Amazon Basics PLA 3D Printer Filament - 1.75mm Black Filament Spool (3-Pack, 1kg Each) for 3D Printing, DIY Projects & Prototyping - High-Quality PLA Filament for Smooth Printing

Great experience with Amazon Basics TPU filament (excellent material quality and packaging) was an incentive to order Amazon Basics PLA and PETG to try. My experience with this PLA order wasn't smooth. Amazon apparently sent me someone else's return (I thought returns are supposed to be sold in the warehouse deals department at a discount). No packaging box shown on the picture, just three spools banging in an over-sized PE bag inside a vastly over-sized shipping box. One spool was without shrink-wrap and desiccant, with only 800g filament partially unraveled in the bag since its end wasn't attached to the spool. The surface of the filament was dirty, some dust and some bigger flakes that look like tobacco or who knows what. I wouldn't risk inserting such a dirty filament in my printer as it will predictably result in a clogged nozzle. Amazon customer service promptly offered me a discount for that unusable spool that I accepted just to avoid going the post office during the sars-2 pandemic to return it. Two other spools were still in the shrink-wrap and desiccant bags still inside. The shrink-wrap on these spools is very thin. One spool had a damaged shrink-wrap with some holes in it, but the filament inside was clean, so I decided to try it. Somewhat surprisingly, it printed well. I used the default PLA settings at 205/50 in my Creality Ender 3 pro. A little stringing can be attributed with exposure to moisture . Otherwise, I found no flaws with how it prints, so I assume the other spool in undamaged shrink-wrap should print even better. My shopping experience this time was obviously not amazing, and not to the standard I learned to expect from amazon, yet I got a refund for the unusable spool and the rest of the material seems to be of a very decent quality.Initially I hated this filament, but after working with it more I'm going to keep it on hand for certain applications. At the time of this review, I've gone through an entire 3-pack.Firstly, I'll say is that the packaging definitely needs improvement. Out of 3 rolls, the shrink wrap on 2 had multiple holes worn through from rubbing together in the box, and the last looked like it could have had a bit more air removed. That said, I had no moisture issues with any of the rolls.Secondly, another reviewer mentioned this is great if you're not using supports; I absolutely agree. This is a much harder filament than any other I've worked with and it has much less give to it, so supports will be a pain to remove.... if you don't outright break your print in the process of removing them. Because of this, this is a terrible filament for miniatures (my main use for the printer, and why I initially hated it). Once I realized this and only used this for supportless models such as larger terrain pieces, stands, sculptures, and various printer upgrades, I've been incredibly pleased with the results.Lastly, (on a bit of a technical note), I've run this though several calibration tests and found that it works great at a wide range of temps (190 to 240) and printing speeds (up to 75mm/sec). I've never experienced any clogs or jams when using a 0.4mm nozzle, but it clogged my 0.3mm nozzles very quickly.I was disappointed that my prints kept failing due to the PLA plugging up the nozzle. I changed the hotend, bowden tube, got an all metal extruder, and even an auto bed leveling kit. Nothing helped.I have used many rolls of this pla before but the last batch is currently unusable. It was vacuum packed okay, but I could hear the telltale snap, crackle & pop of moisture. Then the filament started snapping. I put it into the filament drier and immediately got condensation. Will see if it can be usable after treatment. But right now, it is useless. And I have two other rolls.Ordered this three roll combo because I couldn't get Hatchbox material. I'm satisfied with this material. If your machine is dialed in on bed leveling and esteps, use a 200C hotend temp and 60-65C bed temp. I print on an Ender 3 Pro with a glass bed. Anything less on the bed temp and I had adhesion issues. Went thru one roll already and it was rolled very nice, no tangles or binding. I'd definitely buy again.I have bought this brand before had no problem and was very happy, this time its great when it prints. However, it has lots random brittle sections in the rolls, gets clogged and now I have lots of nice looking failed print. Lot of time and money down the drain.I bought this filament to make