All reviews should be like this. To the point and honest even if that goes against the one you were sent to review. All hail

I shared this on the original einstar video, you can "tunnel" the USB device over your network so you can use a powerful computer in your office to handle the scanning workload while the laptop in the garage can be a low powered screen effectively. You need solid network performance to do it, but it works really well. remote desktop from the cheap laptop to the desktop so you can see that computer, setup the USB passthrough, then run the einstar software on the desktop.

Great video! I'm actually an antique restoration expert and part of the Miraco beta testing team. My job requires me to travel extensively and scan artifacts (such as sculptures) in various museums or tourist attractions. In such situations, it's impossible for me to carry an Einstar along with a high-end PC. Miraco's standalone design to scan both small and large perfectly solves my problem. If I don't choose Miraco, which similar product should I go for? Artec Leo? I want to, but I can't afford it.

Good job, Matt. Personally, I'm drawn to the all-in-one design of Miraco, which can handle both small and large scanning tasks. Would you consider doing another review on how the Einstar scanner performs when scanning small items like coins, bolts, or similar objects?

I tested the Einstar and also bought the POP3. For small objects and details, the Einstar, with its cheap VCSEL projector that has low accuracy, cannot compare to POP 3. It struggles to scan small objects in detail and requires several attempts before successful modeling. On the other hand, the POP3 excels in this aspect, and I still have faith in MIRACO to scan a Bolt as they demonstrated live.

Holy crap. A legit tool review that just tells it like it is. It's like I'm watching AvE or something. Thanks Matt.

In my industry and scanning scenarios, it's challenging to rely on bulky PCs for scanning, especially when I often need to complete a scan rapidly. Before the introduction of the Miraco, the ARTEC LEO was the only equipment that met my requirements, but it came at a hefty price. The launch of miraco allows me to purchase a standalone product similar to LEO at hugely favorable price. I'm thrilled, and although there are some imperfections, I believe that Revopoint can enhance the scanning experience with continuous updates.

I wonder if instead of all those dots, maybe you could throw a grid top down with a projector. As long as you're not blocking out the grid while scanning. Bit of a pain but might be cool if you're always scanning big stuff in the same place.

At my old work we used a high end Kreon 3D scanner - it was about USD$60k. And was attached to a big arm with transducers recording joint positions. It also had a CMM attachment at the scanner head, accurate to 0.05mm. It really was accurate, but such a cumbersome beast that it was hard to use. I guess my point is that there’s no silver bullet, the really good scanners can be $$$ and have their own drawbacks!

Aesub spray is pricey but worth checking out as it helps with detail - no need to wipe down your piece after as it sublimates

I've found that Revopoint's scanners take to physical markers well. A pound or two of plasticine's in my box with the Mini I have. Pinching off little irregular blobs provides excellent tracking, and I think it cost me a buck or two for the brick of plasticine at the dollar store. The reflective markers, I found that Revopoint's software doesn't need the given size of markers they provide. Their software detects a simple white dot + black ring around it as a reference dot. I've reflective 1x3mm dots, standard size 6x10mm ones, and I've even printed out random sized ones on white paper labels that detect. Cleanup is a b***h with paper labels stuck to cars or car parts, but they work great to aid tracking even on "General mode" vs the actual Marker mode on the surrounding areas, like the blobs of plasticine. But I'm not spending a mint on special, specific sized reflective markers, which keeps consumables costs down. Since I don't have more than the one scanner to toy with, I can't say if other brands also take to these tips as well, or not. YMMV. It is DEFINITELY the case that the computer receiving the scan data, and the software make or break the usability of the scanner. The scanner hardware however: ... Revopoint still supports every scanner they make with their RevoScan software, which has brought a horde of gained usability to old models. My Mini was frankly, not much better than a toy with the software available when it shipped late last year. It's much more capable as software has matured. And the laptop upgrade, to use the new versions. Matt, if you could, next time you do another 3D Scanning video, can you touch on the software experience with Einscan/Einstar vs Revopoint for all of us? Have they been updating their software? Do they continue to support all their models of scanners? Have you noticed any improvements in performance or tracking with subsequent versions? Have they upped their hardware requirements since you first owned it? Since I only own the one, haven't access to another, I have no other reference, and would genuinely like to know.

I bought an Einstar last week on your recommendation (and I love it). I was going to cry if you found something better this week. Frankly, I'm glad you didn't. In just a week the Einstar has become the most useful tool in my toolbox.

It's nice to hear candid thoughtful reviews. Thank you.

Great job on the video Matt! Thanks for making it.

I milled my own trans adapter. I took a technical drawing of the transmission and some hyper accurate measurements of the engine and a few pics and threw everything into fusion… took a week or so but I managed to design it and then another week to mill it on an mpcnc… s85 to g86 trans adapter, cut the face off the trans and welded it all together. It worked first try, I git incredibly lucky

Thanks for making an honest review. This is about what I was expecting. Glad to see a confirmation of it

Love this review. Thanks for putting it together for us.

