ANYCUBIC Photon Mono SE High Speed Resin 3D Printer

I’m a big fan of this printer. I started my 3D printing journey with a Photon S, so my experience is largely compared to that printer. Don’t get me wrong, the S was a great starting point, but now having some experience under my belt, the Mono SE is definitely worth the extra cost. It is super fast in print times, cutting them down at least by half. Also, it seems both the odor of resin during printing and also the noise are greatly diminished. I’m using the same resin as before, so I have to credit the Mono SE for the odor reduction, which is a much appreciated and unexpected feature. And the noise level being lower is a nice benefit as well. I can’t tell yet how much improvement I have on print quality, but it is at least as good as the S and appears to be quite a bit better with the limited prints I’ve run so far. Also, I prefer Chitubox as my slicer for the time being, and as of now updating that slicer makes it compatible with the Mono SE which I know was an issue previously stated in other reviews. Consider that problem solved. Time to set up was under 30 minutes and I did leave some of the window cover films in place to limit ambient UV light entry as much as possible. Basically, I love this printer and am so happy for my purchase.

I’m a big fan of this printer. I started my 3D printing journey with a Photon S, so my experience is largely compared to that printer. Don’t get me wrong, the S was a great starting point, but now having some experience under my belt, the Mono SE is definitely worth the extra cost. It is super fast in print times, cutting them down at least by half. Also, it seems both the odor of resin during printing and also the noise are greatly diminished. I’m using the same resin as before, so I have to credit the Mono SE for the odor reduction, which is a much appreciated and unexpected feature. And the noise level being lower is a nice benefit as well. I can’t tell yet how much improvement I have on print quality, but it is at least as good as the S and appears to be quite a bit better with the limited prints I’ve run so far. Also, I prefer Chitubox as my slicer for the time being, and as of now updating that slicer makes it compatible with the Mono SE which I know was an issue previously stated in other reviews. Consider that problem solved. Time to set up was under 30 minutes and I did leave some of the window cover films in place to limit ambient UV light entry as much as possible. Basically, I love this printer and am so happy for my purchase.

A friend convinced me to buy this printer seeing as i needed a good high detail printer for model making. previous to this I've been using an Ender 3 to make custom models and parts with. it does the job fine but its incapable of delivering super fine detail and has held me back in making the kinds of models i like to build. I've only had my Mono SE a little over a week but I've already fallen in love with it. as the first resin printer I've had it was a bit intimidating at first but the instructions included with it were clear and fairly straight forward which is more then i can say for other 3d printers I've had before this. it prints extremely fast and is capable of kicking out high detail prints in just a few hours with no tuning. I've had no problems and no failed prints so far. I've got enough confidence in this printer at this point I've already started planning my first big model project for it. if your into model making or making game figures this is a great printer. the only complaint i have is the resin i bought to use with it is somewhat odoriferous during printing though that's on me for buying cheap resin. Being a mono screen its muuuuch faster to print then regular LCD resin printers. I'm running current prints at .03 layer heights with an exposure time of 1.63 seconds. if your on the fence between buying a mono screen or lcd screen just buckle down and buy the mono. my mono SE is prints nearly 4 times faster then my buddies LCD printer. all in all this is the only 3d printer i haven't had problems with out of the box. if my wife wouldn't kill me I'd buy a second one.

A friend convinced me to buy this printer seeing as i needed a good high detail printer for model making. previous to this I've been using an Ender 3 to make custom models and parts with. it does the job fine but its incapable of delivering super fine detail and has held me back in making the kinds of models i like to build. I've only had my Mono SE a little over a week but I've already fallen in love with it. as the first resin printer I've had it was a bit intimidating at first but the instructions included with it were clear and fairly straight forward which is more then i can say for other 3d printers I've had before this. it prints extremely fast and is capable of kicking out high detail prints in just a few hours with no tuning. I've had no problems and no failed prints so far. I've got enough confidence in this printer at this point I've already started planning my first big model project for it. if your into model making or making game figures this is a great printer. the only complaint i have is the resin i bought to use with it is somewhat odoriferous during printing though that's on me for buying cheap resin. Being a mono screen its muuuuch faster to print then regular LCD resin printers. I'm running current prints at .03 layer heights with an exposure time of 1.63 seconds. if your on the fence between buying a mono screen or lcd screen just buckle down and buy the mono. my mono SE is prints nearly 4 times faster then my buddies LCD printer. all in all this is the only 3d printer i haven't had problems with out of the box. if my wife wouldn't kill me I'd buy a second one.

Overall, what can I say except I love this little printer. It's got all of the detail I needed to print out incredibly detailed minis, and I'm glad that I finally got my hands on it. While I did encounter a few issues upon initial setup, Anycubic's customer support was incredibly helpful in resolving each of my questions, and even sent me out a replacement FEP film, as the one I had was knocked around a bit in transit. For a product this expensive it should be expected, but the great support I received has me confident that if I encounter any issues down the line, I will be assisted in short order.