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0:00Oh wow, UV printing got complicated
0:02quickly, didn't it? A year ago, Umake
0:04had pretty much this whole desktop UV
0:06printing thing to itself. Now Xool has
0:09turned up with three different machines,
0:11all called Omni. Heygears has decided UV
0:14printing should also somehow include
0:15fullcolor 3D printing. And Morpho has
0:18arrived on Kickstarter, promising
0:20basically to outfeature everybody. So,
0:22[snorts] if you're trying to work out
0:24where to put a couple of grand or
0:25probably more right now, yeah, I can see
0:29why you're here. Because whether you're
0:31buying your first one, adding another
0:33machine, trying to make money with it,
0:35chasing the best print quality, or
0:36you've already narrowed this down to
0:38two, and just need somebody to break the
0:40tie, the whole point of this video is to
0:42satisfy you in a way that you only
0:44experienced before you got married. And
0:46I've used all of them. More importantly,
0:48I've deliberately been doing the same
0:50tests on them so we can stop comparing
0:52the BS marketing pages and actually
0:54compare the bloody printers. Two of
0:56these products you can buy today. Two
0:58are still pre-release Kickstarter
1:00machines where you're not just buying
1:01the hardware, you're also buying into a
1:04dream with a little bit of faith. And
1:06that matters because there's a big
1:08difference between this machine can do
1:10this and [music]
1:11this is actually the machine you should
1:13buy to do it. But by the end of this
1:15video, I hope you at least know where
1:17your money's going. [music] At worst,
1:19I'm confident you'll have it down to
1:20two. And I've already got individual
1:22videos on all four to help you finish
1:24that argument. So, hi, I'm Ross and this
1:27is Fire Hammer Videos. And if the audio
1:29sounds a bit weird today, it's only
1:31because, well, as you can see, I'm not
1:32in my studio. I'm actually on my family
1:34holiday and it took me right up to the
1:36last minute to get this script right.
1:37So, please, I hope you watch it. Let's
1:40move on. So, first thing, these aren't
1:42four equivalent machines, which actually
1:44makes this a bit easier because if
1:46you're desperate to get one now, there's
1:48only actually two available. Euthake is
1:50the known quantity here. The E1 has been
1:53out for a year. Lots of people own one.
1:55The software has matured, the
1:56accessories exist, and if something goes
1:58wrong, there's a decent chance somebody
1:59else has already done exactly the same
2:01stupid thing and posted the answer
2:03online. It is the established option
2:06here, and that has real value in simply
2:08knowing what ownership looks like.
2:10Whereas X tool is also a pretty finished
2:12product. Although apparently and
2:14amusingly one Omni wasn't enough. So
2:17there are three of them and they mirror
2:19a lot of already worked with Yuimake.
2:22But they give you more space, more
2:23height, potentially more speed depending
2:25on which one you buy and the benefit of
2:28plugging into XTOL's existing ecosystem.
2:30And based on what we've seen from them
2:32over the years, I've got more confidence
2:34in Xool than anyone else here to keep
2:36pushing the software forward whenever
2:38they or somebody else comes up with a
2:40good idea. Then we get on to Heyge Gears
2:43and Morpho and this is where the
2:44comparison changes slightly because at
2:46the time of recording, both are still on
2:48Kickstarter and the machines I've used
2:50are prototypes. So, we can't fairly
2:53compare final hardware quality or
2:55long-term reliability against two
2:57machines that are already sitting in
2:59people's homes and businesses. But, we
3:01do still know enough to compare what
3:02they're offering, how those features
3:04properly work together, and what they're
3:06actually going to give you in terms of
3:08real product value. I've used them,
3:10printed with them, followed the
3:11workflows, tested the features, and
3:13broken things of them. Sometimes
3:15deliberately, more accurately, never
3:18deliberately. But that gives us
3:19something the spec sheet never will.
3:21Because a spec sheet is very good at
3:23telling us what a machine has in a way
3:25that's dressed up to sound good, often
3:26with bigger numbers, it's much less
3:29useful at telling us whether any of
3:30these things actually matter. So hey is
3:34probably the easiest one to understand.
3:36They've gone heavily after print quality
3:37with the G1X getting the faster i3200
3:40print head, light cyan and light magenta
3:43for professional photo level color with
3:45super smooth gradients and skin tones.
3:48UV curing in both directions and then
3:51obviously fullcolor 3D printing which
3:53nobody else is officially offering. So
3:56if fullcolor 3D printing is literally
3:58the only reason you click this video,
4:00get that one. Thanks for watching. See
4:02you next time. Please use my affiliate
4:03links and check the member scroll at the
4:05end. For everyone else, we should
4:07probably continue. Now Moro is coming at
4:09this from a very different direction.
4:11bigger enclosed printing, a useful
4:13screen on the machine, custom color
4:15profiles, repeatable jig workflows, and
4:17a whole setup that feels like somebody
4:19started by asking, "How do we make one
4:22of these useful when you need to produce
4:2450 of the same thing?" Then it appears
4:26the marketing team went and looked at
4:28everything else that everyone else was
4:30offering, panicked, and went, "Oh, yeah,
4:32yeah, Morpho can do that, too." Just
4:34with a fairly important but invisible
4:36asterisk saying, "Just not officially."
4:39We'll come back to that and a few other
4:41bits that raise more questions for me
4:42than answers. But before we go any
4:45further, remember that Heyge Gears and
4:46Morpho are still prototypes. Things will
4:49change, things should improve, some
4:51things may disappear, some things may be
4:53added. And Kickstarter being
4:54Kickstarter, if either of these arrives
4:563 months late or more, nobody should be
4:59particularly shocked. You aren't buying
5:00a machine off the shelf. You're backing
5:02what these machines are intended to
5:04become at launch. But those are the
5:06reputations going in. Euth is the
5:09established one. X Tool is the
5:10allrounder. Hey Gears is chasing print
5:13quality in fullcolor 3D. Morpho is
5:15chasing production. So with that in
5:17mind, let's start picking these things
5:19apart. And we'll start with something
5:21incredibly shallow. Which one looks
5:23nicest? Now completely subjective.
5:25People will argue it's unimportant yet
5:27still something we're all going to
5:29subconsciously judge them on anyway
5:31because first impressions do matter just
5:33like the names. And yes, both Yui Make
5:36and Morpho both sound a bit dafted. Now
5:38Yuth still looks good, but next to the
5:40others now, it feels a bit more toy-ike.
