Elegoo Centauri 2

Name: Elegoo Centauri 2
Brand: Elegoo

A budget open-frame CoreXY printer for beginners who mainly print PLA/PETG and may want cheap 4-color printing.

$279typical US price

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Bundles and current deals

Elegoo US store: $279 (list $299); Centauri 2 Combo with 4-color CANVAS $329 (list $379)

Build volume to scale, in mm, beside a 20 cm cube. Every printer on the site is drawn at the same scale.

Build volume: 16.8litres
Top speed: 500mm/s
Max colours: 4
Frame: Open frame

Will Wright’s take

Based on the specs and price

Great value

“A CoreXY for bed-slinger money.”

$279 for a CoreXY with a 350 °C hardened nozzle is excellent, and it can grow to four colours. It's open, with no camera, so it's a PLA and PETG machine first. One of the best ways to stretch a tight budget.

Buy the Centauri 2 if

Speed and value on a small budget

Skip it if

You need an enclosure

How it stacks up

Against 41 other filament printers

Price$279#37 of 42, most expensive first

$179$2,299

Build volume16.8 L#26 of 42

5.8 L125 L

Top speed500 mm/s#28 of 37

180 mm/s1000 mm/s

Hotend temperature350 °C#4 of 42

260 °C370 °C

What it does well

Very low price for a CoreXY with 500 mm/s speed
350 °C hardened nozzle and auto calibration
Upgradeable to 4-color CANVAS

Worth knowing

No enclosure, so ABS/ASA/PC are not recommended
No camera or lighting out of the box

Full specifications

Every number, in one place

From Elegoo, checked October 30, 2026

Price: $279
Released: June 2026
Technology: Filament (FDM)
Motion system: CoreXY
Build volume: 256 × 256 × 256 mm
Top speed: 500 mm/s
Acceleration: 20,000 mm/s²
Max colours: 4 with CANVAS
Frame: Open frame
Hotend, max: 350 °C
Bed, max: 110 °C
Weight: 13.7 kg
Materials: PLA, PETG, PLA-CF, TPU
Features: auto bed leveling, full auto calibration, Wi-Fi, 5-inch touchscreen, filament runout sensor, clog detection, power-loss recovery, hardened steel nozzle, active vibration compensation, open-frame (camera, LED light and air filter are optional expansions), CANVAS 4-color system optional (included in Combo)