Features:

  • Design and 3D print astonishing three-dimensional art objects in high precision!
  • Adjust material flow speed to your individual preference while crafting
  • Control the temperature in 1 degree increments to adjust for PLA variety.
  • Extra-bright OLED display allows you to monitor flow speed and temperature of material
  • Package includes slim, ergonomic touch pen, 2 colors of PLA plastic filament, manual, cable and A/C adapter
I thought a 3D pen would be a cool little toy to use some of the filament

I've been enjoying this pen for about two weeks. I wanted to really get it running before I posted a full review. I own a 3d printer, and I have a ton of filament for it. As such, I thought a 3D pen would be a cool little toy to use some of the filament. It turned out to be so much better than even that. I use it to prototype some drawings, and I like to draw full structures. I enjoy the pyramid designs, and once you watch 3d printing for a time, you have a good idea of how to do 'bridges' and such. This pen holds up to everything it needed to do. Worked with every type of PLA I had around me, was very quick to heat up, and held to a very consistent speed. The 5 speeds are fantastic, and really do allow for various levels of drawing. Would highly recommend this pen.

Very nice 3D pen at a very nice price.

Well, I originally order some filament from AIO Robotics through Amazon, and I saw they had a rewards program for signing up for their newsletter and I decided to do so. I also noticed that they had this nice looking 3D pen. I checked out the reviews and looked at some on YouTube and I was impressed with the pen. I have seen that many pens cost at least as much or more, (at least for the really good ones), and cheaper “toy-ish” pens were cheaper on the average but didn’t look to me like I cared to use them. Since they had a special deal on this pen with the purchase of a pack of filament samples, I decided to try it out. I was thrilled with the ease of use for the pen. Plug it in and it comes on immediately. Press the “in” button to start the preheat and once it reaches the proper temperature, just double press the “in” button and it will auto feed the filament in through the back of the pen, (you do have to insert the filament first ;-)) Once the filament starts coming out of the tip, just press the “in” button once and it stops. I guess if you’re doing a lot of printing and don’t want to stop or get tired of holding the “in” button, you can just double press that “in” button and continue on. Now I have a couple of warnings for people, YES, the tip gets very hot, however the part where you hold it only gets slightly warm. Also, use good filament. AIO Robotics filament works great in this pen and I use it in my 3D printer without any issues. I did initially try some cheaper “glow-in-the-dark” filament from another company and it wouldn’t feed well. I had To keep gently pushing the filament in while holding the “in” button. As anyone can imagine, this doesn’t work well and try to be precise at the same time. I switched to the filament pack I had bought with the pen and it worked flawlessly. Another nice addition is that they give you a couple of small samples of filament, one clear-ish blue and one white. My picture shows everything I got with the pen, (except of course that multi-color pack of filament, that was added to my pen order). I love the pen and would like to get a portable power supply for it so I can use it without plugging it in, but that’s just a crazy wish item.

AIO = Awesome!

So this is my first time playing with 3d printing using the pen format other than a few that I checked out at SF Maker Faire and I have to say I am loving it so far! I was super impressed with not only the packaging but the overall style, weight and ease of this pen...I literally had it out of the box with instructions read and 1st test project completed in about 10 minutes! The pen itself feels solid, well made and perfectly balanced. After plugging it into the power cord it took about 3-4 minutes to reach its target 180°c heat and although I had worried that I would feel the heat while holding the pen, I really didn't feel it was too hot, just slightly warm. The feed buttons were smartly placed near the bottom, and I totally loved how easy it was to start and stop the filliment flow as I was printing as there were a few times I needed to move to a different area and didn't want to waste the filliment while re-adjusting. There will definately be a learning curve for people to get used to the manual start and stop clicking so be prepared to make a few mess puddles until you figure out the way you can hold it most comfortably to keep the buttons easily accessible. I decided to try changing the filliment during my little house print and was impressed with how easy it was. I don't know why I was thinking it would make a stringy mess or be harder than it was, but clearly I overthought the process because it was super easy and I was able to switch from the blue to the white test filaments and back again in less than a minute without waiting for it to reheat. Overall I am very satisfied and impressed with this little pen and looking forward to building up my steady hand printing skills and seeing what I can come up with as well as exploring more of the AIO products (I have been loving the 3d scanner/printer since it's debut a few years ago at Maker Maker faire and hope I can get that one day soon!) Also I would like to give a big Kudos to the support at the AIO company who were super helpful and very quick at returning my emails extremely promptly...They answered any questions I had, we're super helpful, informative and knowledgeable about their products and went above and beyond in the service department which is ridiculously hard to come by these days, so a big THANK YOU to them for setting the bar high for those other comparable companies!

The 3D AIO Pen is of good quality and was nicely packaged and arrived in good ...

