Features:

  • Auto calibration: the delta design style continuously self-calibrates, so you will never have to struggle with bed leveling
  • Fully assembled: the MP Mini Delta 3D printer comes fully assembled, ready to print out of the box
  • Durable: the steel frame and black anodized aluminum frame makes this printer extremely durable and capable of withstanding some serious abuse
  • Open source: the print bed and extrusion Nozzle heat to a wide range of temperatures
  • Professional quality prints: up to 50 micron layer resolution. Can print from a computer using a wireless wi-fi or physical usb connection, or offline with a microsd card
Great Gift!

I bought this printer as a gift to compliment a larger CCR-10 mini. This little guy is a workhorse! We've been using it to print a custom Catan game board and it can print a tile with great detail much faster than on the CCR-10 Mini. The only small issue we've experienced is that the Mini Delta seems to scale models down 2% from their original size. We noticed this while printing the Catan board but it was easily remidied by scaling our models to 102%. The thing I love most about this printer is it's compact size and portability. It hardly take up any space on the work station next to the CCR-10 Mini or Monoprice Mini Select v2. I don't know if I would recommend this as a beginner's printer but it would make a nice addition to anyone's existing 3D printer family!

Strong Prints, Prints Reliably

The printer came out of the box ready -- i had to connect the magnetic arms and run the auto level and it was able to start printing. Started with the software that Monoprice provided on the website. It is a rehash of KisSlicer. The setting seem pretty dialed in and it worked pretty easily. I also tested Cura a little bit which works well. Had to tinker around with some of the Cura settings, but got it dialed in pretty quickly. Hopefully they release a profile for Cura. So far I have been able to push up to around 200mm/s on print speed at .2mm layer heights. It cooks! Super fun to test around with. Increasing the speed on the machine seemed to present better results than increasing the speed in the slicer, but that's likely my fault (I probably missed something in the slicer). My favorite was to test at .05mm layer height. The layering is precise and beautiful. A simple 20mm calibration cube showed nearly no layering at all. I actually started printing at .15mm, it seems to still have the really tight layers but much faster. That is what I'm using for the majority of my prints, especially the ones I am air brushing. The only negative is that if you try to go faster than .2mm at 200mm/s, it can't keep up. The drive gear is not ideal, and could probably benefit from adding a Volcano extruder from E3D or something if attempting to print at those speeds (it would make sense, its capable on the hotend side). I haven't experimented. Of course, that is only an issue when i'm trying to print hyper speed (not really what i'm shooting for most of the time). If you are just looking for quality, the 60mm/s 0.15mm layer height is beautiful and can get the job done fast.

