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The Best RESIN 3D Printers of 2025 - FOR MINIATURES AND MORE - ULTIMATE RESIN BUYERS GUIDE
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Nov 18, 2024
*Get your FREE Loot Studios Mini Pack here: https://geni.us/FreeLoot LINKS AND REVIEWS BELOW, *Click "...More" Below* *Printer Links* (Alphabetical Order) Anycubic Photon M7 - https://geni.us/AnycubicM7 Anycubic Photon M7 Pro - https://geni.us/AnycubicM7Pro Anycubic Photon M7 Max - https://geni.us/AnycubicM7Max Anycubic Photon Mono 4 - https://geni.us/PhotonMono4Ultra Anycubic Photon Mono 4 Ultra - https://geni.us/PhotonMono4Ultra Elegoo Jupiter SE - https://shareasale.com/r.cfm? Elegoo Mars 5 - https://geni.us/ElegooMars5Ultra Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra -https://geni.us/ElegooMars5Ultra Elegoo Saturn 4 - https://shrsl.com/4icdx Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra - https://shrsl.com/4icdx HeyGears Ultracraft Reflex - http://store.heygears.com/referral/reflex020 HeyGears Ultracraft Reflex RS - http://store.heygears.com/referral/reflex020 Phrozen Sonic Mini 8k S - https://geni.us/PhrozenSonicMini8KS Phrozen Sonic Mega 8k S - https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-100540162-15595624 Phrozen Sonic Revo - https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-100540162-15750480 Uniformation GK Two - https://geni.us/Unfomation
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okay here we go again the big one it's time to look over a Year's worth of resin printer releases so you can decide
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quickly which one to pick and it's been a crazy year you see last year was easy
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most resin printers were incredibly similar and so we could assess each one for the most part in terms of price
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versus print quality now many of the available printers are wildly different from each other with some offering
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features above and beyond their competitors so making a choice now is much less about this is easily better
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than that choosing one really comes down to what you want versus the price they charge at the time you're watching but
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don't worry I intend to make this very easy to digest and by the end I'm confident you'll have a solid idea of
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which one is for you or at least a top two or three so you can compare down further let's get on with it hi I'm Ross
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and this is f Hammer videos and this video is sponsored by loot Studios yeah
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I know I talk about their models in almost every video but this time they paid me to do it so there will be an ad
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in here somewhere see if you can spot it right there is a lot to get through and I don't want to waste your time I had
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some comments last year from people who clearly skipped the intro where I told them to start with their budget in mind
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so please try coming in with an idea on how much you actually want to commit before you move forward I think the key
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here is looking for a printer that does what you want at a price you want to pay
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but these prices change more often than my kids change their interests I've added affiliate links below the video
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which you can use for quick access to each machine to check the current pricing but clicking these before making
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a purchase also Nets me a commission at no cost to you and is how I fund this channel so if this has helped you I only
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ask that you would be kind enough to support me in return I'll add some recommendations as we go through but once you have a printer in mind or a
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couple please check out my video reviews also linked in the description and many of my head-to-head comparison videos
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just to cement your choice but whatever you pick please let me know in the comments what you went for and why you
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feel that's right for you I love to see the variety of use cases for these machines and if you do need any further
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help just drop a question below and I will do my best to get back to everyone with more detailed personal advice right
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then small printers I'm talking about printers with a roughly 7in build area give or take an inch or two yes haha I
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still feel that most people at small printers because they assume they're better for beginners but that mostly
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comes from the common assumption that smaller printers are cheaper but this is not always the case and some better
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printers could be within your budget so whilst you may think this is the category for you please pay attention to
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medium printers too unless you're after a smaller printer because of space limitations or you only ever intend to
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print small individual things I'd expect most people would benefit significantly
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from a larger printer area even if that's at the cost of some quality because another reason people jump to
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smaller printers is because of the advertised small pixel size which in the past has typically meant improved print
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quality but as you'll soon see amongst our first picks more pixel Dent screens that have weaker light sources result in
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poorer quality prints I'll show this as we go through finally if you don't know what printer size is right for you just
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download any of the slices like chitu box or ly add the printer you're interested in or if it's not there
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create one with custom dimensions then just add some models to see if they fit that's a quick free tip for everyone
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okay printers unfortunately many of last year's great and cheap picks are becoming end of life you may be tempted
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with a discount deal on an old machine as Brands sell off the last of their stock this isn't a bad idea because you
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can save big but just be aware that once a brand stops selling printers spare
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parts can disappear fast many people still aren't aware that LCD screens in printers are classed as consumable parts
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and only operate for about 2,000 Printing hours for an idea of what I mean if you plan to print a lot and have
