Sunlu Terminator 3 T3 3D printer, a $200 3D printer that prints at 250mm/s. Are you serious?

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00:00 Intro
01:52 Setup
02:56 Regular speed printing XYZ Cube, 3D Benchy
04:04 Fast print mode printing
05:00 Cura 250mm/s fast printing profile
06:05 PLA PRO functional part printing in regular speed 50mm/s and fast speed 250mm/s
07:03 ABS functional part printing in regular speed 50mm/s and fast speed 250mm/s
08:33 PLA Toy Jeep (high detail model) in regular speed 50mm/s and fast speed 250mm/s
09:52 PETG cable roller printing in regular speed 50mm/s and fast speed 250mm/s
10:34 TPU printing in regular speed 50mm/s and fast speed 250mm/s
10:58 Pros and Cons
Affiliate links ($200 3D printers):
Sunlu Terminator 3 3D Printer ($199-$209):
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Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro (BEST VALUE) ($230):
(Direct drive extruder, auto bed leveling, 4.3" touch screen, dual Z-axis, PEI spring steel sheet, 225x225x280 print volume)
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Comgrow Smoke Purifier (I use it for printing ABS or other toxic materials):
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Welcome back to Aurora Tech Channel. Today, we will be reviewing the Sunlu T3, a budget 3D printer that claims to print at the speed of 250mm/s. This is quite a bold claim for a printer in this price range, but let's see what features are available for just $200.
The Sunlu T3 has a very similar design to the Ender-3 V2 Neo, which is the latest model of the Ender-3. The print volume is 220x220x250, it’s a bed slinger with a bowden setup and a classic LCD screen. It comes with a 3D touch auto bed leveling sensor and a smart filament run-out sensor that has a roller inside to detect if the filament is continuously feeding or not, similar to the BigTreeTech smart sensor. Although it's a Bowden setup, the extruder is a bond tech clone dual gear metal extruder, the hotend is a regular one, and looks like an MK8 with a slightly larger heat sink. The part cooling fan is a 4010 blower, there are belt tensioners on both X and Y-axis, and the print surface is a magnetic sticker sheet with a heat insulation heated bed, the power supply is a Meanwell 350W.
Despite the fairly decent hardware of the Sunlu T3, considering its price, I have doubts about its ability to achieve high-speed printing without certain critical upgrades like a stronger extruder, a high-flow hotend, a linear rods or rails motion system, and a CoreXY kinematic or at least a box frame. Additionally, the input shaping feature from Klipper firmware is necessary too. I am curious to see how the printer will perform at the advertised speed with this basic hardware and Marlin firmware. I would like to thank SunLu for providing this machine for review, and with that, let's get started.
Affiliate links ($200 3D printers):
Sunlu Terminator 3 3D Printer ($199-$209):
bit.ly/sunlu-t3
Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro (BEST VALUE) ($230):
(Direct drive extruder, auto bed leveling, 4.3" touch screen, dual Z-axis, PEI spring steel sheet, 225x225x280 print volume)
shrsl.com/3yico
Creality Ender-3 Neo ($192.72):
shrsl.com/3yicf
Elegoo Neptune 3 ($209):
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Accessories & filaments:
Eryone filament (PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, TPU as low as $12 per roll, min 10 rolls):
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VOXELPLA Pro:
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Textured PEI Spring Steel Sheet 235x235mm
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3D Models:
Print in Place Suzuki Jimny
www.printables...
Cable Roller:
cults3d.com/en...
Ender-5 or Sovol SV-05 cable management brace
www.printables...
3D Benchy:
www.thingivers...

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@Fancylooks Жыл бұрын

I love how precise and technical and informative your videos are. You offer excellent reference, thank you very much. I love that 11 hours jeep!

@whoguy4231 Жыл бұрын

For the price, this is the best printer and has excellent touches like the bed probe, encoder filament sensor, insulated heated bed and locking dual adjusters on the bed. Just tune Marlin input shaper and it's unbeatable !!!

@ricki-bobby Жыл бұрын

Aurora so professional. She make other reviews look lacking. Her test process so informative

@stevedegeorge726 Жыл бұрын

PETG is always a pain to print high speed. Good review.

@reasonablebeing5392 Жыл бұрын

Bought one at the introductory $135 price as a present for a novice. We did not even try the 250mm/s as I knew it was hype. It has been performing flawlessly at "normal" print speeds with decent prints. I agree that input shaping, etc. should now be offered standard since no additional hardware is needed. Also agree on the PEI flex sheet - that is the only upgrade I did before gifting the printer. At the introductory $135 price it was a terrific price performance value.

