Many companies claim to have the world’s first or best, it may even be the cheapest or the highest quality. Most superlatives are hard to navigate in a market where everyone is pushing to advance his/her own products. So how do we know if a claim is actually factual?
View: RapidFIRE: Top Ten 3D Printers
When a recent press release named a 3D printer the “5th highest crowd-funded 3D Printer,” I wanted to check and see for myself.
Below I have compiled, to the best of my knowledge, a list of the top 10 most funded 3D printers on Kickstarter – a list which the aforementioned printer does not make. The printers’ titles appear as they do on their Kickstarter page, superlatives included.
The Micro: The First Truly Consumer 3D Printer
- 11,855 backers
- $3,401,361 pledged of $50,000 goal
FORM 1: An affordable, professional 3D printer
- 2,068 backers
- $2,945,885 pledged of $100,000 goal
The Buccaneer – The 3D Printer that Everyone can use
- 3,520 backers
- $1,438,765 pledged of $100,000 goal
- 1,952 backers
- $1,092,098 pledged of $31,500 goal
Printrbot: Your First 3D Printer
- 1,808 backers
- $830,827 pledged of $25,000 goal
Pegasus Touch Laser SLA 3D Printer: Low cost, High Quality
- 383 backers
- $819,535 pledged of $100,000 goal
Read: Laser Based Tech for High Speed Prints
Titan 1: Fastest, Tallest Print, High Res SLA 3D Printer
- 337 backers
- $687,116 pledged of $50,000 goal
- 1,251 backers
- $649,663 pledged of $49,000 goal
Read: Kickstarter of the Week: RoBo 3D Printer
B9Creator – A High Resolution 3D Printer
- 388 backers
- $513,422 pledged of $50,000 goal
The Peachy Printer – The First $100 3D Printer & Scanner
- 4,420 backers
- $575,041.76 USD ($651,091 CAD) pledged of $50,000 goal
