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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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  • 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
  • Revopoint Inspire 2
  • Revopoint Trackit
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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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Reviews

  • 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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How it works

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What is 3D Printing?

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What is 3D Printing?

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  • ICON Begins 3D Printing Its Largest Commercial Building for ASCO Equipment in San Antonio
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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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UC Berkeley Lab 3D Prints Quieter, More Efficient Drone Propellers Inspired by Owls and Cicadas

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UC Berkeley Lab 3D Prints Quieter, More Efficient Drone Propellers Inspired by Owls and Cicadas

Grace Gu's lab at UC Berkeley 3D printed and tested dozens of drone propellers modeled on owls and…

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Buyer guides

  • Best 3D printers
  • For beginners
  • Multicolor
  • Resin printers
  • Budget (under $400)
  • 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
All reviews

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

  • Filament dryers
  • Printer enclosures
  • Wash and cure stations

Buyer guides

  • Small objects
  • Medium objects
  • Large objects
  • Professional scanners
  • Scan with your phone
All scanner guides

Software and service

  • 3D scanner software
  • Scanning service vs buying

Reviews

  • Revopoint MetroY Pro
  • Revopoint Inspire 2
  • Revopoint Trackit
All scanner reviews

Design and AI

  • AI 3D model generators
  • 3D modeling and CAD software

Print prep and control

  • Slicers
  • STL repair tools
  • Printer host and remote control

Reviews

  • Meshy Edit
  • Tripo H3.1
  • Meshy 7.1
All software reviews

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
Black FridayNEW

Latest

  • UC Berkeley Lab 3D Prints Quieter, More Efficient Drone Propellers Inspired by Owls and Cicadas
  • University of Rochester Turns a Standard 3D Printer Into a $450 Syringe-Pump Bioprinter
  • 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
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
All use cases

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  • Rapid prototyping
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Steve is the founder of SolidXYZ 3D printing based in Canada. He has a past in oil and gas operations, dental, pharma, military and more recently an entrepreneur in the 3D printing space. Steve is very passionate about science with particular interests in the cosmos, Ai, robotics and cybernetics.

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Siraya Tech Blu Tough

~$33 to $46/kg
  • A plant-based, low-odor resin that paints cleanly and offers slightly more impact resis…
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Bambu Lab A2L Combo

~$569
  • A large-bed open-frame multicolor printer with a 330 mm class bed and included AMS Lite…
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Flashforge Adventurer 5M Pro

~$529
  • Wins on a built-in dual-layer HEPA and activated carbon filter rated to block 99% of pa…
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Spectrum PCTG

~$25 to 32/kg
  • Price-competitive European PCTG using the same Eastman Tritan copolyester as Fiberlogy,…
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Siraya Tech Cast

~$62 to $80/kg
  • A wax-based castable resin with low-ash burnout designed for direct investment casting,…
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Anycubic Kobra 3 Max Combo

~$700
  • Offers the most build volume per dollar in 2026 with a 420 x 420 x 500 mm envelope, 600…
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Flashforge Adventurer 5X

~$349 list, street deals ~$249 to $289
  • Four-color open-frame FDM printer based on the proven Adventurer 5-series platform with…
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