ELEGOO Mars 4 MSLA Resin 3D Printer, UV Resin Photocuring Printer with 7-Inch 9K Monochrome LCD, Multiple Print Modes, Printing Size of 153.36x77.76x175 mm³

I've owned an FDM 3D printer for ages, and have been looking around for a resin printer that is both cheap, easy to use and reliable. I considered a whole bunch of printers first, the Monoprice resin printer, the Anycubic and some cheaper Sparkmaker. After looking at some youtube reviews, the Elegoo pretty much came out on top - because of the great price, performance and community support.The only thing was that the printer kept coming into stock and selling out almost immediately, so I had to set a camelcamelcamel alert for when it comes back into stock, which it did - and I jumped at the chance to buy it.So, I'd investigated the whole ownership aspect of 3D resin printing and preparation is very important. Firstly, you need a space to do the printing that is well ventilated and away from pets, children and food. You also need to buy a few consumables, such as latex/plastic gloves (in bulk!), isopropanol alcohol, above 95% for cleaning your prints, lots of paper cleaning cloths and lots of plastic containers for cleaning your prints in. I just use plastic take-away trays and old ice-cream tubs for this, as they will generally need disposing of after a while, and there's no point spending money on things you would normally throw away. Oh, and you need to buy resin as this printer does not come with any. I bought the crystal red Elegoo product. It looks fantastic and works very well. You can also benefit from having a UV curing booth or UV torch or something similar in order to cure your items post-print.The unit is packed really well with any moving parts secured very well for transit. You can also pack your printer back into the box when you're not using it. Once I unpacked the printer, I was up and running within 30 minutes, printing out my test 'Rook' that comes on the supplied USB stick. It took about 3-4 hours to print two rooks and I have to say that the quality is absolutely outstanding, using the crystal red Elegoo resin that I bought with it. I've printed a whole bunch of other things since then, and they've mostly printed very well. You have to put a bit of thought into printing stuff with supports, and I've found that if I print with very thin supports, then the print can often fail, but in general, if you use the medium or thick supports then everything is great.Would I recommend this product? Absolutely, if you're into 3D printing then you just cannot go wrong at this price. Yes, it's much messier than FDM printing. Yes, the running costs are way more expensive. But it's really a separate application; this is great for high-detail small things, like printing figurines, whilst FDM is more suited to larger things, like enclosures, or costume parts or large brackets - that sort of thing.

I have several FDM printers and after much research I decided to jump into the resin printing world with the Mars.The printer arrived incredibly quickly and it was very well packed. The printer itself is smaller than I thought and fits easily onto a shelf, however the build area is an excellent size.Construction wise its solid and well built, spare screws are included within the accessories a very welcome addiction.The print quality is suburb, I use the 3d printing pros support system and I can't believe how fantastic these prints are from a £230 machine! The printer isn't very loud at all and the smell from the Elegoo abs like resin I use is not powerful at all. Levelling the printer was incredibly easy thanks the the spring loaded build plate, it's been printing along merrily for plate after plate with no issues!I did have an issue with the build plate screw hole stripping, I contacted Elegoo customer service and WOW their customer service is way above and beyond. They asked for a photo of the issue and within hours I had an apology and a replacement build plate was dispatched. With the overall quality of the machine I have no doubt that while I had an issue they are rare and I couldn't ask for better, faster or nicer customer service.I know people reading this review will be debating between this or other similarly priced printers. What I would say to everyone reading is. The print quality is amazing! Go for the mars, the price is fantastic and you will be more than happy with the results. Even more importantly however I know you are going to get the best customer service if you need to contact them! They go above and beyond and have gained a customer for life with me.

I have been deliberating about getting a 3D printer for a number of years now, and the number of things holding me back were the quality of prints, the ease of use and occasionally the price, which sometimes made my eyes water, to name a few.Then I heard about the Elegoo Mars.I was familiar with Elegoo as I have some Arduino kits and various bits of DIY electronics from them and I am pleased with the quality and also the price, and so I thought I would give the Elegoo Mars a shot.I had heard good things about it from all over the place. Youtubers, Makers, enthusiasts... How good could it be?Well after the first print (yes the very first) I was gobsmacked...I didnt waste my time printing the Test Rook, I didnt see the point, I didnt want one and if I wanted to test the printer I was going to print something I needed and would refine over time.Needless to say I didnt need to refine it, it worked. (I printed some buttons and rotary knobs for an electronics project)I had used digital calipers and blender 2.79 to design the bits I wanted and the accuracy is on par with if not better than the calipers I used to design the bits in the first place.I then printed everything I could.I needed new headphones as mine had broken at the hinge (Logitech G930) I found a 3d printable (several infact) left and right replacement set and they worked, almost identical to the original bits that broke, headphones fixed!. A friend got a new puppy so I printed a couple of little model puppys for his children and he took one for himself!!??I wanted to use a small servo motor connected to an AT Mega (Elegoo) that was being fed data from a flight sim about what climb rate I was going, so again with blender I made a KA50 Vertical velocity indicator...dial, needle and housing..brilliant. It then got out of hand. Dragons, stencils for the children to draw infinite numbers of unicorns hangers for their dressing gowns with little rabbits on, I havent had this much fun with a bottle of resin since, well EVER.Back to the present. I cannot recommend this printer enough. It is relatively easy to use, more so than the pages and pages of settings with some of the other printers I have seen. Chitubox is the GUI of choice and its powerful and simple, also I recommend anyone thinking about buying or about to buy an Elegoo Mars to join the ELEGOO MARS LCD 3D PRINTER OWNERS Facebook group. There are loads of people (over 2000) who can give advice or settings etc and they are all friendly and a great community. (Also theres free stuff and vouchers :P ) one more thing, buy resin! Money off in Facebook group at time of writing. (among other things)Also blender 2.8 is now out and I have used previous versions countless times to make my own 3d models/buttons/switches/ stencils/battery covers/arduino cases/pots/stands etc etc. maybe you want it as well, maybe you dont! Its free btw.See you in the FB group perhaps.