SUNLU PLA 3D Printer Filament, Neatly Wound 3D Filament, PLA
SUNLU PLA 3D Printer Filament, Neatly Wound 3D Filament, PLA Filament 1.75mm Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02mm, Bubble-Free, Fit for Most FDM 3D Printers, 1kg Spool (2.2lbs), 330 Meters, PLA Gray
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Durable Nylon-Like Resin
| Weight: | 998 g |
| Dimensions: | 20 x 20 x 6.4 cm; 997.9 Grams |
| Brand: | SUNLU |
| Model: | SUNLU PLA 3D Printer Filament |
| Colour: | PLA Grey |
| Manufacture: | SUNLUGW |
| Dimensions: | 20 x 20 x 6.4 cm; 997.9 Grams |
I have been using SUNLU PLA 3D Printer Filament for quite some time now, and I am thrilled to share my positive experience with this product. This review aims to highlight the exceptional quality and consistency that I have encountered throughout my usage of over 100 rolls.
First and foremost, the SUNLU PLA 3D Printer Filament delivers outstanding printing results. The filament consistently produces high-quality prints with excellent detail and precision. Whether I am working on intricate models or functional prototypes, this filament consistently meets my expectations.
One of the standout features of the SUNLU PLA filament is its consistent diameter and smooth feeding. This consistency ensures a stable and uninterrupted printing process, reducing the chances of clogs or extrusion issues. The filament flows smoothly and consistently, resulting in reliable and professional-looking prints.
Additionally, the SUNLU PLA filament exhibits excellent layer adhesion, providing strong and durable printed objects. The prints have good interlayer bonding, which enhances their structural integrity. This is particularly important when creating functional parts that need to withstand mechanical stress.
Moreover, the filament’s vibrant and consistent colors add a visually appealing touch to my prints. Whether I’m using bold and bright colors or subtle and neutral tones, the SUNLU PLA filament consistently delivers true and vibrant hues, enhancing the overall aesthetics of my 3D prints.
Another aspect worth mentioning is the filament’s compatibility with a wide range of 3D printers. I have used it with different printer models, and it has performed flawlessly across the board. This versatility makes it an excellent choice for 3D printing enthusiasts and professionals alike.
In conclusion, the SUNLU PLA 3D Printer Filament has been an exceptional choice for my 3D printing needs. With over 100 rolls used, I have consistently experienced outstanding print quality, reliable performance, and vibrant colors. The filament’s consistent diameter, smooth feeding, and strong layer adhesion make it a reliable and versatile option.
If you are seeking a high-quality PLA filament that consistently delivers impressive results, I highly recommend the SUNLU PLA 3D Printer Filament. Its reliability, compatibility, and consistent performance make it a valuable asset for any 3D printing enthusiast or professional.
I’m a total beginner, with 0 prior knowledge of filaments or 3d printing but this filament has been a dream to work with so far! I did have a little tangle but that was quickly sorted after my first print finished! Couldn’t be happier with the quality of my prints!
At only 16 a kilogram, this is the best performing filament I have ever tried at such a price. Straight away, prints stuck to the bed, and the colour is perfectly even.
Buy if you want great value for your money!
I’m using this brand of filament (SUNLU) for over 5 years.
I tried different brands but there was always something like: bad adhesion, inconsistent flow, high price, brittle plastic.
With SUNLU I always have good adhesion, plastic can be used even after sitting for a year on the shelf (unpacked).
Due to tight tolerance on filament outer diameter flow is consistent.
Currently we are looking on a 3d printer for a company and I did recommended SUNLU as a reliable supplier as I’m very satisfied with quality.
Keep going guys, you are doing well.
I am only just starting to learn 3D printing so very little prior experience to go on. The filament seems to work ok in the printer (Ender 2) and have successfully printed a few items. One thing tho’ is the frequency of the filament becoming stuck/tangled on the roll as it unwinds which has led on one occasion to an aborted print as the filament broke. Not sure if this is a printer thing, my loading or the filament roll.
At first, I had a lot of trouble with adhesion with the Sunlu Filaments on my Ender 3 with the glass bed, and also in a Flashforge with the PEI bed, but they’s print just fine on the blue surface in the Flashforge.
A bit of research revealed that the coating on the glass bed, and the PEI need to be toasty hot to activate the stickiness, and they loosen when they cool. Also, I was using the included Flashforge calibration card. I remembered seeing something about using A4 paper to do this, so I grabbed the nearest piece of A4 and set up the Z axis with that. It happened to be one of those extra thin sheets the NHS send their doctors letters out on.
