Another year, an even bigger guide. This year 8,624 reviews, 915 hours of writing, 4,982 years of experience and 1.14 million 3D prints led to the 2017 3D Printer Guide 83. A big thank you is in order to all of you that helped make the guide possible again - your Hub badges will go live today!
It’s truly amazing to see the level of involvement from everyone to help fellow community members out!
This year the categories are: Prosumer, Workhorse, Plug ‘N’ Play, Budget and SLS. We also launched a completely new and interactive 3D Printer Index 21 so you can compare all 3D printers on such things as price, reviews, build size and technology type.
Have a look, enjoy, and let me know what you think of it
Looks great! Glad to see the UM2+ right there at the top of the chart, too! And my own review right there for all to see, really warms the heart!
[Now, I was promised a badge for contributing… ]
I am a bit surprised that there was a cons note about noise level, when the UM2+ is rated as one of the quieter printers around. And I’m pretty sure the previous printer guide had the UM2 specifically mentioned as a quiet printer!
Other than that, it’s a great list all in all with really good information and it should help anyone looking to buy a printer a great deal!
With the UM3 out and the new DaVinci 3-in-1 machines coming and a lot of rumblings all over the Prusa front, I think there might need to be a 2nd quarter 2017 revision for the guide, though.
Hello. I am a former customer of 3D Hubs. I am a high school teacher and have an outdated Makerbot that heat bed doesn’t work. Could you please recommend a good 3D Printer to be used for high school projects? One thing we need is the printing to be faster as only a tiny print takes heaps of time and time is short in the classroom. Also, noise is an issue. I have looked at the guide but am hoping you can highlight two or three that would be best for my situation.
