Elegoo Mars 3 Long Term Review: Is it still worth it as a wargaming miniature printer?

[@steffenseifarth5058]

bought my mars 3 last november and printed ~ 11l of resin. no issues so far and i highly recommend this printer for mini painters. especially if you want to experiment a lot in your painting journey. 🙃 thx for the content, enjoy your videos 🤓

[@GrayScalpMiniatures]

Yeah it’s such a good printer. I am tempted by the new Saturn but I just can’t quite justify it at the moment…. Temptation rising though 😂

[@OnceinaSixSide]

I'm currently playing around with the pro version and I'm really enjoying it, its a great little printer. Biggest freaking downside though is no range finding exposure test, y'know the ones where you print the same test model 8 times in a single print, each with a different exposure setting? Yeah, can't do that.. So calibrating the machine took many hours using Amerilabs Town ;-;

[@that_Ranjit]

You mentioned that the first Mars 3 you got, the build plate was trying to smash through the LCD screen? Wondering what to look out for if something like that occurs. I just purchased a Mars 3 Pro and I'm very excited to dive into it, but I really wanna make sure I don't overlook anything that could cause massive problems down the road. Thanks for the video!

[@yagsipcc287]

It's a great printer I have mine since it came out inore ordered mine and I think it is brilliant, super easy to use with zero issues. I like to print at .03 layer height it's the most smooth to time spend you will get in my eyes. All details be it tiny of massive are all there it's insane tbh. Also it's not huge but it is not small nice middle of the road size. I also like the USB at the front because of my area I have to put it in is small so it works great for me. Seems to be what kind of area people have.

[@izzydo3494]

Just got this priner for $119 on Amazon brand new for black Friday, should be nice 👍

[@christianknaack4190]

There are really small usb sticks. Like the one you get for connecting a wireless mouse or keyboard. For all you out there who are afraid of knocking the stick out and damaging the Port on the your printer. Everything Else totally signed. For the price awesome printer

[@GrayScalpMiniatures]

Genuinely such a good point! Can't believe I didn't think of it 😂

[@Addictedtoludus]

Amazing printer. I have also had it for about six to seven months now. An unstoppable train. I make a request for your next video. How do you change the FEP!

[@GrayScalpMiniatures]

Deal, when it needs changing next I’ll film the process and you’ll all get to see me getting more iratated throughout 😂

[@Addictedtoludus]

@@GrayScalpMiniatures thanks print-mate!

[@John-uc6gb]

Good video, thank youi

[@davemorris7845]

Thanks fo rthe review. Qyuick question, what are the skeleton minis you kept showing off? They are super cool.

[@GrayScalpMiniatures]

They're by Highlands Miniatures 😁

[@jakobsanders1289]

How hard was it to manage fumes with this machine?

[@adamcarpenter7823]

Been 3d printing for the better part of 12 years now but all FDM (started with a XYZPrinting Davinci, then an Anycubic Vyper and now using Bambu X1C's and A1 minis in the farm). Decided to get into resin too for a project I'm working on with my son so I ordered an Anycubic Photon M7 Pro. Still waiting on that to ship so I went to Facebook Marketplace earlier today and found a guy in town that was selling a BNIB never opened Mars 3 for $80. Needless to say I jumped on that deal and it truly was BNIB and factory sealed ... never used. Just about done with the test print but so far so good! Glad to hear it's a reliable printer.

[@PigeonCrash]

Never printed with resin before, and I have some questions about slicer software. I've heard that this printer used to only have one compatible slicer software, and I have no idea if there are any free ones that can export files that are compatible with this printer? Or if there are any free decent slicer software at all. I am so -so very close to buying one of these, but I am doing it on a budget. I'm a student specializing in 3D(modeling etc), and I'm currently working on a grade in digital fabrication. With the 3d software and adobe licenses ++ that I'm already paying for the idea of yet another subscription to maintain is a bit of a gripe to me.

[@GrayScalpMiniatures]

It used to be compatible with Chitubox only, however it's now open to other software. Also, chitubox has a free version which does everything you need to get great prints going. Hope that helps!

[@PigeonCrash]

@@GrayScalpMiniatures If it really is that simple then that's a huge relief. Thank you for the reply!

[@docroberts1988]

Dumb question for the day , has anyone tried to use a USB WiFi Adapter on these , I have the pro version. I dont feel up to buying a more updated printer just to get the wifi . That and or add a card to the board and take a risk of breaking something . Just a thought ..