Really impressed so far

Very happy so far. Ordered from Monoprice through Amazon here and the printer arrived the next day. It's not perfect, but you can't beat it for the price! There's a Reddit mpminidelta group, and a Wiki at mpminidelta.com which have good resources. There's an active FB group apparently but I have not looked at that. Printed a couple cats perfectly. I put blue painter's tape on the bed to keep the bed clean and make removing the print easier. Have not needed glue-stick or anything else for PLA. I did have one cat fail when I forgot to heat the bed and it came loose from the bed about halfway through the print, so a little glue would probably have prevented that but keeping the bed warm seems to generally do it too. I have now set up Cura and successfully printed a "Low poly fox" model from Thingiverse. It takes some fiddling around to get Cura configured properly. I used the Start and End Gcode from the Cat sample file. Cura by default wanted to print at 150mm/s which is ridiculously fast and just didn't stick to the bed. Changing the speed to something around 40mm/s in Cura made it about the same as the Cat print and I was successful getting the fox to print on the first try after that. I used Cura 3.2.1 along with the device profile available on the mpminidelta wiki. I have been sticking with relatively small objects so far. Problems with using the full bed seem common with this printer due to flatness issues, so I have not wanted to push it yet. Even at full size this printer is relatively limited with the circular bed so rectangular models especially will be size limited. But it's great for small figures and items that fit naturally into a cylindrical volume. I have only tried printing with PLA so far. People report difficulty getting the heated bed to go above 60C or so making ABS printing problematic. The printer claims in its specs it can go to 100C on the bed, but that doesn't currently seem to be the case. People are experimenting with custom firmware as a possible solution for this. My printer shipped from Monoprice on 6/25/18 was version v44.160.3 I have been impressed at how quiet this printer has been so far after hearing how noisy it is supposed to be. So far it has not been loud at all. It comes with an odd 161MB micro SD card which Windows claimed was "damaged" (though it read and worked fine in the printer). I let windows "repair" the card and it's happy now. I have been printing by saving Cura files to a laptop then copying them to the micro SD card using an SD adapter I already had (the printer does not come with a standard SD adapter for the microSD card), then loading the microSD card into the printer. I plan to try setting up Octoprint on a Raspberry Pi to remotely control and monitor the printer. Getting started is really easy. You pull the printer out of the box, remove the packing tape and plastic, plug it in, put in the miniSD card, Home the print carriage from the menu to remove the big packing foam piece, then pre-heat, load your filament, and print as described in the manual (which isn't included in printed form so you have to get it off the SD card or just off the wiki or the Monoprice site). The only issue I had initially was getting the filament through the printer. It seemed to stop before it actually got all the way in and just needed a bit more pushing to get past a restriction. You need to cut an angle/point at the end of the filament to help get it in. Using the Move->Extruder menu option to push the filament through (use the down button to load rather than up as indicated incorrectly in the manual). I pushed the filament a bit while clicking the down button until melted filament started coming out the extruder nozzle. There are some places where the printer does not currently live up to its specs (bed heat limits, etc.) and it can be fiddly and requires some internet research to figure out, but so far for me it's making some great prints and I'm super happy with the performance for the price. It's small, poorly documented, and has some issues, but still at the price how can I not give it five stars? G. P.S. added an image of a few things printed using Amazon Basics PLA in Gold and Perl White. The cats are the sample gcode file that comes with the printer, and the white fox is "Low Poly Fox" on Thingiverse and the articulated dinosaur is "Flexi-Rex Improved" also on Thingiverse (scaled down to 75% to fit comfortably on the bed). The dinosaur worked great and all the links between body segments are loose and he flops around like a length of chain.

5 Stars after getting help from Atom3dp

When i first reviewed this printer I had a 1 star rating due to customer service (I was having issues with first layer). Although Monoprice has still never replied to my email Atom3dp reached out to me and took the time to help me out with my issue. Great guys over there. This will be my up to date review as of today Disclaimer: I have only printed PLA on this thing so far. Pros: 1: Quiet 2: Solid construction 3: Auto level 4: Heated glass bed 5: Well engineered 6: Looks great in my office 7: Adjustable settings during print Cons: 1: Absolutely needs a spool spinner, otherwise filament just slides on bare metal making the extruder work overtime. (Heres a fix- https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3559759) 2: I have one spot on my printer that always seems to struggle. Weird but not something that stops me from having great prints. 3: Vibrates alot, need to think of a way to dampen it. (sits on my desk) 4: Sometimes have to restart because USB wont read. Restart has always fixed this. 5: My electricity bill is now a bad boy... (heated bed mostly) I bought the premium version of the KISSlicer, usually works great. On occasion does weird stuff, rarely but extremely odd. lol Overall this printer is pretty awesome. I had a big dilema with bad prints because i was using the scott blue shop towels which apparently leave some sort of invisible residue on the glass surface screwing up your first layer like crazy. But once i started to use plain white napkins with the rubbing alcohol my printer began to behave again. So if you ask me... i would buy it again ;) would buy 10 if i had a use for 10 xD

Great delta printer

I have several MonoPrice 3D printers - the full size model, a mini model and now this mini delta model. All were very affordable and I was able to start printing with this mini Delta 3D printer in just a few minutes after removing it from the package and plugging everything in. One tip I have for 3D printer - especially MonoPrice models: pay attention to the print and, as soon as it is done printing, extract the filament from the printer while the hotend is still hot. This will help prevent clogs. Learned this the hard way with a previous printer. I am already on my 10th print with this printer. Prints come out very nice with very small print lines. For the price, this is a great 3D printer!

