I’ve owned the Phrozen Revo for 6 months now, and I couldn’t be happier with my purchase. The setup was a breeze, and dialing in the different resin settings worked out well. To be fair I did start with the default settings for the Phrozen branded resins I was using,  and only needed small changes to exposure during the test prints.

Like many other printers in its class, the Phrozen Revo excels in delivering highly detailed printed models. This isn’t something unique to the Revo but I feel like pointing it out since it’s probably the most important part of resin printing, other than a successful print.

The auto plate leveling worked out very easy. I realize that it is just an auto zeroing, but it was automated, and worked great. Really nothing else I can ask for other than those things.

I have yet to use the built-in heater, but the printer is in my garage so I will be using this feature in the coming months. I know that there are some printers that warm the resin chamber rather than just the outside area but I expect good results due to using a grow tent and it certainly makes it easier to exchange the resin or do a deep clean.

The residue detection feature helps prevent catastrophic failure by stopping the print until you intervene. This did save me when one of the sections of my print stuck to the FEP. I was able to scrape that small section off and the entire rest of the print was successful and no damage was done to the printer. This saved the machine and the rest of the print, so job well done.

The 5-inch touch panel is user-friendly and responsive, making it easy to navigate through the various settings and adjustments.

Now the elephant in the room: it’s expensive. It is much more expensive then other printers with a similar feature set and resolution. It is hard for me to tell you that this is the one you should buy due to the cost. It is good, it is easy to use and I have had wonderful results in my prints with way less effort than I probably should have.

Overall, the Revo is a fantastic 3D printer. As I was doing my research in 3D printing quite some time ago, I read (or heard) that the most important thing about any printer, is ease of use. If something costs half the price but gives twice the issues, is it worth it? That’s a question without an answer. This is entirely up to you, and how much you have to spend.  For me, I bought it and haven’t looked back.

Here is a look at some of the test prints, this is only after a small change to the exposure that was suggested by Phrozen.