Saturn 4

Elegoo

Saturn 4

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Resin in also 3d printing. They are most definitely resin. Elegoo Saturn 4 ultra 16k and don’t even look elsewhere.

PlanePea4349 in r/resinprinting

March 7, 2026 11:37 AM

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Replacing FEP with ACF

ACF has it's downsides, namely causing fine vertical lines on smooth surfaces. There was such a backlash against it, Elegoo stopped using ACF on new printers. No Mars 5 or Saturn 4 model uses ACF. nFEP/PFA however is a straight upgrade from FEP, and is cheaper than ACF. And yes, it uses the same ten

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stickninjazero in r/ElegooSaturn

October 30, 2025 10:10 AM

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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

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DarrenRoskow in r/ElegooSaturn

May 4, 2026 7:34 PM

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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

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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

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DeoVeritati in r/PrintedMinis

November 3, 2025 3:26 PM

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Photon P1 vs Saturn 4 Ultra 16k

No build plate flatness issue with the Saturn 4 Ultra outside rare individual defects, but it will typically not achieve 100% perfect Z accuracy the first several layers. You will want to use a high amount of Rest After Retract (Chitubox) / Wait time before cure (UVTools) using UVTools for the first

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DarrenRoskow in r/resinprinting

April 12, 2026 7:19 PM

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how reputable are elegoo printers?

The story people keep trying to spin about the frequency of problems with the automatic leveling build plate simply ignores scale of how many S4Us are out there in use. And there is a very simple solution with increase Wait time before cure for the first 10 or so layers. The Saturn 4 Ultra 12k and 1

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DarrenRoskow in r/resinprinting

April 15, 2026 3:46 PM

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New Arrival

Have fun with it! The print quality seems nice and sharp. And yes there are design flaws, but they're on every printer (Elegoo Saturn 4 ultra build plate for example)

placeb021 in r/resinprinting

April 20, 2026 8:21 PM

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Prints are good, but the supports are too hard to remove.

I just acquired my saturn 4 ultra 16k, and I'm loving it so far, but I'm having a weird problem. the prints themselves are coming out great, but the supports are coming out too hard (there's a joke somewhere around here). I tried reducing the exposure time to see if it solves the problem, but I got

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Ill-Most7038 in r/PrintedWarhammer

February 26, 2026 10:38 PM

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ELEGOO Jupiter 2

Hello, a little info about myself.I use the Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra for my prints and never had issues. I primarly print Miniatures and a little Terrain on the side. From a Value side the Saturn 4 was a great investment has paid for itself pretty quickly.So my question is. Would you say an upgrade to

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maisi11 in r/resinprinting

May 7, 2026 9:13 AM

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