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your printer last a while make sure before you buy any machine screens are still available and maybe pick up one or
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two to protect yourself in the long run and finally for an idea of what I mean about great older printers check out
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last year's best resin printers video starting this off properly we have the any cubic photon mono 4 this is a
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printer I would say is okay it's a very basic printer in terms of features
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please don't get excited by the advertised 10K resolution or 17 Micron pixel size because this is one of the
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printers that proves that the light source matters more than the screen like all any cubic printers this supports the
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multi-exposure feature called RF which allows you to quickly dial in your exposure time and I've got a separate
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video explaining how that works the prints on this are on the softer side and I would say a comparable to
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something like a small 4K printer from a couple of years ago like the mono 2 but
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prints can at least be smoothed out on this which is a point that will be more relevant when we look at this machine's direct competitor I just would have
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personally preferred they kept the mono 2 on sale and the price lower since there's no obvious quality benefit here
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and they make its build quality so obviously cheap with things like plastic slidy feet but if you can grab it at a
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discount and are happy with some small detail loss but you need to be able to smooth out your print edges to remove
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voxul and layer lines this would be a trusty little Workhorse the direct competitor to the mono 4 is the Mars 5
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and whilst this is only a 4K machine which helps keep the cost down this is a
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much sharper printer with some Advanced Tech features but for some people that sharpness is also its downfall the build
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play is advertised as Auto leveling when it isn't see the review for more info but yeah the bill play on all of the
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modern Mars and Saturn printers can be an absolute pain in the ass from resin being lodged in the gap between the two
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tiers and the bed leveling itself being hardly adjustable when it sometimes needs to be and no grip on the handle
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these in general are annoying I and many others are happy to work around this for
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the price but let's hope we never see this design again the bigger issue affecting this unit and the normal satin
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4 not the Ultras is that there is a problem with anti-aliasing this has historically been a really
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useful feature for many people as it can smooth out the layer and boxel lines on prints making them production quality
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smooth enabling that feature on these printers can lead to all kinds of mess
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if elu or chitu systems whoever's fault it is could fix this it would easily be
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the best starter machine but they never addressed the same issue which was present back in the Mars 4 printers from
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well over a year ago but if you don't need Super smooth prints or plan to sand
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these marks down anyway this is an absolute bargain little machine between the mono 4 and Mars 5 you basically have
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the choice of soft and smooth or Shar prints only and it's going to come down to the limits you can personally accept
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for the price more than one of these is an obvious standout printer as we move up in current prices we get to the mono
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4 ultra and this isn't just a mono 4 again with more features it's a complete and total overhaul a much better light
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source behind the same 10K screen proves that this change alone Nets sharper prints from a printer but unlike the
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normal mono 4 this unit also comes with Frosty ACF release film something which have shown time and time again reduces
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print quality Swap this out for crystal clear PFA change no settings and you
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have sharper prints without scratchy marks on the vertical walls any cubic are pushing the speed metrics of their
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printers but this speed is only really achievable with ACF film and fast resins
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swap either of these out and you'll need to slow the printer down a bit for Success some people will want fast
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machines but I've seen from thousands of comments now that the vast majority are after quality over speed and whilst any
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cubic are pushing this they are completely failing to Champion just how advanced their pressure sensing features
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are because things in this like Dynamic lift height is a true amazing method of
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increasing print speed which is explained by them nowhere any cubic have
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really stepped up their game with this generation with sensible tried and tested adjustable Bill plate designs the
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handy re RF feature and super smart pressure sensing features along with Wi-Fi connectivity and a phone app for
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monitoring this is a great little device but as I said I would personally just
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swap to PFA for the detail but it's your call this is a solid step back to the
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more professional company that released the incredible M3 premium now we have the Mars 5 Ultra and this is the first
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of a different Beast this can print both fast and sharp out of the box thanks to its 9k display PFA release film and
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tilting bat the main downside is once again the annoying build plate which is the same as the one I just talked about
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on the normal Mars 5 so if you ski that part go back and watch that bit or the full review with similar but not quite
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the same smart features like pressure sensing for resin level pre-print but now also including Wi-Fi and a somewhat
