2019’s Best Cheap 3D Printer Priced Under $200/300/500/1000
The Wanhao Duplicator i3 series has progressively improved over the years, resulting in some confusing naming conventions. The original Duplicator i3 was followed by the “Duplicator i3 Plus”, which was a major overhaul. Then the same printer had been marketed as “Wanhao Duplicator i3 Mark 2”. The latest iteration is the “Wanhao i3 Duplicator V2.1”, which adds some minor changes to the popular machine.
Still, it’s a decent derivative of the open source Prusa i3 and shares its looks with the Anycubic i3 Mega. Since 2016, the printer has improved significantly while the price has dropped (by some 30 percent).
Top line features of this cheap 3D printer include a build volume of 200 x 200 x 180 mm (adequate for day to day prints), a rigid steel frame, a bed leveling probe, an integrated electronics cabinet (whereas before it was housed in a separate brick), a full-sized SD card slot and a touchscreen control interface.
