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Matthew Mensley

Digital media professional and senior editor at All3DP, Matthew (Matt, or "Oi you") has spent almost a decade reporting on professional and desktop 3D printing.

With a focus on the "consumer" or hobbyist side of the industry, he covers news, reviews, buyer's guides, and features – taking what can be a daunting space of technical jargon and making it accessible to everyone.

Got a tip, idea, feedback or critique? Contact him at matthew@all3dp.com

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Featured image of New Biqu Upgrades Add Drying Functionality for the Original AMS, Lighting for P2S & X2D, and More
Add-On and on and On
New Biqu Upgrades Add Drying Functionality for the Original AMS, Lighting for P2S & X2D, and More

The BQDry Mini is one of eight recent Bambu Lab upgrades Biqu has released since early September. The rest include a cheaper Panda Station, an add-on for the H3C, an all-metal AMS rider, and new Knomi, PWR, Lux, and Hub models.

by Matthew Mensley Nov 11, 2026
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Taking Stock
Polymaker’s Black Friday Sale Sees PLA Refills Drop to $9/kg, ASA-CF08 to $10

Get up to 50% off over 100 filament types and accessories in Polymaker's Black Friday sale. Bulk buys go up to 30% off, while engineering materials make a strong showing with some even topping the brand's Restock Day pricing.

by Matthew Mensley Nov 10, 2026
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Waste Not, Want Not
Prusa Core One+ Gen2 INDX (Assembled) Review: A Great, Unsteady Leap Forward for Toolchangers

Prusa’s big technological leap forward in multi-material 3D printing comes not from within, but through an alliance with third-party manufacturer Bondtech. And while there have been missteps for early adopters, the printer that comes out the other side is very Prusa and, when it gets out of its own way, very good.

by Matthew Mensley Nov 9, 2026
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Hands-On
First Look at the Bambu Lab H3C: The Last 3D Printer You’ll Ever Need?

Bambu Lab's H3C combines nine swappable PrintTools, an integrated filament management system, and support for ultra-soft TPU.

Nov 3, 2026
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Snap It Up
Snapmaker U1 Drops to $699 This Black Friday

Black Friday savings are sweeping the printersphere. Snapmaker's seasonal sale sees the U1 toolchanger 3D printer drop to lower even than its early-bird Kickstarter price.

by Matthew Mensley Nov 2, 2026
Featured image of Elegoo Beats Bambu to the Punch, M1 Ultra 3D Scanner Available to Preorder and Shipping Soon
'Never Bad Mouth Synergy'
Elegoo Beats Bambu to the Punch, M1 Ultra 3D Scanner Available to Preorder and Shipping Soon

Available for preorder and shipping within the next couple weeks, Elegoo's first 3D scanner cuts the cord, streaming scan data to your computer via high-speed Wi-fi or cable.

by Matthew Mensley Oct 29, 2026
Featured image of Bambu Lab’s Black Friday Sale Officially On – X2D Drops to $589 and Bulk Filament Up to 35% Off
Tuesday Is the New Friday
Bambu Lab’s Black Friday Sale Officially On – X2D Drops to $589 and Bulk Filament Up to 35% Off

If you've been waiting to get your hands on the X2D, now's the time to act. Bambu Lab's Black Friday sale is now on, offering steep discounts on filament, printers, and accessories.

by Matthew Mensley Oct 27, 2026
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It's Happening
Bambu Lab’s H3C Toolchanger is Real; 9 Tools, Coming November 3?

Company releases video teaser showing nine-tool printer, revealing the name and a date we can expect to see more.

by Matthew Mensley Oct 23, 2026
Featured image of Your Prusa 3D Printer Can Finally Read OpenPrintTags – NFC Upgrade for Core One Series Printers Released
Tag Time
Your Prusa 3D Printer Can Finally Read OpenPrintTags – NFC Upgrade for Core One Series Printers Released

Released as a ~$20 upgrade, the OpenPrintTag NFC Upgrade sits between the spool and printer, reading tag's information, triggering automations, as well as writing material usage updates to the spool directly. And like the name suggests, it's open – it works with all your spools, Prusament or not.

by Matthew Mensley Oct 23, 2026
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It's Clear
Formlabs Form Studio 1 Review: The Benchtop Benchmark

Where the heck did this come from? Formlabs' most affordable desktop resin printer is long overdue and an excellent addition to a space that has been chasing pixels with little to show for it over the last couple of years.

