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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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  • Army Research Lab Flies Drone Powered by 3D Printed Heavy-Fuel Engine
  • UNIST Uses Ultrasound to Tell When 3D Printed Concrete Can Take the Next Layer
  • Polymaker Announces CymphoniK, a Six-Pellet Color Mixing System for Large-Format 3D Printing
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  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
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Bambu Lab Launches the H3C, a Nine-Tool Changer Priced From $2,499

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Bambu Lab Launches the H3C, a Nine-Tool Changer Priced From $2,499

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  • Best 3D printers
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  • Large format
All printer guides

Brands and compare

  • Bambu Lab lineup compared
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  • Large scale and industrial

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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

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  • Tough and ABS-like
  • Castable resin
  • Water-washable
  • Flexible resin
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  • 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

  • Bambu Lab Launches the H3C, a Nine-Tool Changer Priced From $2,499
  • PathOn Robotics Releases Files for Its Three-Finger 3D Printed Robot Hand
  • Army Research Lab Flies Drone Powered by 3D Printed Heavy-Fuel Engine
  • UNIST Uses Ultrasound to Tell When 3D Printed Concrete Can Take the Next Layer
  • Polymaker Announces CymphoniK, a Six-Pellet Color Mixing System for Large-Format 3D Printing
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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Skoda Releases Free 3D Printable Car Accessories on Printables

Škoda Auto now offers free 3D printable cupholders, storage boxes and cable organizers on Printables for current and discontinued models.

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Montana Tech Team 3D Prints Replica of Edmonia Lewis’s Death of Cleopatra

Montana Tech printed 115 PLA pieces over 1,150 hours to recreate Edmonia Lewis's long-lost 1876 marble statue for a Montana museum show.

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Kevin Noki Designs 3D Printed Brick Phone to Beat Smartphone Distraction

ADHD ONE is a chunky retro handset that pairs with an iPhone over Bluetooth so calls get through while the scrolling stays out... read more »

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Nike Air Works Adds 3D Printed Slip-On from LA Creative Masyn

Masyn's black slip-on with a glowing red Air unit is the fourth 3D printed Air Max to come out of Nike's Air Works... read more »

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Czech Designer Brings Ceramic Clay Printing to Maker Faire Brno

Jan Vítek of Brno University of Technology will teach ceramic clay extrusion at Maker Faire Brno, where soft clay still needs craft during... read more »

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NormaCore Open-Sources a Fully 3D-Printed Robotic Desk Lamp

NormaCore's open-source Lamp is a fully printed five-servo desk robot that moves with personality and costs about $140 to $160 to build.

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Dutch Zoo Fits a Hornbill with Titanium Printed Beak

Artis Zoo, Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht and Amnovis restored both halves of a southern ground hornbill beak with titanium prostheses.

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ORNL Wins Composites Award for 3D-Printed Water-Soluble Mandrels

ORNL and collaborators earned a 2026 ACE Award for 3D-printed water-soluble mandrels that make linerless composite gas tanks.

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Aerotex Certifies a Printed Water Scoop for the CL-415

Aerotex and Levy's Machine Works certified a printed water scoop for the CL-415 so crews can replace a worn casting without a production-batch... read more »

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Formlabs Launches Form Studio 1 Resin Printer From $699

Formlabs opens orders for the enclosed Form Studio 1 resin printer at $699, with shipping from 16 November and six new Alpha Resins... read more »

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Rowan Engineers Monitor 3D-Printed Concrete by Analyzing Images in Reverse

Rowan engineers start from the finished print and analyze images backward to see how lower layers of 3D-printed concrete deform under new ones.

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Rowan Engineers Monitor 3D-Printed Concrete by Analyzing Images in Reverse

Protecting Long 3D Prints From Power Failures: Do You Need a UPS or Voltage Stabilizer?

A two-second outage can end a 40-hour print. Built-in power-loss recovery, a UPS and a voltage stabilizer each deal with a different part... read more »

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ugee Launches a Moderated 3D-Model Library for Kids and Beginners

ugee has opened ugee maker, a moderated library of printable models and a drawing-to-file tool for parents and children new to desktop 3D... read more »

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Plane Support Wins Approval to 3D-Print Cabin Ducts for Bushfire Helicopters

Plane Support can 3D-print the cabin air-conditioning ducts for McDermott Aviation's Bell 214B bushfire helicopters, after Australia's aviation regulator approved the parts.

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The Invisible Gas Risks Around Metal 3D Printing: Why Oxygen Monitoring Matters

Metal additive manufacturing relies on argon and nitrogen to keep oxygen away from hot, reactive metal. Those same gases can quietly lower the... read more »

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ETH Zurich Will 3D-Print Sandstone to Study Why Historic Stone Shells Off

ETH Zurich will 3D-print artificial molasse sandstone, with weak layers placed on purpose, to study why historic Swiss stone shells off.

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FAMU-FSU Engineers 3D-Print Wave-Shaped Walls That Cut Peak Wind Loads

FAMU-FSU engineers 3D printed wind-tunnel models of wave-shaped walls and roofs that cut peak wind pressure by 40% to 60%.

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Meshy Ranks No. 31 on a16z’s First Consumer AI Revenue List, the Only 3D Company

Meshy is the only AI 3D company on Andreessen Horowitz's (a16z) new Top 50 Consumer AI Apps by Monthly Revenue, the first time... read more »

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Umeå Researcher 3D-Prints Custom Lab Instruments on a Desktop Printer

Daniel Nilsson at Umeå University showed that a desktop 3D printer can make custom laboratory instruments for biological research.

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TU Delft 3D-Prints a Short Joint Between Stiff and Flexible Lattices

TU Delft engineers 3D printed a short joint between stiff and flexible lattices, a step toward implants that connect hard tissue to soft... read more »

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Polymaker PolyMax PC

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3DMakerpro Moose Lite

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Bambu Lab H3C Combo

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Bambu Lab H2S

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Polymaker ASA

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Bambu Lab ASA

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eSUN ePA12

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