PLA that matches Prusa Orange?
No orange Prusa PLA available on Amazon currently. Any suggestions for a good PLA to match Prusa Orange?
RE: PLA that matches Prusa Orange?
AIO Robotics PLA is fairly close. They sell 1lb/0.5Kg spools so you don't have to buy a lot.
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RE: PLA that matches Prusa Orange?
Availability mostly. It's a tad expensive if you just need a little bit. But otherwise, yes it's a good match.
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He is intelligent, but not experienced. His pattern indicates two dimensional thinking. -- Spock in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
RE: PLA that matches Prusa Orange?
$12 shipping!
RE: PLA that matches Prusa Orange?
$12 shipping!
Something that I've found with ordering filaments direct from Prusa to USA is you pay the same shipping when ordering two spools as with 1 spool. (Order 3 spools and the shipping nearly triples.) The takeaway is to order spools from Prusa in pairs.
Just for chuckles, I decided to crunch some numbers. Here is a table for spool quantities from 1 to 10 from Prusa to USA. I don't know if customs will add any costs... (Also the order total is based on full price of 24.99, not including the 5% discount I get for having ordered a MK3 kit)
| Qty | DHL shipping |
Shipping per spool |
Order total |
Shipping % of total |
| 1 | $ 11.97 | $ 11.97 | $ 36.96 | 32% |
| 2 | $ 11.97 | $ 5.99 | $ 61.95 | 19% |
| 3 | $ 30.78 | $ 10.26 | $ 105.75 | 29% |
| 4 | $ 38.23 | $ 9.56 | $ 138.19 | 28% |
| 5 | $ 46.59 | $ 9.32 | $ 171.54 | 27% |
| 6 | $ 54.94 | $ 9.16 | $ 204.88 | 27% |
| 7 | $ 60.52 | $ 8.65 | $ 235.45 | 26% |
| 8 | $ 64.85 | $ 8.11 | $ 264.77 | 24% |
| 9 | $ 69.18 | $ 7.69 | $ 294.09 | 24% |
| 10 | $ 73.51 | $ 7.35 | $ 323.41 | 23% |
(My apologies on the piss-poor formatting. I couldn't figure out how to adjust the formatting to look better...)
Now, if the spools are available on Amazon Prime, you can't beat the free shipping, but if Amazon is out of stock and/or you don't have AmazonPrime, ordering direct might actually be reasonable if you keep each order to 2 spools.
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RE: PLA that matches Prusa Orange?
It is not so bad, I have shipping localy just 4,5$ but have to pay once the same VAT. So finally getting it to USA is not much more expensive than ordering within Czechia (if I do not pickup myself). So for the pack of two you are the winner 😉
RE: PLA that matches Prusa Orange?
@tony-s8
AMAZON has better shipping rates.
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