PLA Filament 1.75mm White, GEEETECH New 3D Printing Filament
PLA Filament 1.75mm White, GEEETECH New 3D Printing Filament PLA for 3D Printer and 3D Pen, 1kg 1 Spool
GEEETECH 3D Printer and Filament
 MIZAR S |  SILK |  GLOW |  ABS |  HS-PLA | |
| Printing Technology | FDM | FDM | FDM | FDM | FDM |
| Printing Volume | 255*255*260mm³ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Materials | PLA, TPU, ABS, PETG ,Silk | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Leveling Type | Auto/Manual Leveling | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Connectivity | SD card and USB cable | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Printing Accuracy | ±0.1mm | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Weight: | 1 kg |
| Size: | PLA |
| Dimensions: | 21.7 x 20.5 x 6.3 cm; 1 Kilograms |
| Brand: | GEEETECH |
| Colour: | B-White |
| Manufacture: | GEEETECH |
| Dimensions: | 21.7 x 20.5 x 6.3 cm; 1 Kilograms |
| Size: | PLA |
Great filament. Easy to use with any printer. Had a very nice shine to it making it ideal to print anything that wants a metal look! Used at 200c nozzle and 50c bed temperature.
When it comes to filaments, Geeetech is my go to Not only are the brand fantastic but the customer service and friendships you build with them are amazing.
Geeetech is used daily in all my printers as it’s faultless, great value for money and a brand I know I can trust.
I can’t recommend their materials highly enough, try it for yourself!!
I have tried a number of different pla filaments like this in my search for a decent one that doesn’t break the bank every time I need more. Not sure why filament is getting to be so expensive considering what it is made from.
This unfortunately failed dismally in my opinion. I am a third of the way through the spool and I have yet to get a complete print out of it. It spits, it bubbles, it melts and turns runny, it is inconsistent and most unpleasant to use. Whether this is because of the manufacturing process or the material they have used I do not know. I would not recommend this pla to anybody.
I have had successful prints from other cheap pla, including the Amazon brand which so many people slate, but which actually works well for me (once I’ve dialled in the settings for it.) This one however, nothing I have tried seems to work with it. I’ve varied the temperature from 200-230 degrees, even in small steps there is no temperature I have found that can make this pla consistent. It is just, well, useless in my opinion.
Even the small parts of prints that this has completed before it causes a stoppage are not that great. I’ve even tried different heads to try and get this to work, the only one I had moderate success with was a 1mm head and that’s not much good for anything except rough prototyping. If the company have printed the figure they show in the advert with this pla, I rather wish they would share their settings in the description, because I have not had one print complete.
Pretty sure it’s not me, as I have been using PLA printers for four years now and while I do get a fail now and again, the larger proportion of my prints are successful, clean and smooth.
Seriously, there are other cheap pla filaments out there. I would strongly recommend you try one of those and give this one a miss. Perhaps in a few months they will have changed the process and are making better pla, but for now at least, this is not a good product. A shame, because the price is fair.
Oh well, off to try a different one now. I may give this another go towards the end of the year, see if anything has changed.
I recently purchased the Geeetech Marble PLA Filament for my Ender 3 3D printer, and I must say I am thoroughly impressed with the results. The filament is of high quality, and the marble effect it creates on my prints is stunning.
The filament is easy to work with and has a consistent diameter of 1.75mm. It adheres well to the print bed and has minimal warping, resulting in clean and precise prints.
I have printed various models using this filament, from small figurines to larger functional objects, and the results have always been impressive. The marble effect adds an extra layer of sophistication to my prints, making them stand out from the standard solid color prints.
Overall, I highly recommend the Geeetech Marble PLA Filament to anyone looking for a high-quality filament that produces stunning prints. It is definitely worth the investment and has become my go-to filament for all my 3D printing needs.
I made an art deco clock with this and it turned out brilliantly.I recommend.
Needs 220 hot end and 70 on bed for first few layers or poor adhesion experienced on ender 3 pro with magnetic black bed.
