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 honestly had no expectations when I bought my first bottle of this resin beyond 'I don't want to smell it. Pleaaaaaseee don't let me smell it' Well, my expectations, hopes, and dreams didn't come 100% true: this stuff has an odor, but it is incredibly mild and didn't irritate me when I caught a whiff of it when I opened my enclosure.What did come true is I found a resin that I've found overall very reliable, capable of doing great and gorgeous detail, and I didn't have to muck around with to get some truly great prints! I figured I would have to spend hours doing resin calibrations and what have you like I had before - NOPE. I just went to the link Form Labs provided, downloaded the Elegoo Saturn 3 Reliable profile (I haven't had the heart to try the Fast profile yet), uploaded it into Chitubox, and sent a print to my Saturn 4 Ultra 12k. The result? See the picture with the mailbox moogle. In fact, zoom in on it if you can to see the ickle details. First time using the resin and the print came out positively detailed and gorgeous.With the pre-set, I will profess right now - every failed print I've had so far using this resin is 100% because of my inexperience at chitubox build plate positioning/supporting of the model, or there was an inherit flaw in the stl file I downloaded. I've gone through about 6 bottles of this resin and have made many lovely models and prints (like the bee plaque) to give out as presents. It's done wonders on small scale prints to large scale prints (see the bird riders) - the level of detail has stayed consistent from small to large with this resin. I've also printed out larger models needing to be cobbled together just fine. A word of warning: I had difficulties print failure with hollowing out larger models, but I believe that is a Me problem and not this resin. The only other con present is touched on - the longer print time (ETA of 6 hours will be about 8-9 hours in truth). I do feel this con is overwhelmingly curb stomped by the sheer reliability of this resin and I'm more than willing to be patient for the good results I've been getting.Cleanup wise, it's on par with every other resin - just follow the washing and curing times and everything goes well. I haven't had any issues to date with models warping or cracking during curing. Leaving models in IPA for long periods of times did not introduce any notable flaws in details and such (I forgot to remove the models from the IPA wash station one night and came back after 8 odd hours). The flexibility shown in the advertisements is absolutely no joke and saved my prints a few times when removing supports - the thinner parts merely bent when I tried to remove supports in a dumb fashion instead of snapping. This does translate to needing to be Gentle with the model pre-curing, I feel its a bit easier to scratch/marr the model surface than the prior resin I had used. Post curing, the models are solid as can be and I've knocked them about them and off the workbench a few times on accident (curse these elbows!). They did not, unfortunately, survive UPS shipping. I blame my fledgling efforts at packing the models safely and correctly. It couldn't have been the rough handling and the box arriving visibly half smashed during shipping, no sir!in regards to priming/painting, as can be seen in pictures, priming and painting are more than fine and stuck well as can be seen with the zenithal priming on the rider and gunner and the quick and dirty contrast paint job I did on the gunner afterward. I have not had an issue breaking off thinner pieces during painting as I did with prior resins.Long review short: Is it worth it? Yes. Yes, I believe it is and I will continue using it for the foreseeable future. I will be trying out their clear resin with dyes next to see what's what for mother's day - got me some flowers to print.

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.

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.

One of the worst resins I have ever used. Overpriced for one of the most potent off-putting smelly resins that holds no detail and doesn't cure properly even with recommended settings they barely put effort into defining. A company with terrible and shady practices as well.

The product was boxed great, and sealed perfectly. No trouble with the bottle. The QR code on it had very helpful information with regard to printing with the resin and a great place to get started.I used an Elegoo Jupiter with settings offered up on the bottle as my starting point. I could not get a successful print (would not adhere to the plate), and I ended up bumping the bottom exposure time to 53s and the layer time to 8-8.4s. I could likely have gotten some slimmer times, however I ran out of time to do further testing. Most of the models I used were pre-supported and have been printed on the same machine, using other resins, with less struggle.Once I got the models to print (with higher exposure times and heavier supports, the detail was about right for this price range.The odor of the product was reasonable. I still wouldn't recommend using it in a totally sealed environment and PPE is still advisable for anything resin.It is worth noting that this resin, when sitting in the vat for any extended period of time has some 'hardening'. It's hard to explain. There is no light where this is sitting and I've had resins sit in my vats for MONTHS. This has sat for roughly a month and there is a thin film at the bottom of the vat that eventually scrapes up without any product and seems to mix back into itself. It's kind of like separation, but semi-solid separation from a liquid. I would not recommend storing this anywhere but its bottle if you don't plan on printing for an extended period of time.