Anycubic Photon Mono 2 3D resin printer (HONEST review)

recommended for jewellry?

Hey Vogman, did you do any special washing/curing to achieve these affects? Cheers

What wash & cure station do you recommend for this printer? I'm using the 2.0 but have found the mono 2's parts too big for the bucket. Need advice on this ASAP.

I have a theory about the soft feel blue cover. After seeing other videos of people with resin transfer all over their covers and trying to clean it off with IPA. What if Anycubic has addressed this by making a soft cover that can be simply put in the sun when covered in resin allowing it to cure, then the flexibility of the cover allows you to simply flex it and pop the cured resin off. I own one of these printers and don't know what the covers on other printers are like and whether they are more rigid or not, but I do have a wash and cure station and the cover on that is definitely more rigid and feels as though it would crack if you dropped it on a hard surface. If so, bravo Anycubic if not it is simply a happy accident.

My partner and I just ordered one of these machines as our first resin printer, have been using FDM printing for the last few years on larger things but since we both have gotten back into tabletop wargaming, we decided it was time to get into the resin game.

Thank you so much for such a comprehensive review as it has reassured us that we've made the right choice for an entry level machine that doesn't skimp on print quality. Will be sure to document our experience on your feedback archive after we've had some time with it.

Cheers Vogman, keep up the great work.

Does anyone have experience with the Anycubice in the dental laboratory? Printing models shouldn't be a problem?

Is there anything useful and practical that can use this technology for? Instead of producing plastic trash and dust collectors. Can one make a useable set of teeth for needy old age home residents?

I love your intro

Question! Which do you prefer? Mars 3 pro or the Mono 2? Currently on the fence

I can buy one for 170$ but with "Wash&Cure plus machine" becomes 378$ what does that really do is it necessary?

Ordered this morning. I had planned on just upgrading my Mono to a Mono 4k, but they're sold out. Got a $10 coupon from Anycubic, and price shipped was $139 USD. That's an INSANE deal. The only thing that upsets me is now I have a bunch of vats and spring steel build plate things that are no longer compatible.

do you think i should get photon mono 2 or halot one

Why are build plates on resin printers much smaller?

can engraving and cutting be done on this model

man ive got 2 photon mono x 6ks and cannot get a clean print to save my life.

Hey there. Great video as always.

Any chance you could give it a try to the new anycubic Mono X 6ks. I am not sure if it is true but I read it is locked to the photon slicer. You wouldn't know anything about it, would you?

I just bought one from Amazon and I didn't notice until after purchase that it has Linux OS, can a MacBook Pro work with using the printer or any OS computer will work??

I'm torn between Ultra and Mono 2 ))) can you advise me which one is better for someone who is totally knew to 3D printing?

had it over 2 months its a damn beast!

Well, I just ordered this as my first one. Hope you have plenty of vids showing me how to use the bloody thing now 😂

bought mine for prime day. 150$

first resin printer and damn, can't beat that price... i was astounded and have to say it does... exactly what i expect and it did so without ANY knowledge of resin printing... hell i broke the perfect test cube taking it off the build plate the first time... great adhesion, not a con i can name except damn is the screen protector provided hard to put between the screen and resin vat...

Just ordered one of these yesterday, Prime Day deal it was 140 bucks.

thank you for the thorough and honest review. i'm a prospecting printer looking to make custom parts for model cars and found this review very useful. i don't so much care about the color of the lid, but everything else was very informative! as of this typing, the price i'm finding on walmart is $189US. i'm going for it.👍

which should i buy this or ellgoo pro 3

Great review, thanks! But did you found that the new mono 2 is 1.5-2times slower than old models? I discovered very strange behavior-printer adds additional 6 sec of rest time before each layer, no matter what you set in a slicer! Even with light off delay set to zero-there are 6 seconds delay! And it is fw problem, im sure! :(

I just finished my first print with mine, great out of the box experience so far.
Do you know if the build plate fits in the Wash and Cure 2.0 container?

Does anyone knows if the Elegoo Mars 3 Pro is better than Photon Mono 2?

For better quality prints would you recommend this or the Mars 3 Pro? I want to get into printing and those are the two starter resin printers I’m looking at

I just purchased this today!!!! I can't wait to improve my Pathfinder games and never having to buy a model from GW ever again!

I’m looking at getting one of these and wondering if I should get the DLP craftsman resin like you use in this vid or just start with the resin bundled with the printer?

If i wanted to make lego armor parts/swords would this be a good option or the mono 4k be better for bulk?

3.1.0 update is on anycubic website now I downloaded it yesterday it does have mono 2 added! My mono 2 came with 3.0.0 I already had 3.0.1 from the update from my photon 4k printer but was reading Neo M3 for the mono 2 settings it was very interesting! Big update jump again now with anycubic 3.1.0 it's now got mono 2 added

Given the small price difference between this and the m3 which would you choose?

I bought this printer a week ago as a noob to printing. Ran the levelling which was easy and ran the test cube which came out lovely and crisp. Downloaded some files and ran them throu the provided slicer adding supports. My only criticism of the printer is actually the provided slicer, every print I have run throu it has come out with supports which instead of running parallel to the model some are on the model surface.

What do you think of the Photon Mono M5s that was presented? They say it is 19 Micrometer pixel size in X direction, what does that mean for Y and Z direction? Is that a marketing stunt?

Hi @VogMan could you make a video about your printer setup, how you store your resins, how you deal with furms, what considerations you have made for temp control etc.

Cool

Hi i love your anycubic videos they make more sence than anycubic haha, ive not long got my 4k and used the slicer 2 times i think and them it updated to this slocer but the 3.01 and its all hex supports it wont let me change them or the tips etc in settings and the side menu has gone its like abit of guess work needing to go in to the menu tab above the auto gen support tab! Ive just seen this version had 3.0.2 mine is 3.0.1 but noticed your supports are the way they were in the old slicer amd i cant get that in this update! Maybe thats why they pushed this other version out i dont know but its unusable for me now! And the white hurts the eyes!

A note on customer service, I know Anycubic have been trying to form a discord community, which members of their staff in it to help with this, though the number of users is currently very low.

I ordered this machine a few days ago with 5 kg of resins.
I received it today but without the resin

Has anyone been confronted with this scenario?

The cover seems more flexible and less brittle, is that the case? I dont care if it is soft or thin as long as it's harder to break.

New sub, interested in 3d your reviews and videos have got me seriously interested

So,.. when does the race to the bottom stop? I want more QoL in my printers!!

No auto-levelling sucks. I've printed a lot, and for me personally, levelling is the biggest PITA. It's not a matter of "if" (you will get fails because the baseplate needs realigning), but "when". Will pass.

They need to put out a upgraded mono x, nothing has moved me off of that.

on anycubic site for US the price tag is 199$

Hilarious timing as I just bought 2 of the Anycubic 4k's. Thankfully it sounds like they are still worth it. Just the timing of this more advanced release for not too much more is quite funny.

Have you replaced the FEP yet? I hope it isn't like the Mono 4K where you have to buy the bezzle and the FEP as one piece. Those are hard to find sometimes.

I've managed to order mine direct from Anycubic for £184.99 delivered.