Questions I still have: 1. They claim a new type of lamp / screen. Does this actually make a difference than the Saturn. For example, are the days of seeing grid lines in prints gone? 2. They claim it has a scratch proof glass to avoid damaging the screen during spills and scratches. But, is this glass attached to the LCD? Can it be replaced? Does it actually stop resin from getting on the LCD? Does it negate the need for aftermarket screen protectors? 3. Are there any print issues like with the line through prints on the Saturn? 4. Has the vat design changed in any way to aid in pouring out resin, changing the FEP, or seeing how much resin is still left? 5. What is the difference between 8K and 4K resin and what happens if you print in 4K resin? 6. Are any of the issues with the Saturn present in the Saturn 2? For example, the tendency for the vat screws to become stuck or sheer off. Does the light still get stuck on.

Me as I click the link: “The Elegoo Saturn 2. Let’s give it a review. Hey guys…”

Nice review. This one seems hard to beat. I think you should start to add the running cost in the reviews of these resin printers. It's a huge part of picking the right printer imo. This one seems to have a new screen for €100 where other (lets not mention the name) have a MEGA ;) price of €470. With all these new printers coming out, it's nice to know what replacement parts costs.

Been waiting to pull the trigger on 8K. Wanted a Phrozen but 300 shipping. Naw. Not going to lie, bought it yesterday and was hesitant because I didn't see a review from you on it yet. I am now relieved but cautiously concerned because the price is right, the arrival time is on point, AND you gave it a shinning review...which mean mine will be junk and give me headaches when I get it.

I only bought my first printer - an Elegoo Mars 3 - two months ago, but when I saw the specs of the Saturn 2 and the price - £435 on pre-order - I couldn't resist it. Honestly, I've only just got started in 3D printing but I couldn't say no to the Saturn 2, it looks bloody terrific. Talk about impulse buying.

I just read about the phrozen mighty 8k, which costs $900, but other than superior connectivity, has less volme, no purifier, etc. Btw, glad to see you make another stellar review, Geoff, Pal across the Pond.😀

Scored one during the early bird event and got in the first 200 buyers with the coupon code! $475 for this beast printer!!! A steal of a deal IMO--can't wait to print some minis

Man, I'm glad to see this review as I pre-ordered one of these yesterday to replace my underwhelming Mono X 6k. Cheers, Jeff!

Great review! I ordered mine yesterday and I can't wait to get it.

Super review Geoff as always all the best to you and your family

Now that my print room is up to sustained printing temps unassisted, time to start looking at upgrade machines! Third party info on Anycubic's new 12K is pretty much unobtanium which has me slightly concerned, though with my lackluster experience with their FDM machines in the past, it'd take a spectacular miracle to get me to trust them again. This was second on my list before stepping up to large format, though the massive reduction in print speed on 12" and up printers (aside from voluminous resin consumption) has me at the upper end of the mid-size once again. Looks like a solid machine coming from you!

Thanks once again for a great video, VOG. I hope you are well.

Love this VOG 👍 Hope you are all better now. I've still not got myself a mono printer but it's on my list.

Being a first pre-order customer of this new Saturn 2 - thanks for finally being the first to tell me it has no Ethernet or wifi after I’ve been asking other reviewers. I’m pretty annoyed at this continuing trend from them frankly, so I’m hoping I can still use a raspberry pi to monitor things via PinOuts on the board with mariner

I pre-ordered one for my channel, thanks for your vidéo 😁👍

My go to resin printer review… thank you!

looks like a real deal !! & the isn't to bad!! this will be my next 3D printer! great review as always Vog! the knob, bumped in2 the hammer! ha..ha.. promo pic not included!

Cool. Nice review as usual, though the sound is mostly on the left. What happened there?

super review, got mine yesterday soon as it went live (and at the 500 price :) )

Thanks I have ordered 1 for August

Just pre-ordered one of these printers for small parts investment casting. Here's hopin'...

well thats one large knob! wonderful review, thanks!

I just upgraded from my Mars 2 to a Saturn 4k for £375. Maybe in a few years I will go 8k, but if the Saturn is at least as good as the Mars I will be more than happy.