@rsilvers129 Жыл бұрын

Hype is one thing. A lie is another.

@thomaspc2 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about buying one. Have you tried it at 100ms?

@reasonablebeing5392 Жыл бұрын

@@thomaspc2 Truth be told I did crank it up while printing a cal cube for several layers for grins and with a little tuning and input shaping it would be able to do functional prints well but you could do that with most 2XXmm bed size slingers. You'd either tune it for speed or for quality but not both on one printer without a lot of setup changes (including changing extruder e-steps) between prints. The real attraction is a complete Marlin-based price/performance with ABL printer that nearly works "out of the box" - I did a FW update, swapped for a metal flex PEI (I like the ones from TH3D), did the initial ABL calibration, and started printing. Then it's just the usual fine-tuning for your favorite filament(s) that you can do from your slicer. I was able to show a complete novice how to use the printer with some tuned up profiles on Cura (using Chuck Hellebuyck's as a starting point). They went home and sliced and printed their first print that same evening. No phone calls since except pics of what they printed. I give it a thumbs up, especially if you can buy this for under $200 shipped. It has become one of the printers I recommend for novices, especially if I become their "support person' which is usually the case. :)

@ren8 Жыл бұрын

Would really love a review of the troodon 2.0, basically a prebuild voron 2.4.

@mururoa7024 Жыл бұрын

My old Artillery X1 can print at 250mm/s too. It's easy, just crank up the speed, and then also just throw the part away just as fast. 😉

@thorntontarr2894 Жыл бұрын

Once again, your review is outstanding and since you used the word in the script, I want to repurpose "rare" to identify your skills. Your reviews are the "benchy" of You Tube. Congratulations. "Now for the cons"; no not about you. This printer should use a Volcano Nozzle configuration or the newer channeled versions; however, this would be but a 'patch'. As a result of your previous Elegoo Neptune 3 review, I purchased one and found it as you described. But hated the single Z axis drive which when powered off always jammed the nozzle into the bed. So, I purchased the Neptune 3 Pro as an "upgrade" and I am so very impressed with it. If you have time, for $230 USD delivered, your review would likely identify to your fans a superb entry level to intermediate level 3D printer: No Touch Auto Bed Leveling, Dual Z axis drive, Direct drive extruder, substantially upgraded menus on the magnetically mounted LCD display, LED lights. It does not try to be a 'fast' printer. Hopefully this comment is not a TLDR.

@michaelm4946 Жыл бұрын

Its nice to see Sunlu getting into the game. I've been a fan of their filaments and driers ever since I started printing. I'm disappointed that this machine fails to live up to the hype of high speeds but that fact that speed is now a consideration its all good for us. Sunlu needs to do a bit more work on the slicing and hardware. In the mean time I'm watching my XC1 Carbon just rip through prints, its such a great printer I think I'll get a 2nd one

@rsilvers129 Жыл бұрын

Their driers are misleading. They claim 70C and they only reach about 53C.

@DennisMurphey Жыл бұрын

Very well done review, you expose the false advertising without killing the messenger, so nice of you. Always detailed and full of information. Good to see and hear you. Thank You very much. Can Input Shaping be added to the 10S Pro????? Dennis

@AnnaVannieuwenhuyse Жыл бұрын

You will need to re-flash firmware to your board and compile marlin from its source (or from one of the many modified versions, like TH3D Unified). Teaching Tech has a good video on this.

@ScottLahteine Жыл бұрын

I was expecting the machine to be running the latest version of Marlin which has Input Shaping, so at the highest speeds it should then be able to produce cleaner results. Of course, even then, to truly achieve such high speeds requires a high-flow hotend, well-tuned Linear/Pressure Advance, and very good print cooling. As the maintainer of Marlin Firmware, I can help to produce an improved version of Marlin (2.1.3 or 2.1.4) for the benefit of those who own this Sunlu machine, and perhaps Sunlu will use that as the basis for a firmware upgrade and post that update on their own website. It may not get it up to the touted speed of 250mm/s but it should at least give improved results at the highest speed it can realistically achieve. Thank you for your thorough review and including the helpful firmware upgrade advice to Sunlu. It really helps users when there is an upgrade path that actually improves the value of their hardware.

