We've been finding the best 3D printer Black Friday deals for 5 years – 2025 is setting up nicely

You can never be 100% certain of anything... but we're 99.9% certain that yes, there will be. We've been tracking 3D printer deals for around five years, and we almost always see some of the best prices of the year – often the best prices of the year – leading up to and during the Black Friday sale. This often includes discounts both on older-generation devices and new models.

What 3D printer to buy on Black Friday depends on your projects and the sort of things you wish to create. There are two main types of 3D printer. 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. These 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.)

We're hoping to see Black Friday deals on 3D printers like the Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra, which we rate as one of the best options for beginners that can still produce quality results. We also rate the Elegoo Centauri Carbon as a good option for beginners, while the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon Printer is our top choice as a more professional option.

The best Black Friday 3D printer deals are often on the manufacturers' own websites, although retailers like Amazon and Best Buy do sometimes have cheaper prices, and they can be flash, limited time deals. That makes comparing all the options quite a task, but but that's exactly why we're here.

We will not only find the best deals currently live, but we'll carry out price history comparisons to decipher if a price is genuinely a good deal or a bluff, and we focus on machines from reputable brands, many of which we've tested and reviewed ourselves.

To make sure you're ready to take advantage of discounts when they arrive, take some time to work out what kind of 3D printer you need (and what you want to make). That way, you can look out for discounts on 3D printers that match your needs and 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.

The Black Friday event will be over 28, 29, 30 November, and Cyber Monday will be 1 December this year. We expect that there will be great deals leading up to the event, and some flash deals over the weekend, and then things will die down on the Tuesday. We'll be covering it all!