5:42Not bad, just softer, rounder, and less
5:45serious looking than some of the newer
5:47machines. Xool is probably the best
5:49looking of the four to me. Solid
5:50construction, cleaner lines. It just has
5:53that more premium product design where
5:55somebody has clearly spent time thinking
5:56about how the whole thing should look,
5:58not just how it works. Hey Gears is much
6:02simpler. Everything is black. Everything
6:04is fairly plain and whilst there's
6:06nothing really wrong with it, it's also
6:07probably the least visually interesting
6:09of the four. [music] It looks more like
6:11a piece of equipment than something
6:13designed to show off. Morpho sits
6:16somewhere between Yui Make and Xool. The
6:18color scheme gives it a more
6:19professional look, but the rounded edges
6:21soften that a bit, and some of the
6:23hatches and overall assembly make it
6:25feel slightly less premium than the X
6:27tool. So, for [music] me, Xool wins on
6:29looks, followed by Morpho, Euthi Make,
6:31and then Heygears. So, one category down
6:34and absolutely nothing useful has
6:36happened yet. From here, I'm going to
6:37keep this in a very deliberate order so
6:39it stays easy to follow. If you're new
6:41to UV printing, some bits might not make
6:43sense the first time I mention them, and
6:45that's fine. I haven't skipped anything.
6:47We just haven't gotten there yet. Stick
6:49with the parts you do understand, and
6:51the rest will make sense when we reach
6:52them. So, ports and other openings. This
6:56is mostly going to matter when you're
6:58deciding where these things can
6:59physically live. So, Yui Make, hey
7:02Gears, and Morpho all use an external
7:04power supply with the DC import low down
7:06on the left side. Um, and Morpho have
7:09illuminated power buttons, whilst Hey
7:11Gears has a normal rocker switch. X tool
7:13is much neater here with the power
7:15supply built into the machine and a
7:17normal AC cable going straight into the
7:19back and the power button is on the
7:21front which lights up all rainbow like.
7:23All four have Wi-Fi builtin, but Yui
7:26Make and Morpho also give us Ethernet,
7:28which is definitely preferable if these
7:30are going into a more permanent business
7:32or fleet setup. An X tool also has
7:34another connection on the back, which is
7:36a proper exhaust port. Next is the
7:38panels, and this is where the dimensions
7:40of the machine stop being useful because
7:42if you need regular access down one or
7:44both sides, you need to leave room for
7:46that, too. Euthimate needs access on the
7:48right side for removing its clip-in
7:50panel and that's where the cleaning
7:52cartridge contains both the cleaning
7:53fluid and waste in one unit. The air
7:56filter is accessed from the front behind
7:58a magnetic panel. So the left side here
8:00stays clear. X tool needs both sides.
8:03The air filter cartridge is behind a
8:05nicely magnetized panel on the left
8:07while the right side similar panel
8:08houses the individual cleaning agents
8:10and a separate waste container. Hey,
8:12Ggears are similar with the filter on
8:13the left and a simple waste bottle on
8:15the right that you can remove and empty.
8:17And these prototype panels are a bit
8:19more clip in rather than magnets. For
8:22cleaning fluid here, that goes in at the
8:23top, but we'll come back to that later.
8:25Morpho also needs both sides, but it
8:27doesn't use or have a place for cleaning
8:29fluids. [music] Ink goes in behind the
8:31partially magnetized panel on the left,
8:34while the air filter and waste bottle
8:35sit together on the right. So the value
8:38here is if you're trying to do something
8:39like squeeze as many of these as
8:41possible onto racking, Yuimate does have
8:43a small advantage in only really
8:45demanding regular access down one side.
8:48Now for those of you out there still
8:49obsessed with the claim that size
8:51matters or to be more mature than me and
8:53just for general context, dimensions in
8:56millime. Um is 590 wide by 250 deep and
9:00407 high. Xool is 714x374x469.
9:06Heygears is 580x 660x 510 and Moro is
9:10660x430x
9:12390. [snorts] So in simple terms, X tool
9:15is the widest. Hegears is by far the
9:17deepest [music] and tallest. Morpho is
9:19actually the shortest and Euimate takes
9:21up the least space overall because it's
9:23smaller. Weight wise, and this is based
9:26on the advertised specs, Yui makes
9:28around 20 kilos, Morpho's around 32,
9:31Xual's just over 40, and Hers is
9:33currently publishing conflicting figures
9:35between 25 and 45 kilos. Now, having
9:38lifted the thing, 45 certainly feels
9:40more believable once you account for
9:42that massive metal build plate. But I'm
9:44not calling that definitive until they
9:46sort their spec sheet out. Then there's
9:48the doors. Yuthake X tool and Heygearss
9:50all have large front and rear doors that
9:52fold down and can be easily removed.
9:54Euthole use simple clips or magnets. The
9:57Hey Gears prototype still uses screws to
9:59remove the doors, although the brand
10:01have already said they're changing that.
10:03Morpho is slightly different. The front
10:05door flips down and comes off normally,
10:07but the rear is a much smaller clip-in
10:09flap. So once you remove it, it takes up
10:11less space than a door when you store
10:13it. Small detail, but sensible. The
10:15other thing the three newer machines
10:16improve on is visibility and maintenance
10:19because X tool, Hers, and Morpho now
10:21have much larger viewing windows than
10:23Yuiake. Now, that sounds cosmetic until
10:25you're actually using one. Being able to
10:28properly see the print in progress is
10:29obviously useful, but those larger
10:31openings also make it much easier to get
10:34your head, hands, and tools into the
10:35machine when you're cleaning, checking
10:37something, or inevitably trying to work
10:39out what the hell just happened. Yuim
10:41still works fine, but next to the other
10:42three, it feels noticeably more enclosed
10:45when you're actually trying to get at
10:46something inside. Small thing, but
10:48genuinely nice in use. And finally, the
10:51obvious external extra. Morpho has a
10:53flip-up screen on top. And unlike the
10:55others, you can actually do quite a lot
10:57from the machine itself. Setup, firmware
11:00updates, maintenance tasks, and even
11:02starting jobs you use regularly can all
11:04be done on there. whilst the other
11:06machines lean much more heavily on their
11:08computer software and mobile apps. And
11:10that starts to give Moro another small
11:12advantage because if you're doing
11:13repeated production work, every trip you
11:16don't have to make between your printer
11:17and computer is time saved. Now, inks
11:20are where things get weird and start to
11:22get complicated. Again, stick with it.
