The best 3D printers, for home, office or studio

The best 3D printers
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Owning one of the best 3D printers can open up a whole new world of creativity, whether you want to print miniature models, project prototypes, fun fidgets or functional parts. The materials for this craft range from liquid resin to flexible TPU, and the potential of a 3D printer is limitless, but be warned – it gets super addictive.

I've recently gotten my hands dirty learning to 3D print with resin, using the Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra printer, and I've also been experimenting with multicolour prints too, using the latest Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo (review in progress - stay tuned!). This area of creative tech is tricky to master, but don't let this put you off – all you need is a can-do attitude and reliable 3D modelling software if you plan to print your own creations.

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This article is currently being updated, so stay tuned for some exciting new 3D printer reviews to be added soon.

Creality Halot-One Plus

Creality Halot-One Plus
This resin printer from Creality is a small but powerful 3D printer, with excellent build quality and fine detail output. It has a small-ish build volume, but this isn't a problem for printing miniature models or custom toys and jewellery.
Read our 4.5-star review

Anycubic Kobra Go

Anycubic Kobra Go
The Kobra Go is a super affordable mid-range 3D printer from Anycubic, and boasts several neat features such as one-button levelling to help you get started with 3D printing. This model has since been replaced with newer alternatives, such as the Kobra Neo.
Read our 4-star Anycubic Kobra Go review

Anycubic Photon M3 Premium

Anycubic Photon M3 Premium
The Anycubic Photon M3 is a great pro-level resin printer for your home studio. It offers ease of use, combined with excellent print quality, and the addition of air filters makes it viable for small office or studio work and the build volume means it can fulfil more tasks than a lot of the competition.
Read our 5-star review.

Anycubic Vyper

Anycubic Vyper
The Anycubic Vyper is another FDM 3D printer that offers a lot for your money. It has good levels of detail and an easy interface. The self-levelling bed and decent print speeds add to the overall value, with excellent print quality at this price range, especially for under $400.
Read our 4.5-star review.

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Beth Nicholls
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Beth is Creative Bloq’s Ecommerce Writer and has the fun job of finding you the very best prices and deals on creative tech. Beth kicked off her journalistic career writing for Digital Camera World, and has since earned bylines on TechRadar too. With a Masters degree in Photography, Beth loves getting to tinker with new cameras, especially camera phones, as the resident Samsung fan on the team. Her background working as a tester for CeX let her play around with all kinds of weird and wonderful products, including robots, and she’s recently gotten into 3D printing too. Outside of CB, you’ll find her gaming on her PS5, photographing local shows under the alias Bethshootsbands, and making TikToks of her dog, Tilly.