Unfortunately the printer has been returned due to cooling fan and extruder gear issues.
Weight upon delivery: 1.15kg total (spool and filament)
3D printers used
Ender 3 Pro heavily modified
Ender 3 V2 heavily modified
Creality CR10 Smart basic modified
First out of the box print Impressions:
First print was a vase, a keyring and a 3D sloth. Settings used were 215C for my Nozzle and 70C for first layer then 60C for the bed using a combination of mirror and glass. The first layer adhered well to the the various bed configuration, no glue’s needed this was my own personal experience based on my own Gcode and slicer setup. At 60mm/s speed there were no major problems with adhesion.
As with all the the prints my setups only had a small brim no support for the large overhangs. The PLA performed well with these. There are very few surface blemishes which I would expect from probably my esteps rather than this PLA.
Active Print Impressions:
The colour i chose was black and at 1.75 random checks showed very minor variations and the colour appears to be consistent throughout the entire roll. But until I use up the whole roll up I won’t be able to confirm that, however.
After the print had finished i had no issues removing the items from the various bed surfaces, I was rather pleased with my finished product, I’ve only been printing since December 2021 and no professional by any standards, The print settings could be tinkered with if I’m honest, as there was a little stringing visible at some areas but again I wouldn’t blame the PLA. I was impressed as this is the first print without any post-processing needed to make it look presentable. Also I have experienced any issues with clogging, snapping or the feed
Overall I would say at this price point this is a very good filament for those beginning to 3D print. The only changes I had to make to my print were the minimal at best and my overall impression is that a lot of effort has gone in to the product to be able to produce a good quality item at such a cheap price, that much so that I have now bought the Glow in the dark blue and the silk black to try, based on that It just worked, and prints come out as good as some much more expensive PLAs.
packaging:- was well packaged, however bag was not i would say was vacuum seales as when i pulled the bag it filled with air, HOWEVER, printed temp and retraction tower and I have to say it came out perfect at 205 nozzle temp.
Printed a few bowls for my wifes jewellry making and they came out really nice. had a few failed prints but that was due to layer shift on my printer and nothing at all to do with filament.
Overall, quality is really good, well packaged, filament was perfectly wound onto the spool with zero snags.
as has been mentioned on other reviews , make sure you do a tempretaure tower as the silkyness depends on what temperature you are orinting atbelow 200 or above 215 and it comes out quite dull for me, 205 was perfect so make sure you dial in that temp otherwise iy wont be silky.
DEFINITELY be buying again, maybe a different colour next time to experiment with, happy printing people.
GEEETECH keep popping up in my searches but not being a make I normally use have been put off a little by the price as its not the cheapest filament out there and my current goto filament is cheap and prints perfectly.
But I was asked to print a few pumpkins for a friend so thought why the hell not try a different brand and well the orange looked suitable in the images.
Usual amazon Prime delivery – next day so all good there
opened the parcel and the box the spool was in, I was presented with a standard black plastic spool in a vacuum packed bag. the colour looked very muted at this point.
Opened the bag and found the filament had cling film wrapped around it, so found the end and removed this.
The colour was still a little muted but not as bad as originally worried about.
NOW I was worried, the filament has not been layered onto the spool, it looks like a 3 year old has been running around the house wrapping the filament on, it looked a mess and I was very worried about poor feeding and maybe some knots.
So I fired up the printer popped the filament in and went to work with all my usual settings and printed a pumpkin.
I’m guessing the heat has changed the colour slightly but the finished print seems a little deeper in colour and I will say is a pretty nice pumpkin colour, layer lines were pretty much the same as other filaments, Same performance with bridging and feeding.