by Matthew Mensley Oct 22, 2026
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A Whale of An Update
OrcaSlicer to Get Plug-Ins, Color Mixing and Native Parametric CAD

The OrcaSlicer devs have been busy. Native belt printing, parallel printing for IDEX and IQEX machines, and support for Bambu Lab’s H2C and A2L are just a few of the big changes in motion and testing in the OrcaSlicer 2.5 Alpha release.

by Matthew Mensley Oct 19, 2026
Featured image of Siraya Tech Launches Dedicated Breakaway Support Filaments for Nylon, PPA and PET
Supportive Strands
Siraya Tech Launches Dedicated Breakaway Support Filaments for Nylon, PPA and PET

Support PET Ivory and Support PPA Ivory come as 1 kg spools and are designed for supporting engineering filaments on multi-material printers. Both are available through Amazon, rather than Siraya Tech’s own store.

by Matthew Mensley Oct 16, 2026
Featured image of Snapmaker’s Innovation Fund Winners Include True Multi-Nozzle Printing, Expanded Firmware, and ACE Pro Compatibility for the U1
Repo Rewards
Snapmaker’s Innovation Fund Winners Include True Multi-Nozzle Printing, Expanded Firmware, and ACE Pro Compatibility for the U1

Some 66 projects community-built products and projects made it into Snapmaker's first consideration round for funding, with 20 selected for cash rewards.

by Matthew Mensley Oct 13, 2026
Featured image of Not Just Black: Rosa3D’s Static-Safe PLA Ships in Tool Red, Yellow, and Lime Yellow
(Not) Shocking
Not Just Black: Rosa3D’s Static-Safe PLA Ships in Tool Red, Yellow, and Lime Yellow

Rosa3D’s ESD filament now comes in more than black, and in a greater diversity of material type to suit different projects. Alongside PETG ESD, the Polish filament manufacturer now also sells PLA ESD.

by Matthew Mensley Oct 9, 2026
Featured image of Bambu Lab Wins Four Patent Office Rulings Weeks After Losing $27.6 Million Verdict
Courting Controversy
Bambu Lab Wins Four Patent Office Rulings Weeks After Losing $27.6 Million Verdict

Two weeks after a Texas jury found Bambu Lab infringed four Stratasys patents, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has dealt Stratasys a setback, finding claims in four of its patents unpatentable. The fight is far from over, but Bambu Lab is steadily chipping away at Stratasys’s case.

by Matthew Mensley Oct 7, 2026
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Hot Stuff
Prusa’s New Core One Upgrade Lets You Print Up to 400 °C

The Prusa HT hot end is now available as a drop-in replacement for all stock Core One 3D printers, with the only exception is INDX-equipped machines (for the obvious reason that they don't use the Nextruder hot end.)

by Matthew Mensley Sep 30, 2026
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School Savings
PCBWay’s New Student Program Takes 50% Off 3D Printing, CNC, and PCBs

Students can claim up to $200 per project, and schools up to $2,000 per purchase, provided you run the gauntlet of an application review and don't mind a mandatory PCBWay logo on your PCBs.

by Matthew Mensley Sep 24, 2026
Featured image of Creality Launches Sermoon P1S, a Versatile Standalone Laser 3D Scanner for Less
No Strings
Creality Launches Sermoon P1S, a Versatile Standalone Laser 3D Scanner for Less

Creality is launching the Sermoon P1S today, a standalone blue-laser and NIR 3D scanner that joins March's Sermoon P1 at the forefront of Creality's pro-focused, but not expert difficulty handheld scanners.

by Matthew Mensley Sep 23, 2026
Featured image of Snapmaker Collabs With Phaetus for up to 87% More Flow With New High-Flow U1 Hotend
Let it Flow
Snapmaker Collabs With Phaetus for up to 87% More Flow With New High-Flow U1 Hotend

The hotend uses Phaetus’ Liber split channel geometry to heat filament faster, and is capped with a DLC-coated hardened steel nozzle for tough performance.

by Matthew Mensley Sep 22, 2026
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Snapping Turtle
3DMakerPro Turtle Review: A Capable, Customizable Scanner with a Satifying Snap

The Turtle is a versatile modular scanner that handles everyday conditions better than most. Swappable cameras for different tasks are handled well, though the company’s software frustrates at times, marring what would otherwise be a stellar scanner.

by Matthew Mensley Sep 16, 2026
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