Pick a model and see the lowest current prices on eBay. Used 3D printers are one of the better second-hand buys, but not for the reason people assume: the machines rarely wear out, they get resold because the owner stopped using it. That is why so many listings say "printed twice". The risk is not age, it is whether the seller looked after the parts that do wear, and whether the model still has support behind it.
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Browse the full range of used 3D printers on eBay → Prices move fast. See the biggest price drops across every category this week →The FDM printers on this page ranked by what a litre of build volume costs, using today's cheapest live listing. Build volume is the one spec on a secondhand printer that cannot have degraded: a machine from 2018 has exactly the bed it left the factory with, unlike a battery or a belt. Lower is more printer for the money, and the spread is wide enough to be worth knowing before you buy. Read it as a size-per-dollar measure and nothing more. The cheapest per litre here is a very large, slow, open-frame machine, and for most people a small enclosed printer that actually gets used is the better buy. The three resin printers on this page are not ranked, because resin machines are small on purpose and resolve detail an FDM printer cannot, so a per-litre column would judge them at something they are not competing at. Tap a model to see its listings.
| 3D printer ↕ | Cheapest now ↕ | vs recent ↕ | Build volume ↕ | $ / litre ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $380 | flat | 125.0 L | $3.04 best value | |
| $99 | ▼1% | 12.1 L | $8.18 | |
| $100 | flat | 12.1 L | $8.26 | |
| $120 | flat | 12.1 L | $9.92 | |
| $150 | flat | 13.8 L | $10.86 | |
| $369 | ▲23% | 27.0 L | $13.67 | |
| $260 | flat | 16.8 L | $15.50 | |
| $200 | flat | 12.1 L | $16.53 | |
| $325 | flat | 16.8 L | $19.37 | |
| $250 | flat | 10.5 L | $23.81 | |
| $250 | flat | 10.5 L | $23.86 | |
| $179 | flat | 5.8 L | $30.69 | |
| $190 | ▼24% | 5.8 L | $32.58 | |
| $650 | ▼3% | 16.8 L | $38.74 | |
| $450 | ▼26% | 11.6 L | $38.96 |
The top row is a much larger one than the rest of this list, and $ / litre always favours the biggest. Sort by Cheapest now or by Build volume to compare like with like.
Ask for a picture of something it printed last week. One photo of a recent print tells you more than the entire listing description. Layer lines, stringing and a clean first layer are all visible in a photo, and a seller who cannot produce one either has not run the machine recently or knows it is not printing well. This is the single best question you can ask.
The parts that wear are cheap, so treat them as a discount, not a dealbreaker. Nozzles, build plates, PTFE tube and belts are consumables and cost very little to replace. What matters is whether the seller ever replaced them. A printer with a thousand hours and a fresh nozzle is a better buy than one with two hundred hours on the original parts and a chewed-up plate.
Check the model still has a community behind it. These machines are kept alive by spare parts, profiles and firmware from other owners. Popular models like the Ender 3, Prusa MK3S and the Bambu range have endless parts and help available. An obscure printer from a brand that has moved on can be genuinely difficult to fix, however cheap it looks.
On a Bambu, get it unbound before you pay. Bambu printers tie to the previous owner's account, and it is much easier for them to release it than for you to sort out afterwards. Ask them to do it while the listing is still live. For resin printers, factor in that you also need ventilation, gloves, and somewhere you do not mind getting messy.
Live eBay listings, refreshed daily. Pick a model and it fetches the cheapest genuine printer, filtering out the enormous accessory market around these machines: nozzles, PEI plates, hotends, spare fans, control boards and multi-material units, any of which can cost more than a cheap printer and would otherwise show up as one.
Usually yes, and better value than most used tech. The frame, motors and rails barely wear, and the parts that do wear are cheap and designed to be replaced. Most second-hand printers are sold by people who bought one, printed a few things and lost interest, so a lot of them have very few hours on them.
Ask for a photo of a recent print, which tells you more than any description. Ask how many hours it has done and whether the nozzle and build plate have been replaced, since both are consumable. Check whether it has been modified, because heavy mods can mean heavy use. On a Bambu, ask the seller to unbind it from their account first, or you will have to sort that out yourself.
For a first printer, a used Ender 3 or Elegoo Neptune at well under a hundred and fifty dollars is hard to argue with, as long as you accept you will be tinkering. If you want to print rather than tinker, a used Bambu P1S or Creality K1 is the jump worth paying for: enclosed, fast, and largely self-calibrating. Resin printers like the Photon Mono are cheap second-hand but need ventilation and a lot more cleaning up.
