Tests

Since being recently unveiled, the UP Box is one of the most anticipated desktop FDM 3D printers at the moment. While TierTime‘s previous 3D printers were widely acclaimed by the community, will their new models live up to the hype?…

Despite its history in the DIY industry, American tool brand Dremel announced not too long ago that they would enter the 3D printing market. Since then, they have released the Dremel Idea Builder, a Plug & Play 3D printer based…

As desktop 3D printers become more and more common, companies are trying to make cheaper and cheaper models. These cheap 3D printers claim to retain a high-quality print whilst cutting price. One of these companies is Creality, the Chinese manufacturer…

TierTime has been in the 3D printer market with both industrial and desktop 3D printers since 2003. In May 2012, the Beijing-based company unveiled the UP Mini desktop printer, later named the ‘Best Overall Experience 3D Printer’ by Make Magazine. TierTime…

Robo 3D are an American manufacturer based in California who first came to the world’s attention in 2013 with the launch of their Robo C1 3D printer on Kickstarter. At the end of 2016, Robo 3D launched another Kickstarter campaign…

After the success of BQ’s first Witbox printer, the Spanish brand has released the second version, Witbox 2. Known for its A4 format printing, the first version of the Witbox was released back in 2013, with the second version released…

As summer starts coming to a close, we decided to mark this with a test of the Chinese printer Winbo SH105.  Little known to the general public, the brand offers around 19 different FDM machines, with prices ranging from $199…

Unveiled to the surprise of many last October, the Ultimaker 3 3D printer is the latest printer from the Dutch manufacturers, Ultimaker. Already well known for being one of the most popular brands of desktop 3D printers, the brand has…

Today, the 3Dnatives lab will be analyzing the Makerbot Digitizer 3D scanner to continue our series of tests on 3D scanners and printers! Don’t forget to check out all our scanner tests here, and to give us any comments, tips…

Today the 3Dnatives lab will be embarking on a test of the Einscan-S model from Shining 3D. This 3D scanner was born thanks to a Kickstarter campaign in early 2015, where they were able to scrape together a whopping $123,000 USD to…

Although 3D scanners are somewhat less popular than their 3D printer counterparts, 3D scanners have begun to evolve at their own pace and are enabling even more innovative products and ways that we can incorporate their use into our work,…

The story of FormLabs began at MIT in 2011, when students Maxim Lobovsky, Natan Linder and David Cranor developed the first low-cost compact 3D printer based on the Stereolithography process. Backed by several financiers and following the commercial success of…