The Most Popular Consumer Level 3D Printers (Chart)

[DTaylor]

We just ran a survey ourselves. Keep in mind, it only has 84 respondents and is in no way statistically significant! Nearly all respondents were US based.

Of users with intermediate to advanced design skills, MakerBots held 30% of the market.

Of users with no design skill, or beginner level design skill, MakerBots were quite a bit below Solidoodle, Printrbot, and RepRap.

People with more experience are buying the more expensive machines, and people with less experience are going for cheaper machines.

Drew Taylor
https://3Dagogo.com

[old man emu]

We just ran a survey ourselves. Keep in mind, it only has 84 respondents and is in no way statistically significant! Nearly all respondents were US based.

Of users with intermediate to advanced design skills, MakerBots held 30% of the market.

Of users with no design skill, or beginner level design skill, MakerBots were quite a bit below Solidoodle, Printrbot, and RepRap.

People with more experience are buying the more expensive machines, and people with less experience are going for cheaper machines.

Drew Taylor
https://3Dagogo.com

That sounds like a realistic result. It shows that as people gain more experience with 3D printing, they are able to progress to the more complex machines.

I was going to ask where the DIY machines would fit in, but I think that there are very few in the whole 3D printing community who would bother with designing and producing their own entry level machine. I bought a Mendel Prusa i3 for $US595 plus postage. Landed at my door it cost the same as the first CNC machine I built, and the Prusa was cut out ready to assemble.

Old Man Emu

[mechadense]

Google trends gives an interesting graph:

http://www.google.com/trends/explore...idoodle&cmpt=q