No issues with the feeding as suspected from the untidy wrapping of the filament, BUT I wont trust leaving it for a long important print
So in summary, I am more than happy with the print quality, Colour is just OK, price isn’t very competitive but for some different colours I would use GEETECH again – Lets hope they can sort out getting the filament onto the spool
I’ve been a bit weary about going back to PLA as I’d lots of issues with different rolls (as it’s hard to gauge the quality on Amazon without trying) and I’ve been using a brand of PLA+ for the last 2 years. This (the black PLA from Geetech) is the first roll of normal PLA I’ve used since then. I was surprised to find that I didn’t have a single print lift or curl and with a little tweaking of my printer profile, I was able to remove any stringing that was present. The finish on this PLA has been clean for each of my prints so I’ve been able to use functional prints as finished without any priming and spraying (a habit I very much got into). I’ll definitely be using this black filament again for any functional parts I print and it works perfectly fine for the figurine prints I do too.
On the pictures enclosed, I’ve been printing a selection of Mortal Kombat busts and a number of game controller mounts which I remixed/designed myself. I’m happy with the results in both applications =)
I had tried the Tinmorry Matte Black which was awful, sending that back I looked for a replacement with good reviews and chose the Geetech Black
I actually didn’t get on with this filament for the first 24 hours and I was getting frustrated, that is until I stripped the hot and down, cleaned it all out where I found the nozzle almost completely blocked with the previous filament. I cleaned the bed with IPA and carefully set the bed levelling.
A small test print looked good with my standard PLA settings. I then went on to print some larger prints and these are just incredible. Easily some of the best prints I have ever Done, great layer and bed adhesion, no warping, fantastic detail, no stringing, just perfect.
I have, in the past, had issues with low cost filament having poor winding on the spool which has caused the filament to jam and the printer to print fresh air, very annoying on long prints. This filament you could hear clicking as it was trying to unravel its self on the spool. The filament winding on this spool is a thing of beauty and it unwinds perfectly
I know I’ve now found great filament and I’m going to try more of the Geetech filame
Glow in the dark pla is one of those novelty filaments that I’ve wanted to try. Just like wood and marble effect filaments you really need to dial in the settings on your printer to get the best results. It’s worthwhile asking around in forums to see if others have had decent experiences and if they are willing to share their settings. Some people complain that wood and glow filaments are abrasive and ruin your nozzles yes yes they do. Just one roll of wood filament wrecked a decent 0.4 diameter nozzle of mine but at about 50p a nozzle it’s worth it. So for this glow I used a 0.6 nozzle and was more than happy. I found that a bed temp of 65 gave the best first layer adhesion and a really slow speed. (Normally 40-50 on my first layer and at one point I was down to 30 and got the best adhesion). Your printer may be different but that’s how FDM is. The main pieces of advice I can give on this filament are keep an eye on the price, it varies wildly, and print with at least a 30-50% infill if you want the best glow. Honestly 10-20% was a really disappointing glow even with a charge under a lamp. But at 50 + infill it was a lot stronger. Don’t expect it to glow all night though. Like most luminous things it glows well initially and fades after a few minutes. Nice filament and would buy again.
First off, this filament looks great. It really does look like stone/marble. Prints well on my Ender 3 v2 at 210/55C. I noticed a lot of other people are having issues with clogging.
When I first started using the filament, it clogged constantly. I was lucky to finish even a small print. But I noticed other people thought it might be due to the 0.4mm nozzle. I don’t normally like messing about changing the nozzle so I decided to increase my layer height from 0.16mm to 0.2 – 0.24mm and the clogging issues stopped altogether! Might be worth trying a larger nozzle with larger layer heights if you’re struggling. Because of the marble effect the layer lines are less visible anyway, so this was totally fine with me.
It’s worth the effort if you are going for the marble effect, because the final products look great. But wouldn’t recommend to a beginner as the constant clogging is enough to put anyone off!
Firstly I must say I am a novice when it comes to the world of 3D printing. Initially I purchased a reel of ABS filament to use for making 3D models (not the 1985 film Weird Science kinda model!) needless to say it didn’t go very well. Layers were splitting and the 3D models were not sticking to the base and lifting on the edges!
I was recommended to try PLA filament as it is a much easier print hence why I made this purchase.
The filament arrived very quickly and I was pleasantly surprised to find in the box as well as the vacuum sealed filament there was a second bag to store the filament when it was not in use along with a small bag of silica gel.
