Amazon Basics PLA 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm, Silver, 1 kg Spool

Great quality PLA at a great price. Would totally recommend it to anyone. The packaging was very appropriate.

The reel is a bit larger than I was expecting, its 200mm by 75mm not the normal (ish) of 195mm by 65mmCant comment on the quality of the PLA an I need to transfer it to a smaller reel so it fits in the printer (FlashForge Dreamer)

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.

While I haven't been 3D printing for long, it's literally opened up doors that I had previously never imagined possible. Pictured is one of my ribbon microphone tools (you can find these on Thingiverse as they are fully open source hardware). This particular tool corrugates the ribbon between two closely meshed gears. This was printed on a TronXY Pro 2 printer (similar to an Ender 3 but with fairly old, and buggy, Marlin software) and a stock 0.4mm nozzle.Despite that the prints are pretty much faultless. Bed adhesion (heated) was good and the filament performs well at a range of temperatures. This pearl lustre is pleasant and while this filament was surprisingly good for the price and produced mostly tools (I bought this instead of white by mistake) it should be excellent for decorative prints and lithophanes.What really surprised me was the addition of simple but thoughtful things that I hadn't imagined would come att his price: specifically a re-sealable bag and some moisture absorbent material in the reel! This is really neat because unless you've heard about the vacuum cleaner bag trick, it will allow you to store your PLA for months at a time when not in use and not end up as wetter than my washing when I left it out in the rain *(again).PLA isn't the worst offender for its hygroscopic properties (nylon takes that crown) but it is still prone to it, particularly in the summer months when air is holding more moisture.

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.

Hi, usually i dont write reviews , becuase English is not my nativ language. But because of some small details on this filament from Amazon Basics i really want to write one. First of all i posted a few pictures with the product, for who really want to check it before buying it. I wanted to buy a cheap fillament for a beginer like me, i wanted to buy this cheap filament so i can use it for some small projects, and because it was cheap i wanted to see 1 spool and after that to order a few extra more. 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.