Best replacement for silver/grey PLA shipped with MK2S
Hai,
When I bought my MK2S about 2 years ago it came with a silver/grey PLA spool. Have been using this color on a number of projects and parts for series products.
Tried to buy another one recently, but cannot find it anymore. Problem is there was no name / color on the original spool. I think it was a re-branded spool from another company and Prusa stopped selling it now they have their own production lines.
Already tried the Prusa galaxy silver (pretty cool, but very different from the color I am looking for).
Anyone an idea which color / brand / name those spools were? And if Prusa still sells them (dont think these spools were from Prusa PLA themselves).
Ideas are welcome.
Greetings Matthijs
RE: Best replacement for silver/grey PLA shipped with MK2S
The silver filament that came with the printer is this PLA in the PrusaStore:
https://shop.prusa3d.com/en/filament/46-silver-pla-filament-1kg.html
It is actually rebranded filament from Filament PM. (The PM stands for the parent company, Plasty Mladeč. They are not Filamentum.) If you are in Europe (you don't have your rough location in your profile so I don't know where in the world you are to gauge my suggestions), here is the direct link to their silver PLA:
https://www.filament-pm.com/filament-1-75-pla-silver-2-kg/p170
EDIT: oops, my mistake. That last link is for the 2kg spools (though you might want that if you expect to use a lot of it). Here is the direct link to Filament PM's 1kg Silver PLA spool:
https://www.filament-pm.com/filament-1-75-pla-silver-1-kg/p78
If you are in North America, earlier this summer Filament PM opened up a warehouse in the US to allow ground shipping to addresses in the US (and presumably also Canada and Mexico?). Here is the direct link to their silver PLA on the website for their US warehouse:
https://shop.filamentpm.com/pla/pla-standard/pla-silver-1-75-mm-1-kg.html
Or you could do what I did and find someone who is buying a bunch of Prusa printers for a print farm and doesn't need all the spools of silver PLA. I bought a couple spools off of someone in this situation. 😉
See my (limited) designs on:
Printables - https://www.printables.com/@Sembazuru
Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/Sembazuru/designs
RE: Best replacement for silver/grey PLA shipped with MK2S
Had my hopes up. Filament PM's cheapest shipping rate (USPS Ground) is still more than the cost of the filament.
And they charge twice the rate ($23) of a USPS flat rate box ($12) - which gives a lot better service than USPS ground.
Hard to beat Amazon free shipping.