Amazon Basics PLA 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm, Blue, 1 kg
Amazon Basics PLA 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm, Blue, 1 kg Spool
| Weight: | 1 kg |
| Size: | 1.75mm |
| Dimensions: | 21.51 x 8.51 x 20.5 cm; 1 Kilograms |
| Model: | PLA175bu1000 |
| Part: | PLA175bu1000 |
| Colour: | Blue |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Manufacture: | Amazon Basics |
| Dimensions: | 21.51 x 8.51 x 20.5 cm; 1 Kilograms |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Size: | 1.75mm |
I was skeptical about printing this rubbery filiment but now I’m a huge fan. 220 degrees at the nozzle and no need for a heated bed, this is the first any only filiment I’ve used where I’ve so far had zero failures. I’ve printed phone cases, O-ring seals, toys, bracelets and even a stretchy watch strap all perfectly.
I cannot fault this filiment at all, it was the lowest price for a full 1kg and I will definitely be buying agai
Prints quite well no blobs or stringing, colour could be a bit better but does the job completely fine
Cheapest PLA amazon had. I didn’t care about the colour, just needed something inexpensive and quickly. Without doubt the best filament I’ve ever used on my anycubic. Hotend set for 210, bed for 60. Will definitely buy again.
For 4 batches now amazon basics has been awful. Brittle won’t stick and extremely inconsistent. They was once great but now awful. In fact all filament for amazon has been bad. They must be storing the stuff in a steam room
Never printed a flexible material before, however this seems to be a decent choice. Its not very elastic, but it is very flexible and bendable. Prints OK as well. Pretty clean prints, not as smooth as PLA but wasn’t expecting it to be. Still all features can be made out without issue so would happily buy again.
Better quality than I expected, prints just fine, just use some glue and don’t use a Brim or Raft.
I purchased this TPU filament to 3D print some phone cases. I set the temperature at the recommended 210c with the bed heating element switch off. I have to say the print was excellent! There was very little clean up, a few minor bits of stringing around the camera lens cut out and charger port, but the filament literally brushed away by hand. I wasn’t expecting much of a sheen with this filament however it really does have a silk look to it. Really impressed and will definitely be buying this again!
I hope that you found my review helpful
Using the red TPU and it prints very well. So far tested making a few cable ties and a 40x40x2 mm cube. Sticks well to the bed and prints with good dimensional accuracy. Flexible as expected, stretches a little, and well with a model designed to stretch (such as cable tie with loops).
Settings:
Nozzle: 0.4 on a direct drive
Temp: 220c and 210c (no problems with either)
Bed: off
Speed: 60mm/s to 5mm/s (for short loops, probably could go faster)
Retr: 3mm (didn’t do a retraction test so could be suboptimal)
Worked well, 60c bed 200c extruder. Not keen on the finish, this might just be what silk is like but knocked it down 1 star as I don’t like the finish.
The spool arrived nicely packed in the usual vacuum packaging, along with a spare ziplock bag to keep it in after opening. Installed into the Anycubic Kobra without any fuss, ensuring the feed roller tension was lowered.
Printed an Oculus Touch grip from Thingiverse at 210c on the head 50c on the table at 40mm/s. Sliced in Cura 0.2mm per layer with the minimise travel option selected and 0.5mm retraction.
Took longer than PLA at 120mm/s, but that’s to be expected but produced a really well finished grip with smooth details.
Printed to the reverse side of the PEI plate, as I’ve read TPU can damage the PEI surface, and it adhered without issue and removed easily afterwards.
Would be nice if the spool/product info included hardness info, as it was, went with the default 95A Generic TPU option in Cura and seemed to have no problems.
This is the First ever TPU i used in over 7 years of 3D printing. And i am so annoyed why i was missing on such a great product. My first printer XYZ DaVinci put me into the bad side of 3D printing. Expensive specific filament. Later i bought many 3D Printers but always used the PLA as i was confident with PLA. I printed my first ever TPU prints for my kids phones, on my Flsun Q5 with Bowden Drive Filament system and results are amazing.
Very Very Flexible and looks beautiful.
This filament runs incredibly well, even when it has been exposed to moisture, and the glow is similar in brightness to most injection molded plastics.
I bought a reel that had been returned by someone , whilst brittle when it arrived it ran better than my other filaments out of my Prussia I3, and didn’t suffer from then typical issue of water boiling in the filament when not kept in a dry environment.
If you don’t use your printer that often, or you don’t have a dry box this may be the filament for you.
TPU is interesting filament, have been enjoying seeing what settings and prints I can get to work on this.
Seen some reviews / comments about stringyness but I haven’t had a single issue with this TPU filament.
If your interested in TPU filament, this is a very good option. Would recommend.
*Note: Using Ender 3 3D printer.
This was my 1st spool I bought after using some of the free sample included with my 3d printer.
I found the adhesion to be slightly inferior that what i had previously used.
I adjusted a few settings ( lowered the Z axis) and heated the print bed a little more and it all seems to wok perfectly.
It might be worth keeping note on every brand of filament so you can fine tune it next time you use it.
