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Elegoo Neptune 4 Plus review: 3D printing for fun and rockets

3D printers are fascinating, but what are they like to use in 2023 - and soon 2024? Will Judd from Digital Foundry inve…

I ended up moving basically everything off the desk to stop stuff banging rhythmically into the wall and changed the machine to 'silent' mode - amusingly, 'normal' and 'sport' are the other two speed settings - and this made me feel a little less guilty for potentially keeping my neighbours awake late into the night with a suspicious racket. | Image credit: Digital Foundry Don't get me wrong, reading Reddit threads and watching YouTube videos provides a lot of useful information, but it can be almost overwhelming to see how many variables there are to tweak and how much you ought to be keeping in mind: slicing your models, updating your firmware, choosing your slicer software, replacing nozzles, performing maintenance, using different materials and so on and so forth. | Image credit: Digital Foundry For that though, you can make a practically unlimited variety of small and medium-size knick-knacks for a relatively modest price in PLA and power that means you're sorted for gifts for at least a few years (until your friends get tired of 3D-printed stuff!).

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