eufyMake
eufyMake E1
$2,199
Full model page → eufyMake E1 vs HeyGears G1X
CUPP verdict
E1 for proven surface work today. HeyGears only if genuine full-color 3D is the goal — and only the Full-3D Pack SKU gets you there, not the cheaper Starter.
HeyGears
HeyGears G1X
$2,999–$3,299
Full model page → Choose eufyMake E1 if
you want documented, shipping hardware and have no interest in full-color 3D printing.
Choose HeyGears G1X if
the eventual full-color 3D capability is the actual reason you’re shopping, and you’re buying the Full-3D Pack specifically, not the Starter tier.
Where they differ
| Dimension | eufyMake E1 | HeyGears G1X |
|---|---|---|
| Shipping status | Shipping now | Kickstarter-stage; G1X rewards estimated December 2026 |
| Naming risk | None — one product, one configuration set | Real buyer trap: the "G1X Starter" (same i3200 head) cannot do full-color 3D despite sharing the G1X name with the Full-3D Pack that can |
| Printhead economics | Documented $599 official replacement, Care-program discount to ~$419 effective | ~$1,300-$2,000 estimated, replacement needed every 12-24 months, no purge-and-store function |
| Unique capability | None beyond surface UV/relief/UV-DTF | Full-3D Pack: genuine full-color 3D with water-soluble support, unmatched by the E1 at any price |
| Funding signal | Sold >$44M on Kickstarter at launch — the platform’s own funding record | Passed $7M in 22 hours on this specific campcampaign, 1,600+ backers |
Both of these machines have genuinely strong demand signals behind them — the E1 broke Kickstarter's all-time funding record at launch, and the G1X passed $7 million in its first 22 hours — so this isn't a case of one obscure product against a hit. It's two different kinds of hit, for two different jobs.
The E1's case is what it always is in this dataset: real, shipping, documented. If your work is decorating existing objects — signs, cases, tumblers, textured surfaces — it's a known quantity with a Care program, a real replacement-head SOP, and years of accumulated owner reports, both good and bad.
The G1X's entire reason to exist is the Full-3D Pack configuration, which does something the E1 cannot do at any price: print genuine freestanding full-color 3D objects with water-soluble support material that dissolves in plain water, no solvents required. That's a real capability, not a roadmap claim (unlike Morpho's similar-sounding pitch), and if it ships as advertised it would be the first sub-$5,500 desktop machine to do it — a capability that previously required $30k+ industrial hardware.
The trap is the SKU naming. HeyGears sells a cheaper "G1X Starter" using the exact same i3200 printhead as the Full-3D Pack, but the Starter does not include the Resin Station hardware and cannot do full-color 3D at all despite carrying the same G1X branding — CUPP flags this explicitly as a real point of buyer confusion. If full-color 3D is why you're considering the G1X, the Starter tier won't get you there.
Cost of ownership also diverges sharply: the E1's printhead economics are transparent and Care-supported, while HeyGears' i3200 head runs an estimated $1,300-$2,000 to replace every 12-24 months, with no purge-and-store function — meaning it can clog if the machine sits powered off, a real constraint for anything but steady commercial use.
If your work stays on the surface, buy the E1. If full-color 3D is genuinely the goal, buy the G1X Full-3D Pack specifically — and budget for printhead upkeep that's roughly triple the E1's, in exchange for a capability the E1 simply doesn't have.