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2017 Best
3D PRINTERS
REVIEWS AND COMPARISONS
Design and Features
Technology
Fused Filament Fabrication
stereo lithography
Plastic jet printing
Fused deposition modeling
Fused Filament Fabrication
Fused Filament Fabrication
Fused Filament Fabrication
Fused Filament Fabrication
Fused Filament Fabrication
Fused Filament Fabrication
Build Volume (mm)
215 x 215 x 200
145 X 145 X 175
200 x 230 x 270
295 x 195 x 160
237 x 244 x235
240 x 190 x 200
231 x 150 x 140
300 x 250 x 300
203 x 152 x 144
250 x 200 x 200
Print Speed (mm/sec)
30-300
0
15
0
450
500
200
120
40-160
15
Print Layer Height (microns)
20-200
25-200
300
100-300
50-250
100-300
100-500
30 - 100
80
50 - 300
Extruder
2
1
3
1
2
1
2
3
1
2
Dimension (mm)
342 x 505 x 588
350 × 330 × 520
578 x 591 x 578
528 x 441 x 410
430 x 390 x 550
554 x 579 x 524
320 x 470 x 381
420 x 380 x 570
549 x 375 x 388
450 x 450 x 500
Weight (Kg)
10.6
28
44
18.3
11.5
25
12
28
20
14
Nozzle Diameter (mm)
0.4
0
0.4
0.4
0.35
0.4
0.4
1
0.35
0.4
Software
Cura
Formlabs preform
CubePro
MakerBot Print
Simplify3D or FELIX builder
Cubicreator v3.0
Flash Print
CreatBot
In built onboard slicer
CAD software, Slic3r
Control Panel
Basic
Touchscreen
Touchscreen
Touchscreen
Touchscreen
Touchscreen
Touchscreen
Basic Key pad
Touchscreen
Basic LCD panel
App Interface
done
done
Auto Leveling
done
done
done
done
done
done
Maintenance Tools
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
Multi Color printing
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
File Format
STL, OBJ and 3MF
.stl, .obj, .form
.cubepro
.makerbot, STL, OBJ
.stl
.stl, .obj
.stl, .X3G
STL, OBJ, GCode, Amf
.STL, .AIO
STL, G Code
Connectivity
USB
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
Ethernet
done
done
done
done
Wi-Fi
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
SD card
done
done
done
done
Filament
Size of filament (mm)
2.85
0
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75 – 1.80
1.75 - 3
1.75
1.75
PLA
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
ABS
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
Nylon
done
done
done
PVA
done
done
done
done
done
done
Support
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
Phone
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
Manual
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
done
Warranty
12
12
24
0
12
12
12
6
12
24
OS Supported
macOS, Windows and Linux
Windows 7 and up, Mac OS X 10.7 and up
Windows, and Mac OS
Windows (7+), Mac OSX (10.9, 10.10, 10.11)
Windows 7 and upwards, Mac OS X, Linux (repetier-host)
Windows 7
Windows XP/7/8 32/64 bit, Linux, and Mac OS
Windows, Linux, Mac OS, OSX
Windows/Mac/Linux
OS X, Windows or Linux
Review written by Uma Balakrishnan
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