I just ordered the Saturn 2, this be my 1st resin printer.. yes I know it is a big beast But no point I see of paying allot of money that the smaller ones cost, I may as well have a bigger one to start with since I would have to upgrade to a big one soon after having brought the smaller one any way? This way I got the big one at a great price as this week is Black Friday sales I went on to Amazon UK and Ebay UK and their sale prices were still high at around £560. So I looked at the Elegoo site and found their own Black Friday sale was far better even when you allow for the exchange rate. They had it for $550 which was 6% off then the sale of Black Friday took another $50 off So I got for £438.00p A real deal. The Printer be coming around the 1st of December 2022 from a UK warehouse it seems. So I ordered on Amazon some rubber mats and tools and metal re-usable resin strainer with a fold-able silicone funnel and re-usable washable carbon face masks. I already have the gloves The only thing I have to get later is the Resin as in the UK it is pricey even the lower ones. I am setting up a better worktop area in the spare room where I have 3 FDM printers and a 4th one be there later on. I have room to have two worktops so the resin can go on it's own side. I really looking forward to having the Saturn 2 working.

Ooooohhhhh with those size and 28 micron? That's nice.

Yet another great review. I managed to get one of the first sonic mighty printers, so I won't be getting this one. I am liking that Elegoo is also making an 8k resin that is cheaper than Frozen resin. Competition means that we win in the end.

It's far cheaper than the phrozen mighty 8k. I wonder how the two compare. Great review as usual!

I can't wait for the next generation of dlp printers ever since I saw your comparison between the DLP and the 8k printer accuracy. But it's been months now. The models that I intended to design and print is around 3-10mm and miniature 50mm or above. so most LCD print when the detail is that small, it tends to get blurry and hard to identify detail. I wonder if DLP will be able to change that?

Well now I can finally print everything on the resin printer,and bigger models,I wanted to buy the first saturn but I didn't had money so when this one came out I got one,it will be here in August,I didn't order the 8k resin but still the details will be great anyway couse I don't print miniatures,and by the way it has the same price that the first saturn had when it was released

Those figurines are REALLY cool. I despise clean up so much so though that I lay down a bunch of brown paper grocery bags then throw out the whole lot just so I don't have to do any wiping up of resin 😂

I love your reviews. I long time ago I use to have the anycubic Photon, So I had a lot of problems with cracks and resin leakage, even drilling the holes in the piece. So Now I decided to buy the Eleggo Saturn 2. I would like to know if this problem still exists and what causes it. Cheers

This is great because I ordered this as my first 3d printer. I want to print miniatures for war games

Another great video. And, well, I'm annoyed too! I wish I'd have bought one on the early bird offer (My Mars 3 Earlybird was one of my best purchases ever). But if I know Elegoo, it won't be too long till it's available on amazon.

I ordered this thing along with the wash station I should get it sometime in July. But I did get it for 100 bucks cheaper than what it would’ve been Plus a discount on the wash station that it is compatible with.

Managed to snag one at the early bird price, which is frankly obscene value for money compared to everything else currently on the market or even releasing soon (much as i love phrozen, the 8k mighty is too expensive to compete). I currently use a sonic mini 4k and a Halot Sky and to be honest, I think this will replace them both. I just hope i can find them a good home so they dont end up in landfill. I feel like how fast the tech is moving is probably causing a lot of waste...

Omg... the enclosure heater would be genius expecially for where I live... too bad you don't work for elegoo to suggest this before it the saturn 2 was made :(

That’s a beautiful machine

Got my order in. Might honestly replace my phrozen mini 8K. It has better resolution, but this is close enough and has bigger build

Wonder how much those mats are considering a silicon mat online is about a tenner and is bigger than those

Great video! It was a little hard to listen to though. It seems your mic settings might need tweaking. Maybe plosives or too high gain?

I got my Saturn 2 8k yesterday But how do i tell its the 8k and not the 4k?

I wish it had the autofill thing that Jupiter has. I would be fine with the enclosure being larger for it.

Waiting for mine to come

@vogman hi, what you think on the problem with the lack of rigidity where the Z axis connects with the XY plane ? You have this problem on your ?

