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PioCreat Halot X1 Review - WATCH BEFORE YOU BUY!
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May 13, 2025
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0:00
i've had a bit of a history with Halllet
0:01
printers I used to call them Harlot
0:03
printers and I don't think that's wrong
0:04
Anyway previously I've reviewed the Mage
0:06
Pro and the Mage S which are working
0:08
machines for sure and they've got some
0:10
cool unique features but they're just
0:12
objectively limited when compared to
0:14
their often less expensive counterparts
0:17
But this is not made by Creity It's made
0:20
by Pio Create And this one has even more
0:23
unique features than I've ever looked at
0:25
before So I guess the question I want to
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answer today is can a hallet by any
0:28
other name smell as sweet or I guess
0:31
printer as crap hi I'm Ross and this is
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Fammer Videos So the quick statement up
0:36
front is that the founder of Pio Create
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which I agree with you is a silly name
0:40
but this is how I was told to pronounce
0:41
it You know nothing like how it's
0:43
spelled The founder was one of the
0:45
co-founders of Creality and they're now
0:47
separating into this new brand But what
0:50
I don't know is whether Creality plan to
0:52
make a different line of resin printers
0:54
going forward Honestly I think they
0:56
should stick to FTM But for now the
0:58
Hallet range of printers will come from
1:00
what we should all see as a whole new
1:02
company I've been told Pioate Now if
1:05
anyone has seen this printer already you
1:06
may be aware of the main thing that
1:08
makes it stand out Instead of the build
1:10
plate raising and lowering for each
1:11
layer of the print you instead get the
1:13
resin filled VAT and UV light system
1:15
performing this activity What does that
1:17
give us in terms of tangible benefit
1:19
well we'll come to that First off I want
1:22
to marvel at the size of this thing It's
1:24
only 344x 331x 434 mm which is pretty
1:29
impressive considering it's got a
1:31
comparable print volume to many of its
1:33
16K competitors And by the way that
1:35
volume is 211x 118x200 mm Now whilst the
1:40
marketing material will claim this is a
1:42
10.1 in LCD just like the other 16K
1:45
machines I've tested it's actually only
1:47
got a diameter of 9.6 in And a few
1:50
brands have tried to push this as a 10K
1:52
screen News flash brands it isn't This
1:54
may work for TV buyers because you're
1:56
including I don't know the size of the
1:58
bezel around the LCD but LCDs don't give
2:01
us this crap saying it's a 10-in screen
2:03
when what we really need is the diameter
2:05
of the printable area But yeah they're
2:07
saying this is 10.1 in when the
2:09
printable area is only 9.6 And I know
2:11
and may even be married to some people
2:13
who would complain about that difference
2:15
But I have to say I do like how cute and
2:17
compact this machine is It has an up and
2:20
over lid but unlike others this can't be
2:22
held at any position other than open or
2:24
closed To be fair though not that I know
2:26
of any reason you'd ever want to open a
2:28
printer halfway but it's a difference I
2:30
wanted to point out When it comes to
2:31
ports your main USB drive port is on top
2:33
of the machine which is the first time
2:35
I've seen it here on a resin printer And
2:37
I've got to say this is quite handy It
2:38
keeps it accessible whilst keeping it
2:40
out of the way of potential resin drips
2:42
Next to this is a typeB USB port And
2:44
while I've still got no idea what this
2:46
is for I'd infer it's to connect the
2:48
printer to a computer like on a 2D
2:50
printer in lie of an Ethernet port which
2:52
this printer doesn't have But it does
2:54
have built-in Wi-Fi On the back of the
2:55
printer you've got two large fan outlets
2:57
along with a power cable and rocker
2:59
switch at the bottom And there is no
3:00
dedicated outlet for air extraction
3:02
something I actually loved from the Mage
3:04
Pro and the Mage S At the top on the
3:06
rear is a USBC port and resin pump inlet
3:09
port which are both for the heated pump
3:11
accessory I'll come on to after we look
3:13
at the main features as this is an
3:15
optional add-on which I'll be honest you
3:16
probably won't even consider buying even
3:18
if you do like the rest of the printer
3:20
You'll see But if you can guess why
3:22
already pause the video and pop it in
3:23
the comments The final thing on
3:25
externals is that the printer has little
3:26
rubber pads for feet which are fine
3:29
They're just not adjustable Though in
3:30
fairness a level resin printer is only
3:32
useful to stop the resin pooling to one
3:34
corner of the vat when it gets too low
3:36
So long as your build plate and screen
3:38
are parallel that's all that should
3:39
matter which is something important
3:41
about this machine because this is
3:42
another one that purports to be true
