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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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  • 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
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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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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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  • For kids and schools
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  • Large format
All printer guides

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  • Large scale and industrial

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  • QIDI Tech Q1 Pro
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  • 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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  • Wash and cure stations

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  • Professional scanners
  • Scan with your phone
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  • Revopoint Trackit
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  • STL repair tools
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  • Meshy 7
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  • 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
Black FridayNEW

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.

Researchers 3D Print Composites with Thermoset Matrix

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are great. As long as they are made with continuous fibers. When you start chopping these carbon... read more »

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AI-Driven Molecular 3D Printing On the Way?

Remember the early days, when 3D printing was just becoming mainstream? “It’s like a Star Trek replicator!” they said. “Everyone can make anything!... read more »

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US Navy Researching Biodegradable, Disposable 3D Printed Polymer Structures

Are you concerned that your torpedos and other weapons of naval warfare are sinking to the bottom of the ocean and turning into... read more »

Military
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ORNL now Dabbling with 3D Printed Carbon Capture Devices

We have covered the 3D printing ambitions of Oak Ridge National Laboratory a couple of times before. And they are indeed HUGE ambitions.... read more »

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Chinese Mars Rocket had 50 3D Printed Components

In July 2020, the CNSA (Chinese National Space Agency) launched their Mars spacecraft on top of a Long March 5 rocket. The mission,... read more »

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Chinese Mars Rocket had 50 3D Printed Components

Topology Optimization for Compliant Medical Devices

If you just place an orthopedic implant into a human being without considering the flexibility of the replacement bone, then you risk what... read more »

Medical
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First Flight Critical Aerospace Component Receives FAA Certification

Defence giant Honeywell, has recently announced that their 3D printed bearing housing has been approved for use on the Dassault Falcon 20G maritime... read more »

Aerospace
First Flight Critical Aerospace Component Receives FAA Certification

Researchers use Machine Learning for Monitoring In-situ Metal Pore Formation

Porosity and other defects are a problem where it comes to parts printed with metal powder bed fusion processes. One team of researchers... read more »

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Cold Metal Fusion: What is it?

In this post we will be looking at the Cold Metal Fusion (CMF) AM method, and we will be answering that exact question.... read more »

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Singaporean Company Gets Certified for Aviation Printing

Singapore-based Additive Flight Solutions Pte. Ltd. has received AS9100D certification, which will enable the company to provide parts to the aerospace industry. AS9100D... read more »

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SEAT Gets its own 3D Printing Centre

Automaker SEAT has this week announced the launch of their own 3D Printing LAB. The lab is located in the SEAT Prototype Development... read more »

Automotive
seat 3d pritinting lab

Thermally Conductive Polymer Materials for 3D Printing

Over the last few weeks we have been taking a look at various polymers with added engineering functionality. So far we have looked... read more »

Use Cases
thermally conductive polymer materials for 3d printing

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
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New Hybrid Process Combines Concrete Casting with 3D Printing

Concrete. Love it or hate it, we sure do use a lot of it. It is the second most used material on the... read more »

News
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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 »

Use Cases
ESD Safe Materials for 3D Printing

ESA Tests ALM Rocket Engine

Last week we took a look at the 3D printed liquid rocket engine in the world from a Brooklyn-based company called Launcher. They... read more »

Aerospace
ESA Tests ALM Rocket Engine

Copper Rocket Engine Test Launch Date Draws Near

The CEO of 3D printed rocket engine company Launcher, has posted an interesting image of their new Launcher E-2 engine after it was... 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 »

3D Printing Metal
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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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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…
Anycubic ABS-Like Resin Pro 2
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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…
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Anycubic Kobra S1 ACE 2 Pro Combo

~$574
  • An enclosed CoreXY with a 250 mm cube, 320°C hotend, 120°C bed, and ACE 2 Pro multico…
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Flashforge Adventurer 5M Pro

~$529
  • Features a built-in dual-layer HEPA and activated carbon filter rated to block 99% of p…
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Overture PETG

~$19 to 22/kg
  • Most consistently recommended budget PETG in the community, producing fewer first-layer…
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Polymaker ASA

  • Uses Warp-Free technology to reduce corner lifting and layer separation on printers wit…
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Creality SparkX i7 Combo

~$399
  • The easiest entry into multicolor printing for first-time owners, bundling four-color C…
Creality SparkX i7 Combo
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Creality K2 Pro Combo

~$1,049
  • A 60°C actively heated enclosed CoreXY with 4-color CFS printing and Klipper-based fir…
Creality K2 Pro Combo
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