Hi great review. Did you try any casting resins like the power resins. I am still using my Elegoo Mars but looking to move up.

What slicer is this printer compatible with? Thanks

Does the air purifier actually get rid of all the harmful fumes and particles or do you still need a strong ventilation system/encasement?

Hi, I just bought the elegoo saturn 2 Resin printer (I'm new to resin printing). I wanted to print the test file of the two towers (In the usb key) When I was looking and browsing the files of the usb key provided with the printer I saw a file named: SATURN 2 Machine parameters20220831 in g-code extension. Believing that it was a parameter to install to adjust the printer, I runed it and then it says that the printing was done (the printer didn't moved) After that I printed the two towers and everything went well and the towers quality is very good. Did you manage to read the file content and if yes do you know what it does to the printer. I also opened it into a text editor and I don't understand nothing. Thank you for your return

Great review, have just discovered your channel looking for my first printer. Have an option to purchase the Elegoo Saturn 2 8K or the Phrozen Mighty 8K. Would you have any thoughts to help steer my decision?

I was actually looking for if you had made a review earlier today. I'm looking to be buying my first 3d printer and it's between this and phrozen 8k mini and this one. how does phrozens 22 microns compare to elegoo Saturn 2's 28.5 ? do prints fail more often on one than the other? is the bigger build plate worth it if you mainly will be printing for miniature games?

great vid. Any idea where to purchase a UV cover for a saturn 2. any pointers would be deeply appreciated. Thank you

How do you advise jewelers to buy Elegoo Saturn 2 3D 8K or Phrozen Sonic Mini 8K 3D Printer for small parts?

Why are they using a usb socket for 24v? Seems like it is just asking for trouble with people plugging in random things and breaking them.

would you buy a m3 premium 8k or a saturn 2 8k or just wait for next gen right now? Im coming from an mono x 6k looking for an awesome Upgrade. but maybe dlp or 12k is just about to Release hahha

Very entertaining to watch your reviews!. You have one of the most trustworthy hands on experience with most of them. So, sir I wish to ask a comparison between, mars 3 pro, Saturn 8k, mini and mighty 8k. - Where I live, Mighty 8k: $1250, Saturn 8k: $770 and Mars 3 Pro: $350 So I wonder if the quality difference is worth the price difference? - I have a Halot Sky sitting here with me, looking forward to print very fine detailed superhero characters above 30+cm height. SO would it be wise to just get a mars 3 pro addition to my Halot SKY, to simply print finer detailed parts of the models (like heads, hands etc), or just simply selling halot sky and getting Saturn 8k (or mighty 8k) and be done with one machine? thanks a lot! Cheers

I am a newbie and deicided to bought the Elegoo Saturn 2. Now i try to figure out which wash and cure station for this printer is the best option. I would like to wash the model still attached to the buildplate. does the elegoo saturn 2 buildplate fits into the Anycubic Wash & Cure Plus or should i go for a different wash and cure station like ELEGOO Mercury X Bundle?

I think it is a great printer as well but not perfect. As size of the printers get larger we all need autorefill option. Most of us buy bigger printer to put more smaller stuff on bigger build plate and get more object in one print and not for bigger objects to print. My self included. My problem is that my customers want full and not hollow objects and problem is when you put almost any printer to print max size full object that is not even 1/5 of print volume, just max size like yoda figurine and fill VAT to max line there is no way you will print that whole object without refilling VAT by hand. Thats when I get layer shift lines and 1 out of 3 times I have to print again and hope for the best as some of my prints are prototype object for molding and need to be perfect. That is a lot bad prints for prices of resin. I think manufacturers should make VAT volume closer to max build volume. As that is almost impossibble at least give us some option to buy and add some sort of refilling resin system to our printers if not putting one with the printer from factory. For me refilling is bigger thing then 2K/4K upgrade of the screen. I love that we are getting 8K and I will use that for cleaner prints but saturn 2 with that size without autorefill just makes m3 plus better option for me and many like me. I'm intetested in your opinion on topic of size of the print compared to VAT's max resin volume as I can't find anybody talking about that. When I ask everybody just tell me to print hollows when I go with big prints or make them smaller or pray to some higher entity when I try to add resin to VAT during printing. Adding resin to printer while it is printing is such a stupid problem to have now days

