“Halot” is a new Series

Creality has confirmed to us that the Halot name marks the birth of a new range of resin 3D printers, with the Sky being the first printer to come out under this new branch. More Halot branded resin 3D printers are on the way, but for now, let’s focus our gaze on the Sky.

Print Space & Resolution

At 192 x 120 x 200 mm, the Creality Halot-Sky offers a pretty good size for a 3D resin printer that wants to play in the big leagues. It’s about the same size as the elusive Elegoo Saturn but falls short in comparison to competitors such as the Phrozen Mighty 4K,  Anycubic’s Mono X, or even Creality’s own LD-006, which offer substantially larger Z-axis heights.

Resolution-wise, these machines all pan out to ~50 microns. From looking at the specs, the Halot-Sky’s LCD panel houses 3840 x 2400 pixels spread out over the total print area, and that allows it to hit that resolution mark, bullseye.

Reinforced Z-Axis Structure

A good strong Z-axis should minimize print failure and improve the overall accuracy as well as reducing the odd poor layer here and there. Seeing as, with a larger printer, more mass has to be moved (smoothly), a reinforced spine is much appreciated. With a Z-axis accuracy of 0.01 mm, the Helot-Sky is capable of a layer height of 10 microns, which is what you get across the board of resin printers nowadays.

“Super Spotlight”

This seems to be what Creality is calling its self-developed light source for the Halot-Sky. Of course, the light source is really quite important in a printer that uses light to print, but Creality hasn’t exactly explained what makes its own light source special. What we do know is that it should give 90% uniformity, and the light source power is 120 W. So, powerful and even, theoretically. What that means for print quality, we’ll only know when we go hands-on.

Wi-Fi Connectivity

What a treat, Wi-Fi connectivity means we can sit away at our desks and tell a printer to get to work without having to move our backsides. Providing there’s resin in there already, and it’s plugged in, of course. If you don’t have Wi-Fi or prefer the traditional way, you can also transfer the files to the printer via USB stick.

Additionally, Creality has an app that means you can monitor your prints’ status in real-time if you’re away from the printer and/or can’t be bothered to go and have a look yourself. Wi-Fi connectivity makes a lot of things a helluva lot easier, and it should be included on more printers. Period.

Cortex-A53 CPU

If you open up a Halot-Sky, you would, at some point, find a Cortex-A53 CPU. This is a chip manufactured by British firm ARM, and it’s a commonly used processor in things like smartphones, tablets, automotive infotainment systems, and even Nintendo Switches. With it, we should see some strong performance in the Halot-Sky, with smooth and seamless operation.

“One-click” Firmware Upgrades

We can’t yet tell you exactly what it is you’ll have to click (probably something in the menu), but Creality says that, whatever it is, you’ll only have to click it once to make your firmware updates on the Halot-Sky. This all comes back to being connected to Wi-Fi and how simple and easy everything is when you have that facility.

Flip Cover

This was a feature we found to be tremendously useful on the Nova3D Bene4 Mono we reviewed not long ago, so we’re glad to see it appear in this Creality Halot-Sky. You should, hopefully, make less of a mess when having a flip cover to your resin printer, and over time you’ll probably see less of that sticky, almost uncleanable resin build-up appearing all over your lid. A quality-of-life-feature everyone should appreciate.

5-inch HD Color Touchscreen System

Nothing really all that unusual about seeing a touchscreen on a printer in 2021, but this 5-inch panel is orientated in portrait, so it looks a little bit different. It’s high-definition and color, and Creality says it should be “convenient to watch and touch,” and isn’t that, deep down, what we’re all just really wanting from a UI?