My first print was a gift for a friends lad and so it was a Pikachu that had failed on so many attempts with the ABS. I used the pritt stick for the adhesive base as I had done previously. I set it off printing. I came back just under two hours later to a completed print!! The first time with the 3D printer!!
Yes there is some slight stringing and some of the angled prints aren’t perfect but it has finally worked! The main body of the print is perfect. I would defiantly recommend this filament to anybody.
Just for info I was using a Labists ET4 printer with the following settings in Cura slicer software.
Layer height 0.15mm
Infill 30% cubic pattern
Printing temperature 200 degrees C
Build plate temperature 60 degrees C
Print speed 50.0mm/s
As I have said I am really just starting and I am sure that I will change the settings as I go along but these worked well for me on my first attempt with the PLA filament. If I find better settings I will update my review.
We saw this wood coloured PLA while browsing for new colours, thinking it looked like fun we ordered some.
It arrived today, and as a first test print what else could we print but a bust of GROOT! The picture is of a half size one we printed as a first test, the full size will take about 7 hours so we’ll kick that off tomorrow.
The PLA itself is great, it has an engineered wood texture to it, and a lovely light brown colour. I found it to be a little more brittle than usual PLA, but that actually made removing the support structures easier. I think because of this it might not suit a part which requires strength, although I imagine you are probably going to use ABS for anything structural.
We used the same bed and extruder temps as our usual PLA (in our Geeetech A10) and it worked out fine, adhered to the bed well and held the definition even in the small details on the half size print.
It might not be for everyday use, but if you fancy some fun making something that looks like you carved it from wood I’d say give it a go!
Not perfectly coiled around the spool and it broke once while printing (Retraction 5.4 at 45mm/s). Fortunately it was just at the beginning of the PETG tube so the repair was quick enough.
I used it on my Ender 5 with neat resoults:
Speed: 90mm/s at 195C – 198C and bed Temp = 50C.
Nozzle: 0.8mm with layer height 0.36mm and 0.4mm (this helped with bed adhesion and allowed for lower printing temp.)
Also used 0.4mm nozzle and 0.28mm layer height and results although good, were not as translucent as above.
Having said that, I got similar quality from cheaper transparent filaments so I will stick with those until the price is back to as reasonable as it was in April 2020 (around 17-18). At the time of this writing (End July 2020) it is way overpriced (23)
Update 29th July: it broke again after a 5hr print. Lucky enough, again in before the extruder an PETG tube.
I ordered one of these in mid June, was pleased with the prints. When that ran out I ordered another (around mid July). I noticed some slight differences …
The first reel was a slightly matt blue colour when printed, the second was a shiny (sort of metallic) blue.
Same colour, just the matt versus shiny difference.
The manufacturer part number was the same on both = 700-001-0428.
But there was a second code = T2004 on the first, X2004 on the second.
The reels had different centre hole sizes.
I printed the exact same G-code on the second reel as I had on the first.
However the second reel printed much more cleanly at 215 degrees (I was printing for strength rather than aesthetics) without any stringing. The result was a much cleaner print all round.
I would have given the first reel 4 stars, the second 5.
Due to the inconsistency I’m not giving 5 stars overall.
I have used a few different filament suppliers now, and I think I will stop using others and switch to GEEETECH from now on!
First thing I noticed when unwrapping the filament was how well it was wound on the reel, some of the other brands I have used, have been “looser” on the reel and this can cause issues (and has done) with the filament knotting, and mid print trying to undo a knot, is no fun!. I am currently printing parts for a very low tolerance project, after printing a few calibration cubes, i’m happy to report that the size is consistent over the 3 prints I carried out.
The quality of the filament appears to be very good, and i noticed no popping while printing, again something i have noticed from the other suppliers used. Print Quality was also very good for me, layer lines near impossible to see in the white, good adhesion to the bed at 70 degrees, over all very impressive filament.
