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Best 3D printer deals: Start printing at home for $159

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3D printing is an expanding hobby, and it’s great for pretty much anyone, whether you’re thinking of printing some 3D miniature for your tabletop game, or even potentially considering a business idea. In fact, the sites where you can find 3D prints have only gotten bigger and more numerous, and if you have some CAD skills, you can make some really interesting stuff for cosplay and whatnot. As such, we’ve gone out and collected some of our favorite 3D printer deals for you to check out, including some of the best 3D printers on the market.

Either way, there are a ton of great 3D printer deals you can take advantage of, which is why we’ve gone out and found some of our favorites and compiled them for you below. Amazon deals, Best Buy deals and Walmart deals are the most common retailers to find discounted 3D printers, but we’ve found a few deals direct from the manufacturers.

Flashforge 3D Printer Adventurer 5M — $279 $799 65% off

Flashforge 3D Printer Adventurer 5M
Flashforge

If you’d like an enclosed 3D printer, the Adventurer 5M from Flashforge is a pretty excellent option, and not only that, but it’s a pretty fast printer as well. It also has a pretty great build area of 8.7 x 8.7 x 8.7 inches, so it’s pretty good for beginners and intermediate-level hobbyists, which makes it a pretty versatile buy. We also appreciate the touchscreen that the Adventurer 5M has, which makes it a lot easier to navigate and consume information about the print, which can be a bit frustrating on cheaper printers.

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Anycubic Photon M3 Max — $599 $1,099 45% off

The Anycubic Photon M3 Max displayed with a print featuring feathers.
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The Anycubic Photon M3 Max is a one of the most powerful 3D printers you can get. It has an impressive 11.7 x 6.5 x 11.8 inch printing area and does so in 8K. SLA printing, which uses lights and lasers, is dependent upon light to print. The Anycubic Photon M3 Max uses an array of LED lights to get the light not only just right but also evenly distributed. The effect? Fast printing. And, the Anycubic Photon M3 Max won’t let that fast printing get the best of you. How so? By automatically feeding more resin into your well when it gets low, kinda like those automatic plant waterers. The result is a hassle-free print that doesn’t have to be babysat to the utmost degree.

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ANYCUBIC Photon Mono 4 Ultra — $248 $348 29% off

ANYCUBIC Photon Mono X
Anycubic

Another great option for a starter resin printer is the Anycubic Photon Mono 4 Ultra, and this bundled deal even throws in 500 grams of resin for you to get started with. It comes with a solid 6.04 x 3.42 x 6.49-inch print volume, so should be more than enough for things like miniatures and figurines. It also has a 10k LCD mono screen which should give you excellent resolution for your prints, allowing for pretty fine details overall, and the 120mm per hour print speed is also rather good, making it a solid all-around printer. Just be aware you need to have Amazon Prime to get the discount.

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Anycubic Kobra 3 — $300 $390 23% off

Anycubic Kobra 2 Max
Anycubic

If you ever heard of the original Anycubic Kobra, it was one of the fastest and most beginner-friendly 3D printers when it originally came out. The Kobra 3 continues that trend but with a much larger build surface of 9.8 x 9.8 x 10.2 inches , which is well-suited for folks with larger prints. More impressively, it can print up to 600mm/s, which will certainly be needed with such a larger print volume, and you’ll be happy to know that it handles most types of printer filament. Just be aware that you need to have Amazon Prime to take advantage of this deal.

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Elegoo Saturn 3 Ultra — $324 $406 20% off

Elegoo Saturn 3 Ultra
Elegoo

Another great entry into resin printers is the Elegoo Saturn 3 Ultra, which has a large 10-inch screen and runs a 12k mono LCD, which ends up giving you a resolution of 11520×5120 and an XY resolution of 19×24μm, which is pretty impressive. It also has a relatively large build volume of 8.62 x 4.84 x 10.24 inches, so you can manage some larger models, at least taller models, and the included Wi-Fi card means that you can transfer files without having to constantly worry about a physical card going back and dorth.

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Elegoo Mars 4 9K — $190 $224 15% off

The Elegoo Mars 4 Max next to a figurine of a traveling roleplayer figurine.
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The Mars 4 Max is a 9K resolution 3D printer that uses resin to make figurines and other objects. Its print volume is 6.04 x 3.06 x 6.89 inches, making it adequate for small tabletop armies, roleplaying characters, your D&D avatar, and jewelry. It utilizes the VoxelDance Tango slicing software, which allows for different printing modes depending on your aim, speed or accuracy of the print. It’s a minor point, but the machine is boxy, compact, and covered by a striking red cover. More than just a tool, this one can certainly be a conversation starter, although you will need to have Amazon Prime to get the discount.

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Creality K1C 3D Printer — $559 $599 7% off

Creality K1C 3D Printer
Creality

Creality’s latest K1C 3D is a nice upgrade if you already have a great starter 3D printer and want to take it to the next level. For starters, it’s completely enclosed to avoid issues with temperature, and has a pretty solid build volume of 220 X 220 X 250mm. It’s also pretty fast, able to hit a max print speed of a whopping 600mm/s, which is very impressive, although you likely won’t run most prints at this speed. We also like the added touch of the internal smart camera that lets you keep track of your print and can warn you of potential malfunctions with its internal AI.

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Aaron Mamiit
Aaron received an NES and a copy of Super Mario Bros. for Christmas when he was four years old, and he has been fascinated…
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