Is The Elegoo Saturn 4 The Ultimate 3d Printer? Unboxing, Printing, And Review!
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- While everyone is taking a look at the Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra, we thought we'd take a look at it's smaller brother. It's $100 cheaper than the Ultra, but does it deliver the same game-changing tech? We unbox, print, and test it to find out. Check out this video, and then look for our full written review right here:
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100% agree with the levelling. It’s my go to every time before trying anything else when I get a print fail and in general it’s an instant fix. Nice review man, thank you. Subscribed.
I just bought the Saturn 4 in the BF sales and it is waiting for me to get home from a business trip to unbox it. I have four FDM printers, but I've never done resin printing so this is going to be something new for me. I bought the new larger Mercury wash & cure tank so I should be able to clean up my prints while they are still attached to the plate. Chitubox looks to be similar to Cura in some ways, but completely alien in others. I downloaded it to play around with the settings on my laptop and I've imported the resin brand/types I ordered from the "Resin Alliance" feature which seems to adjust the print settings for you when you make the selection. I'm setting it up in a room attached to my garage to avoid any fumes, but it is going to sit next to a giant 1000x1000x1600 printer. If this this works as well as my Neptune 3 Max and 4 Max then I'm going to be very happy.
@@LanchburyConsultingLLC if you get stuck, drop by our discord. We have plenty of pros to help. Congrats!
Well put, Thank you
@@dirtyjas86 glad we could help!
I just got mine last week and was afraid about the auto leveling, so i put supports on some complicated piece with lots od details just to test and push the printer, and man, it was great to see that everything came out perfect.
17:17 "and I do highly suggest that come at ah .. *moans*". Wtf? what was he trying to say lol
Needs editing work-- Clearly doesn't watch the whole video of himself.
Mental breakdown. Happens to everyone.
Yep. I missed that. That's my bad.
i laughed so much at music after it
Thanks for the review. One of the first I've seen for the non-ultra version of the Saturn 4. I have a Mars 3 and am going to upgrade. My only hesitation with the Ultra is the Tilt Release tray is that it's just another point in the system than can break. But, I do love that it seems to help with print failures, makes things easier and speeds up printing time. I'm still leaning with the Ultra.
The ultra is, on paper, twice as fast thanks to that tilt mechanism. I'm as worried about that tilt as you are, but I'm eager to try it for myself. The idea of cutting my print times in half makes printing big pieces like the Tenjin kinda enticing: www.blackforgegames.co.nz/products/tenjin-the-cursed-scholar
Glad you liked the review!
Nice to see some other people with an S4 too. I like mine but I don’t like that Elegoo is completely neglecting the firmware. Things like the RERF and auto-resume should have been in both machines and they told me they’re not even sure it’s gonna be there at all, let alone at launch.
Neglecting firmware? No they''re not. It's literally not even fully released yet. Also, they told you what both of them were from the jump. You chose the cheaper one. Should have spent the extra 100 bucks for the ultra. Not sure how that's Elegoo's fault.
@@EyeXombie I didn't pay for it at all. I was sent an early review model, specifically to provide feedback on things like this. But you do you mate ^^
@@teyrasiridae4704hi! How did you get to be apart of this program ?
@@TechcrusaderYt by helping people troubleshoot resin printers in several places online.
Don't throw away those strainers they are useful just put them in another funnel to make them stable, plus I use sunlu resin and they include those strainers in the resin box so a lot of times I have so many of them that I don't even purchase that most of the time I don't even use my metal strainer funnel.....
The little yellow scraper is great for flattening out your wet pallet parchment when you set them up if you paint what you print.
Ah, ok -- that'd be useful. Thanks for the tip!
great review, The Saturn 4 Ultra has Wi-Fibut the normal 4 dont :-) I've just received the same Saturn 4 for testing as well, and I'm looking forward to trying it out, where is it possible to get the 2 figures you've printed out, they're really nice :-)
Finally a review of the non-Ultra! Obviously Elegoo are paying everyone to review the Ultra, but let’s be honest, that tilting plate is asking for trouble.
Well, Elegoo is definitely not paying (at least not the majority) of the reviewers. I was sent the Ultra - but no money 😂
Nope. They aren't paying for reviews.
@@GeekDetour There’s plenty people who have posted Ultra reviews, sponsored by Elegoo. That’s payment in my book haha!
I think you’re right about the tilting plate. Time will tell but I’d nervous to be one of the first to try that out. I’ll stick to the traditional plate until I see more data
So an honest question to the owners of either; is the ultra worth the extra 100?
I regularly use thise plastic spatulas for getting prints off. To the point of buying new ones, and they wre surprisingly difficult to find unless you are searching in a different hobby. They are usually found under automotive for tinting applications. Regardless, i fell like im the only persona who refuses to use the metal spatula now, adter takijg so many chunks out of my previous build plates. Good beg adhesion is the key
They're not really funnels and instead filters to decant the resin from the vat back to a container while catching any residue / bits of cured resin.
Good point -- I did use the wrong word there. :)
Regardless of the flip top you still would require more room for a traditional removable cover as it still needs to be picked up and clear the back panel before it can be removed. I would say this one requires less room above it than a traditional lift off enclosure.
They should definitely install filters in these machines. I’m not a fan of how toxic they are, but dammit they print so well. That and a seal for the cover would be really nice just to save your health
I'm kinda surprised they aren't selling the drip tray or the camera separate. But they will sell the paper weight of a mini air filter. Not sure what Camera I could get to even fit back there and not get in the way either.
Those strainers are absolutely great, you are supposed to put them inside of a plastic funnel.
What’s the software for designing your own models?
Been wanting to print my Zbrush sculpts. Think ill order this. Ive never had 3d printers before but I sculpt atlot in Zbrush. Would love to have some models in my art office. Usually had Shapeways print them but that gets costly.
Just don’t make the mistake I did and not clean the vat out and puncture the fep, luckily the screen was fine
What kind of resin did you use if I may ask?
Why you said that filter is garbage? If you have a bad print it's often a must to filter your resin. If you have trouble holding it, buy a funnel.
As for plastic scraper - yeah, that one is bad, it will last very shortly. But rubber scrapers are very bad idea as they tend to get sticky and it's almost impossible to clean them even with IPA.
Oh, and you always should use plastic scraper to get you prints from the bed. Metal will damage structure, plastic not and it's enough.
Hey I love your t-shirt! Where can I get one?
Arguable the flip up lid takes less space vertically cause with the other Saturns you have to lift the lid up and over, which about doubles the height of the printer where as this is only say 1.5x height
Unless you use a thermal enclosure and you can leave the printers cover.... But in that case you can remove this lid by removing 2 screws.... So IT does Not really matter....
Yessss thank you!
As awesome as these are, im hoping they take the feedback most of the community is giving and make improvements for the next edition.
Well the other most common problem is temperature besides leveling
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN PRINT SPEED BETWEEN THE STANDARD AND THE ULTRA.
3:37 for the rook piece? WTF
They jumped the price to 450 :(
It's kinda sad that company's these days resort to lame product titles... adding "Ultra" or "Pro" at the end. I rather when they can come up with weird wacky names than just Ultra or Pro at the end.
The title suggest that they are upgraded version, any other name would suggest a "different version" instead of "professional version" it's uncreative, but consumers have limited attention spans.
Amazing idea make things confusing and harder for your avg customer to understand , that will push sales thru the roof .
Honestly tho I do enjoy differing from the norm or finding your own spin/style on it but understand why companies opt not to most the time .