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handy camera you can monitor prints from your computer or make dark timelapses it
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is certainly the most featur rich smaller printer offering the best feature is the tilting bar it's a great
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way to increase print speeds and reduce pull forces there's also fewer settings in the slicer for users to deal with as
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all of the lift and retract speed settings are gone in lie of the onboard slow or fast printing mode but on the
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flip side this mechanism can lead to inconsistent height across the bill plate on base layers now I always print
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supported models so for me this really isn't a problem you need to consider what you're Printing and if you're
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wanting this and are unsure whether you need to print directly from the plate chances are you probably don't that's
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typically more for engineering prototypes elu also now have an RF
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rivaling multi-exposure test built right into the UI on their Ultra machines and
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this is is super handy for dialing in resin exposure times very quickly this is certainly more functional than the
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any cubic R RF test but it still has its quirks I've got a separate video explaining how to get this one working
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too prints on the Mars 5 Ultra are easily as sharp as they would be on the mono 4 ultra when you swap that
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printer's ACF for PFA but none of the prints from any of these small machines are as sharp as some of the 12 to 14K
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10in printers we're going to come on to when it comes to print detail personally prefer a sharper printer where I can
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then digitally soften the layer lines with anti-aliasing which you can do on this model I do wish elu had a phone
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monitoring app now that the printers have Wi-Fi and cameras but even without that it is mostly a non-nonsense machine
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that delivers solid quality with of the Box no faffing or release film swapping to do when it comes to deciding between
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these printers it's kind of hard now I'm not trying to be out there saying everything's great because that's helpful to no one if anything I'm saying
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the opposite the printers do what you expect them to do but every printer has a bit of a problem so again there's no
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definite winner here I personally like the speed and sharpness of the Mars 5 out of the box and the benefits of the
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tilting vat outweigh the cons of that and the bill plate to get the same sharpness on the any cubic yes I'd need
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to switch it to PFA which slows it down but with that I'd have the much better pressure sensing features and dynamic
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lift height and also wouldn't need to deal with the annoying eligo build plate and any cubic advancement in pressure
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sensitivity really is an undersung benefit that coupled with the remote notifications is a handy little extra so
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I hope you can see guys I'm not trying to be uselessly objective both of these printers in their raw function of
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printing are capable of the same quality and this is what I meant in the intro about it's more about the features you
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want but I guess it's also about the annoyances that you're willing to put up with and that's going to be quite common
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theme going forward if you're sure it's a small printer you want for your use case and you need the sharpest details
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out there the Frozen Sonic mini 8ks is still the best I've seen but it's by a
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hairs breath only however this is a Back to Basics printer with no flashy modern
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tech features at all like pressure sensing or Wi-Fi and it's got a slightly smaller and more awkwardly shaped build
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area than most in this category but Frozen are known for making more reliable products with long-term support
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and so this one is still definitely worth some consideration if you're looking for a more tried and tested unit
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again though the print quality is not too dissimilar to larger 10-in printers some of which are now comparatively
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priced if not cheaper but if raw print quality and longevity in a small format
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is what you're after this is still the one that very very very slightly has the
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edge now then mediumsized printers and by by this we're looking around 10 in in
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size I would have liked to talk about the 9in printers separately but both the Mars 4 Max and the anycubic mono X 6ks
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are end of life which is a shame because these were easily the best beginner printers of last year they both had that
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perfect balance of good enough quality decent size and a competitive price point now there's only one 9-in printer
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I know of worth considering I'll come on to that later but it takes none of those boxes if if you've watched my videos you
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waiting for go and sign up now Link in the description let's get back to some printers now I think 10-in printers are
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The Sweet Spot for most printer users unless you're printing only smaller things like jewelry or oneoff small
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components small printers can become very restrictive very fast
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if you're printing something like Miniatures models statues and busts like I am or things of equivalent size and I
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assume most resing printers out there are many STL creators are cutting up and
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supporting their multi-part models with this size of printer more commonly in mind and when you look at anything much
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larger than this the build plates parts and cleaning can become unwieldly very
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quick but we'll get on to that in the next section for now let's look at some of the 10-in printers I've not had the
