Mars 5 Ultra 9K Resin
Updated 16 October 2026 · Live prices updated daily
Buy on Amazon.co.uk - £269.99 →Affiliate link. Price live from the marketplace, not cached.
At a glance
What this printer gets right and wrong
- ✓ Under £300 - low-risk way to get into 3D printing without regretting the spend.
- ! Open frame - PLA and PETG only, realistically. Forget ABS or nylon done properly.
- ! Resin workflow - IPA baths, UV post-cure, nitrile gloves. Not a set-and-forget process.
Head-to-head spec + price table against the ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra 9K Resin. 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.
Not a workshop machine. Small build area, messy workflow, mid-range output quality. If you need resin for business, you want something above it in the range.
Verdicts are rule-driven from the spec sheet and current price (£270). They don't capture firmware polish, support quality, or reliability - so treat them as a sanity check, not a final answer.
Live offers
Every live listing on the English-language Amazon marketplaces that I've matched to this printer. Cheapest first. Affiliate links.
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- 🇬🇧 ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra Resin 3D Printer and ELEGOO Mercury Plus V3.0 Wash and Cure StationAmazon.co.uk · New£367.63View
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- 🇫🇷 ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra Imprimante 3D Résine et Mercury X Bundle Wash & Cure MachineAmazon.fr · New€455.03View
- 🇪🇸 ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra 9K Impresora 3D de Resina y Mercury X Bundle con Estación de Lavado y CuradoAmazon.es · New€455.97View
- 🇫🇷 ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra Imprimante 3D Résine et Mercury Plus V3 Wash & Cure StationAmazon.fr · New€464.53View
- 🇮🇹 ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra 9K Stampante 3D Resina y MarsMate Purificatore d'ariaAmazon.it · New€465.47View
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Close alternatives - what $270 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 2.0 L. You'd give up: nothing obvious on the spec sheet.
Get: 4.8 L more build volume (6.7 L).
Get: 4.0 L more build volume (5.9 L).
Frequently asked
How sharp are prints on the ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra 9K Resin? +
18 µm XY resolution. Fine enough for 28 mm tabletop minis, jewellery prototypes, and dental work. You will not see pixel artefacts on typical hobby prints.
What fits on the ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra 9K Resin build plate? +
153.36×77.76×165 mm (2.0 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 ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra 9K Resin? +
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 ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra 9K Resin worth £270? +
£270 is the sweet spot tier. The ELEGOO Mars 5 Ultra 9K Resin competes directly with the current Bambu A1, Creality K1 and Prusa Mini generation. Hardware-per-pound is tight here - the differentiator is usually software polish and ecosystem.