relief supplies for local hospitals after having used up my old stock. This was the only thing left I could get within a reasonable amount of time. In short its...ok at best. I'd go with literally any other choice over this filament. Its terribly temperature sensitive, adhesion is pretty bad, the spooling is awful, and its finish is incredibly uneven. I can only guess that this is made from recycled filament. For now it gets the job done but I won't buy it again.This brand i have had alot of cause price but I have got few rolls halfway thur go's to hell and nothing wrong with printer but it has been like one roll in ten and I cut off about 5 to 6 feet and tried again and was great maybe it was to think or to thin I did not measure it but I would buy moreSo i've a few hours working with this PLA. I own an Ender 3 and CR-10Pro v2 on both machines i had dialled in my settings perfectly (always used sunlu pla) however that didn't cut it because this material requires some tweaking of settings to get it right so ignore all your settings you have for other PLA/material and dial them in once more. To get that ideal squish of filament you are going to have to push the temp slightly higher (210c is what i've found best in my case, of course this varies on your ambient temps so its something you have to play around with) I also had to drop the z height of the printing head to much lower than i did with Sunlu PLA. If you can start a test print at 50% speed and dial the Z height in as you go then you will find the ideal height for this.I was ready to write this PLA off and return it but i'm glad i didn't because it does produce good prints. I wouldn't say its perfect due to the extra steps you need to take in order to get it going but for the price (£45 for 3 rolls) i can't complain. Will it be my go to for PLA? I don't think so but with how prices are fluctuating right now with Sunlu material its a good interim until prices settle again.I own a couple of different Creality 3D printers. I have used them successfully for well over a year - small things up to a huge print that was 400 x 400 x 300. . I look after the machines and strip clean them every few weeks - or after any troubles. I expected this amazon pla to work well - based on the brand name - so I bulk bought three rolls. That was a mistake. I have spend a lot of time trying to get the amazon black pla to print. The printer works fine with the other makes - evenafter a AB mess (Amazon Basic). I use E-DA, sun and creality stuff itself. I have tried different temps of the head and the bad, checked the level manually more times that you imagine. The PLA just wont print much. The current job is a simple flat surface (about 9" x 6"). No matter what I do it is a mess. Yes, I use a brim, yes I have moved temp up and down in steps of 5 degrees, yes I have measured the print temp. My experience is that this purchase was a waste of money. Take care.I use 30-40 rolls a month o PLA and thought I'd try this out for a change. Never again. Worst PLA I have ever used in 3 years of printing. Results in poor quality 'soft' and 'spongy' prints which fall apart in the hands no matter how I tweak the settings. To add insult to injury I've tried returning to Amazon for a refund, only to find out that they came from Amazon Germany (nothing indicated this was going to be the case when I bought them) and DESPITE the fact they are poor quality goods and therefore defective and not fit for purpose, I have to apparently cover the cost of the return to Germany from the UK at my own expense until they see fit to reimburse the postage which they are capping at £15 which won't even cover the cost of returning it. Now £100 out of pocket on the 6 rolls I bought. Don't waste your time or money on this PLA.Once printed and cooled, plastic remains soft. Removing supports is a task, it works great for prints that require minimal or no support structures.When twisted the plastic doesn't break like other makes it stretches. A full roll was wasted dialling in settings, and adjusting z offsets to try and make supports easier to remove.I like the sub gloss finish of the material and layer adhesion is excellent. The flexibility is a plus when it comes to impact resistance but not for support removal..The settings used temp hotend 190, bed 60, retraction 5mm @ 50mm/s, slicer - simplify 3d, standard settings for anycubic I3. Dual drive BMG extruder. Esteps 420.I have purchased the Amazon PLA several times now - Probably 20 rolls. Its good, as always you have to dial in your settings depending on the printer but its good quality, prints nice and i have had zero issues with it.