These pre-Black Friday 3D printer deals are worth grabbing now
Save big on FDM and resin printers with these early 3D printer Black Friday deals, plus discounts on filament.
Black Friday 3D printers are already popping up at major retailers. While Black Friday itself isn't until Friday 29 November, there are plenty of discounts to be grabbed now on both FDM and resin printers from top brands like Creality and Anycubic.
Last year, I took advantage of 3D printer Black Friday deals to my first ever 3D printer, the Anycubic Kobra 2, and now I'm here to help you bag yourself a bargain on one of the best 3D printers. On this page, I'll be tracking the biggest discounts in the US and UK and comparing them to historical prices to let you know when a deal's genuine. And I'll be updating things all the way though to Cyber Monday on 2 December, providing direct links to the best 3D printer deals.
Quick links
Quick links: US
- AnkerMake M5:
$499.99$399.99 at Amazon - Creality Ender-5 S1:
$529$259 at Creality - Flashforge Adventurer 5M:
$479$379 at Amazon - Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo:
$549$399 at Anycubic - Anycubic Kobra 2 Pro:
$309$199 at Anycubic - Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo:
$199$149 at Anycubic - Creality K1 SE:
$449$419 at Amazon - Creality Ender-3 S1 Pro:
$339$276 at Walmart - Creality PETG 3D Printer Filament 1.75mm 2.2lbs:
$15.99$11.69 at Amazon
Quick links: UK
- NEW Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo:
£549£369 at Amazon - Anycubic Kobra 2 Max:
£628£399 at Anycubic - Creality Ender 3 V2 3D printer:
£239£159 at Creality - Anycubic Kobra 2 Pro:
£279.99£219 at Amazon - Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo:
£199now £159 at Amazon - Creality PLA Filament 1.75mm 2kg:
£29£24.65 at Amazon
Best Black Friday 3D Printer deals today in the US
Creality Ender-5 S1: $529 $259 at Creality
Save $270: The Creality Ender-5 S1 offers high-temperature printing at speeds of 250mm/s, meaning you can 3D-print models in no time at all. It has a touchscreen interface and expert-level calibration tools for fine-tuning. This is a much better price than last year, when it was reduced to $335 at Creality.
Price check: $339 at Amazon
Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo: $549 $399 at Anycubic
Save: $150 This new 3D from Anycubic is something of a first, offering smart multi-colour printing (up to 8 colours) with the help of an attachment called the ACE Pro, which doubles as a filament dryer.
For price context, the recommended retail price of the Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo is $599.99 for the full package or $369 for the printer alone. With this in mind, I think the deal above is a bargain.
Price check: $429.99 at Amazon
AnkerMake M5: $499.99 $399.99 at Amazon
Save $100: The AnkerMake M5 is a beast of a printer, offering advanced precision, auto-levelling, and impressive speeds of up to 500mm/s. You can connect to this printer using the integrated touchscreen or your phone/laptop, and it has an integrated camera with AI recognition too for detecting any failed prints as they happen.
Price Check: $699.99 at Best Buy
Best for beginners – Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo: $199 $149 at Anycubic
Save $50: This 3D printer deal is excellent for beginners, you get a machine that's affordable, and user-friendly with features like auto-levelling and fast 250mm/s print speeds, all for under $150. You can't ask for much more.
Price check: $249.99 at Amazon
FLASHFORGE Adventurer 5M: $299 $298.99 at Amazon
Save $100.01: The FLASHFORGE Adventurer 5M offers up to 600mm/s running speed (super fast) and has auto-levelling to take the guesswork out of levelling your print bed.
Price Check: Also $298.99 at FLASHFORGE
Anycubic Kobra 2 Pro: $309 $199 at Anycubic
Save $120: Referred to as the 'Speed Ace' printer, this offering from Anycubic boasts an X10 amount of speed Compared to "mainstream" FDM 3D printers with a maximum printing speed of up to 500mm/s.
Price Check: $309.99 at Amazon
FLASHFORGE Adventurer 5M Pro: $599 $469 at Walmart
Save $130: The cool thing about the 5M Pro model from FLASHFORGE is that it offers an impressive 1-click printing system combined with 600mm/s of high printing speeds. Ignore Walmart's original price of $1,099 here, as I know that this printer typically sells for $599.
This is still an amazing deal and a great saving, but you're not really saving $630 as Walmart suggests (naughty Walmart).
Price Check: $599 at Amazon
The best early Black Friday 3D printer deals in the UK
Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo: £549 £369 at Amazon
Save £180: We were very excited when Anycubic announced this new 3D printer this year. This FDM printer comes combined with the all-new Anycubic Color Engine Pro (ACE Pro) attachment, allowing for multicolour printing (and simultaneous filament drying) for the first time. It can print in four to eight colours.
Price Check: Also £369 at Anycubic
Anycubic Kobra 2 Max: £628 £399 at Anycubic
Save £229: The Kobra 2 Max is the mightiest of the series, with an impressive 88L large print size (420*420*500mm) and lightning-fast print speeds reaching 500mm/s.
