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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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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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Robo Nine Starts Printing First Fifty Robot Leader Arms

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  • Best 3D printers
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  • For kids and schools
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  • Large format
All printer guides

Brands and compare

  • Bambu Lab lineup compared
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  • Full color 3D printers
  • Large scale and industrial

Reviews

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  • 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
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  • Professional scanners
  • Scan with your phone
All scanner guides

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  • Revopoint MetroY Pro
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  • 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
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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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Cigarette Butts get New Life as Feedstock

Used cigarette butts are a huge problem for the oceans of our planet, with one discarded butt being capable of poisoning up to... read more »

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Cigarette Butts get New Life as Feedstock

3D Printed Magnet Research Summary

A new paper published by researchers from Thailand has summarized various options for 3D printing magnets. The paper gathers together different methods and... read more »

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3D Printed Wood Exhibits Shape Changing Capabilities for the First Time

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created a technique that allows them to print 3D wooden structures that change shape as... read more »

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Ender-3 Neo, Ender-3 V2 Neo and Ender-3 Max Neo, Which Is The Best Ender For You?

Officially launched in 2018, the Ender-3 series has raised the bar for budget 3D printers and become the choice of many, from professionals... read more »

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Purdue’s 3D Printed Fuel Injectors Undergo Hypersonic Testing

Purdue has recently partnered with VELO3D to 3D print a fuel injector that can replicate hypersonic conditions in their lab. This is a... read more »

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Rabbit Gets Printed Cornea

Researchers from Hyderabad in India have successfully transplanted a 3D printed cornea onto a rabbit, which will pave the way for transplants onto... read more »

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Patents Granted for Printed Rocket Fuel Technology

Florida-based rocket company Vaya Space has been awarded patents for their Vortex-Hybrid engine technology. Unlike most rocket companies we look at on this... read more »

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German Researchers to Laser Print Moondust

Researchers from German institutes are planning to send a robotic mobile selective laser melting (SLM) printer to the Moon, to demonstrate in-situ additive... read more »

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UAE Researchers Print Color Blindness Glasses

Researchers from Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi have successfully printed glasses for aiding people living with color blindness. Using photopolymer resins, they printed... read more »

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Geeetech THUNDER Coming to Kickstarter

FDM printers aren’t always the fastest things in the world, often taking hours upon hours to deliver prints. Geeetech has a new printer... read more »

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Anycubic Contributes to T°Red’s Olympic Cycling Project

Anycubic has recently entered the 3D printed cycling hardware arena by sponsoring Italian bike manufacturer T°Red. Specifically the printer manufacturer has been collaborating... read more »

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Anycubic Contributes to T°Red's Olympic Cycling Project

Sakuu Opens Up AM Battery Gigafactory

3D printed solid-state battery manufacturer Sakuu has opened up an innovation hub in Silicon Valley aimed at accelerating their battery printing initiatives. The... read more »

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3DQue Systems Releases ClickPrint3D Remote Management Solution

Vancouver-based printer-automation company 3DQue Systems Inc. has announced the release of their ClickPrint3D™ software, which is the first plug & play software offering... read more »

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Researchers Demonstrate Frontal Polymerization Composite Printing

A research paper and associated video has been published demonstrating the freeform printing of extruded thermoset plastics. The video shows a thermoset composite... read more »

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Ender-3 Neo Series, HALOT-RAY, and Creality Sonic Pad Announced

3D printer giant Creality has two new product lines launched today and has also teased the upcoming release of the Klipper-integrated Creality Sonic... read more »

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CERN to Spin-off AM Heat Exchangers

Researchers at CERN have been awarded funding to continue development of 3D printed cooling system components as part of the AHEAD project. The... read more »

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Anycubic to Release Cute and Tiny MicroLED Resin Printer

If you’ve ever dreamed of having a 3D printer that you can fit inside your pocket (for some reason), then we have some... read more »

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TU Eindhoven Prints CO2-Eating EV

A team of students at TU/Eindhoven have utilized 3D printing to build an electric vehicle that, among other ecologically friendly measures, captures more... read more »

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New Titanium AM Parts Coming to Airbus A350

The Airbus A350 already has more 3D printed parts than any other civil airliner. And that list of AM components will grow further... read more »

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Marines Get Their Own Factory in a Box

Just recently we saw how the USS Essex took to the oceans with their own metal printer for fabricating and repairing components while... read more »

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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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Prusament PETG

~$35 to 45/kg
  • Tightest diameter tolerance in the consumer PETG category at +/-0.02mm with per-batch Q…
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Bambu Lab PETG HF

  • Developed specifically for Bambu machines' high-speed profiles, running at twice the de…
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Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra

~$269
  • An MSLA resin printer with 18 × 18 micron XY resolution on a compact build plate, the…
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Fiberlogy PCTG

  • Most widely cited PCTG brand in European communities using Eastman Tritan copolyester,…
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Hatchbox ABS

  • Long-standing community staple offering pure ABS formulation with full heat deflection…
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Bambu Lab P2S + AMS 2 Pro

~$699 to $749
  • The most polished multicolor ecosystem with active filament drying inside the AMS 2 Pro…
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Bambu Lab PC

  • Lowest-friction entry to polycarbonate printing for Bambu X1 Carbon and P1S users, with…
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