11:24For now, we're just going to look at how
11:26they physically go into each machine and
11:28the different systems they use. Then
11:30later, like with the cleaning fluids and
11:31other stuff we've just glossed over,
11:33we'll come back and explain how all of
11:34this actually works together. [snorts]
11:36So, Yuimake is probably the most
11:38familiar. All the cartridges plug
11:40straight in the back with a press to
11:41lock and release mechanism. Push them
11:43in, they click into place. Push again,
11:44they clack back out. And they're in the
11:46sensible order of cyan, magenta, yellow,
11:48and key, which is black, giving us CMYK,
11:52followed then by white and gloss. White
11:54is available in both rigid and flexible
11:56versions. Relatively simple. X Tool
11:59works much in the same way with
12:01cartridges loading into the back. But
12:02this is where having three different
12:04machines all called Omni starts becoming
12:06especially unhelpful. The basic Omni
12:08uses the same CMK white and varnish
12:11setup as Yuimake, just in a different
12:13order. And at the time of recording,
12:15there's no flexible white option for the
12:17initial bank of six inks. And also, I
12:20can't be the only one whose OCD flares
12:22up when brands take the common CMK and
12:24decide the order of inks would be better
12:26in some different layout because that's
12:28both X tool and Morpho. Now, the Dual
12:31UV1 adds a second bank, a second print
12:34head. But that second bank of inks also
12:36now stores a larger rigid white. And now
12:38you can get flexible white in a larger
12:41cartridge too, along with fluorescent
12:43red and yellow, which is magenta, not
12:45red anyway. And then we've got the UV
12:47plusDT version of the 01. And in this
12:50case, it uses that second bank for
12:51separate fabric inks instead. Completely
12:54different to UV inks. And no, you can't
12:56go from dual UV to DT or vice versa. But
12:58again, the DT inks come in CMK, this
13:01time with a larger white. But all three
13:03are the same basic 01 machine, just a
13:06very different ink setup depending on
13:07which Omni you actually buy. My review
13:10covers that in more detail. Hey Gears,
13:12though, is completely different. There
13:14are no cartridges. Instead, you get
13:16bottles of ink with screw on nozzles
13:18with individual wells on the back of the
13:20machine, and you physically pour in the
13:22ink until the light turns green. Now,
13:24for normal UV printing, you've got CMYK,
13:27white, and varnish. Plus, this time,
13:29light cyan, and light magenta, which is
13:32typically used by Pro2D printers for
13:35more accurate gradients and skin tones.
13:37Cleaning fluid is also filled through
13:39this same system, too. And yes,
13:41technically with this being an open
13:43container, you could pour another
13:45brand's ink in here. But whether that's
13:47sensible when cheap ink could
13:48potentially clog an expensive print head
13:51is another matter. That's your call. But
13:53then if you want to use the G1X for full
13:56color 3D printing, the whole rear ink
13:58system changes. The wells, lines, and
14:01parts of the head assembly are replaced,
14:03and you have to add a large external
14:05refill station, too. Now, in this mode,
14:07you've still got CMYK and gloss, but the
14:10light cyan and magenta channels now
14:11become an extra white and the soluble
14:14support material. So, yeah, be aware
14:16switching between 2D and 3D printing on
14:18this machine is definitely more involved
14:21than pressing a button. Takes about 5
14:23minutes, but it's still a pain in the
14:24ass. [music] Now, Morpho takes us back
14:27to cartridges again. Here they load in
14:29the left side behind the panel we looked
14:31at earlier with the usual CMYK, white,
14:34and varnish. The colors use smaller
14:36cartridges whilst the white and varnish
14:37use larger ones. And white again here
14:40comes in rigid or flexible versions.
14:42[music] So UI is the straightforward
14:44cartridge system. X tool starts
14:46similarly but changes quite dramatically
14:48depending on which Omni you buy. Hey has
14:51refillable wells, Pro Colors and a
14:53completely different material setup for
14:553D. And Morpho brings us back to
14:57cartridges just loaded in through the
14:59side. Now, before we get any deeper into
15:01how these things work, let's stick with
15:03physical capabilities. Specifically, how
15:05much stuff can you actually fit in them?
15:07Now, they all basically have two working
15:09areas. A smaller bed you can use with
15:11the machine closed, and a much larger
15:13bed that moves backwards and forwards
15:15through the machine with the doors open.
15:17Um has a 330x 90 mm small bed and a
15:21330x420 mm large bed with a maximum
15:24object height of 60 mm on both. X tool
15:27only increases the small bed slightly to
15:29330x 122 mm with the same 330x 420 mm
15:35large bed, but now the maximum object
15:37height jumps massively to 150 mm. Hey
15:41goes slightly bigger again with 330x 130
15:44for the small bed and 150 mm object
15:47height. The large bed again is that 330x
15:50420, but maximum height here drops
15:52slightly to 130 mil. And based on their
15:55advertising, when you print in 3D mode,
15:57you can use those full volumes for the
16:00entire prints. Then morpho, the small
16:03bed is the wow here because that jumps
16:05all the way to 330x 220 with a maximum
16:08object height of 168 mm. But the large
16:12bed is once again 330x420,
16:14this time with the maximum height
16:16dropping to 133. So the large print area
16:19is basically the same across all four.
16:21The big differences are the enclosed
16:23space and object height. Euthimake is
16:25easily the most restrictive at 60 mm
16:28tall. X tool and HGAS get you to around
16:31150. And Morpho gives you the largest
16:33enclosed area and the tallest object
16:35capacity. And it manages this because
16:37unlike the others, Morpho can also move
16:40the print head backwards and forwards
16:42along the Yaxis rather than relying
16:44entirely on the bed to move the object
16:46underneath, which is clever, but it does
16:49add another moving system that needs to
16:51stay accurate over time. Now, I have
16:53seen some horizontal lines on a few
16:54prototype prints, although later prints
16:57didn't show the same issues. So, I can't
16:59say whether that was the gantry,
17:01prototype bugs, or something completely
17:03unrelated. But the gantry itself is
17:06something I'll be watching because we
17:08simply don't have enough finished
17:09machines in enough people's hands yet to
17:11know how accurately that extra movement
17:13holds up after months of real use. So,
17:15now we know how much area these machines
17:17can cover, or for the sake of 3D, the
17:19volume it prints to. How quickly can
17:22they actually cover it? Well,
17:23thankfully, despite all the different
17:25machines, this bit comes down to
17:26basically two Epson print heads. The
17:28[snorts] F1080 and the i3200. And the
17:31useful difference is actually quite
17:33simple. The F1080 has 1,080 nozzles and
17:36the i3200 has 3,200.
17:39So, the i3200 can throw out a lot more
17:42ink in each pass, giving it much more
17:44potential speed potential. Because that
17:47[snorts] doesn't mean every i3200
17:49machine automatically prints three times
17:52faster because resolution, layers, ink,
17:55and how each brand actually uses the
17:57head all affect that. To me, a lot of
17:59this is going to be the same as FDM
18:01printing. Brands can push to maximum
18:03hardware speed, but often with the
18:05impact of some degradation in print
18:07quality. But still, generally, the i3200
18:10in raw hardware terms means faster.
18:13Knowing that, let's break them down.
18:15Umake uses the F1080. X Tool also uses
18:19the F1080 on the standard Omni, whilst
18:21the dual UV and UV plusDT versions use
18:24two F1080s. What that second head is
18:27doing depends on which Omni you bought
18:28as we just covered with the inks. It's
18:30either being used to throw out more
18:32white per pass or it's entirely separate
18:35and dedicated to apparel printing only.
18:37Now Heygears gives us both options
18:39depending on the machine. The standard
18:41G1 uses the F1080, whilst the G1X, which
18:45is the only one that can do 3D prints,
18:47steps up to the i3200.
