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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
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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)

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

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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

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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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What is 3D Printing?

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  • Maurice Ribble’s EEW Maker Kit Turns 3D Printed Parts Into an Electric Spinning Wheel
  • Student Designs Backpack-Sized Folding 3D Printer With the Filament Spool Inside
  • Tripo H3.1 Review: From Image to 3D Print
  • University of South Florida Students Test 3D Printed Oyster Bricks on Tampa Bay Seawalls
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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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University of Tokyo Team 3D Prints Robot Legs With TPU Muscles and Ligaments

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University of Tokyo Team 3D Prints Robot Legs With TPU Muscles and Ligaments

A University of Tokyo team tunes printed lattices in one TPU to give a life-sized robot soft muscles,…

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  • Best 3D printers
  • For beginners
  • Multicolor
  • Resin 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

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

Accessories

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  • Printer enclosures
  • Wash and cure stations

Buyer guides

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

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  • Scanning service vs buying

Reviews

  • Revopoint MetroY Pro
  • Revopoint Inspire 2
  • Revopoint Trackit
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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

  • Tripo H3.1
  • Meshy 7
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

  • University of Tokyo Team 3D Prints Robot Legs With TPU Muscles and Ligaments
  • Maurice Ribble’s EEW Maker Kit Turns 3D Printed Parts Into an Electric Spinning Wheel
  • Student Designs Backpack-Sized Folding 3D Printer With the Filament Spool Inside
  • Tripo H3.1 Review: From Image to 3D Print
  • University of South Florida Students Test 3D Printed Oyster Bricks on Tampa Bay Seawalls
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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3D printing in the construction industry

Report Shows Construction 3D Printing Can Mitigate Effects of Climate Change

Cement and concrete are two of the most widely used resources in the world, second only to water, and their demand is expected... read more »

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International Consortium to Promote Use of 3D Printed Metals in Construction

The Politecnico di Milano is leading a "ConstructAdd", an international consortium of partners in developing metal 3D printing techniques to improve energy efficiency... read more »

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Tensile test specimen

Hydrogen Powered 3D Printed Data Centers Coming Soon

Californian company EdgeCloudLink (ECL) is a data center-as-a-service startup planning to offer hydrogen-powered, off-grid modular data centers with 3D printed concrete structures. The... read more »

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3d construction printed hydrogen plant

UAE to get World’s First 3D Printed Mosque

The world's first 3D printed mosque is set to be constructed in the United Arab Emirates, as part of Dubai's ongoing long term... read more »

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UMaine Prints Bio-based Wood Fiber House

The University of Maine, known for printing large boats with their mammoth polymer extrusion printer, has revealed a house printed entirely out of... read more »

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Print-to-Rent Homes on Offer in California

Early adopters who have dreamed of living in a printed home, but don’t want to drop a big pile of cash on the... read more »

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Print-to-Rent Homes on Offer in California

Architect Prints Eco-Friendly Chicken Coops with Loam

A Hungarian architect by the name of Krisztian Gora has been experimenting with ecologically friendly materials, and has turned his skills to building... read more »

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Krisztian Gora

UK Installs First 3D Printed Water Chamber

The first 3D printed concrete water chamber has been built and installed in Cheshire, UK. Among other things, the printed water chamber, which... read more »

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water tank

House Printed in Spain (with eggs and dirt)

Researchers from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) have printed Spain’s first additively manufactured house. The small house has been printed... read more »

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UMaine Printing Homes with AI and Sawdust

Our favorite large boat-printing academic institute, the University of Maine (UMaine) is making news again, this time with a new approach to construction... read more »

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umaine

Hempcrete Printed Homes Coming Soon

Hemp has historically been used for a wide range of applications spanning from rope production and textile manufacture, through to more modern day... read more »

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Qatar to 3D Print Desert Hospital

Plans have been unveiled for a new hospital complex in the gulf state of Qatar. The proposed Al Daayan Health District in Qatar... read more »

News
3D Printing

AM Homes Used for Flood Relief

There is often much talk of the potential benefits of using additive manufacturing to produce emergency housing for those in areas experiencing disaster,... read more »

Construction
3d homes

Custom Printed Plastic Banisters coming to a Stairway Near You

We see a lot of metal and concrete printing in the construction industry (mostly concrete), and rarely get to read about use of... read more »

News
unikat

Two New 3D Printed Bridges Unveiled to the Public

3D printed bridges are apparently like buses in the sense that you wait a lifetime for one to materialize, and then two show... read more »

Construction
Two New 3D Printed Bridges Unveiled to the Public

A Closer Look at Construction Printing in Dubai

Dubai is embracing 3D printing from a whole bunch of different angles as you may have seen recently. In 2019 they received a... read more »

Construction
dubai

India Unveils First AM House

It’s been a good year for 3D printed houses, at least in terms of AM construction companies getting a little airtime. And the... read more »

Construction
India Unveils First AM House

Concrete Additive Manufacturing Gets Intricate

Most of the concrete printing stories we look at on this website are focused on large scale concrete printing systems with fairly large... read more »

Construction
Concrete Additive Manufacturing Gets Intricate

Baubot Construction Robot Can 3D Print And More

At this point, construction-scale 3D printers that can print houses aren’t exactly new. Most of those house printers are essentially just very large... read more »

Construction
baubot

Building to get Freeform 3D Printed Composite Facade

A building facade has been printed in Chattanooga, USA, and will be mounted onto the front of a local branch of the Tennessee... read more »

Construction
Building to get Freeform 3D Printed Composite Facade

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Raise3D Pro3 Plus HS

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Spectrum PCTG

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Bambu Lab P2S

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3DMakerpro Moose

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3DMakerpro Mole

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Creality HALOT-X1

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