The only downside I had noticed is that there was no temp setting on the side of the reel, I would also like to see a reusable reel / filament only option from GEEETECH, other than those very small points, I am very happy with the purchase and will be using GEEETECH products in the future!
I’ve attached a time lapse video of my calibration cat print – but you can see I’m still working on getting the time lapse camera exposure working but it gives you a good idea of how it printed smoothly and with no issues.
But, as some have mentioned, there are points in the filament that burn for no reason other than some kind of impurity or defect in the filament. This leaves black marks at random intervals but is rare. On a 4 hour print I kept an eye on by layer, there were three spots on different middle layers. None of them were on outer layers and so cannot be seen in the final print, but presumably that will happen at some point. If you don’t mind this, then the filament is great for the price.
The second thing I noticed upon opening the package, afer admiring the silky golden sheen of the material, is that the reel is too large to fit reel holder provided with my Geetech 3D printer. .
It took a considerable amount of time to find good settings for this, which are far hotter than my usual pla. First time I tried to print, my nozzle clogged… this was just the first of the MANY problems I have had since which I won’t go into… however, I will say, it took 1 week from that first clog to finally getting a finished print, after waiting for a new printer mobo, and rebuilding my i3 pro W.
Finally, I found settings which work well and apart from the accidental layer misalignment issue, the finish is fabulous as you can see in the images. The gold brick was an earlier print with poor fin ish which may have been because coolong was off.
In general, very satisfying colour and finish
Well done Geetech
Update: the images of the Turret are printed on my newer Geeetech printer and I am very pleased with the fish at 0.2 layer heigh
Have had this filament for about four months now, and am 75% of the way through the reel. It’s produced good prints, and I’ve been generally very happy with it until recently. I don’t print that much, and have only made a couple of prints over the last two weeks and the filament has snapped twice. Not sure if it’s wound tighter onto the reel towards the centre, but I certainly didn’t have any problem with it at the start. I’ve got two other Geeetech PLA filaments and they’ve been okay so far, but maybe they’ll start having problems now…?
Update: the filament winding near the core is definitely the problem. Some of the turns of filament have been caught underneath others, and the reel has been jumping about as the filament has been pulled off. I managed to catch this happening and free some turns. I’m pretty sure that when the filament broke previously this was what was going on and it eventually pulled tight and snapped. I’ve now been able to use more of the filament without problem by making sure the next few turns are loose on the reel, but I’m having to do this every half an hour or so, which is a bit of a pain.
I got this because I wanted some decent black filament for my 3D printer, to print some new improved parts
I’m an enthusiast, and decided to custom design myself one, based off the Anet AM8 Upgrade but with my own custom parts
So I’ve built it and it prints ok, but I have noticed some pretty big issues with my designs so I wanted some black filament I could use to print new parts, because my theme is black and silver
It’s lovely filament, I’ve seen Geetech quite a bit with their printers that are effective cheaper scale Prusa’s and so I was finally happy buying their filament
it’s lovely filament, it’s got a slight sheen to it which is nice, it’s not just a Matt black
It seems to flow really nicely, I’ve had slightly less stringing than I usually do which is nice
I am of the mindset of, never pay less than 20 for filament because either it’s second hand and it’s basically been out in air too long, or it’s cheap and nasty or both
Obviously as a general rule of thumb that is, they’ll always be exceptions
This is a nice sort of balance of not much over 20 and still very good!
I’ve been happy with the prints so far! Though they haven’t been too technically demanding of the material mainly because I’m still tuning this printer.
Overall it seems pretty nice filament, with a nice outer texture, prints well I’ve found at 94C and it doesn’t string as much as my old cheap filament did
I’m happy with it and it’s a fairly reasonable price!
My main printer is a Prusa Mk3S with an MMU2S, and I printed with this at the default Prusaslicer “Generic PLA” settings with a 0.4mm nozzle, so 210C extruder and 60C bed.
After going through various filaments on Amazon, I’d basically given up, between filaments that snap in the reverse bowden leaving me with a failed print, come on spools so tangled it inevitably leads to jams – and more failed prints – etc and switched to Prusament.