18:49But Heygears also does something unique
18:51in the curing because it's actually got
18:54UV lamps on both sides of the head unit.
18:56So when it prints moving left or right,
18:58it can also cure the ink in both
19:00directions. Everyone else can print in
19:03both directions, too. But there, the UV
19:05curing is only coming from one side.
19:08We'll get on to that when we look at
19:09print quality. Now, Morpho also comes in
19:12two versions. The standard machine quite
19:14obviously will use the F1080, whilst the
19:16Pro gets the i3200. And Morpho's FAQ
19:20says the F1080 version can actually be
19:22upgraded to the i3200 later, too. So,
19:26the simple version make F1080. Xool is
19:29one or two F1080s. Hey, Gears gives you
19:31the F1080 for the G1 or the i3200 on the
19:34G1X. And Morpho gives you the same basic
19:37choice between F1080 and i3200 with an
19:40upgrade path. So now we know what ink
19:42they use and what's firing it out. We
19:44need to talk about keeping all of this
19:46working because UV printers aren't
19:48machines that you switch off and forget
19:50about a month. You do need to use them
19:52or lose them. And this needs to become
19:54very common knowledge. Ink can settle,
19:56lines can block, and print heads can
19:58clog. So all four machines need to
20:00regularly maintain themselves even when
20:02you're not actively printing. And even
20:04when they are properly maintained, you
20:06need to be aware that these print heads
20:07are classed as consumable parts. So when
20:10they wear out, which they do, you will
20:12be expected to replace them. Now,
20:14Euthate keeps things relatively simple
20:16with that cartridge we saw earlier. It
20:18contains the cleaning fluid and it
20:20collects the waste in the same unit, so
20:22both are dealt with together. X tool
20:24separates everything out. The cleaning
20:26agents each have their own bottles with
20:28a completely separate waste container.
20:30So when something runs out or fills up,
20:32you're only dealing with that individual
20:34part. Hey, Gears is simpler again. The
20:37cleaning fluid gets poured into the
20:38machine through the same rear tank as
20:40the inks, whilst waste collects in the
20:42bottle on the side, which you have to
20:44remove and empty yourself. Then Morpho
20:47does something completely different.
20:49There is no everyday cleaning fluid at
20:51all. Instead, it uses a mechanical
20:54cleaning reel to wipe the print head.
20:56And interestingly, it wipes front to
20:58back as everyone should rather than
21:00across the different colors from side to
21:02side like the others with rubber wipers.
21:05And that should help reduce inks being
21:07dragged between neighboring nozzles and
21:09potentially affecting the start of the
21:10next print. And removing cleaning fluid
21:12entirely is a pretty significant
21:15advantage. And we're going to put an
21:16actual value on that when we get to
21:18running costs. But whichever one you
21:21buy, these all still need to stay
21:23powered on. So they can periodically
21:25refresh the lines and the print head.
21:27That means small amount of inks are
21:29going to get purged even when you're not
21:31printing. And on Yuthi Makeake X tool
21:33and HIA's cleaning fluid, too. So you
21:36really can't just buy one of these, use
21:38it twice, switch it off, and put it in a
21:39cupboard for 6 weeks. And just to put
21:41more in Morpho's corner, they've also
21:43discussed a separate flush material that
21:46would actually let you purge the lines
21:47from where the ink goes in all the way
21:49through to the tool head itself for
21:51proper long-term storage, which is a
21:54useful answer to that problem. But
21:56that's different from the normal
21:58day-to-day cleaning system. So, to
22:00recap, as always, day-to-day UI combines
22:03everything into one cartridge. Xool
22:05separates it out. Hey, Ggears has you
22:07fill the cleaner and empty the waste
22:09yourself. And Morpho removes the
22:11cleaning fluid from normal maintenance
22:13entirely. Which now brings us neatly on
22:15to the other thing. Those filters and
22:17that exhaust port were there for what
22:19happens to the air while all this stuff
22:21is printing because UV ink can give off
22:23VOCC's and other stuff you ideally don't
22:26want to spend all day breathing. And
22:28regardless of what any of these brands
22:30say about low odor or various
22:32certifications, if you can vent a UV
22:34printer's air outside, do it now. You
22:37make as standard has a carbon filter
22:39behind that front panel, but the air
22:40appears to pass through it once before
22:42being pushed into the face plate and
22:44then back out into your environment.
22:46They've now released the P1 air filter
22:48and an exhaust kit. Either of which
22:50replaces that internal filter and gives
22:52you either additional larger one pass
22:55filtration or much better a direct route
22:58outside. Now, Xool has thought about
23:00this from the start. It has a proper
23:03exhaust connection built into the back
23:04with a hose included in the box. So you
23:07can throw that out of a window or
23:09connect it to their existing desktop
23:11purifier or the much larger AP2 [music]
23:14which also works as a pre filter so you
23:17can vent it outside afterwards. Now even
23:19without this it also recirculates the
23:21air internally through the carbon filter
23:23whilst the machine's enclosed. Now Hers
23:26does the same basic thing. So does
23:28Morpho. Again, rather than one pass
23:30through the filter and out into your
23:32room, the enclosed air keeps getting
23:34circulated through the carbon again and
23:36again. More passes means more
23:38opportunities to filter some of these
23:40potentially nasty things out. And this
23:43is where that much larger second
23:44enclosed area on Morpho becomes
23:46especially useful because more printing
23:49can happen with the chamber closed. But
23:52Morpho are pushing the whole low odor
23:54and green guard angle quite hard and I
23:57start getting a little uncomfortable
23:58with how this could be interpreted. Yes,
24:01it may smell less. It may produce fewer
24:03VOCC's, but what VOCC's is it filtering
24:07out the not so bad ones and leaving the
24:09really bad ones or the other way round?
24:11There's still a very clear hazardous to
24:14lung symbol on the side of the ink
24:15carts. And it seems that a lot of these
24:17green guard certifications may only be
24:20relevant for when the materials are
24:21cured. I've said may on that because I'm
24:24not clear, but I just think they're
24:25pushing safe really hard when it isn't.
24:28I'd still treat it exactly like you
24:30would any other UV printer here and vent
24:32it if you can. Now, there's more to talk
24:34about on their ink and some of their
24:36claims, but we'll save the rest of that
24:37conversation for later. In summary,
24:39Xtool has the best answer here because
24:41getting air out of the room entirely is
24:43better than repeatedly trying to clean
24:45it. And the biggest chunk of that
24:47solution comes in the box with upgrade
24:49options available. The others require
24:51add-on accessories to do that. Umate
24:54comes in second because they now have
24:55exhaust solutions that at least exist.
