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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)

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

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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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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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  • Reverse Engineering Without CAD Data: How the MetroY Ultra Turns Physical Parts into Digital Designs
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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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  • Multicolor
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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

  • 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

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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How To Set Up A School’s 3D Print Program

Learn how to set up a school's 3D print program successfully and enjoy one of the most rewarding experiences in education. Watch students... read more »

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Converting your 3D Printer into a Laser Engraver

By replacing your printer hotend (or CNC toolhead) with a laser, you can make use of the XY motion to control the path... read more »

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YouTuber Makes Metal Terminator Skull with Lost PLA Casting

YouTube recommendations can lead down some strange rabbit holes sometimes. My own recommendations mainly consist of videos of people eating 50-year old MRE... read more »

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lost pla cast skull

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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Lost Wax Casting with Additive Manufacturing

In using 3D printing, multiple steps of the investment casting process can be skipped. This can potentially save a lot of time and... read more »

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Tutorial: 3D Printing Reusable TPU Molds for Epoxy Resin

In our review of BigRep’s flexible TPU filament, we discovered that the material works remarkably well for making epoxy resin molds and we... read more »

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Post Curing with UV for 3D Printed Parts

In 3D printing, when a resin is placed into a printer, the product that is produced is the green-state form. The green-state means... read more »

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How to Get Stronger FDM 3D Prints

There are lots of 3D printing videos on Youtube. Some of the Youtubers take their research very seriously and therefore run rather scientifically-rigorous... read more »

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No Layer Lines With Non-Planar FDM 3D Printing

The surface quality of FDM (fused deposition modeling) 3D prints has improved drastically in the last few years, mostly thanks to improved slicing... read more »

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Filament Storage For 3D Printing: Your How-To Guide

Filament storage poses a big problem for 3D printing enthusiasts. Incorrect storage results in moisture from the air making its way into your... read more »

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Filament Storage For 3D Printing: Your How-To Guide

A Homemade Fidget Spinner? How to Make One Yourself

The popularity of fidget spinners exploded a few months ago. This simple spinning device is by far the best-selling toy on the market... read more »

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Building a 3D Printer from Scratch

So you want to build an FFF / FDM 3D printer from scratch? Well here is a good place to start. I'll go... read more »

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How to 3D Print a Longboard with the DeltaWASP 3MT

Now that we've solved the concave issue the DeltaWASP 3MT is pretty much printing 24/7. We've moved from vases and lamp shades to... read more »

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Convert An Old Mouse To A Nifty Filament Counter

Filament Counter Remember that old mechanical ball PS/2 mouse that's been gathering dust in your drawer/attic for the last ten years? It might... read more »

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How to Build your own 3D Printed Quadcopter Drone

This is an introduction to building your own 3D printed quadcopter drone. You will learn some basic concepts and we'll introduce you to... read more »

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How to Fuse Filament at Home

If you do as much 3D printing as I do then you probably have a bunch of scrap pieces of filament lying around... read more »

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Sardauscan is a $30 DIY 3D Scanner

2026 updateThe SardauScan below is still a great weekend build and a fun way to learn how laser scanning works. If your goal... read more »

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How to 3D Print a Wind Turbine

Earlier this week we showed you how to make your own Ultrasonic Vapor Polisher. In this post we'll cover 3D printing of a... read more »

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Post-processing 3D printed Objects with DIY Ultrasonic Vapor Polisher

Vapor polishing is a process when you apply vapors of a solvent to a 3D printed object to increase surface quality or smoothness.... read more »

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Flashforge Creator 5 Pro

~$949
  • A toolchanger with four independent toolheads offering near-zero purge waste, plus a 65…
Flashforge Creator 5 Pro
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Bambu Lab H3C Combo

$2,499
  • The base H3C bundle includes the printer, AMS 3H, and nine print tools each with a 0.4…
Bambu Lab H3C Combo
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Bambu Lab ASA

  • Developed specifically for enclosed Bambu P1S and X1 Carbon machines with pre-configure…
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EinScan SE V2

~$1,199
  • Fully bench-mounted desktop turntable scanner from Shining3D that rotates the object on…
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Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra (12K)

~$379-$399
  • Delivers 19-24 micron resolution with the same tilt-release mechanism and reliable vat…
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Bambu Lab H2S

~$1,249
  • Removes the dual-nozzle system from the H-series while keeping the 65°C heated chamber…
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Creality K1C

$499
  • Creality describes a CoreXY motion system, printing up to 600 mm/s, a clog-free extrude…
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Anycubic Water-Wash Resin 2.0

~$26 to $36/kg
  • Washes with plain water instead of IPA, offering lower odor, simpler cleanup, and no fl…
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