I did find it was wound slightly badly and got tangled at 1st, but that soon cleared up.
The Silver is a great finish and colour. I’ve had not blockages so far and I’m about half way thru.
Like I say, my only note would be to keep the temperature nice and warm when using.
So turns up next day, thumbs up, colour a lovely vibrant yellow, thumbs up.
Set printer off, about a 3 and 1/2 hour job. Watching via octoprint looking good. No or very little stringing (head 205, bed 60 btw). Looking good.
So heads to garage to have eyes on, here is where my gripe comes in. The smell, I’ve used esun, and dreality own filament previously and they were very subtle in what smell they produced. This how is way more pungent.
No worries really, just not going to stay in garage, and vent it later when the print is finished.
I tried the filament in green color. Bought really at a low price, I didn’t expect much and instead I had to change my mind.
I mostly tested the filament to print pots of different sizes and the organizer for the zombicide green horde board game.
The filament works well at 190 degrees, I found some difficulties with adhesion to the print bed but nothing unsolvable by setting the heated bed to 60 degrees.
The thread is surprisingly well coiled to the spool, which allows for a uniform print flow. I did some test prints with the calibration cubes and after some adjustments I got more than decent prints. I currently use anycubic filaments which have a better yield, however in the future when I have to print large and not very detailed objects my choice will surely fall on this filament.
For a cheaper quality filament this was pretty good. Bed adhesion was a little difficult on my heated glass bed but once the settings were further refined and a slower more squished first layer it improved. Model permitting though I would chose to use a raft or large brim with this filament.
Thickness variation seems very small so once the initial adhesion problems were sorted the print quality is very good. Translucency is very good and also the PLA is reactive to UV and blue light which has a nice effect. This works well using it to print illuminated buttons.
I purchased this mainly to find put how my Sidewinder X1 printed and how to set it up.
And it worked a treat once is switched to PursaSlicer as it has this filament as one of its preset filaments.
I have no issues with filament snapping of jamming and about to finish this reel. Reel is wound well and unwinds with no issues. It also comes with a Ziplock/seal able bag to reseal the filament when not in use.
I have a reel of the blue filament on order now to see if there is any difference.
I bought this as needed an ivory colour for printing skulls and most others were very expensive.
This prints very nice, spooled very nice and packed well. Standard temperatures of 210 and 60 for me with no issues or tuning needed.
Only weird thing is there is a massive waste of a 3d printing paper booklet included with the filament? Strange as I’ve never had it with any others, and also a massive waste for people who buy massive quantities. I guess there is recycling but it’s probably best with a single sheet and a link to an online pdf?
So 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 do have a ENDER 3 3D printer.. my setting for this are 205celsius nozzle and 82celsius Bed. I have a glass bed, and for good adhesive i wash it before each print i make.
Pros : – good for the money
– good for who want to use more than 1 spool for small projects, and dont want to invest into expensive fillaments.
Cons. – (this is for the guys who makes this fillament)
– Please STOP using such a big `instruction manual` for the filament, and dont waste paper for it. It dosnt worth.
– IT should be in vacuum bag, but as you can see in the pictures it missed the part of `Vacuum`, it is only in the transparent foil.
Overall 4 stars from me.
I struggled with this one initially, until I discovered that the average diameter is more like 1.70mm rather than 1.75mm. It is, however *consistently* undersized so you can just crank up your flow rate to compensate. The actual extrusion is more consistent than other cheap brands I’ve tried.
It seems more prone to stringing and oozing than other filaments, so don’t print hot (I’m at 200C atm, might drop down further). Retraction may need adjusting.
It is, as another user pointed out, prone to adhesion problems. My bed is fairly good for adhesion, so as long as I have enough squish it sticks. Small parts need a brim. But I can imagine this filament being a nightmare on glass compared to others.
Colour wise, for single layers it just looks like a darkish translucent green, but after a few more layers it really brightens up, but also becomes more opaque (like most translucent filaments do due to refraction). A thick printed part with lots of infill and walls will look REALLY bright, practically fluorescent. This makes me wonder about the lightfastedness of the pigment…only time will tell. The final colour is on the more yellow side of the green hue spectrum. Note that you will be able to see infill with this filament, so if aesthetics are more important than strength, choose your infill pattern wisely.
It seems surprisingly strong and prints surprisingly well for a budget filament. I will be ordering more Amazon Basics reels if they’re all this good for the money. Far better than e.g. Geeetech PLA.
I used this filament in a Wanhao i3+. Quality of prints was good and no issues with bed adhesion or nozzle clogging.
Pearlescent colour was OK but not as glossy as expected from the description.
The reasons I have marked it down a star is the lack of a resealable bag (supplied in shrink wrap) and the underwhelming “its spool includes a built-in gauge, which shows both the percentage of material remaining and the approximate length remaining” which is just the standard slot that every other spool I have ever purchased has – no marking for weight or length and useless at start and end of the reel.
I would say that this is a better budget choice than the low end Chinese brands, but is neither as cheap as them or as good as the high end brands.
You make your choice based on your needs