5.0 out of 5 stars 3d printing just got easy

p.w. · 6 August 2024

I started 3d printing back during COVID with a cheap £99 filament printer (which quite quickly died!). I then progressed to a proper filament printer and then to the Elegoo Mars (which I loved). I found myself wanting to print larger items and bought an Elegoo Saturn. This machine blew my mind. I ran both resin printers for just over 3 years before their screens died and it became too expensive to repair.A friend recommended the Elegoo Saturn 3 Ultra and after watching a couple of reviews and doing a bit of reading, I took the plunge.I could not be happier. The machine is simple to level (and I have only done it once so far). The quality of the prints is simply superb and with its built in filter, the smell associated with resin printers is almost a thing of the past.The fact I can send prints via WiFi and not have to mess around with USB is also a good feature. (Just remember to delete your old files from the printer)All in all I can’t find fault with the machine. Good stuff. Keep it going Elegoo!

5.0 out of 5 stars Best 3d printer.

J.H. · 30 June 2025

Best resin 3d printer on the market (consumer level) in my opinion! Highly recommend . Plug and print.

1.0 out of 5 stars Cursed by Saturn?

B.s. · 11 January 2022

Bolo Black Friday, yippee! After spending six months building a rotary axis CNC machine, I decided to reward myself with a 3D resin printer. First, let me say this the only one star review that I’ve ever given. Moreover, every aspect, even if seemingly irrelevant, may help you understand what I can only describe as the curse of Saturn (Satan?).So back to Black Friday, order placed, Elegoo Saturn arrival scheduled for Sunday. Well, Sunday came and went, but after no delivery by Tuesday I began tracking the order being delivered by Hermes. It had been picked up but hadn’t moved. Many, many calls, emails, and a message saying they tried to deliver it, but I wasn’t in, I learned it was still in a Hermes warehouse. But, a polite rant or two, later on the twelfth evening, my beaming wife shouted ‘come here’, so grudgingly I went downstairs, she opened the door and there it was! In fact, it had been left, without a door knock, for an hour before she accidentally discovered it. Notwithstanding, the fact that the large, slightly dishevelled box, amply describing its contents, hadn’t been pinched, it was mine, all mine!Now, I’m not one to give bad Bolo reviews for poor delivery, per se, but my 3D printing journey hadn’t got off to a good start. So, with the holiday approaching, I resolved to tackle it with a fresh heart and unbox it after Christmas. And so I did, with an intermission for decorating the kitchen and making space for this wonder machine.So now I’ll proceed to the bits you will probably have been waiting for. Upon unboxing I found the Saturn to be very well packaged, lots of foam, plastic wrap and tape. And what a beast! Sturdy, lots of metal, no scratches, but wait, what’s this? The back left foot was snapped in half while the useless remains of its sibling cowered in a corner of packaging. Aha! No worries, I can print another! Let’s make hay!Setting up was easy, despite the illegible figures in the instruction booklet. For certain, those days of watching Saturn reviews on Youtube had paid off. Next step, power on – everything lit up, it was alive! But, (you knew there’d be a but), the top of the leadscrew rod was precessing around it’s central axis like the moon around the earth. Well, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but it was noticeable. Now I know my NEMAs from my leadscrews, and this was a concern. Unlike the Elegoo Mars, which has a top bearing, the Saturn just has its leadscrew pointing up at the stars. Consequently, the bottom motor bearings have to carry all the downward forces, notably the weight of the leadscrew, the build platform, the model and the pull of release from the FEP. Why, Elegoo, why? More important would this obvious design flaw matter? After all, so long as the leadscrew drives the platform up and down accurately between two excellent linear guides, who cares? Well, in situations like this, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. I was able to move the platform up and down flawlessly, with no hint of it wobbling, phew!Next day was test day. I homed and calibrated the machine, loaded a thin test model, and let the magic happen. Now I’ve learned that hearing is the best sensory organ for a smooth-running machine and what beautiful sounds, the quiet hum of the fans and motor components, the little pops as the emergent model was raised and lowered on and off the FEP, wonderful! And once complete, a truly magnificent, highly detailed, perfect calibration model. Well done Elegoo! Mightily encouraged, the real work could now begin. I loaded sliced models of a small 5cm tall sugar cat, not essential, but cute, and a Prusa-style knob for my 4th axis CNC machine. The anticipated time was only 2.5 hours, so I lay back and listened to the soporific hums. And then the curse returned.About halfway through this second run, I noticed the rhythm now included an extra slight pop of the FEP, lovely, I thought, it must be growing nicely. But a few minutes later the new rhythm was replaced by a sudden crackling as of crumpling cellophane, a lull, another crackle, and two pops. I hurled myself towards the machine, fearing, mostly, resin seeping through a damaged FEP. I hit pause, but no leaks were evident. But I couldn’t raise the build plate via the interface. Oh well, I thought, just going to have to abort, diagnose, reset and restart, what’s a bit of wasted resin? But no, unlike my hair, the bed wasn’t rising. I gently raised the bed from the resin, pulled it out, removed the resin tray and did the only thing possible – unplug the machine and get on the interweb. And there, amongst the dunghill of useless comments and ‘helpful’ suggestions I found two nuggets of gold. The good news was that two separate Youtube videos described my Saturn’s problem (although they didn’t mention snaps, crackles and pops). Weirdly, one described how his machine also arrived with a broken back left foot. The bad news – they both sent their machines back.Now I’m pretty handy with robotic machines so I figured I could fix this. But then I realised it was likely a blown motor driver, and the question emerged why? Now bearing in mind I’d bought this accursed machine as a reward to myself after several months of NEMA controller hell, re-treading those stony steps wasn’t an option. Fortunately, I’d kept the packaging and next day I dropped it off for delivery by the courier – ironically, Hermes - to Bolo. I shall track it closely.I’m now blessed with a beheaded cat, half a knob and facing the dilemmas of whether this was a one off, or are these Saturns and other mid-price resin printers cursed?The one star is for Bolo’s excellent returns policy.