I got nervous with this model. Quite a few first looks and reviews had print fails and from seasoned users that worried me. I had it in my basket with that early bird price too but I ended up passing on it. Its not like I don't have a great printer already. If I'd watched this I'd probably have gone for it. Ah well. I think I'm going to hang on now until we get a model where there is an official heater either included or available as an optional extra you can buy. Is it asking too much for a system that can keep the resin mixed over longer periods too? That'd be my dream machine.

i noticed you did not make any comparisons to the mini 8K From phrozen

Interesting but 4k printers offer 35nm resolution Vs 27nm and if print volume isn't a thing we're talking about 2x the price besides 8k resine is more expensive

Really amazing details 😎😎😎

Snapped early bird, now praying that customs won't put any additional taxes as its not packaged from EU I think.

Is DLP going to ever get new models? We seem to be just going higher in LCD.

what's the diff between 8k resin and normal resin?

Yea yea like usual when are we getting a linier motor 3d printer tho? With micron accuracy

Elegoo Saturn 2 8K vs Phrozen Sonic Mini 8K? What do you prefer?

Great and informative review as usual. How would you compare the Saturn 2 with the Sonic Mini 8K? I need it for ship, starship, plane model upgrade parts that can be extremely small and rich in details.

do you have to use 8k resin with this machine? any idea what happens using "lesser" resins? thanks!

Do you need to use 8k resin? Or can you use elegoos water washable for it?

what is your perfered resin to cast?

Would you recommend the Saturn 2 or Mega 8K?

How is spare parts support these days?

Thanks for sharing 👍

Would be nice to see compared to phrozen mighty 8k

Hi how are you can I use any LCD resin bottol on eleego Saturn 2 or just 8 k bottle because 8 k bottle I can't find it in my country I wait for your reply

I've always wondered, is 8K resin a marketing gimmick or does it actually offer improved quality over standard resins? Gives me major "gluten-free popcorn" vibes

How about anti aliasing?

Thanks for the review! Ordered mine, but will at the very least replace stock fans with noctua. Thinking of adding an enclosure heater, but was hoping to place the components (SSR, etc) inside the printer box. How's room inside?

Pls can u casting cylinder head from wax pattern with plaster and sand 🤗🥰🥰🥰

anycubic photon m3 plus or elegoo saturn 2?

yesss

I ended up with the Elegoo Saturn 2 cause I wanted sub 30 microns, but a largeish build plate. However, the 22 microns of the Sonic 8K mini that you use for jewelry is top trumps. Do you think there's any practical difference between the 28 microns of the Sonic Mighty 8K / Saturn 2 vs. the Mini 8k? I also didn't like the odd build plate shape of the mini 8k.

how does the Elegoo Saturn 2 8K print quality compare to the phrozen sonic mini 8K ?

Never understood the title "HONES REVIEW", are you saying all your other videos are not honest?

Heard the fans are noisy is this true?

3:38 - Elegoo just refuse to abandon their ball-in-socket system. Shame.

Had the thing for a week, trying to print models prototyped perfectly on my Mars2 Pro but not had one decent print out of it other than the validation matirx. Seriously thinking of fooking it off and getting 2x Mars2 Pros instead, at least they work for me.

dont even need to watch the video to know that my wallet will hate me..., but still rocking my photon mono x (just need to fix my screen on it after a leak)

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I remember when this was a metal melting channel.

Soy de Perú y no puedo comprar :(

A wifi SD card will bypass the lack of wifi, Toshiba FlashAir. You can thank me later :)

Knob so large lmao

You sound like yoga lol (not to be mean)

Excellent product god awful customer service, just saying

No wifi. No web interface. Guess I'll wait for the "pro" version. 24v on a USB port to run a fan to push air through a carbon filter. Lazy engineering.

I actualy hate how tech ruins the need of human skills, time, effort aso.

Are you doing a mighty 8k review?