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most amazing time with the creality halet Mage Pro and halet Mage s are fine
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working machines but comparably just very limited please I'm not going to go
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into it just see my reviews for more info if you've got one and it works that's fine and if it works for you
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great I'm not saying they're terrible or the worst thing in the world but they are a far cry from all of the others
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I've tested in terms of usability and functionality and the next one is the
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Nova 3D whale Ultra 14k which is still a mouthful this is littered with numerous
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little annoyances that weaken the offering significantly it's fine it works but like with the creality
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printers there are just better printers out there and typically for less money
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such as the any cubic M7 I honestly prefer this to the M7 Pro despite some
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marketing claims that this is slower than the M7 Pro everything I look at in this machine makes it appear as though
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it's the exact same printer minus two add-on features and the hardware interface for one of them once again
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though this is a printer that uses ACF release film so if you want to get improved print quality you can swap to
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PFA making this one of the sharpest printers out there right now but in doing that you do lose some of the speed
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by the way if you want to do this and you want the right size of this film just buy the mono M5 fet film from the
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any cubic website just like the mono 4 ultra this also has some incredible
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pressure sensing that I'm going to repeat has been completely undersold by any cubic resin level detection print
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failure detection Dynamic lift height all monitorable on the printer and the phone app makes this an incredibly
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reliable machine that you can keep an eye on from a distance and once again the RF feature is available here too as
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I've said before I think if any cubic got over the this's fast angle of their
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marketing and spent more time focusing on the quality and reliability of these these machines they'd actually sell a
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lot more of them yes ACF and speed is a valid option for many people but without
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a PFA variant as an option at checkout this is turning people away why would
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you actually want to buy a product only to immediately have to replace a release film you just buy a different product
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what I have seen many people do though is the same as what they did on the M5 series buy a second bat with the printer
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so that they can have one with PFA installed for quality and the ACF one that comes with it for Speed but again
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because any cubic don't sell a vat with PFA for this printer you will just need to buy a vat that comes with ACF and
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then order the Fe sheet for the M5 printer not the m5s the sheet for the M5
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is PFA the sheet for the m5s and the m5s pro is ACF so yeah if you want the
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features of this printer and the print quality of PFA release film you pretty much need to waste a brand new ACF
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whichever way you look at it or I guess you could wait till the ACF is on its last legs and then switch to PFA when
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you need to replace it the printer that would most likely be directly compared to the ne cubic M7 is the Saturn 4 and
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the satin 4 is a very basic machine when it comes to things like pressure sensing this just isn't as smart but honestly at
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its competitively low price point this will probably be the more popular choice of entrylevel unit in terms of cost
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against features but please be aware that just like the non-ultra Mars 5 this
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has the same anti-aliasing issues and here because the print volume is bigger anti-alias Dogo files can become so
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large that they're too big for the fat 32 file format required for these USB
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drives now of course some people won't care especially if printing larger things or you don't mind a little
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sanding but for those wanting the smoothest small prints direct out of the printer this lack of a feature or at
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least feature with the risk of bugs that's been common on printers for as long as I can remember is crippling I
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mean sure maybe eligo see this as a potential upsell for the satin 5 Ultra but until they sort it it's also a solid
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reason for people to just buy from another brand where you can use this feature a feature that I need to stress
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again has been present on very very basic printers for at least the last 3 years
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when you add on this annoying not self-leveling self-leveling build plate this budget attractive machine can
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quickly become a turnoff however if you can accept these limits and challenges
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this is still a very sharp printer just makes me miss the satin 3 Series there's
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no wow here but like McDonald's for this price it gets the job done the mono M7
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Pro is an odd machine and I like it just as much as I think it's a bit silly what
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you have here is the normal M7 again but with a heater pump and a resin pump this has all the awesome smart features of
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the M7 and the same print quality too if you skip to this printer go back and watch the M7 to get a summary of its
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functions and limits the resin heater pump does work so for those of you needing a heated system this is probably
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still better than a chamber heater so in this price range it may be your only