5.0 out of 5 stars Compact and good price

D.H. · 7 April 2025

It’s easy set up it’s compact and very good value for money you can’t go wrong I do recommend the water washable 2.0 resin which will save you in the long run in buying detergent and you have a good colour range to choose from as well if your knew to this completely make sure you understand chitubox software and you will get the best from the Saturn but be aware in order to get good quality prints the resin has to be between 20-25 degrees constantly but before you do learn how to calibrate your machine it’s vital for good results happy printing

5.0 out of 5 stars Far to dear over Elegoo direct

M.C. · 17 April 2025

The printer is great, the fact that it is £100 more than direct from Elegoo is just a rip off thoughThe RRP is a made up figure too

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing printer

R.k. · 15 January 2025

This is my first printer, very easy set up, initially had issues with prints not sticking to the base, but after a little research, problem solved.

5.0 out of 5 stars Next level printing

L.H. · 9 March 2025

I am completely sold on the details of this printer, and with the extra Z height. 10/10

1.0 out of 5 stars Amazing printer, great value, but already dead.

D.G. · 16 June 2024

Ok so the Elegoo Saturn 3 12k Ultra should be getting the 5⭐️ review it deserves but here me out.The Saturn 3 is an amazing out of the box printer. Set up and build is easy and instructions are simple to follow. It’s a very sturdy printer compared to a lot of the filament printers on the market and Print quality is outstanding, expected of a 12k, with little to no clean up and prep needed before painting. Print time is very quick compared to a filament 3D printer, printing in half the time with super detail.But!It’s dead already! Hasn’t even made it to a full 7 months of ownership. Goes through all the motions with no actual printed results!Now I know it’s probably going to be an easy fix, and I know that it’s most probably going to be a replacement part, but it’s extremely frustrating as you don’t expect a printer of this quality to die after a minimal amount of printing time. And when I say minimal we’re talking 2 model kits of no great size and a bust, which isn’t a lot of printing hours.Now I’ve contacted Elegoo through the link in Bolo but I know from previous experience, trying to fix an Elegoo printer at work, that they will take a long time to respond, or ignore, and I will have to go through Elegoo China to get help. Previously it took over two months to get a response and a further two weeks to receive a replacement mother board.So I will new be looking at a good 2 months without a printer and a guaranteed amount of requests for help that go unanswered.But we shall see. Hopefully this time it will get resolved quickly and the review can be changed to the deserved 5 stars.

I like this product very much the quality is superb

V. · 12 January 2023

It has large build plate sufficient for printing large stuffs, Very easy to setup and comes with purifier which is extremely imp for resin printing.

Printing beast.

F.H. · 15 May 2025

After 2 years I can say, that the Saturn 2 really holds up. So much that I still cannot justify an upgrade, no matter how much I want. It is easy to handle and a great starter printer.

The best resin printer I've ever tried

M. · 30 August 2024

My first resin printer was Photon Mono X and it came with a bent build plate and I never got it to work. Then I got Mars 2 Pro and I loved it and decided to buy something bigger. I was reluctant to make the same mistake as before and buy a freshly released printer (Saturn 4), so I got this one instead. It's stupidly fast and prints with stunning resolution, actually achieving that 30micron resolution in Elegoo Water Washable resin - just look at that horse symbol that was filled with black paint! This machine will definitely second as a perfect tool to make litography in metal and circuit boards!I use Lychee slicer and to my great relief I was able to get this machine to work at the first try. Third print I tried fills nearly the entire build plate and it comes out beautifully without any issues. I can only recommend this machine!

Impresionante

A.R.M. · 23 May 2024

Hay que usarla muy bien, pero el resultado es increíble

Piezas con gran definición

S. · 2 April 2023

The media could not be loaded. Es una pasada la calidad que salen las piezas, debes saber que no todos los archivos de piezas de hilo sirven para este tipo de máquinas. Recuerda tener una máquina de curado.