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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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  • Tough and ABS-like
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Best Filament Dryers (2026 Guide)

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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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What is 3D Printing?

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  • LLNL Prints Tiny NIF Target Cone Ten Times Faster
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  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
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  • 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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Robo Nine Starts Printing First Fifty Robot Leader Arms

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Robo Nine Starts Printing First Fifty Robot Leader Arms

Robo Nine is 3D printing its first batch of 50 SO-ARM102 leader arms in China for the open-source…

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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
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  • Revopoint Trackit
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  • STL repair tools
  • Printer host and remote control

Reviews

  • Tripo H3.1
  • Meshy 7
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  • How much does it cost?
  • FDM vs resin
  • Best printers for beginners

How it works

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  • 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
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Latest

  • Robo Nine Starts Printing First Fifty Robot Leader Arms
  • Callaway Plans $15M Titanium 3D Printing Facility in Fort Worth
  • Blue Origin Northstar Booster Engine Is Over 65 Percent Printed
  • Printed Tungsten Tiles Survive Plasma Tests at DIII-D
  • LLNL Prints Tiny NIF Target Cone Ten Times Faster
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
All use cases

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Phillip is an aerospace engineer from UK. He is a graduate of Coventry University (UK), International Space University (France) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), where he studied Advanced Manufacturing at the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing.

AM Brings Unparalleled Design Freedom to Fluid Dynamics

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US Navy Tests Conductive Plastic AM Radar Components

Antennas need to be electrically conductive, so they either need to be manufactured from a conductive material (metal, typically) or else be made... read more »

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Skull Surgery a Success with 3D Printing

An infant in Dehli, India, has had a medical condition called Trigonocephaly treated with the aid of additive manufacturing. Patients with Trigonocephaly are... read more »

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LASIMM – A Hybrid Manufacturing and Metrology Solution

Metal AM is great, but it’s still a long way off from producing true net-shape parts. To achieve the usable component, smoothed, squared... read more »

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World’s First 3D Printed School in Madagascar

It’s great to see the promises of AM construction finally being deployed in a useful humanitarian role, rather than simply as the latest... read more »

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World’s First 3D Printed School in Madagascar

Military Eyes Topology Optimized Heat Exchangers

The Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) sure loves additive manufacturing, as we have shown in the past. Their latest... read more »

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3D Printing Brings Water from Air

We live on a water planet where most of the water is undrinkable. The irony! If only there was some method of extracting... read more »

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First 3D Printed Home up for Sale

We see a lot of 3D printed homes on this website, but we don’t hear much about people actually buying them on property... read more »

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AM Wind Turbine Blade Mold Research Gets Funding Boost

If there ever was a poster child for Industry 4.0, then it should definitely be the wind turbine. Squeezing everything they can from... read more »

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Precision Anatomic Models with 3D Printing

Use Case Precision Anatomic Models The medical world has long been a fan of additive manufacturing, and with good reason. By using various... read more »

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ASUS Releases AM Files for ROG Motherboards

We like it when companies publish 3D printable mods for their products. We like it even more when they are well designed and... read more »

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ASUS Releases AM Files for ROG Motherboards

Prototyping a Modular Mass Ventilator System – MassVentil Project

A recently developed ventilator has been unveiled by a team of researchers from Hungary, and they hope that the modular system, which has... read more »

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Prototyping a Modular Mass Ventilator System – MassVentil Project

Hearing Products get Accelerated Development Workflow

Custom earware is not limited to hearing aids. Learn how ACS has set out to bring bespoke hearing protection..

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3D Printing Finds a Home with Audiophiles

With the aid of a 3D Systems SLS printer and some simulation software, UK-based industrial designer company Node has created their HYLIXA speaker... read more »

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3D Printing Finds a Home with Audiophiles

3D Printed Bearings and Tribo-filaments

When we hear the phrase “3D printed bearing” the first thing that may come to mind are the many videos of YouTubers testing... read more »

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Porsche Demos 3D Printing for Electric Vehicles

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Digital Dentistry: Auto-stacking for Volume Production

We have taken a look at the types of machines used for 3D printing orthodontic products in this previous article. And as this... read more »

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CERN using 3D Printing to Improve Particle Detection

The European particle smashing agency, CERN has turned to 3D printing to manufacture components for a cooling system in the Large Hadron Collider.... read more »

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Using AI to Design AM Missile Parts

Ignoring all warnings from Hollywood from the last 4 decades, US Army engineers and scientists have turned to AI to assist with the... read more »

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US Marines Use Cosine large Scale 3D printer

Guide to Printing Food-Safe Plastic Products

Plastics have been a long-time favorite material of the food industry. Plastics are cheap, easy to manufacture in large quantities, they are water-tight... read more »

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EinScan SP V2

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  • Pro desktop turntable scanner with 0.05mm single-shot accuracy and 360-degree auto-scan…
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Polymaker PolyMide CoPA

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Creality Halot Mage S

~$489
  • Offers a larger 10.1-inch 14K screen and 230 mm of Z height compared to Mars-class prin…
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SUNLU High Speed Matte PETG

~$20 to 25/kg
  • Most-cited non-Bambu alternative for high-flow PETG printing, engineered for higher flo…
SUNLU High Speed Matte PETG
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Prusa XL (5-toolhead)

~$3,899
  • The only desktop printer with up to five fully independent toolheads each with its own…
Prusa XL (5-toolhead)
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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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Creality Ender-3 V3 SE

~$169 to $219
  • Entry-level open-frame FDM printer with Sprite direct-drive extruder, full auto bed lev…
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Bambu Lab PETG-CF

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