Price Check: Also £399 at Amazon
Creality Ender 3 V2 3D printer: £239 £159 at Creality
Save £80: This budget Creality3D printer is currently on offer at a great price. It might not be the best on the market, but offers a decent print volume, is easy to assemble and improve, and can produce high-quality prints at a low price.
Price Check: £199 at Amazon
Anycubic Kobra 2 Pro: £329 £209 at Anycubic
Save £120: The Anycubic Kobra 2 Pro has some serious speed, with a 10X Max print Speed of 500mm/s. The firmware with this model means you can remote control your printer via the app, to monitor real-time slicing and time-lapse features.
Price Check: £219 at Amazon
Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo: £209 now £159 at Anycubic
Save £50: One of the best 3D printers for beginners just got an amazing price cut now under £160 at Anycubic UK. I was so tempted by this deal as a beginner/intermediate to 3D printing that I nearly bought it, but opted for the Kobra 2 instead.
Price Check: £159.99 at Amazon
Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro: £511.97 £279 at Creality
Save £232.97: This 3D printer from Creality is one of the best UK Black Friday 3D printer deals we've seen so far on a higher-quality printer with a large print capacity. It also has great features such as a strong brass nozzle, and a Spring steel PEI magnetic build plate for easy print removal.
Price Check: £299 at Amazon
Best retailers
Not sure where to shop for a 3D printer? The list of US and UK retailers below all stock 3D printers online, and some have products in store, too, depending on where you're based.
We're aiming to do the hard work for you this Black Friday, by keeping tabs on all of the best 3D printer deals as and when they go live. But if you want to do some retail therapy for yourself then these are the best places to look for a Black Friday bargain.
Best Black Friday 3D printer retailers in the US
- Walmart – Discounts on a range of popular 3D printers
- Amazon – Best for variety with discounts on lots of brands
- Best Buy – Great for savings on filament
- Adorama – Large range of stock
- B&H Photo Video – Great deals on Creality brand printers
- Direct from Anycubic – We're already seeing some great price cuts
- Direct from Elegoo – Had discounts of 50% off last Black Friday
- Direct from AnkerMake – Offers perks and warranties when you buy direct
- Newegg – A range of early savings
- Target – A great option if you have one nearby
Best Black Friday 3D printer retailers in the UK
- Amazon – Great variety of product choice
- Creality – Reductions of up to 85% in previous years
- Box – The biggest deal we've seen so far was at Box
- CCL Computers – Up to £80 off now
Black Friday 3D Printers: Sale predictions
Black Friday 3D printer deals traditionally offer the best prices on 3D devices seen all year, with record-low prices and discounts of up to $300 on top-of-the-line products.
3D printers that have been superseded by newer models are usually the ones that tend to have the best Black Friday offers, although even popular FDM printers like the Anycubic Vyper can have price cuts too.
Black Friday 3D printers: What you need to know
How to get a good deal on a 3D printer
We're going to be tracking the best Black Friday 3D printer deals on this page as they come and go across both the US and UK, whilst linking you directly to savings so you know it's the real deal. We also carry out price history comparisons to decipher if a price is the lowest ever or simply a bluff.
Take some time to think about what kind of 3D printer you need (and what you want to make), that way, you can track and keep tabs on the prices of specific 3D devices and the models that interest you while matching your budget. See our explainer on how much does a 3D printer cost? to get a rough idea of how much you can expect to spend.
If you're really stuck, then take a look at our guide to the best cheap 3D printers first to get you started and work your way up.
Which 3D printer should I buy?
It all depends on your projects and the sort of things you wish to create. Resin 3D printers are great for working with smaller details, but some resins like photopolymer will require light to eventually cure and harden.
FDM (fused deposition modelling) 3D printers have become more popular in recent years, and work by melting and dispensing plastic filament through a hot end and creating layers that sit onto a build plate.
If you're new to 3D printing and want to start small, it might even be a good idea to try one of the best 3D pens first, to get used to handheld crafting and using different filaments, before investing large amounts of money, time (and desk space), into a larger and more powerful 3D printing unit. We also have 10 top tips for 3D printing beginners if you need some guidance.
Popular beginner-friendly printers like the Anycubic Kobra 2 and the speedy AnkerMake M5C have some great deals right now, and we have high hopes for big discounts on the more advanced models like the Formlabs Form 3+, or the MakerBot Replicator+ printers. Creality printers are also an excellent choice, with great savings.
For more Black Friday savings, see our round-ups of the best Apple Black Friday deals as well as our dedicated guide to the MacBook Black Friday deals.
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Beth is Creative Bloq’s Ecommerce Writer and has the fun job of finding you the very best prices and deals on creative tech. Beth kicked off her journalistic career writing for Digital Camera World, and has since earned bylines on TechRadar too. With a Masters degree in Photography, Beth loves getting to tinker with new cameras, especially camera phones, as the resident Samsung fan on the team. Her background working as a tester for CeX let her play around with all kinds of weird and wonderful products, including robots, and she’s recently gotten into 3D printing too. Outside of CB, you’ll find her gaming on her PS5, photographing local shows under the alias Bethshootsbands, and making TikToks of her dog, Tilly.
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