A daily snapshot of the lowest genuine eBay price for every model we track, and how good that price is right now versus its usual level, updated automatically. Prices last refreshed 30 August 2026 . Tap a price to see that model's cheapest listings on eBay, or tap a model name for the full live list here.
Under each model is the actual listing that price came from, so you can see whether it is the thing you want or a bundle, a variant, or an accessory that happens to share the name.
| Model ↕ | Cheapest now ↕ | vs typical ↕ | vs recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Prusa Mini Used Prusa Mini + with Input Shaper Fully Assembled and in Working Condition | $190 lowest yet | 24% under | ▼ 24% |
Sovol SV06 Sovol SV06 Ace 3D printer Lightly used, local pick up ONLY, Danville CA 94506 | $199 lowest yet | 23% under | ▼ 23% |
Prusa MK4 Prusa Original Prusa MK4 FDM 3D Printer Enclosed, 250x210x220mm | $450 lowest yet | 14% under | ▼ 26% |
Bambu Lab P1P Limited Edition Bambu Lab P1P 3D Printer (Slightly Used) | $260 lowest yet | 13% under | steady |
Bambu Lab X1 Carbon Bambu Lab X1-Carbon 3D Printer with AMS, 256x256x256 mm Max Print Size | $650 | 7% under | ▼ 3% |
Creality Ender 3 V3 SE USED Creality Ender 3 V3 SE 3D Printer 250mm/s Printing Speed Auto Level | $99 | about typical | steady |
Creality Ender 3 Pro Creality 3D Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer | $100 same 22 days | about typical | steady |
Creality Ender 3 S1 Creality Ender-3 S1 3D Printer Set W/ Extras | $100 same 14 days | about typical | steady |
Creality Ender 3 V2 Creality Ender 3 V2 Neo 3D Printer | $120 same 22 days | about typical | steady |
Anycubic Kobra 2 anycubic kobra 2 neo 3d printer | $140 same 29 days | about typical | steady |
Creality CR-6 SE Creality CR-6 SE FDM 3D Printer | $150 same 22 days | about typical | steady |
Bambu Lab A1 mini Bambu Lab A1 Mini 3D Printer - Excellent Condition!! | $179 | about typical | steady |
Creality Ender 3 Max creality ender 3 Max 3D printer with upgrades | $200 same 17 days | about typical | steady |
Creality K1 Creality K1 3D Printer | $200 same 29 days | about typical | steady |
Elegoo Mars 3 Pro ELEGOO Mars 3 Pro LCD 3D Printer 143x89x175mm 4098x2560 USB On-Printer Contro… | $200 same 16 days | about typical | steady |
Artillery Sidewinder X1 Artillery Sidewinder X1 V4 Version 3D Printer | $223 same 17 days | about typical | steady |
Longer LK4 Pro Longer 3D Printer LK4 Pro Printer Black | $250 same 22 days | about typical | steady |
Prusa MK3S Prusa Original i3 MK3S FDM 3D Printer 25x21x21cm 0.05mm 0.4mm USB | $250 same 29 days | about typical | steady |
Prusa i3 MK3 Prusa Original Prusa i3 MK3 3D Printer, 250 x 210 x 200mm Max Print Size | $250 | about typical | steady |
Bambu Lab P1S Bambu Lab P1S 3D Printer - (PF001-U) - NO AMS - Black "307 Hours" | $325 | about typical | steady |
Creality Ender 5 Plus Creality Ender 5 Plus - 3D Printer - SKR 1.4 Turbo - TFT35-E3 - V6 Volcano | $349 | about typical | steady |
Creality CR-10 S5 Creality CR-10 S5 3D Printer FDM Huge 500x500x500mm Build Volume | $380 same 22 days | about typical | steady |
Formlabs Form 3 FormLabs Form 3 SLA 3D Printer | $1,029 same 22 days | about typical | steady |
Flashforge Adventurer 5M 【Refurbished】Flashforge Adventurer 5M All Metal Core XY High Speed Printing | $199 | about typical | steady |
Tronxy XY-2 Pro Tronxy XY-2 Pro 3D Printer | $99 | above typical | ▲ 4% |
Elegoo Neptune 4 ELEGOO Neptune 4 High-Speed FDM 3D Printer – Up to 500mm/s Printing | $329 | above typical | steady |
Creality K1 Max Creality K1/K1 Max/K1C 3D Printer 600mm/s Max High Speed Printing Auto Leveli… | $369 | above typical | ▲ 23% |
Anycubic Photon Mono Anycubic Photon Mono with Wash and Cure Unit, Feb 2021, Used | $75 | – | new |