24:58And whichever one of those you buy, I'd
25:00still say if you can exhaust it outside,
25:03I [music] would. If Heygears and Moro
25:04were to add extraction, it's going to
25:06need to be with a similar compression
25:08fit add-on module that they release in
25:10the future. So, that covers the
25:12hardware, but every single print starts
25:14in the software. And this, to me, is
25:17where a brilliant machine can very
25:18quickly become annoying to actually own
25:21or vice versa. The interface between
25:24your having the product, I've argued on
25:26this channel for a while, is more
25:28important in some ways than the hardware
25:30itself. In any industry, different
25:32brands can chuck essentially the same
25:34hardware in a box. But the easier they
25:36make it for you to make the thing you
25:38want as fast as you possibly can is a
25:41huge point about all of these machines.
25:44So, let's go over it. Um basically set
25:46the bar that everyone else needed to
25:48meet. Connect the printer. It knows
25:50which beds installed, drop some material
25:52on it, take a photo, line everything up,
25:54pick your material settings, and click
25:56print. Clean, simple, very little
25:58thinking required. and it's had a year
26:00of updates now, so the whole workflow
26:02feels properly settled. Now, Xtool came
26:05in and pretty much matched that from day
26:07one. Drop the artwork in, set up the
26:09job, position it, and print. [snorts]
26:11But because Xtool Studio already works
26:14across their other machines, you also
26:16get the benefit of everything living in
26:17one ecosystem. So, you can actually
26:20print something here and then move that
26:22same project across to one of their
26:23lasers and cut it out afterwards. That's
26:26genuinely useful and it's where the
26:28argument in favor of these more
26:29proprietary softwares starts to make
26:31sense. Heygears is where things
26:34currently get more awkward. Their
26:35software still feels much more like it's
26:38been built around their existing 3D
26:39printing workflow rather than have many
26:42of the benefits the other brands have
26:43with 2D. Every job here currently wants
26:46you to pick the printer, the add-ons,
26:48the application, the material profile,
26:50then finally start setting up the actual
26:52job in a similar way to the others. Now,
26:55none of that's impossible, and it
26:56doesn't make the machine unusable.
26:58There's just far more steps here than
26:59there really needs to be. And
27:01unfortunately for Hagars, software has
27:04historically been one of their weaker
27:05areas. Their online support guides are
27:08pretty much non-existent. Basic menu
27:10ordering on 3D printers has been left
27:11messy for nearly 3 years, and the
27:14profiles on their cure stations are
27:15laughably inconsistent. They still fully
27:18work, but the delivery lacks a
27:20significant amount of polish. Now,
27:22Morpho went hard in almost completely
27:24the other way from everyone else. The
27:26software I tested was so focused on
27:29professional production workflows that
27:31they seemed to have completely forgotten
27:32about the normal user. I was clicking
27:34through jig sizes and applications
27:36before I could even see a preview
27:38window. And even then, I was dancing
27:40between multiple design spaces and a
27:42workspace just to get something ready to
27:45print. Now, for somebody who just wants
27:46to drag one thing in, line it up, and
27:48click print like every other machine,
27:50this was frustrating to the point of a
27:53waste of time. Now, thankfully, they've
27:55already fixed that. The normal workflow
27:57is now much simpler. But importantly,
28:00all of that heavier production workflow
28:02is still there. And for batch printing,
28:05that part is actually brilliant. You can
28:07create artwork frames aligned to a
28:09planned community of jigs in their open
28:11jig system. So once everything is set up
28:13once, repeat jobs don't even need
28:15another photo or manual alignment. Put
28:18the products in the jig, load the
28:20artwork into the frames, and click
28:21print. So ironically, the workflow that
28:24initially made more the most complicated
28:26for normal jobs also make it the
28:28simplest of all four when you're
28:30repeatedly making the same thing. Which
28:32brings us neatly onto alignment. Because
28:35getting the artwork into the software is
28:37one thing. Getting it onto the object in
28:39the right place is another. Now, Yuimake
28:42has a top- down camera. Take a photo,
28:44position the artwork over the object,
28:46and click print. It works okay, but
28:48cameras do have an obvious limitation.
28:51They're not the most accurate with
28:52objects directly underneath them. Move
28:54an object towards the edge of a print
28:56plate, and it starts seeing more of the
28:58sides of these objects rather than
28:59looking straight down at the tops, which
29:01can make precise positioning even
29:03harder. Now, Xool gets around that
29:05completely differently. Instead of
29:07relying on a camera, it's got a line
29:09scanner built into the print head, which
29:11scans across the actual bed, basically
29:14using the same principle as a normal
29:16paper scanner. Now, in my testing, this
29:18was incredibly accurate across the whole
29:20print area. Even objects towards the
29:22edges lined up almost exactly where the
29:25software said they would. Now, Hegears
29:27currently uses a camerabased system on
29:29the prototype I tested, but they have
29:32already announced they're going to be
29:33adding a line scanner, too. So assuming
29:35that makes it to the finished machine,
29:37they'll get that same advantage. The
29:39Morpho though seems to get much more
29:41complicated because it uses two cameras
29:43along with an infrared height measuring
29:45system. And they're also developing a
29:47camera in the print head for more
29:49accurate top- down positioning where the
29:51print head can actually move over
29:52different objects, take multiple photos,
29:54and stitch them together. The problem
29:56is, so far all that extra hardware
29:59hasn't given me better results than
30:01Xtools much simpler line scanner.
30:03Objects are still distorted towards the
30:05edges of camera views. I've had more
30:07misaligned prints here than on any other
30:09machines, and the system has also
30:11misread object heights. Now, this may
30:14all improve before launch, but right
30:16now, Xtools line scanner has given me
30:18the best alignment results of all four.
30:20And hey, Gears appears to be heading
30:22towards the same solution. And with
30:24Morpho though, its jig system makes a
30:26lot of this argument quite moot if
30:28you're looking at this specifically for
30:30batch workflows because there you're not
30:32photographing and aligning every
30:34individual object anyway. But for
30:36someone doing lots of varied jobs
30:37though, right now even just in concept,
30:40the more complex camera system seems
30:42only a little more useful than Yuthi
30:44makes single camera and [music] still
30:46not as helpful as a line scanner. Now,
30:49I'm more than happy to be proven wrong,
30:51but I mean proven, not just shouted out
30:53in the comments because someone really
30:54wants to believe. I'm not saying it's a
30:57bad machine, guys. I'm about to
30:58recommend it to an absolute ton of
31:00people. Just stick with me. I'm just
31:02saying this practically isn't as useful.
31:04So, can can we chill out? I'm I'm not
31:07trying to be unfair. Okay. Print
31:09quality. Now, thankfully, I planned
31:11ahead for once and printed the same test
31:13images on all four machines specifically
31:16to do these types of comparisons. And
31:18from a normal viewing distance, [music]
31:20honestly guys, most of them look pretty
31:22similar. And the difference for the vast
31:24majority of people here is going to be
31:26between, "Oh yeah, yeah, I can I can see
31:28it now that you explain it to me,"
31:31rather than, "Oh my god, that's
31:32absolutely amazing and so much better."