Great printer but be sure to buy the backup materials for the bed.

Amazing printer, pretty quick and prints in very great quality. It comes with a mini sd card ready loaded with a sample, cura slicer software, a cura profile (which I recommend even if you have your own settings), and some other drivers and wireless software. It's as loud as a scanner, doesn't weight that much. Doesn't come with filament so I bought it together with a dikale brand one. The heated bed is covered by a branded builtak-like surface which peeled off after two days of use and split with the plastic spatula that came with the printer so be sure to have either painter's paint and glue stick, or more buildtak in your shopping cart because you'll need it if you plan on using the printer a lot.

What a great little printer

What a great little printer, especially for $159! The only cons are that like many people have reported, the Mini is quite noisy and the heated bed takes a while to heat up. That being said, once I got a profile in Simplify3D it prints beautifully and it's fast. As some reviewers on YouTube have said, this might not be the best choice for a first printer because it takes a little experience to get good results right out of the box. But I bought it as my second printer and at $159 its a great value.

Great Printer

The Delta Pro is my second 3D printer and my first delta style printer. After using it for roughly two weeks I have to say I am very impressed with this machine. The setup was super easy despite the size of the machine. The only hangup I had was threading the filament past the drive wheel but after I snipped the filament to a point it slid right in and I was ready to print. The print quality is fantastic and it's able to churn out great prints twice as fast as my older Cartesian. The glass printing plate is a breeze to clean and after applying a light layer of glue everything adheres like a dream. The only thing I would say to someone not familiar with printing is that the Monoprice slicer, although great once you get used to it, is a bit a bear when you are learning it. All and all I think this a great printer for anyone looking to print larger models or just looking for a workhorse that can pump out prints faster a Cartesian.

Awesome hobbyist printer: Easy setup and extremely fun if you don't want to make a living out of it.

By the price you pay, it serves very well for those looking for an easy print setup, with tons of options to make it a really fun hobby. If you want to play around, this little guy will do. There are tons of online content about upgrades and tweaks. Best prints I have achieved are very ok to my understanding, but maybe are far from amazing, if compared to better calibrated/more expensive printers - and those with a background knowledge of the 3d printing process. The printer firmware has a few bugs here and there, but again, for the price you pay, just turn it off and on again. Limitations and challenges I faced includes: /1 temperature won't rise enough to print ABS (so don't even consider it, just stick to PLA) /2 Bed temperature won't go anywhere above 60, if it ever gets there /3 bed size and print area are "small" as you start getting a taste for larger and more complex prints, but you kinda know that from the beginning, as it is a physical limitations /4 PEI adhesive on bed is fragile, so you'll need to upgrade that /5 bed leveling feature works "ok" most times, but online tweaks can help achieve better results. Overall most of my trouble came out of configuring print files, gcodes, much more than physical problems. Join Facebook group of mpdm owners and enjoy the knowledge.

Great Delta 3D printer!!!

Did research about delta-style 3D printers for months.... while I found the Atom 2.5FX Delta 3D Printer and almost pull the trigger, I contact its sale representative Mike, and he recommended the Monoprice Delta Pro, which is the re-branded version of Atom 3 Lite. Similar to other 3D printers, which require some calibrations before printing, and this Delta Pro's auto bed leveling and nozzle offset took less than a few minutes...and ready to rock_N_roll!!! The provided KISSLicer slicing program is quite straight forward to use, I do, however, still interested to try the Cura with full Delta Pro profile setting. Overall, its the virtually zero-headache Delta style 3D printer on current market. $1300 might seems something not hobbyist-friendly... but based on its large print volume (Dia 270mm x 300mm), glass printbed, filament sensor, and tough constructions, you won't be disappointed. FYI, Atom is developing the dual nozzles module for Atom 3 Lite, hope Monoprice will also be selling this module officially.

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