3:45
leveling free So let's break down what
3:47
potentially makes it that way The first
3:49
part of the mechanism is the build plate
3:51
which I have to say is interesting in a
3:53
couple of ways First up it's got this
3:55
twist release mechanism Just twist the
3:57
handles on both sides and these 15
3:59
grooves in the plate will move in to
4:01
detach stuck resin And when you twist it
4:03
the other way those parts will move out
4:04
to push models from the affixed part of
4:06
the plate And this works really well
4:09
except when it doesn't Now it's great on
4:11
larger models but there are some
4:13
downsides First off smaller parts could
4:15
not detach or in my case some of them
4:17
cracked on the base And when you do need
4:19
to scrape parts off it can be a little
4:21
trickier but just a little And also for
4:24
those of you wanting smooth parts from
4:25
the build plate you can't get that here
4:27
You'll actually be left with grooves on
4:29
the prints where the resin will have
4:30
cured in the gaps on these plates and
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it's a pain in the ass to clean You can
4:34
as I did leave the plate in place
4:36
attached to the printer when you loosen
4:38
models and some of them will drop but I
4:40
always use these silicon mats over the
4:42
vats to catch them You do get a plastic
4:44
bib with this printer but it doesn't
4:46
cover the whole vat It's flimsy and it
4:48
falls off pretty easily Nevertheless
4:50
this is still a pretty decent release
4:52
mechanism for a resin printer One of the
4:54
best I've seen The best release
4:55
mechanism I've seen on a printer is on
4:57
the Formlabs Form 4 but I actually
4:58
learned through my comment section on
5:00
that video review that that type of
5:02
release mechanism is actually patented
5:04
which is why nobody else can have it So
5:06
we get things like this instead The
5:07
other cool thing about this plate is how
5:09
it attaches to the printer Now we've
5:10
seen large bolts We prefer clip-on build
5:13
plates Well this has neither It actually
5:15
has nothing The plate just slides into
5:17
the metal gantry at the top of the
5:18
printer And when the print starts and
5:20
the bed raises it'll be mechanically
5:21
held in place by two large clips on
5:24
either side Going down the printer arm
5:26
you've got two large lead screws and
5:27
therefore moving the plate and lighting
5:29
system up and down Now moving on to the
5:31
VAT unlike the previous printers they've
5:33
actually ditched ACF film for a clear
5:35
film that I suspect is PFA I was told
5:38
the final version of the VAT will
5:39
actually be black This is just a
5:41
prototype that's bare metal Now one
5:42
thing I noticed is that unlike other
5:44
machines there are no standoff screws on
5:46
the bottom of the VAT So when you need
5:48
to place it on another surface for
5:50
maintenance the film will actually sit
5:52
flat on the surface which isn't great
5:54
But I do need to point out that Pio
5:56
Create nailed it when it comes to pore
5:57
spouts because this is genuinely one of
6:00
the best I've ever seen I'm sure you'll
6:02
agree with me on that And I really love
6:04
how this attaches to the printer No
6:06
screws no clips but instead we've got
6:08
two large levers which actually compress
6:10
the vat into place And having these
6:12
large arms stick out has another benefit
6:14
because when they're open it'll actually
6:16
prevent you from closing the lid And if
6:17
the lid doesn't close the printer won't
6:19
let you start a print I think this is
6:21
great mechanical design preventing some
6:23
simple dumbass printing mistakes I know
6:25
at least I've made before and I'm
6:27
willing to bet I'm not alone in that
6:29
Below the vat is the screen but above
6:30
this there's also a screen protector
6:32
which actually covers the whole inner
6:34
frame of the light mechanism to prevent
6:36
spills from getting into the glass or
6:38
any of that mechanism And I did ask
6:40
Pioate what the process for replacing
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LCDs was because well I know that's an
6:44
important consideration but they've told
6:46
me they're still working on it But since
6:47
the whole LCD module and LED array in
6:50
this is a very small unit I'm going to
6:52
presume it's going to be a lot easier
6:54
than a full tear down we've seen on
6:55
other machines If I get any updates on
6:57
this along with some other things I'll
6:59
come on to I'll add it to the video
7:00
description Now the LCD itself is this
7:02
new 16K LCD that all the brands are now
7:05
using which has a resolution of
7:08
15,120x 6,230 pixels So those pixels are
7:11
rectangular and it's not really 16K But
7:14
for reference this means the pixel size
7:15
is 14 by 19 microns As such the printer
7:18
has an AVC of 19 microns So it's
7:21
unfortunate that this doesn't mean we
7:23
actually get the same quality prints
7:25
from this as we would from other
7:26
printers And I suspect that that is
7:28
partially due to the light system But
7:30
I'll come on to the other reason later
