Price: From $39

Mystery boxes are much more of a common thing in Asian cultures, where you’re not entirely sure what you’re buying, but you’re normally getting a good deal. Besides, the luck element and the surprise add an extra dimension to the gift. It’s fun!

Anycubic has some mystery boxes up for grabs around the holiday season, which include bundled materials. There’s a PLA set, a standard resin, and an ABS-like resin set. You don’t get told which colors you’re getting within the box, but the pricing is pretty appealing, and if you just need to gift some materials to a friend, it’s a fun way to do it.

Price: $12.99

Phrozen has a few nifty little additional items in its repertoire. This light curing putty is one of the newest. Although it looks like something used to cure a skin condition, it should not, under any circumstances, be used as something to cure a skin condition. That’s an All3DP top tip right there.

It’s described as a gel-like material that cures under exposure to UV light, and it’s intended to be used as a tool to help people fix broken resin-printed models. Phrozen’s product description states that it can be painted on as well as sanded down too, so with a bit of practice, it could be possible to get some fairly flush repairs.

It should also pair particularly nicely with Phrozen’s nifty UV curing pen, which is basically a fancy little tiny torch. You can point it at particular places that require curing.

Price: $19.90

Bondtech’s CHT nozzles are clever little parts that can increase the flow rate of your 3D printer without the need for any major tinkering.

They have a unique design that increases the melting capacity (and, therefore, the flow rate of the filament) by 30%. This is due to the internal construction, which features a tri-sided blade within the nozzle that breaks the filament strand into three finer strands, melting quicker and easier.

Don’t expect these nozzles to hold up well against more abrasive filaments, such as those including carbon fibers, but for standard consumer filaments, these nickel-coated brass nozzles are a quick, easy, and affordable way to make an upgrade to an FDM 3D printer.

Price: $110

Yeah, alright, wind your necks in. It’s only ten bucks over the limit we imposed on this article. One sale away from qualifying – keep your eyes open on our deals page because it’s bound to be on sale during the holiday season.

Creality’s Sprite extruder is exceptional, a terrific upgrade if you’ve a Creality machine that doesn’t already feature one. But the Pro version is the best because the Pro version gets hot, real hot.

This thing will get up to 300 °C, which means you can print exotic filaments with it, which is terrific fun, as well as a bit of a challenge if you’re new to them.

Price: $60

Sure, there are newer, more advanced curing machines on the market, but the Elegoo Mercury is very affordable and could be useful to anyone printing miniatures on a resin 3D printer.

After cleaning a model, you put it into this machine and leave it running for a little while. It’ll bombard the print with UV light and further cure the resin, giving you a finished, solid print ready for use.

It also looks kinda cool, doesn’t it? Like something you’d expect to find housing some sort of xenomorph specimen…

Price: $42

Fancy something a little bit trendy that isn’t overpriced, oversized outerwear? Then Matterhackers Quantum PLA should keep things cool.

This filament is dichromatic, meaning it’s actually two colors at the same time. Magical. The effect that this filament gives off is very pleasing on the eye, changing color and shimmering from one to the other depending on the angle from which the model is viewed.

Available in 12 different colors, Quantum PLA will print comfortably on more or less any FDM 3D printer. So, If you fancy gifting an eye-catching, trendy material to a maker, this stuff will hit the spot.

Price: $28

If somebody you know is being gifted a resin 3D printer for Christmas, then the best thing you can probably do for them is to give them something like this Resin Cleaning Kit from Anycubic.

It comes with an assortment of valuable tools to help make resin 3D printing safer and easier, including a stainless steel funnel, gloves, cleaning cloths, and a nifty silicone mat with raised edges, so loose resin doesn’t escape everywhere.

Resin needs to be handled with care, so a kit like this is essential if somebody is new to the game.

Price: $89

There is, without a shadow of a doubt, absolutely no reason for the Creality Water Cooling Kit to exist. You’d be mad if you bought one, and even if you did, the only reason you would is because you could say in a somewhat smug and goofy jockish voice: “huhhuhhuh, I’ve got a water cool Ender S1, bro”.

But, if this gadget was gifted, you’d probably love it. It’s an opportunity to experiment with something that isn’t really warranted, but does have a certain je-ne-sais-quoi when it comes to the cool factor.

It’ll only fit the Ender 3 S1, S1 Pro, S1 Plus, and CR-10 Smart Pro models, and, allegedly, will prevent clogging by lowering the temperature in the cooling block by 10-15 °C.

One important thing to remember about this is that despite being named a “water cooling kit,” you can’t actually use water in it. You’ll need cooling fluid, which isn’t included.

Price: $89.99

Perhaps somebody in your life needs to produce strong, functional components, but they have a resin 3D printer. Well, there are resins that can help with that, one of which is the new Onyx Impact Plus resin.

This stuff was produced as part of a collaboration with Phrozen, a big name in resin 3D printing, and Loctite, a big name in sticking things together forever. The result of the team-up is a resin that is apparently shockproof and unbreakable, as well as capable of carrying up to 150 kg and returning to its original shape following exposure to strong forces.

It isn’t cheap, but if you need to print tough things with resin, this stuff could be just the ticket. The unbreakable, rock-hard ticket.