31:34And for all of these, I printed these
31:36onto the same black A4 sheet of printed
31:38PLA plastic with three layers of white
31:40underneath the color so we can actually
31:42compare them like for like. So, starting
31:44with Yuimake, this Northlight images
31:46test chart came out really nicely. The
31:49focal points are gradient, they're
31:51smooth, the colors are consistent, and
31:53especially areas like the blue sky
31:54around the church and the gray frames
31:56around all of the images stay pretty
31:59clean even when you get in close.
32:01However, the blacks were sometimes much
32:03more pronounced than I expected.
32:05Clearly, like those areas have been
32:07given extra height with additional
32:08layers of black ink. Also, the overall
32:11surface finish has a soft sheen to it.
32:14Now, X tool is very similar, but when
32:16you get into those same transition
32:17areas, they're a little grainier. You
32:19can just about see it with the naked
32:21eye, but under macro, it does become
32:23more obvious. Those smooth transitions
32:26start showing more of the individual
32:27dots of ink being used to create the
32:29colors. The blacks are still slightly
32:32raised, just not as much. And again,
32:34we've got that same soft sheen across
32:36the surface. Then, we've got hgearss.
32:39And for me, the G1X was easily the best
32:42print quality of the four. The gradients
32:45are incredibly smooth because instead of
32:47getting light blue by seeing fewer blue
32:50dots on a white background, those areas
32:52actually look more like lighter blue,
32:54which may well be helped by the light
32:56cyan ink we talked about earlier.
32:58Similarly, the skin tones look much
33:00cleaner, which likely comes from both of
33:02the light inks, cyan and magenta. Hegars
33:05is clearly the best option here for
33:07those prioritizing replication of near
33:10professional photograde quality on
33:12objects under close interrogation. And
33:15the surface finish is noticeably more
33:17matte than any of the others. And I
33:19think that matters because all of these
33:21machines can add gloss varnish on top if
33:23you want something shinier. But you
33:25can't go the other way with any of them.
33:28So starting more matte gives us more
33:29range across the final finish textures
33:32available. And this is an assumption,
33:34but I think maybe the dual UV lamps may
33:36be helping here by curing in both
33:38directions and giving the ink less time
33:40to move or mix before it's locked into
33:42place. Then we've got Morpho. And
33:46unfortunately, this was very clearly the
33:48weakest print quality of all four. And I
33:51asked Morpho to print the same test
33:52themselves, too. And we were both seeing
33:54the same kinds of results, which
33:56indicates to me this isn't limited to
33:58the unit I tested. Here, the surface
34:01finish came out the glossiest. And
34:03[music] when you look closely at the
34:04gradients, we can clearly see the
34:06individual colored dots being used to
34:09build them. And this was at the highest
34:11resolution. Pushing the tests even
34:13further, I printed some color charts on
34:15varying levels of white ink. And it was
34:17the darker colors from orange through to
34:19warm greens where it stood out the most
34:21for me. The test squares started getting
34:23muddier and less defined with clear
34:25lines the darker they became. Almost
34:27like the inks are blending together
34:29before they cure. And yeah, look, I know
34:32I'm spending more time covering the
34:33worst result here than I did praising
34:35the good ones, but that's because I
34:37rarely need to defend a test when
34:39something comes out looking great. But I
34:41think this is where one distinction
34:42matters because Morpho talk a lot about
34:45color accuracy, and they often talk
34:47about how small text they can print as
34:48though the other machines aren't capable
34:50of the exact same thing when they're
34:52using comparable hardware. But the thing
34:55is, color accuracy and print quality
34:57aren't the same thing. You can reproduce
35:00the correct color and still have visible
35:02grain, blending, ghosting, or a surface
35:04finish you don't like or don't want.
35:07[snorts] And in fairness, Morpho are
35:09still working on this. They keep
35:10reminding me it's a prototype. So are
35:12other brands, but fair enough. They
35:14might just be further along in this
35:16specific area. And I do fully expect it
35:18to improve. I just can't tell you by how
35:21much yet. So, if we base this section
35:23purely on the prints I've got in front
35:25of me today, Hey Gears is first, you
35:28second, X Tool third, although honestly
35:31those two are pretty close, and Moro is
35:33currently fourth with more to talk about
35:35on this subject shortly. Again though,
35:37as I said in the beginning of this
35:38section, from a normal viewing distance,
35:41they all look about the same. So, I
35:43wouldn't choose between these four based
35:45on print quality alone. But Morpho is
35:47the one where I do think we need to look
35:49a little harder at what we're actually
35:51being promised. Because with any
35:53Kickstarter, same with Heygears, don't
35:56just look at what they're telling you,
35:57ask what they're not. In fact, be
36:00vigilant, avoid a shock, and question
36:03everything. And for me, it's things like
36:05this. Morpho says they've got an open
36:07ink system. That's great. But they also
36:09say only their ink is the reason you
36:12don't need cleaning fluid and why the
36:13print head should last longer. And I
36:15just want to emphasize should and we
36:17also don't know how much longer in
36:19equivalent usage tests. But the question
36:22I've got is okay so I can use third
36:24party ink but don't I now need cleaner?
36:26Well if so where does that go? Because I
36:28can't see a feed line for it anywhere on
36:30the machine. And then the same with the
36:32fluorescent inks and 3D printing. They
36:35are technically possible. Yeah. But once
36:37we're replacing ink channels, purging
36:39lines and sourcing materials Moro
36:41themselves don't fully support. Whilst
36:43they do advertise them as capabilities,
36:46that's very different from another brand
36:48actually having those features built
36:50around supported materials and existing
36:52workflows. And because Morpho are also
36:55making such a big deal about the
36:57properties of their ink, yeah,
36:58naturally, I'm going to ask if there's a
37:00trade-off. Now, maybe there isn't.
37:02Brilliant if that's true. I've just seen
37:05enough eco- focus 3D printing materials
37:07make similar promises, yet they quietly
37:10sacrifice something elsewhere. That's
37:12why I want these claims proven. Because
37:15if it really is as simple as making the
37:17ink less corrosive, reducing emissions,
37:19and removing cleaning fluid without
37:21losing anything else, why isn't that
37:24already a standard across all the
37:26machines? And are their resins in any
37:28way related to the weaker print quality
37:31I'm seeing here? I don't know. But Moro
37:34have these exact test files. So rather
37:37than showing they can print twopoint
37:38text that every machine here can print,
37:41I'd much rather see them print these
37:43tests and show the improvements and
37:45answer those questions properly. And
37:48none of this makes morpho a bad machine.
37:50That's the annoying thing because it
37:52doesn't need any of this extra fluff to
37:54sell itself because you're about to see
37:57some huge value in the machine on top of
37:59what we've already shown. But all this
38:01the machine does X while the important
38:04caveats live somewhere deeper or in the
38:06small print, it doesn't wow me. I'm a
38:09professional pessimist. It just makes me
38:10question the other claims even harder.
38:13So all I'm saying or really repeating is
38:17go into any Kickstarter with your eyes
38:19as wide open as they can possibly be.