Instant result. the build plate adhesion issue was solved and nothing even tries to curl at the edges now. I print on the glass bed at 75 degrees for the first layer and let it cool to 60 after that. this results in excellent adhesion and the cooler bed prevents upper layers from pulling the print up, while the initial temperature ensures the first layer has enough time to adhere before it cools. Also, be patient with thin flat prints, let the bed cool down completely with the print held in place before you loosen it, this will prevent warping. It’s the same story with a PEI bed. At first I took the PEI bed out of the printer when down and set it aside to cool quickly. I actually heard the print crack and warp as it cooled too fast!
So far, I’ve used 15 Different SUNLU filaments, Silk, PLA+ and PLA, all have been great and printed perfectly when using the recommended settings (and a nice tight Z clearance) strength is great on all, and no issues with bridging. The only jams I’ve experienced were on the horrible quality Flashforge, which got sent back, no issues yet with the Creality.
PLA+ needs the extra temperature but is a more consistent print with greater strength for it.
Even though the filament is fairly translucent on the roll I wasn’t sure how it would look when printed. Well, I can’t say just how blown away by it I am.
To show this I’ve printed a small staircase piece and attached photos to this review. Each “step” is 20x20mm and 1mm to 5mm in depth going up in 1mm increments. I’ve printed both the model flat and on its side to show how print direction affects clarity. This was all printed on an ender 3 pro with a 0.6mm nozzle and set at 0.2mm layer height and 10% infill, 60 degree bed and 210 degree hot end (this is the default setting for PLA for me) using Cura 5.1 as the slicer. I also included a photo of a small box & lid I printed. (its quite hard to take good enough photos to demonstrate how good these prints look in real life). Stringing seemed non existent.
I will 100% be buying more of this. Stuff just ‘looks cool’ printed in it.
This was the first filament outside of the manfacturer ones for the printer I have. The models come out well & it has a good colouration. The problem i have is that although stored as recomended (loop through the spool) when not in use, the filament still tends to get caught under itself, meaning you need to be nearby in case of tangles. The quality seems OK though, but I had to knock a star off for the tangles. I am sure I will try other eSUN filaments in the future
Relatively new to 3D printing, and the output is as much about the printer and the skill/knowledge of the user as it is about the PLA. So take this review with a pinch of salt. The PLA Quality is quite good, detailed prints can be a mixed bag but I had excellent results with the twin owl print test. Benchy test had mixed results, the boat was good quality but the text wasn’t legible (which could be slicer related). I’d buy it again as I’ve had some good prints from it.
I purchased this as an alternative to the white filament which they sell just to see. Having translucent parts looks really cool (no pun intended). While the white filament has the edge in my opinion as it is easier to see the first layers going down, this filament is great and well worth the purchase. I found 200 degrees for the nozzle and 40 for the bed seems to work pretty well.
First time buying the sunlu in green but turned out it is much more like neon green than a standard green. It prints well sticks to the bed well and very little stringing with it, printed good at 215 degrees on both a flashforge and an ender 3.
Stuff looks and prints awesome.
Only reason I’m giving a 4 star is the filament feels a lot tougher than my usual stuff so with a stock extruder you may want to play about with retraction some to avoid clogging.
Excellent quality filament doesn’t tend to do this snagging /clipping I’ve experienced with others meaning when printing it doesn’t leave little marks like a – every several layers.
been using this for a good while before leaving the review just to ensure it’s been good and honestly it will be the only filament I get from this point onwards for smaller prints such as the Grey unpainted Fox in the video I personally think I messed up the slicing on this but still turned out really well even without being polished up.
Included some pictures of 3D prints from using this of course bed leveling is a factor and so is the settings used when slicing 3D models but some filaments just are not the best and I’d rate this being up there for a solid affordable Filament to be used.
I do also need to use further adhesion but this is a preference of my own that I do when getting ready to print, I think a small coat of hairspray is ideal to get the first layers down and ready to go and helps when it comes to scaling taller prints.
Definitely recommend this filame
When i got this filament id just come of a bad PETG filament so was hoping for something good. and i wasn’t disappointed.
so far i have used a number of brands (5 in total now) and SUNLU is by far the best to date.
spent a few hours running this one in with some temp tests and retract tests etc and eventually got to a point i was very happy with. since then I’ve had nothing but good prints out of it. with the exception of one piece of a print lifting (as my bed was too hot).
so far out of this roll I have printed some puzzles for my kids, a coffee back clip, headphone cable tidy and various other little bits. really happy with it.
would 100% Recommend this filament to others
Very nice filament to print with. Sticks well to the bed (PEI flexi sheet), little or no stringing and a nice finish to it. I’ve found printing with the hotend at around 210C and the the bed around 60C gives very nice results. For completeness my printer is a somewhat modified Creality Ender 3.
Great adhesive ability and very nice finish.
