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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)

Type a prompt, get a printable model: the tools we tested, free tiers first.

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  • Navy Engineers Design 3D Printable Safety Clip for Bomb Disposal Teams
  • GKN Aerospace Earns First Nadcap Accreditation for Laser Wire DED
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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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Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L

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Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L

Prague's central fire station prints its own mounts, door wedges and spare parts on a Prusa CORE One…

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  • Best 3D 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

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  • Small objects
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  • Professional scanners
  • Scan with your phone
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  • Scanning service vs buying

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  • Revopoint MetroY Pro
  • Revopoint Inspire 2
  • Revopoint Trackit
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Print prep and control

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  • STL repair tools
  • Printer host and remote control

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  • How much does it cost?
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How it works

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  • 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

  • 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
  • Navy Engineers Design 3D Printable Safety Clip for Bomb Disposal Teams
  • GKN Aerospace Earns First Nadcap Accreditation for Laser Wire DED
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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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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Defense Innovation Lab Supporting R3 Printing With Grant

The Defense Innovation Lab (DiLab) has announced its plans to aid R3 Printing with manufacturing research and tech development. The former has received a... read more »

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Defense Innovation Lab Supporting R3 Printing With Grant

NRC & Polycontrol Opens Cold Spray AM Research Facility

The National Research Council of Canada and Quebec-based engineering solutions company Polycontrol are starting up a new joint-venture. The two bodies are setting... read more »

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NRC & Polycontrol Opens Cold Spray AM Research Facility

Markforged Opens New Office in Cambridge To Develop Their Blacksmith AI Suite

Markforged, a leading carbon fiber and metal 3D printer manufacturer, recently opened a 2,000 square-foot office in the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) at... read more »

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3D Printed Magnetic Liquid Could Form Micro-Robots

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have managed to 3D print magnetic liquids that could lead to a whole range of new devices,... read more »

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3D Printed Magnetic Liquid Could Form Micro-Robots

Betatype Rocket Nozzle: Optimised Parts Print 28% Faster

UK-based Betatype and CAE/topology optimisation software developer nTopology developed a means of functional and process optimisation for rocket nozzle parts. Consequently, the part... read more »

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America Makes Selects Wichita State University for Aerospace Additive Manufacturing Center

America Makes will open its third Satellite Center in Kansas at Wichita State University’s (WSU) National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR). The new... read more »

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NIAR-Building

German RepRap Releases L320 Liquid Silicone Rubber 3D Printer

A new LAM (liquid additive manufacturing) 3D printer from German RepRap called L320 can print with liquid silicone rubber. With a build volume... read more »

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Research Collaboration Explores 3D Printed Mining Products

A research collaboration between the University of Technology’s Rapido prototyping unit, Downer’s Mineral Technologies and Cambridge's Innovative Manufacturing Collaborative Research Centre (IMCRC) has... read more »

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Research Collaboration Explores 3D Printed Mining Products

Dynamic Materials Allow For Light-sensitive Support Scaffolds

Researchers from different universities have collaborated to develop a new type of photosensitive dynamic material that alters its polymer structure due to changes... read more »

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NASA’s Archinaut One to Print Spacecraft Parts in Orbit

NASA has contracted Made in Space to develop Archinaut One, a small spacecraft with the ability to print in space. Multiple agencies will... read more »

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NASA Archinaut One Made in Space

US Army Contracts 3D Systems to Develop World’s Largest Metal 3D Printer

3D Systems has been selected by the Combat Capabilities Development Command of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to develop “the world’s largest,... read more »

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Domin & Renishaw Develop Fluid Power System Parts

UK-based fluid and power systems manufacturer Domin has enlisted Renishaw for the development of some of its products. In particular, Renishaw has found... read more »

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Domin & Renishaw Develop Fluid Power System Parts

SmarTech Analysis Releases Report on the Growing Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printer Market

Virginia-based market analysis firm SmarTech Analysis just released a report that indicates that the compact industrial metal 3D printing market is growing at... read more »

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Mars Crew 3D Printing Skin & Bone Tissue in Space

While journeys through space require a lot of resources, there's only so much space missions can carry. This makes it especially difficult to... read more »

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Sculpture 3D Printing Made Easier With Photogrammetry

While there are many ways of retrieving models of objects in the real world, they can often be inconvenient. Copying models can be... read more »

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Sculpture 3D Printing Made Easier With Photogrammetry

Carbon Performance Uses Automated Design Platform SK3L370N To 3D Print Brake Calipers

Carbon Performance, a British additive manufacturing company that serves the automotive industry, developed a set of 3D printed brake calipers that were designed... read more »

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Carbon Performance

Schunk Carbon 3D Printing Tools With Anisoprint’s Platform

Germany-based Schunk Carbon Technology has opted for Anisoprint's Composite Fibre Co-Extrusion (CFC) technology in printing new tools and demonstrators. The technology will allow... read more »

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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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Fitz Frames 3D Print Children’s Glasses Using App

Fitz Frames, a California-based startup, is looking to modernise children's eyewear production with 3D printing and digitisation. The company has developed an app... read more »

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Polymaker Fiberon PA6-CF20

  • With 20% carbon fibre loading in a PA6 base, delivers the highest stiffness of mainstre…
Polymaker Fiberon PA6-CF20
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3DMakerpro Moose Lite

~$399
  • Entry-level NIR medium crossover scanner with AI visual tracking at 0.05mm accuracy and…
3DMakerpro Moose Lite
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Bambu Lab A2L

~$469 (combo with AMS lite ~$569)
  • An open-frame bedslinger with a 300 × 320 × 325 mm build volume at $469, taking AMS l…
Bambu Lab A2L
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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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Bambu Lab H2D

~$1,549
  • The most ambitious desktop 3D printer of 2025-2026, featuring a dual-nozzle system for…
Bambu Lab H2D
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Overture PETG

~$19 to 22/kg
  • Most consistently recommended budget PETG in the community, producing fewer first-layer…
Overture PETG
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SUNLU High Speed Matte PETG

~$20 to 25/kg
  • Most-cited non-Bambu alternative for high-flow PETG printing, engineered for higher flo…
SUNLU High Speed Matte PETG
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Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K

~$479-$499
  • A 16K MSLA resin printer with 14-18 micron XY resolution, a heated resin vat, and tilt-…
Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K
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