Formlabs [Creator Tough] ABS-Like 3D Printer Resin 405nm UV-Curing Non-Brittle High Precision Made in USA ACMO-Free 3D Printing Liquid Standard Photopolymer Resin for LCD DLP 3D Printing (Grey, 1000g)

I’m almost done with my first full bottle of this stuff and have to say I’m really happy formlabs is making hobbyist resin now. It’s not that it’s the “best of the best” in any one category, but it’s really really good across the board in many categories. There’s little to no smell unless your face is literally inside the printer, the details look crispy, print settings work, made in the us, and the parts have really good flex. Some things I do need to call out: The flex is good but only really on thin parts, like the hair pieces. thicker parts don’t have much bend and will break if bent too far. the busts obviously don’t flex because they’re too thick but have survived a few drops, which is what I’d expect based on the marketing and TDS info. for my figurines the properties are perfect One other thing is don’t use your standard resin settings!!! for whatever reason the settings formlabs made are very different than what I’m used to - the normal exposure is like 7 seconds and the lift and retract speeds are really fast, which do help speed up print times so I’m not complaining there. if you use a more standard exposure your prints will fail, so don’t do what I did lol. once I used the settings from their website things worked fine though so FYI. formlabs did actually send me an automated email after I got the resin that said to use their settings the Ekko bust shows off the details the best - the smooth parts are super smooth and the textured parts of his hair and collar look really crispy. the price is a little high but I was already paying this much for the phrozen aqua grey. would love if it was a little cheaper but sometimes you get what you pay for

I see a number of complaints about the odor of this resin. When I am not printing I only get a small odor that is barely discernible. When it starts printing the odor is more apparent up to a couple of feet away. Not bad, just noticeable. It is a strong and flexible resin and my supports come off easily. The FormLabs Reliable setting works well on my GK2. I tried the fast setting on one tray and it did not work but I have not tried troubleshooting it because the reliable setting is fast enough. I set the micron settings to 30 from 50 and did not notice a difference. I have printed 6mm ACW figures and larger 75 mm minis with no issues. In short, I am happy with my purchases (3 bottles over two transactions). I recommend it for casual 3D gamer printers like me. I will purchase again.

This has become one of my favorite resins to work with. It prints well and doesn’t smell awful like other materials I’ve used. The print quality is fantastic — smooth, detailed, and with a nice satin finish that feels like real plastic. The downsides? It’s not the cheapest, and it prints a little slower than fast resins. Cleaning takes a bit of extra effort too, but the results make it worth it IMO. If you’re tired of minis breaking or spending hours tweaking resin mixes, give this a try.

I saw this resin and as it had a good price I decided to take a chance on it. I'm very disappointed and regret trying it. It is packaged well and the bottle is sealed and of a good quality to keep light exposure away from it. The first thing you will notice is that they claim this is low odor and that is patently false. This is some of the worst smelling resins I've owned and it quickly fills your room with its odor. Don't believe them for a second that it is low odor. Not that low odor really means anything as even truly low odor resins put off tons of VOCs. It is a very liquid resin which means it flows well. However despite it being so liquid this resin was a bear to dial in. You can expect to print with at least 30% higher exposure times than you do with other tough or ABS-like resins. Even dialing your settings up will require heavier supports than you would normally use. I thought I had dialed it in with some test files, like my favorite the Amerilabs Town, only to run some prints and they all failed. This resin is just a bear. I found that with smaller models you can get good prints if the models are about 30mm or shorter. As files get bigger the resin gets more and more unreliable and unpredictable. I had bizarre failures like the torso splitting apart on a model only to pick up and reattach at the shoulders. Or getting a triangle shaped divot in middle of a diagonal flat surface where there wasn't any supports. I would have models mostly print, with an arm or something pancaking, then I'd adjust some supports or add some, then on the reprint, the entire model would pull off the supports. It was highly frustrating. I finally was able to get the resin to print, but the details ended up being a little soft as the exposure time was so high. Also as you need heavier supports you are likely to have a lot more big ugly support scars. It does seem to be stronger and more flexible than standard resin at least. I'm all around disappointed in this resin. If this is more difficult to print with because of the lack of ACMO, I'll gladly use other resins that contains it. While I got it for a low price, it ended up being more expensive per successful print due to the issues I had getting it to work and all the wasted resin. I've run seven full build plates on it and I have 15 successfully printed small sized (Goblins and Halflings) miniatures and one medium sized miniature to show for my effort. If I were running these prints with my other ABS-like and tough resins, I would have around 100 successfully printed minis right now and I would have resin remaining. At current prices that means my successful prints are costing $2 per mini with this. Using one of my other preferred resins, a resin which is twice the price of this resin, I would be spending about $0.30, or thirty cents per mini. If you want to waist your time and effort with this resin, go for it. I'd steer clear of it and go for another brand. Now it will print smaller miniatures more reliably, so perhaps just limit your prints with it to small and medium sized miniatures and you may have better luck with it. Ultimately, there are a lot better ones out there which will give you a whole lot fewer problems. Last update. I've run or attempted to run 12 prints using this resin and it just never gets stable and reliable. I would print something and a part of the mini would fail. I'd make adjustments like heavier and more supports, longer exposures, and slower lift speed, and reprint only to have a portion of the mini that was successful previously, now fail. It's a game of whack-a-mole putting out fires trying to get things to print. I ultimately got usable prints, but not amazing prints and not without tons of frustration. I've used a lot of resins over the years having run at least 150 prints through my printers over the past 5 years. This is hands down the worst resin I've ever used and I've used some poor resins. I made the stupid decision of buying two bottles of it so now I am left wondering if the frustration is worth trying to use this second bottle.

Printed these using the settings they recommended on my Anycubic and they came out perfectly. By far the easiest support removal experience I’ve had, and was able to sand down the tiny support marks with low grit sandpaper without losing any detail. I painted one figure with primer first and the other without and couldn’t see any visible differences so paint sticks really well to the resin right off the printer. I am also working in a small space, so not having any fumes at all is a first for me and this alone is worth the slight price difference.

I feel much more confident using a resin from Formlabs as far as safety goes. There’s little to no odor when printing in my basement and the performance of the parts has been awesome. My minis actually have good flex to them now without sacrificing the finer details on the more highly detailed parts. Super impressed so far!

I've just had to write a review about this resin, at first i was interested in the low odor properties, but it amused me that it's almost imperceptible, the printing quality was great in my non Formlabs printer, so it's good to have a reputation brand supporting a product that contains less harmful chemicals (still wear safety equipment) and to be wide available with other printers, Overall I'll buy it again, the quality and the almost non existing odors are comfortable to me to work with

I was using the Form printers at school for a Tech Lab project and started selling tabletop figurines on the side, mostly using their standard grey and clear resins. The teacher found out and it was a whole thing but I got a Mars 5 at home for way cheaper and have been trying different materials out. Ordered the Formlabs creator series tough and clear and got this little merchant raccoon figure really quick. Details are good and the texture on his traveling pack is super nice. The racoon is in tough and I'll post pics of the clear on my reddit when they're done. Pretty happy. honestly just looks like the regular form resins on their printer.