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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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What is 3D Printing?

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  • Creality K3 Goes on Sale at $849: Four Nozzles, Swapped Instead of Filament
  • Robo Nine Starts Printing First Fifty Robot Leader Arms
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  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
  • 3D Printed Quiet Pickleball Unveiled
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SWISSto12 Passes Design Review for 5G Satellite Antennas With 3D-Printed Front Ends

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SWISSto12 Passes Design Review for 5G Satellite Antennas With 3D-Printed Front Ends

SWISSto12 has cleared the critical design review for the S- and Ka-band phased array antennas on UNIVITY's 5G…

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All printer guides

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  • Large scale and industrial

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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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  • Meshy 7
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Start here

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  • 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

  • SWISSto12 Passes Design Review for 5G Satellite Antennas With 3D-Printed Front Ends
  • Bambu Lab H3C Mixes Layer Heights on the Same Surface
  • UT San Antonio Turns Sargassum Seaweed Into 3D-Printed Runoff Filters
  • Creality K3 Goes on Sale at $849: Four Nozzles, Swapped Instead of Filament
  • Robo Nine Starts Printing First Fifty Robot Leader Arms
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
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ICON AM Houses Hit the Market in US

The city of Austin, Texas will be about to get its first opportunity to buy 3D printed homes, when real estate developer 3DStrands... 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

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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PERI 3D Prints First Apartment Building in Germany

3D printing buildings is becoming big business as PERI GmbH is printing Germany’s first apartment building in Wallenhausen, Bavaria using their BOD2 portal... read more »

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3D Printed Plastic Rebar Replacement Used to Make Greener Concrete

I always start these eco-friendly concrete articles with a reminder of how environmentally unfriendly normal concrete manufacturing is, because it really can’t be... read more »

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3D Printed Plastic Rebar Replacement Used to Make Greener Concrete

3D Printing Glass Fixtures for Facades

Building glass facades help to create a smooth aesthetic for buildings, often concealing structure underneath to create something more visually fitting for the... read more »

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ICON gets Contract for Moon Printing

US-based architectural 3D printer company ICON has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract including funding from NASA, which will help them... read more »

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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 »

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Construction 3D Printing in Japan Blends Wet and Dry Spraying

Researchers in Japan are taking a common-sense approach to integrating 3D printing into their construction industry. Most companies that focus on 3D printed... read more »

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GE Plans to Make Wind Turbines Taller with 3D Printed Bases

As renewable energy initiatives sweep across the lands (and seas) of the world, an interesting data point has emerged: in many parts of... read more »

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Wasp Releases New Concrete Printer

Italian industrial 3D printer manufacturer Wasp has just released the latest addition to its range of industrial and architectural 3D printers, the Delta... read more »

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Pittsburgh’s Neighborhood 91 Developing Connected 3D Printing Ecosystem

Pittsburgh's newest neigborhood, dubbed Neighborhood 91, promises to be the hub for modern manufacturing technologies. It will connect all components of the 3D Printing... read more »

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Neighborhood 91 Advances Additive Manufacturing Hub Initiative

Dubai Unveils World’s Largest On-Site 3D Printed Building

Dubai has just unveiled a major milestone in construction printing technologies. The region's new building in Warsan now holds the Guinness record for... read more »

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Haus.me Develops 3D Printed Prefab Home With Off-the-grid Capabilities

Reno, Nevada-based tech startup Haus.me is looking to change the face of sustainable housing with their new construction project. The houses they offer combine... read more »

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Singapore HDB Uses a Concrete 3D Printer for Construction & Landscape Furniture

Singapore's Housing Development Board (HDB) has greenlit the use of concrete 3D printing in the development of architectural components and various items like... read more »

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S-Squared Inc. Prints 500-Square ft. House Within 12 Hours

With the recent advancements in construction printing, we're seeing major speed improvements, especially for residential construction technologies. From WASP building a house in... read more »

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S-Squared Inc. Prints 500-Square ft. House Within 12 Hours

Break the Grid Initiative Explores Mobile Construction Printing

Denmark's GXN Innovation, a subsidiary of 3XN, has teamed with Dansk AM Hub and design studio MAP Architects in their new Break the Grid initiative for... read more »

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XtreeE Installs Construction 3D Printer In Dubai

The French startup XtreeE that specializes in large-scale 3D printing has announced that they’re installing one of their systems in Dubai. The construction... read more »

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XtreeE Installs Construction 3D Printer In Dubai

Technical University of Denmark Acquires COBOD BOD2 Construction 3D Printer

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) recently purchased a COBOD International BOD2 construction 3D printer to experiment with and refine new methods of... read more »

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Technical University of Denmark Acquires COBOD BOD2 Construction 3D Printer

PrintStones Mobile Concrete Printer Automates Construction

Austrian start-up PrintStones has just revealed their latest design for automated construction in additive manufacturing. Their mobile concrete printer autonomously prints various constructs... read more »

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PrintStones Mobile Concrete Printer Automates Construction

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Revopoint INSPIRE 2

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Siraya Tech Tenacious

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Bambu Lab H3C Combo

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Elegoo Centauri Carbon

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Phrozen Sonic Mini 8K S

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  • The long-running miniatures favorite with 22-micron precision and broad third-party sli…
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Creality Hi

~$369
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Elegoo Neptune 4 Plus

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