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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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Filament

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

  • For miniatures
  • Tough and ABS-like
  • Castable resin
  • Water-washable
  • Flexible resin
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  • Filament dryers
  • Printer enclosures
  • Wash and cure stations
Best Filament Dryers (2026 Guide)

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Best Filament Dryers (2026 Guide)

Wet filament causes most failed prints; the fix costs less than a spool.

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  • Small objects
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  • Revopoint MetroY Pro
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3D Scanners 2026: The Complete Buying Guide

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3D Scanners 2026: The Complete Buying Guide

Nineteen scanners from $400 to $40,000, sorted by object size.

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  • Meshy Edit
  • Tripo H3.1
  • Meshy 7.1
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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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What is 3D Printing?

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ABS and Radian Forge to Evaluate Digital Qualification of Wire Arc 3D Printed Metal Parts

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ABS and Radian Forge to Evaluate Digital Qualification of Wire Arc 3D Printed Metal Parts

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  • Best 3D 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

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  • FLSun T1 Pro
  • QIDI Tech Q1 Pro
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  • 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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  • Medium objects
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  • Meshy 7.1
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  • Best printers for beginners

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  • Types of 3D printing
  • Metal 3D printing

How-tos and glossary

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Latest

  • ABS and Radian Forge to Evaluate Digital Qualification of Wire Arc 3D Printed Metal Parts
  • ICON Begins 3D Printing Its Largest Commercial Building for ASCO Equipment in San Antonio
  • VulcanForms Secures $500 Million to Build Three New Factories Around Its Metal 3D Printing
  • University of Freiburg Researchers Win €10 Million ERC Grant for Volumetric 3D Printing of Commercial Plastics
  • Dutch Machine Builder Swaps a Welded Part for One Metal 3D Printed by K3D
All news

Use cases

  • Dutch Machine Builder Swaps a Welded Part for One Metal 3D Printed by K3D
  • 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
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GE Healthcare Partners With Formlabs To Improve Anatomical Model 3D Printing

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Combining AM Technologies For Ultra-Light Automotive Seating

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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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Hands-on Review: BASF Ultrafuse 316L Stainless Steel Filament

Ever since BASF announced their Ultrafuse 316L a couple months ago, we’ve been itching to get our hands on this filament that promises... 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 »

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Global 3D Printing Market To Reach $41 billion by 2026

A new report from Acumen Research and Consulting forecasts the global 3D printing market to reach $41 billion by 2026. That represents a... read more »

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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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Modix Announces MAMA, A Modular XXL 3D Printer

Modix, an Israel-based 3D printer manufacturer that specializes in large-format extrusion 3D printers, will soon be unveiling their largest printer yet: MAMA (Modular... read more »

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Graphene-Filled 3D Printing Filament In The Works

A joint development agreement between Terrafilum and XG Sciences seeks to produce graphene-enhanced filament and coatings. Carbon fiber is a popular additive in... read more »

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DustRam: From Prototyping To Manufacturing With 3D Printing

When we talk about prototyping and manufacturing with 3D printing it’s not usually in reference to the same company, but the DustRam product... read more »

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DustRam: From Prototyping To Manufacturing With 3D Printing

Stratasys Releases More Production-Grade Materials

Stratasys recently unveiled a selection of high-performance, production-grade materials intended for manufacturing, aerospace, and automotive applications. The new offerings are especially tough as... read more »

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Upgrade Your 3D Printer With Endurance Lasers

3D printers are incredibly productive as-is. But add a diode laser from Endurance Lasers to a 3D printer and you’ll enjoy a serious... read more »

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3D Printed Device Recycles Nuclear Waste

One of the biggest problems that comes with installing nuclear power plants is figuring out what to do with the nuclear waste. While... read more »

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Design Guidelines for Filament, Resin & Powder Bed 3D Printing

Before any part gets 3D printed, it must first be designed. Designing 3D models is done in CAD/CAM software, and when designing a... read more »

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Continuous 3D Printing With The Powerbelt3D Zero

A startup out of Syracuse, New York called Powerbelt3D is taking pre-orders for its first product, the Zero, which offers both continuous and... read more »

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The Circular Juice Bar That 3D Prints Cups From Peels

There are few things as refreshing as orange juice, though one contender may be this “Feel the Peel” machine that both delivers fresh-squeezed... read more »

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Varroc Lighting Systems Tests Self-Tapping Screws On 3D Printed Parts

As 3D printing shifts more and more toward production applications, companies are working hard to verify that the materials are up to the... read more »

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No Layer Lines With Non-Planar FDM 3D Printing

The surface quality of FDM (fused deposition modeling) 3D prints has improved drastically in the last few years, mostly thanks to improved slicing... read more »

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An Overview Of Metal DLP 3D Printing

When we covered the different types of metal 3D printing, we briefly touched on metal DLP 3D printing. The technology is predicted to... read more »

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Bambu Lab PETG-CF

  • Ships with pre-configured slicer profiles for all Bambu printers and RFID for automatic…
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Creality K3

~$849 (pre-order)
  • Creality's first toolchanger using the KliTek system to dock and swap complete nozzle a…
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Formlabs Form 4L

~$7,125
  • The large-format professional ceiling with 4.6x the build volume of the Form 4, using t…
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Polymaker PolyMide CoPA

  • Placed at the top of the consumer nylon category by multiple independent roundups, blen…
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Anycubic ABS-Like Resin Pro 2

~$29 to $39/kg
  • The direct successor to ABS-Like Resin Plus with 35-40% elongation at break (114% impro…
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Creality HALOT-MAGE S 14K

$399
  • Creality lists LCD MSLA printing, a 223 × 126 × 230 mm build volume, a 10.1 inch mono…
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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…
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