Has the 3D printing pen finally come of age?

The first 3Doodler was a little flaky; we discover if its replacement ups the handheld 3D printing game.

Our Verdict

Overall I like my 3Doodler. Does it have a few quirks? Sure, but for $99.99 you can’t beat having the ability to draw in 3D.

For

  • You can draw in 3D!
  • More user-friendly than version 1
  • Useful accessories
  • Good value

Against

  • Long start-up time
  • Instructions are vague
  • Not exactly child-friendly

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While drawing in 3D is not new (WobbleWorks released their first 3D pen back in 2013 after a successful KickStarter Campaign), the 3Doodler 2.0 takes it to a whole new level.

The Pen

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The Verdict
8

out of 10

3Doodler (version 2)

Overall I like my 3Doodler. Does it have a few quirks? Sure, but for $99.99 you can’t beat having the ability to draw in 3D.

Tammy Coron

Tammy is an independent creative professional, author of Apple Game Frameworks and Technologies, and the maker behind the AdventureGameKit – a custom SpriteKit framework for building point and click adventure games. As an innovative problem solver and industry leader, Tammy enjoys working on projects from content creation – including books, tutorials, videos, and podcasts – to the design and development of cross-platform applications and games. For Creative Bloq, she has written about an array of subjects, including animation, web design and character design.