Matt, I liked how in a previous episode how you had used powder on shiny surfaces to procure a higher quality rastered scan. I can certainly understand from the handheld aspect being able to single handedly move around an object is easier. As well as the laptop based hardware software performance would be vastly untouched by a handheld all in one scanner. A couple quick feature buttons on the scanner that you can assign from the software would be great as well, as such that you have mentioned: a 'revert mode, etc. Love the tech episode! Cant wait to see what you make of your driveshafts in the next Viper video. As always, great dialog!

God damn i was just talking about getting a 3D scanner - and went through your videos. And now this video. Great now I have to get one.

You just saved me a LOT of money. Thank you for your honest review.

Awesome review Matt!! Thanks! I definitely want the convenience factor, but I can wait for a mixed reality headset with everything built in, that's probably only a few years away

*me 6 hours ago* trying to find a direct comparison between these two scanners *me now* oh, sweet, superfastmatt literally posted a video of exactly what I needed when I needed it. Thanks

love this kind of review. thanks much

This gives me hope that there might be a great quality, hobbyist level, scanner in the near future. Seems like the Miraco is better than prior RevoPoint products. Maybe in another 18 months they'll have the Miraco 2 that is as good as the Einstar in a perfect little package.

I've used all of Revopoints's scanners since my early Kickstarter original POP except for this one. The scanners have all given me and thousands of other users excellent results over the course of the software development in the last 3 years. I have a couple of other scanners of another brand and one thing I've noticed is that they all act a little differently and require slight modifications to your scanning technique. So if you've been using a particular scanner for any length of time, especially a different brand, I think it'd be a little difficult to pick up one you have no experience with and be able to fully take advantage of its capabilities. You mentioned having a POP and feeling it was just a hobby toy; have you used the latest software and given it a chance to perform?

I was just as surprised as you are. Worked as an app engineer for multiple scanners. Face scanning is a super super popular use case.

A simple comparison doesn't really capture it - Einstar and MIRACO are very different. Einstar requires a high-end computer with an Nvidia graphics card, which costs at least $1000-1500 USD or even over $2000, and that's before you even bought the scanner. On the other hand, MIRACO is a stand-alone scanner, handling both scanning and post-processing. It's competitively priced at around $800 USD. Also, I've seen various reviews from KZfaqrs and Revopoint's beta testers, and their experience with MIRACO's scanning process appears to be different from what you mentioned.

I'd love a video on your Fusion 360 workflow when designing around your scans. I assume a lot of plane through three points and mesh section sketches, but I could be missing something. Learn Everything About Design's channel has been a helpful resource.

Thank. Helpful review.

Oh wow an actual honest review I was not expecting that. Im impressed

Was really wondering when I'd see a review that didn't just hype up the Miraco, glad SOMEONE has the decency to point out it's flaws.

That screen on the back looks like it works so well

It looks like a handheld Kinect - I worked on the RealSense product and it looks like that too. Fun stuff! I was mad that they killed the Kinect so fast because it was super easy to spackle sample feature code right into live debuggers and exercise it - the amount of functionality in modern integrated sensor packages available to the general consumer now is kind of crazy. The Future Is Now. (I was a technician for 25 years - kind of a tool junkie, because, tools make everything possible - thanks for covering this)

Thanks for the great review.

You just have to remember that this is still a beta version. The most important thing about the current beta tests is to find hardware bugs. And so far the hardware seems absolutely solid. Of course, it is also important to find software bugs - but these are still to be fixed after the release. So far the hardware of the Revopoint scanners has not disappointed me. The current scanning software, from the first versions to the current one, has brought huge improvements in terms of features and processing speed. This has also increased my confidence in Revopoint. Above all, it is important to remember that the einstar requires a very powerful computer and all Revopoint scanners run even on mobile phones. In this video you compare a scanner that has been on the market for a long time with a beta version - and you also say that the tracking of the einstar is now much better than at the release - well, this happend to all Revopoint scanners sofar as well - i mean that they become mutch better over time.

Thanks for this. I have a Revopoint Range that I haven't used yet but was thinking about the Miraco because it looked less cumbersome. Now I might be looking at the Einstar. 🙂

Legit the best tech review of anything I've ever watched.

THANK YOU FOR BEING SO HONEST!!!!

Thanks Matt, I just bought the Einstar last week and after seeing the Miraco announced I started having buyers remorse but I'm doing the same kinda stuff you are in regards to automotive applications. Looks like I went the best route. Just have to keep carrying the big Pelican case with all my computer and cords and stuff. Oh well...

thank you for this review,

I appreciate the honesty guy. It's refreshing.