A friend suggested I try this stuff and, while the price is pretty impressive, at about half the price of Prusament, I was a little skeptical.
However, what I got was a really well wound spool of filament that went through the printer really well. To be honest I can’t tell any difference between the benchy I printed with this and the silver one with Prusament filament, except that I can have twice as much of this for the same money!
I’ve had no clogs or jams, no filament breakages, no tangles, and my calipers tell me it’s 1.75mm. Layer adhesion seems good, and there is very little stringing.
Honestly, at this price, I don’t see why I’d ever buy another filament now, this has all of the quality of much more expensive filaments at a much lower price.
The white colouring is just a little bit translucent, I quite like the effect but I tend to paint most things I print anyway
The Geeetech filament is much better. It will happily print at 215. I tried 210 on the first layer but it didn’t stick to the bed so well (I have a Buildtak base and I suspect it insulates the plate a little and causes more of a thermal gradient towards the edges).
In terms of calibration I found none necessary on my machine…100 forward steps on the extruder Delivered exactly 100mm of filament to the plate.
It’s a “stone-effect” filament so I wanted to try something a little more decorative than my normal mechanical parts etc. I settled on the excellent Cthulhu bust by artist “filipturz”, available on Thingiverse. This is a complex but very small model so I resized it to about 200mm, reduced the triangle count from the original near-3m to just under 300K and went with that.
I split the model in half originally as I thought it might offer better support to some of the larger overhangs. It did, but it did not completely eradicate them. I re-printed it to get the model shown here, rotating it 165 degrees so tah tthe finer tentacles were pointing almost vertically “up” and required no support. Print speed was 120mm. A little stringing was evident, but it’s a problem I haven’t really got to grips with on my machine and if anything was reduced with the Geetech material compared to normal runs. Filament is just…perfect. I’ve never used a filament where the layer lines are so imperceptible, and when they say it looks like stone – they’re right, it really does.
Excellent filament would definitely buy again.
When purchasing PLA filament for use in a 3D printer there are a wide number of manufacturers offering product and selecting the right one makes a significant difference to the quality of your prints.
This Geeetech white PLA has proved to be an excellent choice right from the outset. From the moment the reel is removed from the cardboard box it is clear that the vacuum packaging used to stop the build-up of moisture on the filament is very well done – many people not realising that a little damp on the surface of filament can make it a nightmare to print with.
For reference, the prints I have run are run on a heavily modified Creality CR-10S actually using MKS Gen L board and TMC2130 stepper motors.
I have included images of the first three prints I did using the filament.
The first print I did, as I usually do with a new type of filament, was to print a Benchy. This print completed with absolutely no flaws at all. The detail on the print is all crisp with nice edges and absolutely no stringing at all. The white PLA has a nice satin type texture – slightly but not overly shiny – and unlike some white PLA the colour is a nice clean white and not at all milky.
The second print was a bracket to allow a pair of headphones to be hung on a well. I attempted to show in this photo just how silky and smooth this PLA is – but it is quite hard to capture in a photograph. It really is a lovely finish though. It is also very important to note that the filament in wound onto the reel in a very consistent manner. Why is this important? I have found with some reels of filament where the winding is less uniform and consistent can cause tangles resulting in failed prints.
The third print was a white “vase”. I have attempted this print several times using other makes of PLA and each time the print has failed somewhere with areas of the print collapsing. I was expecting this to show similar issues and was most impressed when in fact the vase printed without any flaws. Again, as I have attempted to show in the last photograph, the detail is all extremely crisp with no stringing at all.
Finally we checked a number of lengths of the filament with a micrometer testing the diameter of the filament and how constant it’s circular cross section was. We found the production of this filament to be very accurate and consistent.
All in all this the best PLA filament I have seen so far, and for that reason we’ll be making Geeetech PLA our standard choice from now on!
Highly recommended. A quality product, well made and very well priced!
My tests were carried out on a Geeetech A10M (Marlin 2.0) with upgraded TMC2208 drivers.