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valid choice but the reason I personally don't like resin pumps in General and especially for getting resin in and out
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of a bottle is well for one they're so slow that it's easiest to just pour it
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in and pour it out but the tubes become so messy and resin printing is messy
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enough so when this heater is also a pump you need to properly clean out the
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whole system when changing materials in order to avoid cross-contamination and it also makes
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the backat very back heavy and just awkward to maneuver now if you can put up with this fine weighed in it is an
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awesome printer with a heater system but I doubt we'll ever see this type of system again why can't Brands just give
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us heated resin bats as an optional add-on that isn't rhetorical it's a serious question if you know the answer
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please put it in the comments I do want to be able to recommend this printer stronger but I see it like this where
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the satin fors floors will frequently upsell the satin 4 ultra I see the M7
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Pros editions would more commonly down sell the M7 the printer I think will
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easily sell the most this year is the satin 4 ultra with its size and all of the tech features like Wi-Fi the camera
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and Mild implementation of pressure detection coupled with the super fast tilting bat and Crystal Clear PFA
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release film this machine gives you detailed Fast Printing out of the box with no faffing about now the drawbacks
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however are the same as the Mars 5 Ultra with the pain in the ass build plate which drips is hard to hold and does not
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Auto like they say nor is it very adjustable the tilting vat also has a
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gap around it which is a spill risk to the internals though they do give you a bib to compensate and this is generally
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less dimensionally accurate in Zed height on the base layers of Prints but as I said earlier though I expect many
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people skip to hear this isn't really a problem for most people it's not a problem for me because parts are
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elevated on support struts this is only really a problem if you in tend to print
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direct from the plate and whilst the webcam exists you can only monitor it from a computer and without a light
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install the time lapses are generally pretty poor but it's not terrible again
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still gets the job done it prints really fast it prints really sharp and this printer also has elgu's excellent
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multi-exposure test function and overall just like the Mars 5 but with a typically more convenient build volume
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this has the widest range of commonly wanted features of any current printer at a decent price I honestly think they
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could have sold this for $100 more and it would have still been good value between these four machines and I hope
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you don't see it as a lot of winging there's a lot of positive in there and a lot of negative it's just a quick summary but once again it's about
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looking for what you can live with more than any single oh my god wow that's the
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thing this year now that print quality is all but balanced every brand has added features but each printer comes
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with much more of an obvious but so again in quick re sumary the satin 4 is
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sharp but it's only sharp because of the anti-aliasing bug you can struggle to smooth your prints directly out of the
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printer I think the M7 is Ace a great balance of features in a tried and tested format for leveling and accuracy
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from the plate the pressure sensing is really great along with the remote monitoring phone app it puts this into
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the very reliable printing category but if you want its best print quality you need to swap the AC f for PFA and or get
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a second vat to do that the pro version is the same again with a heater and resin pump but this is a messy system do
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you want to deal with that that's how you decide on that one the satin 4 has its annoyances in the build plate design
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and lack of camera light and Wi-Fi phone app but with such a variety of features
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and no faffing to get speed and quality out of the box it's going to be an easy pick for many people now we also need to
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fairly consider the Frozen mighty revone now this has print quality on par with the others thanks to the PFA film out
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the box and a good light source at its core this also has a tried and tested
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mechanism for leveling with some pressure sensing functionality to boot some and this one has a webcam with a
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light to make time lapses a built-in chamber heater and a dedicated phone app for monitoring the but here is twofold
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one is how everything is implemented together just feels a little thrown in
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from Frozen a brand that normally uses quality products a chamber heater on a
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printer with a gap around the lid I mean come on guys at least make some draft excluders and send them to everyone who
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bought this machine and the fixers have been far too slow with only two firmware
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updates in the last 6 months one thing that Frozen should be strongly thanked
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for though is that the screen swaps are generally easy to do considering screens are class as consumable Parts on all
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msla printers this is a massive value ad for those looking to invest in a
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long-term production unit for anyone who wants an idea of just how hard a screen replacement can be check out the guide
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for the satin 4 ultra this is a literal tear down to replace the most commonly