Not only does the Einstar need windows, it actually needs Nvidia graphics as the heavy processing is done in Nvidias proprietary CUDA software. If that changes I'll probably spring for one but not ready to change my PC to work with a scanner.

Thank you for the honest review.

Great review! You Saved me a lot of headache!

Somehow, like 15 minutes ago I jsut got this feeling that Matt had posted, I think I have developed a subconscious biological clock for his uploads

I recently had to get a transmission adapter made and Matt's comment about neither scanner having the detail precision really put this all in perspective. I had to adapt a Mitsubishi diesel to a Renault transaxle, it wasn't fun, took forever and cost thousands. A proper 3d scanner would have seriously simplified the process.

I would like to know how much the Einstar is being held back by the limited performance of the laptop. It would be interesting to see the upper limit of how good it is with a very good desktop workstation.

Thanks for a honest review

Great review Matt.

I was considering this vs. the Einstar. Your review was perfectly timed. All hail the algorithm.

Love the honesty!

As a product design students there are definitely uses for scanning faces but I suspect they generally use them because it's something people are very familiar with and expect a certain outcome.

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Super impressive to hear an honest review of a sponsored video. You knew that that particular company might not work with you again and you still uploaded it

Thank you for this review. I own the Revopoint mini and HATE its tracking. So much I often avoid using it as it's easier to use calipers in a lot of situations. Knowing this being years newer still has the same issues lets me know it likely isn't a worth while upgrade. Ironically I messaged support about the tracking issue and they suggested using the dots. Which in the failed scan you could clearly see a dot every quarter inch. which is a lot when the object is 8 inches in diameter. I still haven't taken the dots off because it's just as much a pain to remove as they are to add. and I've had better results just adding random shapes and squiggles with colored markers for tracking.

I get a superfastMatt notification I click on it

Love this review.

I got one of these to make mini figures of my family. First scan not so great. My daughter had her first seizure. The frequency of the light pulses when using the texture scan mode are not good if you have any risk. It is also stated in the warnings but this is the first time this has happened. 15yo girl no history.

Hey Matt. Love your work 👍

I was a bit surprised to see an actual review, but in the end, you did right.

I think this was the best review I've ever seen!

Wow, a review that's actually honest, and not just pumping up what you actually do like about the product.

Just a tip, I found myself in the situation of need/want a 3d Scanner, and even paid for an "Early release" that never did (thankfully no money was lost). But then found the greatest solution of them all... Photogrametry, I used RealityCapture, and found that I get all the detail that I want for any size of models (cars, toys, heck if you have a drone, or a huge pole with a camera attached, you could scan your whole block if you want). And they charge for the amount of data to process, so its a couple dollars a scan, and it even captures textures all in one go so no "lost track of the object", model too big for tiny processor to handle, my resolution is crap because so are my cameras, you need to coat them in $60 dollar spray otherwise ill get ansiety... Needless to say I will never need a scanner.

Seldom left a comment, but it's just a an honest review which every audience is expecting, great thx~

nice honest review

Interesting, thanks for posting this

hell yeah best review of any tech product i’ve seen in a while. love the lack of hype

That's video i was looking for.

We have the bigger brother of the einstar at the university. It has color maping as an add on wich makes it pretty cool. The note about computer performance affecting tracking quality has been taken and i will relay it so maybe we will stop loosing tracking with it. The performance you demonstrate with your model prooves we are loosing a lot of performance with ours. Thank you :)

Revopoint is never sending you another free scanner.

Great review! I think the most important thing to know out of the review was that Einstar is working on a Mac version. Instead of having to figure out a PC I'll just wait a bit and purchase the Einstar when the software is ready.

Though a sequence of coincidences I got a couple of hours of instruction on how to use an Einstar (one of their older models) from an employee, and what he recommended for the best scans with the "dots" was first doing a low-resolution scan, and then discarding all of it but the dot locations and using those known locations as a starting point for a high-resolution scan. It did seem to make a significant difference in the surface quality of the scan. Might be worth a try to see if it's still useful for the current model?

Very good honest review. I guess the only main advantage is it is portable, so useful for scanning public places.

It's great living in the future like this, and these are all good problems to have. I used a laser scanner at Kodak 30 years ago, the target had to fit on the sled, the scanning head was on a long screw drive and would move about an inch a minute past the target, once the face of the target had been captured, the head would trigger the platform to rotate, and the sled would swipe left and right until finally 360 degrees was achieved. If you wanted the base plate of the target, like the bottom of an engine or whatever, you had to pause the scan, manually lay the target over, and the scanner would attempt to make sense of the points, attempt to line them up, and attempt to paste them together. It output autocad files, and had seriously high resolution, but took a solid 24 hours to scan anything in detail. I tried to use it to scan the back of a 1295 A series engine off a Sprite to create an adapter for a Datsun 5 speed transmission, and wow, what a pain in the ass. Took days to get it right, and in the end, the machine shop guy literally ignored the data, and traced the engine on paper, traced the transmission on paper, and manually created the adapter plate, in like an hour. The 1996 version of Send Cut Send, I guess.

