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What's Your Printer and What Do You Think of It?
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2026 1:39 am
by saundby
Just what the subject says. Tell us about your printer and whether it does everything but make your breakfast or whether you're tempted to toss it out the window.
Re: What's Your Printer and What Do You Think of It?
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2026 1:53 am
by saundby
I'll start: I have an Elegoo Mars 3 Pro resin printer, and I'm very happy with it. It does everything I want it to do, though it's missing some features other printers have.
It has no Wi-Fi, I put files on USB thumb drives for it.
It doesn't have a fancy tilting plate, so on some prints it's possible to tear the print off the plate if you're not careful.
But it has a built-in carbon filter to prevent vapors from building up. Activated carbon can be replaced from cheap bulk carbon fiber pads from the pet store, no need to buy expensive replacements.
Prints come out sharp.
Once settings are determined for a specific resin type it's easy to print anything.
Nearly all the Elegoo ABS-like resins use the same settings (except clear, even with the V 3.0 resin.)
Cleaning is mostly easy, but there are a few gotchas to look out for.
FEPs last a long time. My two that came with it lasted over a year of rabid printing. I bought a 3-pack after that, and am still on my first (I have learned how to avoid damaging the FEP, too!)
Size is small, but I've managed to print everything I want so far through creative use of angles. Corner to corner, standing up, interleaved elements, etc.
Usually I keep it simple though.
I have found it to be easier and less demanding than FDM printing, but my last experience with FDM was 7 years ago and a lot has happened in the meanwhile.
My biggest complaint is that therr are no UV curing food-safe resins yet (that I'm aware of.) So if it will contact food, utensils, etc. I either don't print it, or I print it, cure the snot out of it (and try not to make it brittle--there's a balance) then overcoat it with a food-safe acrylic coating.