Build Volume

The Creality Halot-One Pro comes with build volume of 130 x 122 x 160 mm. If you’re coming from FDM printing, this might not sound like much space to create within, but it’s important to remember resin 3D printers excel at 3D printing objects with flowing, organic geometries at small-scale.

For reference, other popular resin 3D printers like the Elegoo Mars 3 and Anycubic Photon M3 have build volumes of 143 x 90 x 165 mm and 163 x 102 x 180 mm respectively. So, there are similar dimensions offered elsewhere.

Some of the key applications listed on Creality’s website for the Halot-One Pro include jewelry, tabletop gaming figures, home ornaments, and architectural designs. There’s a wide variety of downloadable models for you to find on the Creality Cloud app too – more on that in a moment.

Self-developed Light Source

A lot of resin 3D printers use Parallel Emission technology, which uses a UV LED matrix to produce light. This can run into issues when it comes to surface accuracy. For instance, if one or more LED units in the matrix should fail, the evenness of a print’s surface can be impacted, reducing the accuracy of the final object.

Creality says its self-developed Integral Light Source technology solves this problem. By taking advantage of reflection and refraction, the light intensity distribution of the screen is more uniform, leading to consistent accuracy for great results with complex models. According to Creality’s internal testing, Parallel Emission only achieves 73.4% surface evenness, and the Integral Light Source can produce up to 94.05% evenness – with the potential of a remarkably accurate 99.73% surface evenness in optimal conditions. With the Halot-One Pro, the evenness of the light is quoted as being over 90%.

A notable feature highlighted by Creality is the ability to print fine support structures (or ‘micro holders’ as they call them) for models with complex geometries. These will apparently not deform and should prove easy to remove, prior to the print being cleaned and cured afterwards.

3k Monochrome LCD Display

A 3K 7-inch monochrome LCD is used to project each print layer into the resin tank. With a display resolution of 2560 x 2400 pixels, and a print resolution of 51 microns, it should be possible to produce some detailed prints, though other resin 3D printers offer finer resolution for theoretically higher print detail.

A cross-sectional view of Integral Light Source Technology in action, which uses a 3K monochrome LCD display cure layers of resin (Source: Creality)

Remote Control and Monitoring via Wi-Fi/Creality Cloud App

Wi-Fi connectivity built in to the Halot-One Pro gives it a great deal of flexibility. It can be used with a browser or the Creality Cloud app to start and stop prints, monitor job progress, adjust settings remotely, and deploy over-the-air firmware updates which enhance the hardware with optimizations and new features over time.

Creality Cloud actually has two tiers, one of which is free, and one of which is paid. The paid version will set you back $60 a year, but the primary features of the Cloud are available on the free tier. The key benefits to the premium service are an increase in cloud storage from 2 GB to 16 GB, a video allowance increase from three to 20 minutes, and the ability to use the photo scan feature 100 times instead of just ten.

Odor Control With Activated Carbon Filter System

Resin printing doesn’t lend itself easily to the average bedroom inventor or product designer in a tiny office. Resin odors are much more than just a problem, they’re a health hazard. The Creality Halot-One Pro integrates an activated carbon filter into the machine design, which goes some of the way to combat nasty resin fumes. That doesn’t mean you’ll want to use this in a living space though – our advice with resin 3D printers remains the same: only use them in a well ventilated area away from your living space.

5-inch LCD touchscreen

An LCD touchscreen acts as the main user interface and provides a flexible interface for text, fonts, and different character sets. It supports 14 languages in total (Simplified Chinese and English included) so should be accessible to users all over the world.

With high resolution and full-color graphics capabilities, it can also clearly show a render of what’s printing at the current time. It’s also useful to display a list of new features that are included when Creality pushes a firmware update.

Compatible With A Range Of Popular Slicers

Slicers such as Creality’s own Halot Box, Lychee, and ChiTuBox are supported out-of-the box, and Creality claims to be constantly improving Halot Box to make it more adaptable and easier to use as time goes on. It also makes it clear that users aren’t locked into proprietary software; you can choose the slicing software you’re accustomed to.

Further Features

• Z-axis dual linear rails: The mechanical design of the Creality Halot-One Pro includes dual linear guide rails and T-type screws which should give the Z-stage of this printer excellent mechanical stability, and in turn greater layer accuracy.
• Processing power: At the heart of the Creality Halot-One Pro is an ARM Cortex-M4 processor and a 64-bit quad-core CPU and GPU, so expect a smooth and efficient operation.