LD002R UV Photocurable LCD
Updated 10 September 2026 · Live prices updated daily
Buy on Amazon.co.uk - £712.33 →Affiliate link. Price live from the marketplace, not cached.
At a glance
What this printer gets right and wrong
Nothing jumps out on the spec sheet as a standout feature at this price.
- ! Manual levelling - plan a weekend of paper-under-the-nozzle rituals before your first clean first layer.
- ! Resin workflow - IPA baths, UV post-cure, nitrile gloves. Not a set-and-forget process.
Head-to-head spec + price table against the Creality LD002R UV Photocurable LCD. Verified printers on this marketplace only.
Resin isn't a beginner's hobby. The chemicals, the IPA baths, the post-cure stations - it's a workflow. Start with FDM unless miniatures are specifically your reason for getting in.
A resin printer is a sideways move, not an upgrade - different workflow, different outputs. Worth it if you want minis or detailed parts, pointless if you want faster PLA prints.
For dental, jewellery, or high-detail prototyping this is a legitimate production tool. The workflow overhead is real but the output justifies it in those niches.
Verdicts are rule-driven from the spec sheet and current price (£712). They don't capture firmware polish, support quality, or reliability - so treat them as a sanity check, not a final answer.
Live offers
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- 🇬🇧 Creality LD002R UV Photocurable LCD 3D printer with 3.5 Inch Smart Color Touch Screen, Offline Printing Volume 119 * 65 * 160mmAmazon.co.uk · New£712.33View
Close alternatives - what $712 gets you elsewhere
Think of this like the shopping-cart upsell: here's what a tenner more or less could buy you in roughly the same category. Same MSLA tech, same marketplace, all prices live. Stretches are data-driven; they're not sponsored placements.
Save the money, same build volume at 6.0 L. You'd give up: nothing obvious on the spec sheet.
Get: 4.7 L more build volume (6.0 L).
Get: 3.8 L more build volume (5.1 L).
Frequently asked
What fits on the Creality LD002R UV Photocurable LCD build plate? +
120×65×165 mm (1.3 L). Large enough for busts, multi-figure army trays and medium props sliced from a single file.
What else do I need to buy besides the Creality LD002R UV Photocurable LCD? +
At minimum: a wash-and-cure station (£80-130), nitrile gloves, a bottle of IPA for washing, a funnel with filter, and somewhere ventilated to print. The printer is typically two-thirds of the total starting cost on a resin setup.
Is the Creality LD002R UV Photocurable LCD worth £712? +
£712 is serious hobbyist territory. For the Creality LD002R UV Photocurable LCD to justify this over a $500 machine it needs to deliver genuine speed (volumetric flow), reliability at speed, or access to engineering materials. Check the spec table above against those three.