@reasonablebeing5392 Жыл бұрын

Hi Scott, this machine deserves some attention - it is a great value for novices as you don't need to buy anything else to get started except filament and a metal flex PEI. It has been printing beautifully for the novice I gifted this machine (see my comment) using Chuck H's Cura profiles. They just called me to say how well it's doing on an ambitious 23 hour print.

@AndrewAHayes Жыл бұрын

I knew it was too good to be true, a budget printer running at 250mm/s without input shaping or an accelerometer or even adequate cooling for 250mm/s is asking for trouble. But hopefully people thinking of buying this machine will see your excellent review and know what the facts are, when are you going to convince your elusive brother to appear in a video? LOL Maybe when you reach 100K subscribers?

@rodslogic4350 Жыл бұрын

Thank you you have made a great review. I am at the moment looking to to buy my first 3D printer. I have just Subscribed to your channel and now checking out your reviews. You are very professional in your approach.👍

@aberodriguez4149 Жыл бұрын

I knew it was to good to be the all perfect 3d printer at such a reachable price. You guys are great and very precise with the information you all provide. I know this isn't printed on this video but where did you get the STL file for the military tank you've printed at an angle on other videos you have done. Thank you for your in depth reviews.

@thomaspc2 Жыл бұрын

I would have like to see speed tests as at 100ms and 150 ms to compare to see if its any better at those speeds than a regular ender

@neotoy Жыл бұрын

Your reviews are amazing. Top quality. Thank you so much for doing these!

@256guitarplayer Жыл бұрын

Very good review as always, thanks! Would love to see you do a roundup review of the best FDM consumer printers (say $1,500 or less) you have tested to date that are currently available for purchase. Best aspects including print quality, ease of use, reliability and full feature components (bed leveling, hot end, etc.). Thanks for all you do!

@billkaroly Жыл бұрын

Some interesting upgrades might be in order. Maybe a new hotend and cooling fan setup. What could Klipper do to this printer?

@riccardosacchetti Жыл бұрын

The same that could do to an ender 3!

@titanuscreature4485 Жыл бұрын

My printer keeps on pausing everytime i begin a print. It will work for about 4 seconds then just stop and ive checked tbe clog detection am i doing something wrong? Tried contacting customer service and they havent responded

@jakeg7033 Жыл бұрын

Newer Subscriber but I am learning alot watching your videos! Would love to see a video of recommendations for people new to 3d printing!

@INNOCUBE3D Жыл бұрын

I hope you can make a video of an IDEX for TENLOG 3D

@AuroraTech Жыл бұрын

That machine looks identical to the MakerPI I reviewed before: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8lzlcmbytCxgqM.html

@Akegata42 Жыл бұрын

ABS definitely needs cooling if it's printed correctly (i.e. in a heated chamber).

@markkocsicska2590 Жыл бұрын

There are no miracles. Everything is a 250mm/s printer if you are fine with getting a blob instead of whatever you tried to print. This being said this printer seems like an ender 3 with all the upgrades you might want pre-installed out of the box. I can see this as a viable and cheaper alternative to people looking to get an ender 3. Thank you for the detailed review!

@gerrykavanagh Жыл бұрын

Excellent review, as always. Could you advise? I have 2 Ender 3's, a Pro and a Max, but I want to print TPU and other flexible filament. Can you recommend a fairly inexpensive printer for this or am I better upgrading one of the Enders to direct drive?

@AuroraTech Жыл бұрын

You can try Eryone TPU, I can print it with a stock Ender-3 at normal speed.

@gerrykavanagh Жыл бұрын

@@AuroraTech thanks for the reply. Will give this a go.

@imanhidayat5934 Жыл бұрын

please make review for SUNLU S9 Plus

@bearman9751 Жыл бұрын

Slowing intial layers, fixed my issue. No glue stick needed. Try er out.

@Cannictal Жыл бұрын

maybe review of SV06 Plus?

@AuroraTech Жыл бұрын

SV06 is scheduled for May 28.

@RandomAudioGuys Жыл бұрын

Love the videos, is there any high speed resin printers ? Just subbed a few weeks ago and am watching your videos but I have not found a high speed resin printer.

@AuroraTech Жыл бұрын

The Elegoo 8K resin printer is pretty fast, in fact, most Mono resin printers(2K, 4K or 8K) only require 2 seconds for each layer, that's already pretty fast.

@whynotbuildit Жыл бұрын

I want to try out this machine so bad

@dmax9324 Жыл бұрын

Too many of these ender clones with false speed claims and cheap components. Better off focusing on the higher quality machines. Thanks for your great reviews.