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failing component the other but with the Frozen machine is the price now Frozen
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are typically still known to be more reliable well-built machines and if you're after solid performance quality
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and accuracy over speed or any other gimmick this will do that and I don't
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hate it as many people presume I do as I wanted to convey in my review I'm more just disappointed because we've seen far
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better from this brand it is still a very good printer then we've got the big
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boy the gk2 oh hi guys sorry it's Ross here from
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the future when I recorded this video which has taken quite a few weeks to put together visually I plan to talk about
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the everloved gk2 printer and where that sat in the lineup but since the recording date and now just 3 days
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before my planned scheduled release date that I've got no intention of moving uniformation have sent me not one but
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two new printers directly to replace the gk2 now I could have waited and released
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this video later but knowing my look by the time I did that there'd be more printers available so this is where we
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are and I've got to draw a line somewhere if you're interested in what this Top Dog brand are offering I highly
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recommend watching the review video for both of these new machines which will be live on or after November 24th 2024
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remember to click subscribe and the notification Bell so you don't miss it or its special launch price and if you
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are watching this video live or during the week it comes out uniformation are slashing the price of the gk2 for the
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last time ever and that's to sell off the remaining stock and I should also
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have an exclusive code to go along with that it's not confirmed yet but if I do it will be in this video's description
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all I can say at this point is that once again certainly worth considering please
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check out those videos now I need to talk about two printers that I honestly almost don't want to bring up because of
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the hateful comments that these printers frequently generate the hegar's reflex and the newer reflex RS are easily the
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best 9-in and 10-in printers on the market and I mean that in terms of raw
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features sensing technology and build quality I do not mean nor am I saying
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they are the objective best and therefore everyone should buy them the price of these machines alone is enough
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to put most people off the butt with these and it is a big
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but is that they promote to the point of all but requiring their own proprietary
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resin but as greedy 3D and numerous users in the hegia idea Shapers Facebook
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group have shown you can use third party materials to great success the thing
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with these is that they are more Pro suumer than consumer and these are made for people who want to print like Master
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quality prints with all but perfect dimensional accuracy the build quality
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on these makes their competitors look like toys even Frozen who are probably the next closest and all of the sensors
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in these not only provide Dynamic lift height but speed too and more there's so
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much built into these machines themselves to ensure print success and then you couple that with how perfectly
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dialed in their resins are to ensure a print accuracy within 15 microns a
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degree which almost none of us would care about and also a metric which none
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of the other brands even dare to quote these have screens with UV uni formity
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within a 3% tolerance across the surface and then you've got the inapp support too where you can actually ask them
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questions in the app and they'll get back to you so again if you are just fundamentally against the approach this
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brand have taken to the market that's perfectly valid I fully respect and
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support your decision and if you're looking for the ultimate quality printer with the least amount of learning to do
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and are happy with the price and semi-restricted ecosystem in favor of just General ease right now these are
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the only ones that do that so if you choose to buy them I fully respect and support that decision too here we are
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then large printers this is where we enter the realm of printers around 13 in
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and there's no easy way of saying this these are generally big heavy behemoths
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you really should only consider any of these if you specifically want to resin print large things or a lot of small
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things things in one go on the larger build area and you also need to consider that when printing large things you also
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need big washing and big curing stations to work with them we also need to
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understand that as we jump into these larger printers print quality starts to drop larger screens means larger pixels
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typically you'll see larger artifacts and by that I mean voxal and layer lines unless of course you heavily Implement
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anti-aliasing to soften and smooth the surfaces of prints now here I'm only
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talking about three specific available large printers in this video but we have had the Apex maker X1 a great machine
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let down by a company responsible for the worst communication I've seen since the scam that was ultraprint I tried to
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warn people the elu Jupiter SE is the most basic and bog standard of large format resin printers and in many ways
