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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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  • The New Raw 3D Prints Swinging Public Seats From Rotterdam Harbour Rope
  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
  • Aurora Labs Raises A$6 Million to Scale Up 3D Printed Turbojet Production
  • Transgulf Readymix Invests in UAE Construction 3D Printing Firm AC3D
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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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Polymaker Announces CymphoniK, a Six-Pellet Color Mixing System for Large-Format 3D Printing

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Polymaker Announces CymphoniK, a Six-Pellet Color Mixing System for Large-Format 3D Printing

Polymaker has announced CymphoniK, a color mixing system for pellet-fed large-format 3D printing that lets a studio produce…

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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
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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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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

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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
Deals

Latest

  • Polymaker Announces CymphoniK, a Six-Pellet Color Mixing System for Large-Format 3D Printing
  • The New Raw 3D Prints Swinging Public Seats From Rotterdam Harbour Rope
  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
  • Aurora Labs Raises A$6 Million to Scale Up 3D Printed Turbojet Production
  • Transgulf Readymix Invests in UAE Construction 3D Printing Firm AC3D
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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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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zem ev

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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DOE Awards Funding to Develop Tough Resin Tooling

The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $3 million in funding to two companies aiming to decarbonize manufacturing with robust, 3D printed resin... read more »

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Printing Single Crystal Nickel with Lasers

A team of researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science and Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering in Japan, has successfully demonstrated... 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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Ultralight Printed Violin Hits Shelves

We have seen a fair selection of 3D printed instruments on this site, ranging from Olaf Diegel’s guitar creations, to low-cost instruments for... read more »

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Startup Gets Boost to Turn Scrap PLA into Resin

A team from Washington State University (WSU) has just received funding from the Cougar Cage to develop their process for converting waste PLA... read more »

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India’s AM Rocket Factory Opens its Doors

Indian aerospace engineering company Agnikul Cosmos has opened their first rocket printing factory at IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai. “Rocket Factory-1” is intended... read more »

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New AI-Modeling Printer Creates Models from Photos

It’s 2022 and printers are getting cheaper and more complex, largely thanks to a combination of low cost sensors combined with smarter software.... read more »

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US Navy Installs First Metal Printer Onboard Ship

The US Navy has installed a new metal printer onboard the USS Essex, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship ported in Pearl Harbor, US.... read more »

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Plant-based AM Molded Shoes Get Funding Boost

New York-based fashion design company Simplifyber has just received 3.5 million USD in seed funding to continue development of their range of footwear... read more »

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Creality Ender-3 S1 Plus – Bigger and Better

[disclosure] If you're a fan of the original Ender-3 series of desktop 3D printers from Creality (like me) or the flagship Ender-3 S1,... read more »

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World’s First Printed Haute Couture Vegan Dress Debuts

Magnum (the ice cream people) have commissioned Dutch designer Iris van Herpen to design and craft a dress inspired by their own vegan... read more »

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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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USAF to Test Rocket-Factory-in-a-Box

An American company is 3D printing solid-fuelled rockets from a portable factory concept, and the USAF is going to be testing it. What... read more »

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New Regolith Composite Lunar Base Concept Unveiled

Space architecture firm AI SpaceFactory has unveiled their plan for a lunar habitat, which has been designed for additive manufacturing on the Moon's... read more »

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AM Prototyping used to Develop Shoe for Diabetics

Diabetes can cause nerve damage and poor circulation in the feet, which can lead to foot ulcers, blisters, pain, and foot infections. In... read more »

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AM Smart Spinal Implants for Monitoring Patient Healing

The spinal implant industry is a huge adopter of additive manufacturing due to the highly bespoke requirements for spinal implants. And it is... read more »

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eSUN ePETG-CF

~$25 to 35/kg
  • Brings genuine carbon fibre reinforcement to an accessible price point, delivering real…
eSUN ePETG-CF
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Prusament ASA

  • Batch-traceable ASA with 42 MPa tensile strength and 93°C HDT backed by published data…
Prusament ASA
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Creality CR-Scan Ferret SE

~$199
  • Cheapest serious scanner on the page with anti-shake one-shot 3D imaging and the abilit…
Creality CR-Scan Ferret SE
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EinScan SE V2

~$1,199
  • Fully bench-mounted desktop turntable scanner from Shining3D that rotates the object on…
EinScan SE V2
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Polymaker PolyMax PC

  • Most cited polycarbonate filament for mid-range enclosed printers, running at 260 to 28…
Polymaker PolyMax PC
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Bambu Lab PC

  • Lowest-friction entry to polycarbonate printing for Bambu X1 Carbon and P1S users, with…
Bambu Lab PC
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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…
Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra (12K)
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Creality K3

~$849 (pre-order)
  • Creality's first toolchanger using the KliTek system to dock and swap complete nozzle a…
Creality K3
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