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4.5
Printed a model (13 hrs) with no issues at all.I bought 2 of each color due to the sale and reviews. first print came out great. no issues at allThis is a nice light blue but not the color I thought I was ordering. The color is way lighter. Also the filament would crack and break apart to easily. Spend a few more dollars and buy from a reputable company.Got a great print of a baby dragon using it the first time. I did print this with a raft. Subsequent attempts without a raft on a PEI bed had trouble adhering. I am still dialing in this printer, so I can't just blame this filament.Printed this at 210C, with a nominal speed of 60mmThe red is vibrant and makes for really nice prints. Recommend if the price is right.Loving the matte strawberry pink color of this PLA! This is great PLA, but not quite as good as Hatchbox Matte PLA. Since they're both the same price, I'd recommend Hatchbox over any other matte PLA. But if you can't find the same colors available, this is still a very good option. Only difference between them is the quality of bridging. Hatchbox didn't require fine tuning any parameters, but Creality's will require a little fine tuning to get the bridging looking crisp and clean.Spool was neatly wound, vacuum packed, and contained the obligatory silica packet. Filament was easy to load and did not feel brittle.SETTINGS:* Printer: Biqu B1* Nozzle temp: 210c* Bed temp: 60c* Bed material: textured PEI magnetic steel spring sheet.* Speed: 50mm/s* Nozzle: 0.4mn* Layer: 0.16COLOR:Extra flat, extra matte. Color is a rich and vibrant #FF0066 shade of pink. Very warm toned, love it.RESULTS:Layers are clean, edges are sharp, finish is smooth and matte-tastic. Good structural integrity. Overhangs turned out well, and bridging was okay. But I will need to fine tune some printing parameters to clean it up a bit.FINAL VERDICT:This is a high quality matte PLA, recommended.I have been sampling PLA+/Pro varieties lately, and figured I should try some of Creality's actual brand name filament. In terms of print quality and ease of printing, this one definitely ranks near the top.It came on a plastic spool, which I prefer over the cardboard ones a lot of people are switching to, and was sealed tightly against moisture, and has good winding. Checking the diameter with calipers before and during my prints, I found diameters that ranged from 1.73mm to 1.76mm, with 1.74mm being typical. From a consistency standpoint, this is great.Typically, when printing PLA+, I will use a bed temperature of around 60C, which I have found works well with most....except for this one. The recommended bed temperatures for printing this filament range from unheated up to 60C, and, at least on glass with glue stick, 60C had issues with bed adhesion. It worked, but not well. So, I tried not even heating the bed at all and it worked perfectly, with no adhesion issues or warping. When they say that 60C is the limit on bed temperature for this filament, they are accurate. At least for glass, keep your bed temps low. I have not tested it on buildtak.Once I had that figured out, I printed both a Benchy and a 40mm calibration cube -- both of which turned out amazingly well. They were both printed at 215C nozzle, unheated bed, 50mm/s. The Benchy is super clean with essentially no stringing and near perfect surface detail. The same is true for the calibration cube. The cube ended up measuring 39.96x 40.09x40.01...which is very close to perfect. The cube was printed with thin walls and lightning infill, so it is essentially hollow, but the walls are still quite rigid.Though I do not yet know how long term strength and durability will be, all indications so far are that this filament is great. I also like that they actually list the tensile strength and bonding strength, though I wish they would also give some impact testing scores. I recommend this filament highly.Overall this is a good mid-range filament. The avocado green is a lighter green than expected based on the photos in the description but of course colors may appear differently on different monitors. Just something to be aware of if you're trying to get a darker green. I'm now a bit curious as to what their light avocado green color looks like since this is considered the dark one. The cardboard spool is something I have not encountered before. It seemed to work okay but definitely does not turn as smoothly as the typical plastic spool. I would recommend printing at a nozzle temp of 200+ depending on your printer. I am using an Ender 3 v2This PLA comes vacu-sealed on a large cardboard spool. It works well on my small hobby 3D printer without a heated bed. Good adhesion with low stringing and not much warping. The spool is too big for my printer, so I need to use an external spool holder, but it feeds fine like that. The grey is a good basic mid tone grey. The color doesn't change much when printed. At this price, I think it's a great basic filament.