During Print Impressions:
First print was a simple 12mm Linear bearing. Printed at 210C Nozzle 60C bed for the first layer and then 200C thereafter.
The filament adhere well to the bed. I had zero lifting with these settings.
One another print i tried printing at 200C nozzle first layer and 190 C thereafter and experienced the print lifting off the bed. Well when I looked at my setting i had entered them the wrong way round. and 190 first layer and 200C there after. oops.
I then wanted to try something more challenging. How about a small table top model. This model was only 25CM high and printed at 0.1mm layer height. I was really impressed with it and the picture of this has only had it’s supporters and brim removed. (I shouldn’t have used a brim for this but that’s my mistake)
The detail from this was really good and would require only a little filing before painting.
I then moved on to the ape figure which came out really well. I’m really impressed with the layer adhesion and low lines on this. The supports cam off really easily and left only minor marks which can be easily filed or sanded away.
I noticed very few surface blemishes on all my prints.
I’m impressed with the print quality of this filament especially the layer lines and it’s range.
I found 190C was perfectly ok so long as your first layer is at a higher temp.
Overall I would say this is a good filament and I wouldn’t hesitate to buy again.
EDIT: Do not overheat the extruder past normal PLA temperatures! The wood particles will burn, further over heating the hotend, clogging your nozzles, and damaging the end of your bowden tube. My printer automatically heats the extruder to 240 if you wish to extrude filament and I learnt the above the hard way. 🙁
Temperature of 200c produced some stringing, so careful calibration of your retraction settings will be required if you wish to print complex items at higher temperatures. Performance on overhangs was not as good as I usually get either. Start with 190c. and lower your print speed.
Take care when threading the filament through your extruder/hotend because the wood filament is weaker and more brittle than normal PLA. Once installed it printed without any problems.
Stuck a bit too well to my print bed at 60c so I recommend heated bed of no more than 50c
The finish is like a hard mdf, and probably a similar strength . so not very strong. As this is likely to be used for decorative items this should not be a problem. Don’t expect to use it for tools or coat hooks.
Sanding and clean up of prints is easier than usual, with the printed PLA wood behaving similar to MDF / HDF.
Shade variation is possible as the very top of my test print was darker on the final small layers (probably due to less time for previous layer to cool). Changing shade during print should be possible, but you will need to get inventive with fan, layer cooling, and temp settings in your slicer. I will most likely use a paintbrush.
Quote from the US GEEETECH website is spot on for this product:
“The wood filament prints easily and smoothly, similar to PLA, and give off a smell of wood when printing. The printed objects look very much like a wood carving work, which will appear rough and similar to MDF, Medium Density Fiberboard but it can be easily sanded. …. Possible extrusion temperature is better to be with a good starting point at 190C. Hotter temperatures will extrude a darker filament; using variable temperatures during a print.
Suggested setting:
Layer height: 0.25 mm
Default extrusion with: 60~ 80 mm
Speed for non-moves: 40~60 mm
Temperature of extruder: 190C~230C ”
My first print is the pictured Baby Groot 110mm high
Anycubic i3 mega printer
200c/60c (I recommend lower temperature)
0.4mm nozzle
0.2mm layers
print speed 50mm/s
outer shell speed 30mm/s
no supports, no raft, no brim
In Summary:
Prints nicely.
Much weaker than normal PLA.
Brittle MDF finish.
Use low temperatures and slow speeds
Smells sweet and woody when printing
I will buy this product again and can recommend it to others
Amazon shipped this box in a white bubble bag which is not sufficient protection, you can see in my images where part of the spool has bust through the edge of its box and one side has snapped off. Had to get this print done so there wasn’t time to try and get a replacement from Amazon, I just tapped through the middle of the spool and it has been holding.
TOP TIP! order multiple rolls so they are sent in a box like my last two rolls, this is the reason I’ll give the wife when a huge box of filament arrives, safety in numbers.
Back to the filament, it’s a really nice solid white, much brighter than the last whit either order which now seams more of a natural colour. Diameter came out at 1.72 which is within the specified tolerance and I was able to bend it at a right angle without it snapping.
