SemiFlex TPU 3D Printing Filament - 3mm .75kg - SNOW

After spending hours and hours trying to print NinjaFlex reliably, I finally gave up as it was just too much work.SemiFlex on the other hand prints beautifully but what's the point? NinjaFlex has enough perfect properties to be used in certain cases but it just doesn't print, SemiFlex I would say is the same as Nylon but of course this is a TPE, I really don't see any practical applications for SemiFlex apart from it just being used for Toys and stuff.Fenner Drives needs to work on their Chemistry as there is just too much water absorption with NinjaFlex, less so with SemiFlex. Customers can try to combat buckling which we have successfully done but inherent properties that hinder printing has to be worked on at their. The prices are vert high as well, it's just extruded TPU, the amount they are charging is off the charts, I almost paid $100 to get it to my Country, God!

I love this filament. I'm using a FlashForge Creator Pro and did not need to downlload the upgraded extruder piece another user recommended to make this filament work (I've been able to successfully print with regular NinjaFlex without the attachment as well). Not sure if that's because the printer, which I got for Christmas, now has plastic tubing guides to help guide the filament from the spools into the extruder, or if I've just been very lucky. I've printed out AppleTV remote bumpers and coasters successfully. I print at 230 degrees, print bed at 50 or 60 degrees, and slow my print speed to 1000-2000 /min. I slow the bottom and top layers down to 50% speed as well. I have to say that if anyone is having issues, the NinjaFlex customer service was very quick in responding to my questions and looked at pictures of my prints to help me improve my prints. It was all about print speed for me. The slower prints the better. Oh, and use blue tape instead of Kapton. I printed a couple of beautiful prints on Kapton and the print bonded to the Kapton and I could NOT get the two to separate. With blue tape, be careful to use tape without writing because if the print is too hot the writing from the tape will sometimes stick to the print. Hope this helps! I'll definitely be buying other colors soon!

Fun stuff. It is an 'expert' material and needs a lot of TLC to really dial it in, but it is fun. Prints slow and can be a bit gloppy on my Taz 6 with the Flexystruder Tool Head V2 with default settings. Fun to print things with zero infill... they are like squeeze toys.

Really great, I can't say enough about how great SemiFlex is. This filament is very strong and prints easily for a flexible filament. The black is very dark and uniform throughout the roll. I would recommend this filament to anyone with a 3D printer it's proved to be much more useful than I initially expected and more of the functional things I have made are out of SemiFlex than any other material.

Prints well with my printrbot. It's an interesting material with lots of potential. However, I imagine it's more useful for functional parts because often the surface finish doesn't look so great. This is largely due to the fact that you can't retract when printing with this material, so you end up with lots of stringy areas. That said, I can see this being used in projects in place of springs, or where cushioning is needed.

Really awesome material. You have to print hot and slow, maybe my hot end wasn't upto it or my settings weren't right as sometimes I get bubbles and clogs. When it works though, it is an amazing material!!If you are new to 3D printing, read about settings and required mods BEFORE you try to use this. I requires some special settings and possible equipment modifications. -1⭐️ For difficulty in useThe photo is a tire with integrated fan for and outrunner motor I use on my DIY eBike.

Great stuff if you are OK with the lower stiffness versus regular PLA. I hardly ever get a failed print with this because it is flexible to begin with.

I've been using all kinds of PLA/ABS and exotic filament in my Robo3D printer so it was only logical that I would try the NinjaFlex series of materials. I did some initial reading but nothing prepared me for what I would encounter. Let me first say that this material is miraculous. I would have never thought you could get something with the consistency and feel of silicon out of a hot metal printer.Although the material itself is very neat, this is certainly not something for the weak of heart. Right off the bat the temperature that you must print with this stuff is a very narrow range band. Too hot or too cold and it just doesn't flow right. Once you have it right, the next challenge is getting the material to not stick to the feeder. In most cases my burled gear simply spun making a mess and not pushing the material forward. I tried everything and was just about to give up when I happened to read an article where someone recommended that you use an oiler with the NinjaFlex to get it to push through the feed unit. Once I did that, it started working much better. My next step is to print an insole for my shoes then I can be Jellin while I'm printing. Great material, but certainly not for the beginner.