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4.5
This filament is cheap - and it is cheaply made. I have printed with a couple rolls - both were very tangled - repeatedly jamming from tangles on the roll that were so bad that they would stop feeding. Once you used a third of the roll the tangling was less - but then the crumbly spots started. Each roll had spots that were so dry and crumbly that the filament would break as it tried to feed. You could just crumble it for a foot or two, it would break to bits when gently squeezed, it didn't feel like any normal filament - and then the filament would return to normal flexibility.Someone told me that it was rumored to be mislabeled PLA and not ABS - a plastics expert told me to burn a little and if it smoked it was probably ABS while if it smelled sweet it was likely PLA, and it both smoked and smelled sweet.It prints at ABS temperatures - warps and shrinks like ABS, and I got a couple great prints out of it. I printed a T-Rex head and it didn't break during the print and looked great - then I couldn't print the mounting stick without warping. I printed a twisted star vase using a vase slice, and it came out waterproof. But I had prints fail because of crumbling and others failed because of tangling.If I had to guess I would guess that it was a blend of plastics, maybe poorly sorted recycled plastic. Not worth it unless you don't care that some prints fail.ABS is a tricky material to print with. It requires a much higher temp than PLA and has a bad tendency to warp. It does have good strength and works well in warm environments where PLA might not. So, I have no complaints about the properties of the PLA.The actual color of the filament is much lighter than I was expecting. It is a light purple, not nearly what I would call "ultra violet". I know that pictures on the web will not exactly match the actual object, but the in my opinion the pictures depict a much darker color. Caveat emptor.My big complaint is the spool that the filament comes on. It is wider than the other spools I have, and I had to print a longer support arm just to use it. Even then, there are ribs just outside the inner hub that catch and pull against the support arm. I put teflon tape to make it roll as smooth as possible but it still had problems. I finally had to file back the offending ribs to let the spool roll smoothly.I thought that Monoprice filament for a Monoprice printer would be good to go, but that was definitely not the case. I would not recommend this filament unless you already have a wide filament spool holder and/or don't mind a fair bit of work to be able to use it.I love this filament and it's under $9 for 1kg. I liked it so much I made 2 more orders of it. I use this in both my Robo and prusa. I printed this ABS at 142C and 82C bed using glue stick on glass plate and tape over AL plate. Both methods works on both printers. I also have other deltas but haven't tried on there, mainly bc I didn't feel like changing out spools. I printed many parts for my 3D printer builds and this ABS so far is very durable and works great for me. You can't beat this price. I'm not sure why others have their printing issues but works for me. I tend to go through about 3 rolls per week anyway and only ran across 1 other brand which "crunches" at the touch after opening the about 2 months later and thus useless to print. This product works and it's a steal deal.ok this is a good ABS filament but the prints come out whitish not clear I tried to do an acetone smoothing hoping it would get clearer but no luck but although it comes out whitish it still a good filament and can't beat the price for those new to ABS this is a good starting filament and little tip use a brim to keep from pealing I use a 30 loop brim and my stuff come out niceThis stuff is cheap, like hands down it performs like it is cheap in every aspect. Printing is difficult and sloppy overall. Adhesion is difficult and extrusion is pretty uneven. I might be spoiled by Hatchbox price/performance but I would never look at this filament again unless it's price suddenly plummeted. This spool will probably just be used for prototyping and small simple geometry prints.I bought this to see what the quality would be compared to the lower priced filaments I also bought, this didn't blow me away, and I learned that the results are mostly dependent on the USER and the SETTINGS, if one so tweaks enough, one can produce great results with almost anything that pours through he nozzleIt seems to print fine with no jamming but quality is a below average for ABS. It seems to have a lower odor compared to many ABS filaments I have used in the past so may be some type of blend. This ABS has a pretty high shrink rate and requires re-scaling of the part to produce correct dimensions. If you are looking for a inexpensive ABS and aren't concerned about appearance then it is a good buy.I've had 0 issues with this filament. Running 255c at the nozzle, 95c on the bed, printing on textured pei sheet by TH3d. It runs so smooth, I can crank the speed up to 100mm/s with no issues what-so-ever. I've gone through 4 rolls of this clear abs and it's now my go to ABS. Awesome stuff!Brittle, pale, and won't stick to anything - can't even get it to print properly. Would not recommentI do not have success with this brand. The filament is course, and adhesion is an ongoing problem. Started using a better filament , and misprints went away. Now this stuff just sits on the shelf.Je soupsonne que cette bobine soit arrivée passé date. En fondant le fil devenait laiteux et très vite le fil a été cassant. Dès qu'il avait une flexion:crac!Funciona como se deberia, el color es el que esperaba y volveria a comprarlo sin pensarmelo dos veces esta marca es buena y barata