I didn’t print a temperature tower, I just got on with the print at 185C and it came out fine.
For the price this is a great low cost everyday filament and I’ll be trying other Geeetech filaments once this one is done, which probably won’t be long as I’ve not taken it off since the day it arrived, even made my part cooling blower with it.
Geeetech Wood 3D Filament was my first adventure with wood PLA. I have bit of experience with standard PLA already and I wanted to try something different. Package has arrived well secured and in vacuum bag. The filament wasn’t tangled and spool has a place to keep filament end in place when not used (if you had a spool without this simple feature you will definitely appreciate it here).
I must say it took me bit of playing with the print setting to get best out of it as it has bit different properties than standard pure PLA — I still believe that I can get even better prints with further minor tweaks but I am already very pleased with results I am getting.
I print a test cube and stand for my remotes — please see pictures for results. Remote holder was printed with 0.4mm layer high to give it even better wood feel to it.
Based on my experiments so far, I would recommend 0.2mm to 0.4 layer high and retraction 5 to 8mm (depending on your printer) you can even play with temperature to get slightly different colour out of it. My prints are at 210 degrees. I use standard 0.4mm brass nozzle and had no issues with jamming or clogging. Saying this as with all wood filaments please remember don’t go crazy with print speed and do not leave filament in hot nozzle for extended period of time when not printing.
What I like about it is the matt finish of the prints, also printed objects have this kind of velvet like surface unlike standard PLA which is glossy and slippery. My main use will be small furniture, frames, handles and all small items that would benefit from this kind of finish.
I do enjoy printing with Geeetech Wood 3D Filament. It certainly gives much different feeling to the prints — looks great and smell very nice while printing 🙂
I have not problem recommending Geeetech Wood filament and i will definitely try their other products — the transparent filament will probably be next as I have already few ideas like 3d printed crystals with LED backlight 🙂
purchased this to print and replace the broken door on a vaping mod, first few attempts failed due to my settings – too low temps/to fast a speed, however once dialed in it printed without issue other than some mild stringing, this though im putting down to my settings rather than the filamant, i think my use of a slightly worn .4 nozzle has also helped, a .5/.6 may have been the better option if i had one , printed on ender3 using the bullseye cooler final temps where 205/59 and a primary layer hieght of 0.16 with my initial speed `tuned` on the screen to 75% increasing to 90% after a couple of layers as i found i needed slightly less speed, would i buy it again once used, yes if i had a need for it but my worry would be it containing moisture if not correctly stored due to the wood as it really needs to come in a resealable bag, finish wise was a nice biscuit colour which once sanded took some staining well, no awfull smells while printing, in fact it was for me rather pleasantwarm wood smell, at this price point you cant go wrong as long as your prepared to tweak your printer setting before setting off on a long print, a second print was the obligitory groot my wife wanted.with this one i changed my settings slightly to give me a start temp of 205 for five layers dropping to 200, and a bed temp of 55, this seemed to stop the slight stringing i had on the first useable print, i dont really have any bad points on this filament bar the lack of a resealable bag which i consider a must, perhaps geeetech will take note of this, something to be aware of is this filiment seems a touch more brittle than usual pla filaments, something to remember when feeding it into a hot end/extrude
In use the filament printed well but on the smaller more intricate sections I did get a couple of places were there was a bit of under extrusion in the wall. On larger sections this never happened and I suspect it may be due to weeping filament as the head moves between sections. It may also be possible to reduce this with further tweaking of retraction settings.
It would be a 5 star review if it wasn’t for the claimed 5c temperature change will change the colour claim. I tried from 190-210c and other than the slight variation of colour I mentioned above, there was no noticeable colour change that I could attribute to the temperature changing. This is something other reviewers have also mentioned, but I still never got the full beige print they mentioned.
Overall I am impressed with the wood filament (and other Geeetech filaments in general) and would recommend them over all others as their price to performance/quality is very good indeed.