38:22and [music] maybe only judge these
38:24machines on what they can actually do
38:25out of the box directly supported by the
38:28brand, not what they can technically
38:30kind of do through unsupported third
38:32party workflows and materials. Because
38:35fluorescent ink being advertised as a
38:37capability and then quietly labeled
38:39experimental reads less to me like a
38:42feature and more like, "Yeah, we know
38:44you know Xool does this. We want you to
38:45think we can do it too just as easily."
38:47So now, as typically follows, a stage of
38:49angry grunting, the climax. That brief
38:52moment where you feel completely
38:54satisfied with yourself before the
38:56self-loathing kicks in. Because by now,
38:58you've probably picked a machine, got it
39:00locked in your head. Excellent. [music]
39:02Let's with that price. Now, I'm
39:05going to use US dollars for this because
39:07every brand lists that currency, but not
39:09every currency for where you may be in
39:11the world. And wherever you are, the
39:13relative ranking should still be roughly
39:15the same. Also, [snorts] every one of
39:17these brands love showing you some
39:19RRP they're never actually
39:21going to sell at. So, I'm using the
39:23prices you can realistically buy at
39:26today. And for Hagars and Morpho,
39:28remember these are Kickstarter prices.
39:30They're actual long-term retail prices
39:32are completely unknown, but I doubt it's
39:34going to be the RRPs they're telling us.
39:36Whenever you watch this, check the
39:37prices again depending on when you're
39:39watching this. But at the time of
39:40recording, Yuiakes E1 basic bundle is
39:43$2,49.
39:45X tool is 1,699
39:47for single UV, 2,699
39:50for dual UV and 2,799
39:54for UV and fabric. Hey Gears is 1,999
39:58for the G1 and 3,299
40:02for the G1X or 3,599
40:06for the G1X full pack. But right now,
40:09Hers are also offering G1X backers $500
40:12cash back after the campaign, which
40:14effectively brings those last two down
40:16to $2799 and 3,099. And Moro's current
40:21early bird pricing is $1,599
40:24for standard or 2,799
40:27for pro. So on initial price alone,
40:30Morpho standard is the cheapest. Xool
40:32single is next. than the HIA's G1 with
40:35UI currently the most expensive way into
40:38the basic UV side of this comparison. At
40:41the higher end, it gets much closer with
40:43X tool Juul and Morpho Pro sitting
40:45around 2,700 to 2,800 and the G1X
40:49effectively joining them once that cash
40:51back's included. Although obviously
40:53those machines are giving you different
40:54things for the money. But buying the
40:56printer is only the entry fee because
40:59then you've got to keep feeding the
41:01bastard. So, I've done the maths. I've
41:03broken everything down to price per
41:05milliliter because they all piss around
41:06with different cartridge sizes, bottle
41:08sizes, and prices per different colors,
41:11which makes comparing them directly
41:13unnecessarily annoying. Now, I'm not
41:15including Hea's 3D materials or Xols
41:18fabric ink here. This is primarily a UV
41:21printer comparison, so this is UV ink
41:23only. Now, starting with UI, all of
41:25their normal UV inks are around 30 cents
41:27per milll. The cheapest you can
41:30currently get that is around 20 cents
41:31per milliliter through their
41:33subscription pricing if you use a lot of
41:35ink. Xool drops dramatically. Their
41:37normal colors varnish and fluorescent
41:39inks are around 11 cents per milll while
41:42the larger white cartridges used in the
41:44dual UV machine comes down to 8. Also,
41:47with both of these machines, and please
41:49check my math, but the bundles they sell
41:51of multiple inks in packs seem to
41:53actually work out more expensive as a
41:55pack than bought individually, which
41:57which is just odd. Now, hey years is
41:59currently cheaper again in places during
42:01the launch. White is around 8 cents per
42:04milll, the normal colors around 10, and
42:06the varnish is the outlier at 12. Then,
42:09Morpho is almost exactly alongside them.
42:12CMYK is around 11 cents per milll,
42:14whilst the larger white and varnish inks
42:16are around 8. But Moro also has that
42:20advantage we've already talked about.
42:22Using their own ink, there's no normal
42:24cleaning fluid cost on top. You do need
42:26to pay for replacement cleaning reels,
42:28but I'm inferring this as a negligible
42:30cost when compared with the fluids used.
42:32Euthakeate cleaning fluid works out at
42:34around 8 cents per milll. X tool around
42:379. And I still don't have a standalone
42:38price for HGA's cleaning fluid. So I'm
42:41not going to invent one. So purely on UV
42:43running costs, Morpho probably takes
42:46first place on the cleaning fluid saving
42:48alone. X tool and Hers are very close
42:51behind it. Then there's quite a gap.
42:54Euthimake is comfortably well probably
42:56uncomfortably the most expensive machine
42:58here both to buy and to keep feeding
43:01even at its best subscription price. And
43:04this is where your usage starts to
43:06matter more than how much the machine
43:07cost you. If you're printing
43:09occasionally, it's probably not a big
43:11deal. But if you're hammering these
43:13things every day for a business, that
43:15difference can eventually eclipse what
43:17you paid for the machine in the first
43:19place. Right then, so now we actually
43:21have to decide which one you should buy.
43:23And if your brain is slightly melted
43:25after all that, good. Mine is too. But I
43:28think there's some useful and sensible
43:30ways to approach this. and one of these
43:32three or maybe the bonus will absolutely
43:35work for you. First, we could just score
43:38the bloody things. Take the major
43:39categories we covered, rank each
43:41machine, add the numbers together, and
43:43the lowest score wins. [snorts] And if
43:45we do that, that gives us X tool first
43:47with 20, Morpho second with 33, Yui make
43:51third with 35, and HGA's fourth with 38.
43:54And I actually found doing that
43:56interesting, but I honestly can't spend
43:58half this video calling out marketing
44:00and then pretend those numbers
44:02are some definitive scientific answer
44:04because [snorts] every category in that
44:06table isn't weighted equally. I mean,
44:09Xol gets the same reward for coming
44:10first on looks that Hers gets for coming
44:13first on print quality. Morpho gets the
44:15same reward for winning on purchase
44:16price that Yuthi Mate gets for ownership
44:19confidence. But okay, maybe that one's
44:21more of a coin flip. That might actually
44:22be fair. or even so, those things aren't
44:24going to matter equally to you. You
44:27might not give a about what the
44:28machine looks like. Print quality might
44:30be everything. Or you might be running a
44:33business where saving money on ink
44:34matters far more than having the
44:36absolute smoothest gradients. So, the
44:38score is interesting for video
44:40engagement, and I think it tells us
44:42something about the machines overall. I
44:44don't think it tells you which one you
44:45should buy at all. So, way number two is
44:48much more useful. forget the overall
44:50score and ask what do you actually want
44:52the machine to do. I think you should
44:54buy the UI make if you want the safest,
44:56most established and easiest ownership
44:58experience. The software is mature, the
45:00workflow is simple, accessories and
45:02support already exist. Loads of people
45:05already own one, so we probably have the
45:07solutions to any remaining pain points.
