Filiment  

RE: Filiment

I also like Prusa filament but not the price or shipping. They also have some filaments known to be troublesome. I order from Amazon and just read as many reviews as I can, from the 'net in general, not just on Amazon. Lately I've been using black Elegoo PET-G Rapid because it's cheap, about $25 for two 1 kg spools. For any filament you should do some tests and at least find the best temperature. You can tell a lot when you go to the manufacturer's web site and see how technical their descriptions and specs are. They should also give drying recommendations. If I don't see much data, I'd probably avoid them. IMO, there's always some risk with a new filament until you get used to it and prove it good.

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There is very little truly bad filament around nowadays, not like it was ten years ago when filament diameter often varied wildly, so: for many purposes almost any filament will do.  I generally buy multiples of cheap filament for prototyping and reserve the special stuff for the final product.  One advantage of buying larger batches of the same filament is that you only have to trial print and learn any quirks once then reuse the settings for spool after spool.

Cheerio,

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Hard to go wrong these days unless you go with super cheap stuff. I found Polymaker and Overture to produce consistently good stuff. The one exception is PC-CF where I haven't seen anything that's even close to Prusament PC-CF.

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I am from Canada too. Shipping and cost of Prusament including the cost per spool is prohibitive. I agree with the above comments. I use Elegoo PLA and Rapid PETG. Amazon's price is indeed about $35 per spool and can be less at times. Similarly, Overture make a good product both for PETG and PLA. The Prusament PC-CF is top notch and is used like is was gold; only after prototypes with PLA/PETG are successful.

Have other brands like eSUN, D3D Sigma, Spool3D, and Polymaker. All work well especially if dried beforehand.

Cheers

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This company, https://filaments.ca/ , seems to ship directly from Canada, and have very low prices. I've not ordered from them, and don't know the quality, just thought that if shipping is a major cost factor, they might be a solution.

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I have used different filament suppliers within Canada for most filaments.  I love Prusament.  Like you shipping and costs are a factor.

I just tune my filament and run.  Have only run into one issue with an ASA filament from 3D printing.  Have not been able to tune it in.  Have not had the time to focus on it but need to very soon.

I have 3D Printing PETG and ASA CF and it is very close to fail proof.  

I feel that it comes down to how much work you want to put into calibrating your filament.

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For my first enclosure boxes for electronics projects, I was using a spool of Prusa Galaxy Black PLA.
It prints great and looks great.    But too expensive for me to replace right now.  When that roll ran out,
I tried a roll of Overture Matte Black PLA. The print surface texture and finish looks really great for me,
and it really impressed some friends who also do more 3D printing than me.   

During printing, even if the spool has been dried, it does
a little bit of what I would call "Micro-stringing", almost like spider webs but so much small diameter,
it almost hang in the air.    When the print is done, I take a no-scratch pad, like a scrubby sponge, but
the no-scratch type made for applying varnish and stain to wood, and I take 5 seconds to wipe off any
of these strings.    The result is really nice.  And I did not read any details from the manufacturer, I just
set the printer for Generic PLA.   

I agree with others above, on Amazon, just stick with filament that rates 4.3 out of 5 or better (and that
is only my random choice/preference).   If you dry the filament, and print at normal or suggested
settings, it just works.

Neal