Elegoo
Saturn 4 Ultra 16K
Based on 174 Reddit mentions
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Resin printing "arms race" over?
Same as before. Expect 12 months between cycles. This year was odd, printers got released on a shorter cycle. The Saturn 4 Ultra 16K was probably supposed to be the Saturn 5, but Elegoo released it early (only 7-8 months after the Saturn 4/4 Ultra). Probably because Uniformation was releasing the 16
...stickninjazero in r/resinprinting
August 19, 2025 10:10 PM
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New to Resin - which saturn?
Generally speaking the Saturn 4 Ultra 16k is the best option for most people. I investigated and wrote the original post explaining the 3-bit grayscale deficiency and it is still present. I also bought a S4U 16k and subsequently worked out a dithering method with UVTools to restore a significant por
...DarrenRoskow in r/ElegooSaturn
May 4, 2026 7:34 PM
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What’s your go-to resin printer in 2025, and why?
Currently have 12 resin printers running Elegoo Mars 5 ultra and Saturn 4 ultra are the 2 newest I have and work great.
fraghead5 in r/resinprinting
July 28, 2025 12:58 PM
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Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16k - Water Washable
I'll just assume it bots or something, but for whatever reason, this thread is just filled with wrong answers. Well, technically the Wait time before print suggestion is correct, but is still useless because it fails to provide any guidelines for settings or why it works. Rest / Wait time is why you
...DarrenRoskow in r/ElegooSaturn
March 25, 2026 4:57 AM
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What is the BambuLab A1 of resin printing?
At the price point, the Saturn 4 Ultra 12k or 16k are $800-1200 of machine for $400-500. It and Heygears (at that $1200+ price point) do the most to absolve the user of tuning a dozen speeds and feeds for the Z-axis movement / release & retract cycle. Heygears does this by having their slicing and p
...DarrenRoskow in r/resinprinting
November 20, 2025 5:49 PM
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FDM vs Resin printed mini's - a noobs visual reference.
That's what I was thinking. I dont know if it is the water washable resin or what, but my wife and I started with resin printing with the Saturn 4 Ultra, and it prints amazing detail with out of the box functionalities. It generally either fails to print entirely or prints beautifully. Larger pieces
...DeoVeritati in r/PrintedMinis
November 3, 2025 3:26 PM
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Elegoo mars 5 competitor?
Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K is an amazing out the box printer. Heated vat, tilt up lid, auto leveling, send through WiFi printing and updating, and auto calibration. I’ve done NO configuration on mine besides inputting my resin type and selecting a community profile with the highest ratings. I use Sun
...Zeldalovesme21 in r/resinprinting
April 16, 2026 3:49 PM
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3D Printed Trench Crusade Miniatures
Saturn 4 Ultra 16k and the 8k Standard Resin from Elegoo. No special settings. The printer is just incredibly good :)
Restro666 in r/TrenchCrusade
November 20, 2025 5:19 AM
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Anti Aliasing Saturn 4 Ultra
I recently found this as well. It appears recent firmware to avoid the "lasagna bug" is either skipping layers or skipping the gray pixels when it can't load the image to the LCD fast enough. I have similar results with my own experiments in vertical smoothing / AA here: https://www.reddit.com/r/res
...DarrenRoskow in r/ElegooSaturn
August 12, 2025 2:02 AM
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I printed this on a Bambu A1. Took 3 and a half days at 0.05mm layer height, with a 0.2 nozzle. How long would it take for a resin printer to print this at say ? (other questions in comments)
If you buy one get the elegoo Saturn 4 ultra. I have 0 regrets
3DPrintModelServices in r/resinprinting
June 29, 2025 3:22 AM
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