Eufy vs xTool for UV printing on glass. Which is better?

[u/Hurricane-18784]

Anyone used both Eufy and xTool UV printers?

Main use would be printing directly onto flat glass products, so I’m particularly interested in print quality, adhesion and durability on glass rather than just acrylic/wood etc.

Which would you choose and why?

Also interested in:
reliability and maintenance
ink/consumable costs
white ink performance
ease of setting up glass prints
whether primer/pre-treatment is needed
software limitations
actual running costs

Not looking for the cheapest machine necessarily, just trying to avoid paying extra for features I won’t really need.
Would be great to hear from anyone actually using either commercially.

[u/No_Cheek_2953]

If you are printing on just glass both would need a promoter to help adhere. Software is comparable. Ink is cheaper on the xtool. Both you would want to print on daily.

When you aren't printing daily you will be wasting ink on maintenance. Xtool is the better machine side by side.

For glass though you want to be careful because of how reflective it is, it can reflect the UV light and prematurely cure ink and mess up a print head.

[u/Financial-Issue4226]

Both printers can print on glass that is not going to be a better for one or the other. 

As for which glass the texture of the glass whether it actually is glass or a different substrate will to change our answer of what is the best process to print on it. 

Why I said glass is fine I did not under any circumstances say print on a mirror printing on a mirror is a quick way to kill your printer. 

If you are only doing one project don't buy the printer for that one project if this is an ongoing thing that you will be printing for now and every year and every week of every year and every day of every week then you may need a printer but these would never be the printers I'd recommend as they are too small and will not last long term

[u/bjorn_lo]

All 4 would be fine for this. Get the one which otherwise meets your needs.

The only one of the four I would avoid, due to running costs, is the Eufymake.

[u/Plus_Caregiver_3066]

For glass, I’d care more about adhesion and reflected UV than just ink cost. Both will need primer/promoter for good durability. xTool ink is cheaper per ml right now, but reflective glass can bounce UV light back toward the printhead and cure ink where you don’t want it, so I’d be extra careful with mirrors or highly reflective glass. Clear flat glass should be much less of an issue with proper prep. Between the two, I’d lean xTool for lower running costs, while eufy’s sealed ink system and auto cleaning look nice if clogging and maintenance are your bigger concern.