@torrosua Жыл бұрын

What can you recommend as a basis printer? I know you reviewed Ender-3 V2 Neo, and mentioned that there are better options now.

@AuroraTech Жыл бұрын

This week, I am testing the Neptune 3 Pro, which is a $230 machine that is almost as good as the Ender-3 S1. Please check out my video, which will be usually posted on Monday.

@torrosua Жыл бұрын

@@AuroraTech Thanks! They have a discount until Monday. I think, based on your recommendation, I'll order it now :)

@Smokinjoewhite Жыл бұрын

Silk PLA does not like to be printed fast, even on capable printers. PETG is also more sensitive to speeds than PLA or ABS, too fast you will under extrude and possibly jam your hotend, too slow and parts will string, warp and your nozzle will ooze. In these cases your material will be the limiting factor, not so much the printer itself. I do love your reviews, but some comparisons and tests may need a little fine tuning.

@tomoliva265 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever done a "This is my favorite 3d Printer at these price points $200, $400, $600, etc ..." ?

@MammothPaige Жыл бұрын

Great video as always

@davidebasso1102 Жыл бұрын

2:48, 3:28 and 5:25 is she slicing with TPU profile instead of PLA?

@AuroraTech Жыл бұрын

As long as the nozzle is 205C, bed is 60C and 100% cooling, it won't be an issue for the name of the profile.

@davidebasso1102 Жыл бұрын

@@AuroraTech thanks for the answer, love your videos 💖 I’ve learned many things

@MattJonesYT Жыл бұрын

They should have used a direct drive at least. It's not even using capricorn on the bowden so from the start it looked to me like it wasn't really going to be that great.

@GB-uy1tq Жыл бұрын

Please comment on the privacy clauses in the Bambu cloud service . It strkes me as being potentially invasive and is also linked to 3rd party affiliates. Cell phone tracking ,and Browser data is also collected. Should we see this as a problem ??

@marcus3d Жыл бұрын

Why do companies churn out these outdated clones?

@GolnatP Жыл бұрын

They are trying to jump on the hype around speed machines like Bambu and Anker probably.

@ezraengineerkid Жыл бұрын

Increase the extrusion

@TestTest-eb8jr Жыл бұрын

👍@Aurora

@MrBroGrow420 Жыл бұрын

how can you have something that claims to go that fast and still be using a bowden type extruder + inadequate hotend setup, I get they're trying to bring in something at a low price point to inject themselves into the market but this thing just seems to fall short of what they probably intended it to be. It's one thing to go fast, but to go fast AND print good is something you're not going to get on a budget printer like this. It is nice though to see more saturation in the market, forces other bigger names to compete with pricing while also making more features standard and innovating at lower price points since not everyone can afford a Bambu Labs X1 Carbon.

@Condamine123456 Жыл бұрын

Just because it has 250mms doesn't mean it's capable or you should

@vodkanarancs1 Жыл бұрын

So basically it can make landfill at 250mm/sec 🤣

@Brett5106 Жыл бұрын

Why bother Sunlu?

@carprinthub 8 ай бұрын

An expensive paperweight! This is what you will get if you buy a product from Sunlu, good luck trying to buy a spare part

@kstenders Жыл бұрын

Again a printer model nobody needs.

@antlu65 Жыл бұрын

Just another clone of a clone of an Ender 3. 🤦

@reilly2828 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, it’s 2023 can we get some actual advances in 3D printer design?

@azimuth9819 Жыл бұрын

Okay go buy a bamboo lab or a ankermake if you want to pay for innovation. People that understand consumerism know that existing tech naturally becomes cheaper, not new tech being used on bottom barrel priced products.

@reilly2828 Жыл бұрын

@@azimuth9819 No I mean more like a Kingroon KP3S which offers some change to budged 3D printing enthusiasts.

@azimuth9819 Жыл бұрын

@reilly2828 I see what you mean, but that is still an ender style, but with less support. I definitely see what you mean but I was more along the lines of maybe making multifilament printers significantly cheaper, that may be a year or so out, but that is also a feature that the manufacturers can keep expensive.

@reilly2828 Жыл бұрын

@@azimuth9819 while it is true that you need to buy new innovation for manufacture's to see its benefits and iterate on it. We need to stop buying outdated printer designs so companies look for innovation that we will actually spend money on. But yea you are right multicoloured printers are very expensive so we do need to buy them so companies will produce more to lower the price.