lamborghini Murcielago as part of an ongoing Youtube series. The owner, Phil... read more »

Automotive
3d printed intake stacks petg prototypes lamborghini

Tailored Fits 3D Prints Custom Insoles for Ski Boots

Swiss sportswear manufacturer Tailored Fits produces tailor-made, 3D printed liners for ski boots. This makes sense because the comfort and control one has... read more »

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3D Printed Props – How 3D Printing is Used in Film & TV

As a multi-billion dollar industry, film and TV production crews are often tasked with the heavy burden of bringing artistic visions to life... read more »

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3D Printing & Embedded Electronics – How AM Enables Smarter Objects

All throughout the world of modern manufacturing, 3D printing is adding unique functionalities to various products in ways traditional manufacturing cannot manage. The... read more »

Use Cases

Case Study: Exco Engineering Uses Metal AM For Automotive Die Cast Tooling

As we’ve previously reported, the automotive sector is pushing the frontier of metal 3D printing by fabricating prototypes, production jigs and fixtures, and... read more »

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Anycubic Kobra 3 V2 Combo

~$329-$355
  • An updated open bedslinger with ACE Pro 4-color drying-while-printing, LeviQ 3.0 zoned…
Anycubic Kobra 3 V2 Combo
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Creality SparkX i7

~$239-$299
  • A CES 2026 award-winning beginner multicolor bedslinger with CFS Lite 4-color printing,…
Creality SparkX i7
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colorFabb PETG Economy

  • A reliable PETG from a manufacturer producing engineering-grade filament since 2012, av…
colorFabb PETG Economy
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Creality Ender-5 Max

$749
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Creality Ender-5 Max
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Bambu Lab A2L

~$469 (combo with AMS lite ~$569)
  • An open-frame bedslinger with a 300 × 320 × 325 mm build volume at $469, taking AMS l…
Bambu Lab A2L
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Creality HALOT-MAGE PRO 8K

$359
  • This page keeps the HALOT-MAX address and covers the HALOT-MAGE PRO 8K, the current lar…
Creality HALOT-MAGE PRO 8K
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Bambu Lab P2S Combo

~$699-$749
  • Pairs the P2S with the AMS 2 Pro for active filament drying during multicolor prints, s…
Bambu Lab P2S Combo
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Raise3D Pro3 Plus HS

~$7,000-$7,600
  • A production-grade IDEX machine with a 300 × 300 × 605 mm build volume, Hyper FFF tec…
Raise3D Pro3 Plus HS
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