I used it to print a 3D puzzle but probably wasn’t the right choice of prints. The colours really didn’t wow me and it took some time to change. I would recommend printing a large single print in the future.
A good product, I print at 210 and 55 on the bed, I ordered a repeat of my last order and it was a different batch number (which is normal) but it is a very different black to the old one, this is what you would call normal black, where the old was a more crystal slightly see through black. Still a great PLA
Tried a whole bunch of filaments and this is one of the best all round. Tried other filaments and had a massive problem with build-plate adhesion. This is great.
Main annoyance is the offer of 25% off if you subscribe to their Facebook page, but apparently you then have to recommend some friends to get the discount. They just want to get people on their Facebook page, and it’s taken me longer than it should to realise that they’re just bombarding my feed.
Amazon should probably check what they’re sending out in terms of “special offers”.
I have tried a number of the cheaper filaments as much of what I print is wargaming terrain and quality isn’t the primary concern. But so very many times I have ended up regretting saving a few pounds on the purchase when I get failed prints due to poor adhesion. However, SUNLU is the filament that I go to when I want a better quality print, it just has always worked for me on my Anycubic i3 Mega S max without having to do test runs and tweak settings. It even “feels” good quality compared to the cheap stuff.
It just quite honestly does what it says on the box, it reliably prints stuff. There are probably experts out there that will be able to get better fine quality prints ‘dialling in’ specific expensive brands, but for a general hobbyist, this stuff just works.
My biggest mistake when I started 3D printing was buying cheap unbranded filament. Saving myself maybe 5 to 7 a reel and giving myself a massive headache trying to get half decent prints.
This filament is awesome, IMH experience cheap stuff is either super transparent but shatters like glass every 5 minutes when going through the extruder, or flexible enough but so opaque you might as well print in white.
This is clear and prints so easily. Don’t get me wrong you aren’t ever going to print a completely glass like structure as its layed down in layers, but this does a very good job at making transparent shapes quickly.
One slight annoyance is that the spool hole in the centre is huge compared to every other reel I ever bought before, and bizarrely (on my printer at least) when the spool was just hanging from the printers spool arm it sets up some sort of resonant rattle from time to time throughout the prints. I am guessing a quick print of a spool spacer and all will be good on that front. When printing slow down the first layer but after that I easily printed geometric shapes at 50mm/sec +.
This is such a fabulous filament except for one little thing.
I’ve used 2 or 3 different dark coloured PLA filements with my Ender 3s, and this one has consistently resulted in the best print quality. It’s not quite as much of a true black in colour as some of the others I’ve used, I’d say it’s more of a very dark grey, but it’s not been an issue for me. The prints I have done with it have been superb, easily the best results I’ve had with any filament.
Considering this, it’s great value for money other than one little thing…
It’s the way the filament is wrapped is spooled. The other filaments I’ve had have been neatly spooled so as to cause no tension or friction as it naturally unwinds during a print. However, this filament is not so neatly spooled and so during the print it can often be heard making a noise due to the filament grippers on the printer pulling on the filament, but the filament being spooled messily and it not wanting to move. I strongly suspect this has caused issues with a few prints of mine (although the vast majority of prints with it have been excellent), and it’s such a shame as if it wasn’t for this, this filament would be close to perfect.
I’ll likely buy again for quality, but not for ease. Please sort this issue out and it will be brilliant!
I’ve managed to print some smaller parts with it, but sadly my printer is playing up on prints so I haven’t bothered doing anything over 2 hours just because I don’t want to waste material
So far, it seems that it’s pretty decent filament, I’ve been having stringing on some old filament that I had, so I wanted some better filament that also had something a bit more wow to it
This fitted the bill perfectly
Sadly, until I fix my printer issues (you know how these custom built printers go, you are printing fine and then it’ll just randomly decide to print nothing well)
I have nevertheless attached photos of my prints so far
I’ve not even worked out of the purple section yet, so the photos can at least demonstrate the nice shade of purple
However there are already a few photos of really decent prints on here so hopefully that’ll persuade you that it’s a nice colour
Ive not done any large enough prints yet to actually get out of large colour bands because in using vase mode but the colours are fantastic!
Arrived quickly within 24 hours (got to love that Prime delivery!) and the filament does not cross over on the roll, which is very important to avoid tangling and knotting. It installed perfectly onto the default spool holder on my Ender 3 Pro (which is more than can be said for some other cheaper filaments I have previously bought!) and was up and printing within a few minutes. I quickly set to task making all kinds of useful stuff. It has printed perfectly at 205 Celsius with negligible stringing.
Prints themselves are strong and function well, have attached a few pictures of those rather than the filament itself as the filament is exactly as shown on the factory pictures.
Not sure what more to add, overall a great filament even for beginners like me, will be purchasing again in the future.