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it's typical eligo and that's not necessarily a bad thing if you want large printing in its cheapest and most
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basic form eligo does what they do here and gives you a non nonsense but no real
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bells or whistles product it has a resin pump included and despite my distaste for these in general I do actually see
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the use when trying to empty a large vat of the three it's the lowest print quality but you can smooth out prints
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with heavy anti-aliasing and image blur it does the job the next one to talk about is the Frozen Mega AKs this is
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slightly better print quality than the Jupiter but you'll still need some anti the aliasing if you want it smooth this
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also comes with frozen signature build quality outside of this and its size it is another very basic machine with no
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Advanced features such as Wi-Fi even the resin pump is an optional extra it is a
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good and robust product and a sensible choice for large Prints but the asking price may be rightfully too steep for
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some so now on to gk3 ultra now let me be straight for all intents and purposes
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this is for better and worse just a bigger gk2 so like the older machine
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print quality is on par which means it's a smidge softer than 10in 12 to 14K
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printers thanks to its Matrix LED array I'm betting an improved light source would have made this better still
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however in this size of machine it still easily beats the Jupiter and mega 8K and
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then it has all the great usability enhancement features of the gk2 and some
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more it it's got an excellent heater a clippable vat a sensible Bill plate Wi-Fi and a more sealed chassis to keep
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heat in and more than that one of my favorite features and it's so simple is thanks to the larger vat uniformation
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are the only ones to realize that you can mount the plate vertically as a drip tray for the whole height of the print
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rather than other brands who hang the plate at an angle letting parts of large prints rest on the screen as you trying
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to get resin off the print it just shows that once again these guys are looking at the user and making improvements for
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them rather than just trying to beat the competition with bigger numbers but again like I said in the beginning of
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this section the size may be Overkill if you don't need to print things this large it's amazing I love it but
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personally because of the things I print I would have a lot more value in a couple of gk2 printers over a single gk3
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Ultra so as I said at the start of this section these printers are big and the prints are big resin printing is a messy
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Endeavor and it's harder with larger heavier things once again I hope it doesn't seem
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too obvious that this entry was thrown into the video last minute but I've only just got my review written up as this
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video was already pretty much planned and recorded if you like the idea of some more modern or smart Tech in your
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printers even if it's taken far too long to get these features in resin printers
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then we've got the any cubic M7 Max and it was around the time of getting this that I actually really started warming
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to any cubic again I wasn't a fan of the M5 series as I've said repeatedly and
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the launch of the M7 Pro left a sour taste in my mouth because I can't stand Cleaning Out Lines full of resin and the
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heating element on that printer is mostly lines but aside that we have a
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slew of solid modern features which have carried over to this monster whilst the
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resolution here is only 46 microns this is better than the Jupiter and close enough to be on par with the mega 8ks
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but what elevates this further is the inclusion of the sharper coob or cob
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light source then we've got any cubic current signature features of pressure sensing to encourage printing success
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which means not only remote printing but phone app and Cloud monitoring but what really impresses me is the inclusion of
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a heated vat something I wish was at least an option in all modern printers
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altogether these features make this any Cub's best machine yet and the only let down is the resolution does mean that
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layer and boxal lines will be visible to the point where even anti-aliasing an image blur can only do so much I
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wouldn't necessarily choose it for small detailed models though it's still an incredible and featur printer for those
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of you wanting larger things more than anything I genuinely hope this is a sign
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of what we can expect from every anycubic machine in the Next Generation and going forward this is awesome work
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oh deep breath so that's it that's a summary of everything I've seen in the last year which is still available now
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but things are still coming out some things I haven't been able to mention yet so if you watch this video months
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after release just have a quick check amongst my videos since this one came out to see what else you maybe should
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consider if you have already narrowed down a choice or two go and check out my
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full review videos because there may be something extra that puts you off or even turns you on to competing products
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I've done a lot of comparison videos too which should really help you nail it down but if you are confused just drop a
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message down in the comments let me know what your budget is what you're looking for what your primary goals are and I'll
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