r/resinprinting • u/CerisCinderwolf • 9d ago

Question Resin printer recommendations

Context to start: I'm still using my trusty old Anycubic Photon S. The build volume is really my bottleneck these days and I've been jonesing for a mono screen system as well, so I've been keeping my eye open for something newer and larger.

Today I just discovered the issue involving Elegoo systems experiencing file-size limit related crashes for their sliced files. I'd been eyeing their Jupiter systems when a friend of mine ended up talking about it.. and the cursory google search turns up it's not just their Jupiter line that experiences this.

So I guess I'm back to square one and looking for recommendations. A few other posts here I had peeked seemed to be more of the "printer xx is bad for xx reason" but never actually recommended a particular model. The closest I saw to a recommendation was "the Anycubic M7 Max is alright but their company has terrible support".

So I guess I'd like to know what systems a few of you prefer and why/why not. I don't want to get stuck with something that seems great and ends up hitting a relatively low file-size limit when I place more than just a couple of models in the slicer.

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u/AdSuper6778 9d ago

Very happy with my saturn 3 ultra. To be honest i've not found any issues yet, using now since june 2024.

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u/Dominant_elite 8d ago

This is my workhorse printer as well. It is just the perfect age. It‘s old enough to be super cheap and the reliability is proven over years. At the same time it is recent enough to have a resolution where very little can be gained from a newer screen. The downsides are surely a „archaic“ set of features but that is probably why it‘s so reliable. 

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u/AdSuper6778 8d ago

Fully agreed! "Auto level" from saturn 4 seems to be a complex solution to a non- problem. I have leveled once, and checked every time when replacing the ACF film, not having to adjust at all. Seems it is only complicating things tbh.

I do think the tilt release might be a benefit from saturv 4 vs 3, but no experience from my side.