7:32
You see where most printers have now
7:34
moved on to COB light sources or chip on
7:36
board light sources for sharpness here
7:38
in order to make this vat platform the
7:40
element that raises and falls Pio Create
7:43
simply didn't have the vertical space to
7:44
put a Cobb system in here So this has
7:46
gone back to more of a matrix LED array
7:49
and you can actually see the individual
7:51
UV light emitters through the screen
7:53
when it's on And what we know of classic
7:55
LED arrays is that in comparison to Cobb
7:57
light sources they seem to be able to
7:59
cause some blow on resin prints But
8:01
there's a couple of extra things to talk
8:02
about before we fully conclude on that
8:04
So first up is this resin pump heater
8:07
accessory which I've got to say is
8:09
thankfully optional This plugs into the
8:11
rear of the printer both with a USBC
8:13
cable and a pump hose This has a plate
8:15
that folds down and an arm that folds up
8:17
to hold your resin bottle And the plate
8:19
at the bottom actually has an RFID
8:21
reader in it which tells the printer
8:23
what resin's installed so long as you
8:24
use Pio Creates bottles that have an
8:26
RFID tag in the bottom Also it's worth
8:29
knowing that the resin profiles are
8:31
actually set and stored on the printer's
8:33
operating system by default which
8:35
actually currently has limited options
8:37
compared to the slicer settings But you
8:39
can and I've had to tell the printer to
8:42
use the parameters from the printed file
8:44
every time I've gone to print Apparently
8:46
they're changing the default to file But
8:48
anyway the other feature of this pump is
8:50
that when you connect Pyoree's resin
8:52
bottles which I didn't get and this
8:54
system doesn't work with other shaped
8:55
bottles is that you can actually pump
8:57
resin from the bottle into a heating
8:59
element inside the pump and then up into
9:01
the printer where it'll come out from a
9:03
component which you actually uncip from
9:05
the rear of the printer and clip onto
9:07
two notches in the vat Now if you want
9:08
to heat the resin that's in the vat you
9:10
actually need to manually pump it out
9:12
and then back in over that heating
9:14
element again It's not automatically
9:16
cycling the resin through a print Now
9:18
unfortunately this bit that clips on in
9:20
the inside I actually broke on the first
9:22
attempt to use it because well this is
9:24
only a 3D printed prototype component
9:26
And I'm not going to hold them to task
9:28
on this too much considering this is a
9:30
sample part And I've been assured that
9:32
the final version will be vacuum form
9:34
plastic But I've got to say as far as
9:36
pump and heating systems go this one is
9:38
especially awkward I already don't like
9:40
pump systems because lines of resin are
9:43
a nightmare to clean when you're
9:44
swapping between materials But this
9:46
takes what we tore on the Any Cubic M7
9:48
Pro and adds a whole new level of
9:51
cumbersome Whilst yeah this will pump
9:53
warm resin into your printer it won't
9:55
keep it warm in cold environments And
9:57
well isn't that the main point of a
10:00
heater not all of us are printing in
10:02
room temperature rooms A lot of brands
10:04
are adding heaters to printers without
10:06
actually understanding the use case that
10:08
most of us need them for And it's when
10:10
printing in places like garages and
10:12
sheds Right now moving on to the UI I've
10:14
got to say I do like the placement of
10:16
the screen It's certainly easier for me
10:18
to access at raised arm height than at
10:20
waist height But I guess this benefit
10:22
depends on how tall you are I'm 5'9
10:24
which well that should let you make some
10:26
accurate estimates The UI is a little
10:28
awkward though compared to most but
10:30
you'll get used to it I've got to call
10:31
out the unnecessary scrolling text mares
10:34
making an annoying comeback especially
10:36
when there's plenty of space now for two
10:38
lines of text for a lot of these
10:39
settings And the other thing is when you
10:41
load a print be it from Wi-Fi or USB
10:44
it'll actually automatically replace the
10:46
single inmemory file that you're able to
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store on the printer which will always
10:50
be the file at the top left of the print
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menu That's the one that you're going to
10:54
print next Always If you've got a
10:56
different file there to what you expect
10:58
you're going to be printing the wrong
10:59
thing And then as for the slicer on the
11:01
software side they've now got Pio Create
11:03
hallet box which is separate from
11:05
Creality's Hallet Box or it might be
11:07
taking over it Again I still don't fully
11:09
understand the transition of this to a
11:11
new company thing Anyway this is just a
11:14
little less featurerich than other
11:15
slicers like Lyche and Chiu Box but it's
11:18
got a nice workflow Arrange your parts
11:20
select or edit resin settings add
11:22
support slice and send to a USB drive or
11:25