I love your 3d scanner reviews so much cause your use case is close to mine, I know you won't make ahit up to make it sound better, you actually use the results for work and you care to learn the product just the right amount to find common gotchas and annoyances

Unfortunately you left out one major benefit tho. It can do smaller stuff which is something that einstar is terrible at. Also as mentioned the Einstar was much worse when it came out then now. So to be expected a beta unit will be improved. However. Tbh both trans scans were terrible which makes me wonder since I've gotten much better results with the Einstar and range then posted here. Also the miraco can be fully edited on the device and meshed But you say the price is high but take into account the device is the same cost and don't need a 2k+ computer to get any adequate results. I wonder what laptop on battery vs miraco would look like tho.

Thank you for that review. Chapters would have made it even more useful, but this was valuable. May I politely remind you when doing reviews, that some viewers will not be familiar with either product, so it is useful to recap how they handle things such as surface colour, transfer to a computer, software, etc.

The instrument you need is the Metrascan 3D. i know, it costs a lot.. but you can find used ones, it has huge scan volume, high accuracy and it is good on every surface

Very informative!

Solid review and super transparent. All hail the algorithm.

Thanks to you I will make the right choice.

I've been recently looking at the Miraco for scanning objects and especially objects outside; although in some cases I'd have to place dots all over the object but I won't have to remove them 😂And I'm impressed as I can just carry it around. Although there pricing I agree with seems like some BLOW OUT sale you see in a store window.

I would love to see you do a double bubble carbon fiber top for the Honda. If you can make it seal well and you can work our most of the bugs in the driveline, it would be really cool on the power tour. You could do a lot of videos related to it. Keep up the great work!

Thanks! 👍💪✌

This is one of the better videos on this device. Could you do another comparison video with more details on a medium and/or small items like the xbox controller you showed.

Saved me from wasting money. Thanks for the honest review

What a fantastic review. Right into the meat and potatoes. No stupid fluff

Excellent review and well explained. And "All hail the algorithm!"

I'm never going to buy a 3D scanner. Great video thanks! Don't know how you make everything so entertaining!

Man you just made my night. The campaign ended last night and in the eleventh hour I canceled it because of my fear of it being just like the pop scanner... I was regretting canceling the pledge till I saw this. Thank you for the amazing review. Revo makes some cool stuff, just not something I'd use based off of what you're saying. Thanks for saving me 1200 bucks!

Have an Artec Leo at work, a $35k scanner. It ranges from great on some objects to ok-ish on others. On those objects it performs great on, I imagine even the Miraco would give good enough results

Great review Matt… saves me having to do one! 😂 I’ve got the Pop3 and Range to evaluate, and seeing as they both run off Phones I’m not sure if this “all in one” is really that unique..?

great review. Thanks! I'm looking to scan RC car bodies for reference points for custom parts so I'm thinking either will be ok for that. Plus, scanning heads for custom driver models. As a Mac user, the need to buy a specific and powerful PC laptop for scanning only is a pain so I think, after a few years of waiting for these budget level scanners to get where they are, the Revopoint is probably where I'll start.

As I tester I have to disagree, this is one of the best tracking scanners RP makes.. the version you have is also a beta version (off-set projector). The enistar is a great scanner but your meshing appears way too noisy. Looks to be one-click, this isn’t meant to for RE just a quick and dirty preview. The device has all those tools available.. I scanned a complete 302 engine block with far mode. Practice makes perfect.

It would be really cool if the scanning software could outsource the computation over the network. Einstar + small laptop on battery (or even a raspi or android tablet), while your beefy desktop upstairs does all the processing. The Miraco is probably computation limited. Being able to outsource the computation to a better machine may significantly help it out.

They finally added a rewind button on Einstar, game changer!

Great. Honest. Unlike 99% of reviews

Now I want to see you do the hotwheels experiment.

Could you do a "working with composites" video? Fiberglass, carbon fiber. Maybe some simple fender flares, body for your land speed vehicle, or even that hardtop you were talking about.

Thanks for the honest review. I have friends telling me they are getting one of these things, and telling me that I need to get on board... Based on your previous videos I was like "no thanks, too soon". I think it's sad that these companies are selling the idea of these products as something that they are not... I believe that this will only slow the progress of this tech. Like, in 10 years two things will happen. 1. They will finally make a version of this that is as good as they say it is today 2. They will have lied about it for 15 years and the word will finally get out that they aren't any good.