45:09And the print quality here is still
45:11really good. And it's also the smallest
45:14machine here, so it's relatively easy to
45:16live with. The downside is you're paying
45:18quite a lot for that maturity. The 60 mm
45:21object height is easily the most
45:23restrictive and the ink is dramatically
45:25more expensive than everything else.
45:27[snorts] So Yuimake is the comfortable
45:29choice, just not necessarily the best
45:31value anymore. I think you should buy an
45:33X tool if you want the best allrounder.
45:35The hardware feels the most polished,
45:37the software is excellent and will
45:39undoubtedly continue to improve. The
45:41line scanner has given me the best
45:43visual alignment I've tested on any
45:46device ever, not just UV printers ever.
45:50Ventilation has actually been considered
45:52properly with a solution in the box. And
45:54you've got a much more useful object
45:56height here. Sensible running costs and
45:58the benefit of Xtools much wider
46:00ecosystem. Now, it doesn't have Heyar's
46:03print quality. It doesn't do 3D and it
46:05doesn't have Morphos's ridiculously good
46:07enclosed capacity. But there are just
46:10fewer obvious weaknesses all around.
46:12[music] And that's basically why it
46:14destroyed on the scorecard. And if
46:16somebody asks me which one of these four
46:18they should buy and refuses to give me
46:20any other information, Xool is probably
46:23where I'd point them first. But I do
46:25think you should buy Heygears if
46:26professional photo level print quality
46:29on objects or more likely if full color
46:323D is the reason you're here. The G1X
46:35gave me the best prints of the four
46:37easily. The smoothest gradients, the
46:39cleanest skin tones, and the nicest
46:41starting surface finish. You also get
46:43the i3200 dual curing, and obviously
46:47it's the one that properly supports
46:48fullcolor 3D printing workflows in this
46:51whole comparison. But you're getting all
46:53of that inside the biggest machine here
46:55with what is likely to be the weakest
46:57software experience based not on what
46:59I've tested here, but the brand's
47:01history. And moving between 2D and 3D is
47:04substantially more involved than just
47:06pressing a button. But please don't look
47:08at fourth place on that scorecard and
47:10think this is the worst printer because
47:12in many ways it's the absolute best
47:14printer. And for me personally, this is
47:17the one that isn't leaving my office. If
47:19the things Hey Gears wins on are the
47:21things you care about too, this could
47:24very easily be the best one for you. And
47:26I think you should buy Morpho. If you're
47:28thinking more like a production
47:29business, well, it has the biggest
47:31enclosed print area by miles. The
47:33tallest object capacity. The screen is
47:36useful. The jig workflow makes a lot of
47:38sense for repeated jobs. The ink's
47:40cheap. There's no normal cleaning fluid
47:42cost. And at the current price, you're
47:44getting a frankly stupid amount of
47:46hardware for the money. But you're also
47:49taking the biggest gamble. Morpho is the
47:52company here we know the least about.
47:54But they are the one who seems to be the
47:56most open about themselves. So go and
47:58follow that research. Get to know the
48:00team. Yes, it could all be promises and
48:02smoke and mirrors, but at least they're
48:04doing it. And yeah, the alignment on my
48:06machine has been the weakest I've tested
48:08and the print quality is currently last.
48:11And I've already explained why some of
48:13the marketing makes me more cautious
48:15rather than less. But if they sort it
48:17out and guys just dial it back a bit
48:19with the yeah, we do that too promises.
48:21[music] This could be an absolute
48:23monster for production. I'm just not
48:25going to score future promises as though
48:28they've already happened. So that's way
48:30number two. Yuthi make for maturity and
48:32simplicity. Xool for the best overall
48:35balance. Hey Gears for print quality and
48:37obviously if you're specifically after
48:39full color 3D and Morpho for production
48:42capacity and value. Decision method
48:44number three is even easier. If you're
48:46going to use the absolute out of
48:48one of these, just buy the cheapest one
48:50to run. Right now, that's Morpho. But
48:52Xtool and Hyears are very close behind
48:54it. And then there is quite a gap to you
48:57make. Now, if you're only printing
48:58occasionally, that probably isn't going
49:00to decide anything. But if this
49:01machine's working every day for a
49:02business, eventually the difference in
49:04consumables can eclipse the difference
49:06in what you originally paid for the
49:08machine. So, [snorts] there you go.
49:10Score them, choose them based on what
49:12you actually need, or let running costs
49:14decide for you. And if you're somehow
49:16still undecided after all of that, I
49:18don't know, it. Just buy the one
49:20you wanted before you even clicked on
49:21the video. Buy the one your mate told
49:23you to get because they've already got
49:25one and therefore are completely
49:26incapable of recommending anything else.
49:28They're all great machines. You can't
49:30really go wrong unless you get a lemon.
49:32And that can happen with any hardware in
49:35any industry. They all make perfect
49:37sense for different people. And when
49:39your partner asks you why another
49:40enormous printer has appeared in the
49:42house, blame me. Tell them I convinced
49:45you. At least then I've given you
49:46something of value in exchange for the
49:48commission. I'd very much appreciate if
49:51you use one of my affiliate links below
49:53before your purchase. [snorts] But
49:54genuinely, I want to know where you lot
49:56land on this. Which one would you
49:58actually buy? Have you already bought
49:59one? Why are you upgrading? What do you
50:02want? Why? What don't you like? And I
50:04know some of you are going to look at
50:05that scorecard and think I've ranked
50:07something completely wrong or that I've
50:09given way too much importance to
50:10something that you couldn't care less
50:12about. Good. Tell me. If you already own
50:15one of these, tell everyone what I've
50:16missed. And if you're choosing between
50:18them, tell me which two you're stuck
50:20between because I want the comments on
50:22this video to be as useful as the video
50:24itself. Ultimately though, buy the one
50:26designed around the work you're actually
50:28going to do, not the one with the
50:30loudest Kickstarter page. So again, you
50:33really should have a solid idea by now
50:34which one of these you want, unless you
50:36skip through the video to come straight
50:38to the conclusion, in which case go
50:41back, actually watch it. I spent
50:44ages on this. I want to say thanks for
50:46watching. A massive thanks for watching.
50:47This is probably my longest video ever,
50:50but I'm genuinely, now that I've written
50:52it, rewritten it, and put it back
50:54together and spoken it out, it probably
50:56is the one I'm personally most proud of
50:59ever making. I hope you guys see that,
51:01too. I hope it's as useful as I believe
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51:21[music] So, until next time. I normally
51:22have a movie quote, but look, this
51:24duck's just come over. It's got little
51:26ducklings. Look. How cute is that? That
51:29deserves a like. So yeah, also got a
51:32preview of the video. Until next time,
51:34Bo Hammer out. [music]
51:40[music]
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