The 3D AIO Pen is of good quality and was nicely packaged and arrived in good working order. The pen is fun to try different artistic creations. See photo of vase I created. If I had more adtistic talent I would have created the flowers also. I found the pen works great in conjunction with my 3 D printer to repair prints. I have already had a couple cases where a 3D print would have been ruined with a colapsed infill bridge and I was able to pause and repair with the 3D pin and able to salvage a several hour print job that was sure to be a do over. Only down side is the temperature range as it will not go to 200 deg and not suitable for ABS or other higher temperature filaments.

Outstanding Customer Service

Ok, I first wrote the following review - "This product is nice, but NOT durable, thus not worth the money. For us this product lasted two months before dying. During the two months it was used carefully and moderately. Estimated usage time was 7 hours. So for the $50.00 spent that's about $7.14 per an hour not including materials. So essentially assume $10.00 an hour. In talking to other users, I realize we were lucky that it lasted too long. Generally, the first thing to fail is the heat intake." However, I wrote this too hastily. I had reached out to AIO and had not heard back when I wrote this review. Then the AIO customer service folks wrote back and said they were sorry that the unit had failed and offered to replace the unit ASAP. The service representative, Jens Windau, was polite, responsive, clear and thorough. The replacement procedure was easy to follow. It's not often when a company takes responsibility for a faulty product and does an outstanding job to make sure that a customer has a good experience after a problem. AIO Robotics is one of those rare companies that is on it's way to being great. \Thank you AIO.

A *Lot* Of Fun!

Wow, this pen is a lot of of fun! It takes a little practice to learn how to draw in 3D, and it helps to have a steady hand. You will need to explore different settings for temp and feed rate to find a comfortable place for you. Too high of a temperature yields "drooping" of the filament as it doesn't harden as quickly as necessary. To fast of a rate of extrusion creates blobs if the pen is moving slowly. So, it takes a little experimentation - and practice. Remember, this is a different medium than colored pencils, acrylics, or ink...so new skills will need to be developed. Watercolor painting isn't the same as a graphite rendering, so, again, don't expect this to be like anything else that is in the standard list of artist mediums. I use this for detail with other 3d printed models. This is a wonderful tool to have in the artist box!! The pen in and of itself is very well built. It sits in hand comfortably, with a slightly triangular shape, which fits perfectly. It is required to keep the pen plugged via the included power supply. When plugged in, the additional drag from the cord coming off the end is not distracting, nor does it imbalance the pen. As a caveat: I've used soldering irons since I was a kid, so this system isn't unusual to me. It may be different for someone who has not used a pen like device that requires power :) I've used only PLA with this, which works wonderfully well. Changing filament is quick and easy, make sure that some of the new color flows through to ensure that there is no residual color from the first. The pen comes boxed in a sturdy, thick paper box. The pen is secured in foam and does not move around during shipping.

Nice pen, Great Price

My 12 year old received this pen (his first) as a gift. Within 15 minutes, he figured out how to operate it, practiced techniques, as made a 3" 3D dolphin on a stand. Pros: Fairly easy to hold even for smaller hands. Cool to the touch. Easy to use. Material hardens quickly. Adjustable speed of flow. Price point. Appears well made out of aluminum and plastic. Cons: Only came with a small amount of filament even though it was advertised with much more and several colors. There's a card with the pen that indicates purchaser may post a review, Like their FB page, and subscribe to a newsletter. Good for: Preteens and up. Beginners. Those upgrading from a cheaper pen. Overall a good value (but not as good as originally thought) and my son loves it! I will update if and when anything changes.

Tons of fun for middle schooler

My daughter saved up her money for the past year to buy this for herself. She absolutely loves it. Its basically the same concept as a hot glue gun, so not meant for younger kids. She has made so many cool things with this. She did end up buying extra plastic for it, so she could have a variety of colors. The colors are easy to switch out too. She learned that it's better to make long back and forth lines versus short ones - makes it look smoother. She prints up designs online and uses them to make her creations. She also uses an acrylic board to protect our surfaces.

High quality, precise and fun.

Purchased as a gift for a 9-year old who loves tech. The pen is narrow (comparatively) which makes it easier to handle than many of the fatter pens. And simply put, it works. Filament feed, while a bit noisy, works perfectly. Loads and unloads without hassle. reaches temperature quickly an the backlit LCD screen is both informative and, well, especially to a 9-year-old, looks really cool. Horizontal drawing is easy but actual vertical building is next to impossible. But that doesn't seem to the the fault of the pen. That's either the fault of us -- the unskilled users -- or the filament... or just that it's not supposed to work that way. We found it best to lay the filament down onto a piece of copy paper as you build. It sticks to the paper enough that it doesn't get pulled around by the pen, but releases easily enough that it doesn't rip the paper. Build walls and vertical items at a lay flat, then assemble pieces using the filament as cement. It's fun and as far as I can tell, safe. Unless you or your child is foolish enough to keep your finger against the hot tip long enough for it to burn. Which you aren't, so no problem.

Awesome yaaaasssss!

Pen is awesome! 13 yr old son loves it & has made 5 things already. He says its easy to use. Attached a pic of 1 of his creations with the pen.

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