to the printer via Wi-Fi And when we
11:27
import models it also lets us actually
11:29
see the light zones will come on when
11:31
you start a print One of the other cool
11:33
features of this machine and this LED
11:35
array is that only the areas below the
11:37
print that you're running should come on
11:39
during the print So if you're printing
11:41
fewer models or one small model there
11:44
are fewer lights on which Pio Create
11:46
attributes to making the LCD last longer
11:48
Though I've got to be honest I'm taking
11:50
this claim with a pinch of salt because
11:52
most prints will drop to the center of
11:54
the plate on import anyway And the jury
11:56
is still out as to whether LCD life is
11:58
more often reduced due to heat or UV
12:01
penetration in a specific area If it's
12:03
heat alone then yeah this claim might
12:05
have merit If it's UV penetration then
12:07
it doesn't matter You're just going to
12:09
be burning the middle of the LCD more
12:11
often than anywhere else just like every
12:12
other printer unless you can remember
12:14
where you've done all your previous
12:15
prints on the plate and try to spread
12:17
them out evenly Now I did try testing
12:19
Chitu Box but at the time of testing
12:21
only the Pro version is currently
12:23
compatible and some of the options in
12:25
the printer settings were completely
12:26
ignored by the printer such as print
12:28
speed Now speaking of once again this is
12:31
another machine that doesn't have
12:33
two-stage motion control or TSMC but
12:36
Pycreate have said that there is a level
12:39
of acceleration applied They just
12:41
couldn't give me specifics on how this
12:42
work In fact the exact quote is "We
12:45
continuously optimize printer
12:46
configurations based on the resin and
12:48
printing conditions So unfortunately we
12:50
are currently unable to provide exact
12:52
motion parameters." My worry here is
12:54
like it was with the previous HLE
12:56
machines Let's say you want to lift for
12:58
8 mm which is about right for a 10-in
13:00
printer with its release film in decent
13:02
condition If you've got a more brittle
13:04
resin you want to lift slower And you
13:06
can either lift for that whole 8 mm
13:09
painfully slow or print failingly fast
13:12
And if py crates acceleration values
13:14
aren't compatible with the speed your
13:15
resin needs your only option is to slow
13:18
down even more So it'd be kind of
13:20
important to know at what point in that
13:22
8 mm does it start to speed up and how
13:25
fast does it speed up and what is the
13:26
max speed it goes to We can't just guess
13:29
this stuff anymore When we've spent
13:30
years learning how other machines work
13:32
that's pretty ingrained knowledge If Pio
13:34
Creat are going to do something
13:35
different then in order to be on par
13:37
with the other competitors they need to
13:39
educate us as to how these things work
13:40
And finally print quality And this shows
13:43
what I mentioned earlier First of all I
13:45
actually printed four of the exact same
13:46
exposure tests despite changing the
13:48
slicer settings because I didn't realize
13:50
at first that every print would default
13:52
to printer parameters rather than those
13:54
in the file that I sliced But even after
13:56
figuring this out and running multiple
13:57
tests it was clear that the prints were
14:00
bloated I even dropped it down to half a
14:02
second per 30 micron layers and still
14:05
notice signs of overexposure And when
14:07
printing models at these low exposure
14:09
times I was noticing failures such as
14:11
the leg from this model of pup by Table
14:13
Flip Foundry Now from the same people I
14:15
was able to get my cones of calibration
14:16
dialed in But this was still too
14:19
overexposed for the sword to fit through
14:21
the skull or the beer to fit in the mug
14:23
which is something I've managed to do on
14:24
all other 16K printers So it's not great
14:28
but on the plus side at least
14:29
anti-aliasing worked Now as I said
14:31
earlier I think some of this is likely
14:33
due to the light source moving back to
14:35
an LED array from chip on board and it
14:38
kind of renders the 16K screen here a
14:40
bit redundant But as we learned from
14:42
Concepts 3D when we did an interview
14:44
with them these 16K screens are pretty
14:46
much all that's available in this size
14:48
of display right now But brands have no
14:51
choice but to use these even though
14:52
they're smaller and don't allow for as
14:55
much UV penetration as the 12K or 8K
14:58
screens we've had before even though we
15:00
can't actually see a quality improvement
15:02
But the other issue I think might be
15:03
plaguing this printer is that the UV
15:05
output of these is way too high When I
15:08
measured the output on the screen I got
15:09
readings of 5.9 to 6.9 m per centime
15:13
squared across the screen where most
15:14
other printers I've tested are only 3 to
15:17
4 m And I can't adjust UV intensity on
15:20
this printer to see if that's what's
15:22
causing most of the bloat It's something
15:24
that Pio Crate have said they will
