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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)

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

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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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  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
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UNIST Uses Ultrasound to Tell When 3D Printed Concrete Can Take the Next Layer

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UNIST Uses Ultrasound to Tell When 3D Printed Concrete Can Take the Next Layer

A sensor plate on one side of the print lets UNIST engineers track when fresh 3D printed concrete…

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  • Best 3D printers
  • For beginners
  • Multicolor
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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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  • Small objects
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Start here

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  • How much does it cost?
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  • 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

  • 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
  • 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
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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Spanish Company to 3D Print Plant-based Car

Santa Pola based automobile manufacturer Liux has recently unveiled their new electric vehicle, dubbed the Animal. The Animal is an electric vehicle capable... read more »

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MIT Researchers Strengthen Metal Prints with Induction Heating

Researchers from MIT have figured out a means of heat treating 3D printed metals so that they can be used in high temperature,... read more »

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Carima to Exhibit New C-CAT Tech at Formnext 2022

Seoul-based 3D printer company Carima has been advancing printer technology in South Korea since the year 2000, and in that time they have... read more »

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Quantica Introduces New Open Desktop System for Multi-Material Printing Development at Formnext

Berlin-based 3D printer manufacturer Quantica has announced the release of their latest machine aimed at users in the R&D domain. Their latest printer... read more »

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Mizar M Printer Features Dual Hotends for More Multi-color Modes

Traditional monochrome printing has been difficult to meet the creative needs of 3D printing enthusiasts, and mixed-color printing has become the future trend.... read more »

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Geeetech Mizar M

Modix Announces their Next Generation of BIG 3D Printers

Modix are known for their cost-effective, sturdy, large format filament extruding 3D printers. They range in size from the BIG-60 (60cm x 60... read more »

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See UnionTech’s New Printers at Formnext

UnionTech, manufacturer of industrial printers, will be unveiling some new additions to their growing range of resin printer systems at the upcoming Formnext... read more »

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TRUMPF Prints Copper Radio Frequency Quadrupole for CERN

German machine manufacturing company TRUMPF has revealed a fairly huge copper printed part designed for use in particle accelerators. The component, measuring almost... read more »

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Creality HALOT-ONE PLUS Helps WorldSkills 2022 Competitors to Victory

This year’s WorldSkills Competition was held at Soest, Germany, and featured a significant appearance from the Creality HALOT-ONE Plus at the additive manufacturing... read more »

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Agnikul Test Fires Printed Rocket Engine

Space startup Agnikul Cosmos has announced the successful test firing of their 3D printed rocket engine at an ISRO test facility in Thiruvananthapuram,... read more »

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Creality at Formnext 2022

Creality is coming to Formnext to show off their latest wares including the all new Ender-5 S1, the Sermoon D3, and the CR-M4.... read more »

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Size Dependent Mechanical Properties Observed in Micro SLA

Researchers from City University of Hong Kong have discovered some size dependent mechanical properties in specimens printed with a micro SLA printing method.... read more »

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US Navy Installs Hybrid Additive System on USS Bataan

We have seen a growing interest in military applications of 3D printing over the last couple of years, and this is particularly true... read more »

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Researchers Print Porous Polymers with Salt

Reliance of fossil fuel based plastics is of growing concern for a number of reasons, not least because oil reserves are finite, and... read more »

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Creality Launches Ender-5 S1

Creality has announced the launch of the Ender-5 S1, the latest (and greatest) of the best-selling Ender series.

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ender-5 S1

3D Printed Breast Cancer Tumor Model Demonstrates Tumor Reduction

A team of researchers from Penn State University have recently published a paper in the Advanced Functional Materials and Biofabrication journals, detailing their... read more »

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CONFIB-VAT – What is it?

Many of our readers have most likely heard of continuous carbon fiber printing systems making use of thermoplastics as a matrix. There are... read more »

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Rock Island Arsenal to House Largest Metal 3D Printer in the World

Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, will soon have the largest metal 3D printer in the world installed at the military base. The media were... read more »

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Durian Skin Biocomposites

Last week we took a look at some promising research that utilized processed pineapple leaf fibers for the production of biocomposites. Bioplastics and... read more »

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Limbitless Solutions Expands Halo Prosthetics Range

Prosthetic limbs have come a long way in the last decade, largely thanks to additive manufacturing. Prosthetic arms in particular have benefited from... read more »

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Bambu Lab ASA

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Bambu Lab PC

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eSUN ePA-CF

~$40 to 50/kg
  • Budget recommendation for carbon fibre nylon, cited by the ADP Industries farm team as…
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Prusament PETG

~$35 to 45/kg
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Bambu Lab A1 Mini

~$220 (Combo with AMS lite ~$359)
  • The most beginner-friendly printer on the market with full auto-calibration, whisper-qu…
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Creality SparkX i7

~$239-$299
  • A CES 2026 award-winning beginner multicolor bedslinger with CFS Lite 4-color printing,…
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Polymaker PolyMide CoPA

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Taulman 910 Nylon

  • Community benchmark for maximum-strength FDM nylon for over a decade, with a co-polyami…
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