Halot-X1

TL;DR: It’s not the brand, they all suck, although Elegoo has remained popular for a reason. I’m up to having owned 7 resin printers. 4 of those are Elegoo, and I’ve owned a Phrozen and currently own an Anycubic (along with 2 Saturns). I’m quite critical of the resin printer market, but Elegoo has a

To be fair, other than heygears, recommending a resin printer is like picking a poison :D That Halot X1 is likely a decent printer, I personally don't like the plate design (I like to print directly on the plate if the model is suitable for that) and matrix light source is in general a little worse

There are maybe 4 or 5 good quality affordable options right now but each has a downside. These are the models I’d consider & why I’d be hesitant. Heygears Reflex RS Turbo - too locked down and upgrading for the heated vat is an extra expense. Messy flat build plate. Anycubic P1/P1 Max - I’m unsure

I recently moved from AnyCubic resin printers to Elegoo Saturn Ultra and I definitely prefer Elegoo. The UI was much better and the quality of the printer construction was much better. Anycubic provided their own slicing software and Elegoo provided 3 months of ChituBox Pro. The only problem that I

Today? Heygears Reflex RS or RS Turbo if you don’t mind the semi locked ecosystem. They are supposedly opening up their slicer to allow some user settings changes this year, which should further improve 3rd party resin use. Or a Saturn 3 non Ultra. Really. Best bang for your buck printer, if it’s av