15:26
consider adding control for but I've got
15:28
no definitive answer as to whether
15:30
that'll be adjustable on final machines
15:32
and I think it kind of needs to be guys
15:34
This is incredibly powerful Too powerful
15:37
in my extensive but uneducated
15:39
experience So once again I've got to say
15:41
I will update the description here if
15:43
anything changes and I hope it does
15:46
Again it needs to in order to see if
15:48
reducing the light intensity will
15:49
actually improve the print quality like
15:51
it did on my Saturn 4 Ultra 16K But even
15:54
with that I am still cautious of the LED
15:56
array we have here I just don't think
15:58
this can be capable of being as sharp as
16:00
other 16K machines that have COB Though
16:03
at the same time I expect this will
16:05
easily still be good enough for some
16:07
larger models I think it's just
16:09
disappointing to see a 19 micron screen
16:12
more comparable to a 35 or 50 micron
16:15
screen than its peers So conclusion time
16:18
There is a lot I like about the new
16:20
Howala I think there are more individual
16:22
things I like than individual things I
16:24
dislike When it comes to leveling free
16:27
well I can only say not only did I not
16:29
have to level this printer but when
16:31
printing a tall torture test there were
16:33
no signs of any wobbling But I honestly
16:35
don't know how much of this is because
16:36
of the raising vat mechanism and how
16:38
much is just because the frame for this
16:40
mechanism here is incredibly solid when
16:43
compared to other machines Like I'm sure
16:45
this would work just as well the other
16:47
way round Now if you're an actual
16:48
engineer who can explain why it can't or
16:51
validate my assumptions as right comment
16:54
section please For me I can only go off
16:56
what I've known from before And I'm
16:58
mostly still nervous about the term
17:00
leveling free when remembering the Any
17:02
Cubic M5s which first released with no
17:04
way of leveling adjustment And that
17:06
worked fine for people who got one that
17:08
was dead on But for those who didn't
17:10
they were stuck with no method of
17:11
necessary adjustment until the brand
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made a redesigned adjustable plate which
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was just like all of the previous plates
17:17
And I am worried about something like
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that happening here But as I said I do
17:21
think they've pushed the technology
17:22
forward I love a lot of the changes I
17:24
love the size of the unit I love the
17:26
levers I like but don't love the USB
17:29
port and screen placement I like the
17:30
part removal mechanism of the build
17:32
plate and that it mounts with no bolts
17:34
or latch And I love how sturdy the whole
17:36
thing is for how small and cute it is
17:39
But it is a hard one to directly
17:41
recommend and champion as I presently
17:43
have it because the print quality is
17:44
just not as sharp as other 16K machines
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or even some 8K machines from a couple
17:49
of years ago So it has a few software
17:51
updates and changes to make in my
17:53
opinion just to even have a chance of
17:55
being on par And whilst its early days
17:57
the Hallet series has not been one that
17:59
historically improved software in the
18:01
long term or life cycle of those
18:03
machines But unlike previous times I've
18:05
communicated with the Hallet team
18:07
previously via Creity this time they've
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been far more engaging and receptive to
18:12
feedback So I hope that at least is a
18:14
sign of more improvements to come this
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time round So there you go That's the
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printer as I see it But what do you
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think let me know in the comments if you
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want to pick one of these up I have
18:22
affiliate links down in the description
18:24
And just like Heygears and Nova 3D I'll
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make a 10% commission on these at no
18:29
cost to you And as some commenters seem
18:31
to think sure this video like all my
18:33
videos are designed to force you into
18:34
buying these higher commission printers
18:36
even though they're the right ones for
18:38
you It's all cleverly designed by me an
18:40
idiot to manipulate you so I can make
18:43
more money These aren't my honest
18:44
opinions at all And if you don't know
18:46
that's obviously sarcasm well you
18:48
clearly skipped through the video So I'd
18:49
kindly invite you to go back and watch
18:51
it For everyone else I want to say
18:52
thanks for watching and until next time
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So until next time party on Wayne did
19:03
you say it fammer out
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