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M**K
Prints beautifully!
Using this in my Voxelab Aquila printer and it is beautiful. I would call the finish "satin" - it's not quite matte, but it's not glossy. When sanded, it does give a nice matte finish. The prints have been very smooth and I haven't had any issues using this filament. I have even left it out in the open (not in a dry box) for a few weeks and it's still working perfectly. It is a great value!My only nitpicky thing: The grey color has a bit more of a blueish tint to it than I would like, but it still looks good.
-**-
Voxelab makes a great PLA+/pro!!
I just printed my way through a 1kg roll of Voxelab's PLA+ natural and I must admit, I'm pretty impressed with the results; no stringing, warping or bed separation whatsoever! The natural-filament printed great at ~212c on a 60c bed without any assistance and the prints are STRONG... they even have a pleasantly "sweet" smell to them, so that's a bonus.I experimented with infill %, sanding and painting the parts, gluing parts together and this PLA+ happily hung in there through all of it. I even left this filament sitting out while prototyping and never noticed any water degradation or even "popping" at the printer-nozzle during prints. Like I said before, impressive performance and impressive results.Only criticism I can muster, is the limited color choices in Voxelab's catalogue. It's safe to assume PLA+ in flat-black, OD/military green, and crimson red would sell like mad, but that's a small gripe about a great product.Buy it! Try it! You'll be buying more, trust me...
B**A
Orange-Red
It seems to be printing well at 210⁰C onto a 60⁰C glass bed, with no problems with adhesion, stringing or curl/warp. My gripe, despite the disclaimer, is that it's a very orange-red - which was not really what I had in mind when I chose to buy some red filament; for others, this might be ideal.
S**M
Product not true to picture.
Was looking for a deeper, darker red color, which is why I picked this product over its compeditors, as the picture shows a dark red.Nope. It is a very bright red that is almost orange. Much brightor than most reds. So thanks for the false advertising. The only reason I'm not returning this is that it is my only spool and for a new setup, and I want to go ahead and get my printer going for the first time.Very dissatisfied.
-**-
Warping and adhesion are both issues with this filament
I took a chance on this PLA Plus (Green and Orange) because of the cost and I liked the color green. I typically use Inland PLA Plus and have great success with it. I thoroughly dried the green filament using my filament dryer and tried to print using my standard Inland PLA Plus settings, (215 tool/55 bed) - Even at proper bed leveling, I got a ton of stringing, and 'cotton candy' on the first layer. I did a temp tower and noticed that NONE of the temps (180 to 225) matched the quality of print I was getting from the Inland filament. Nonetheless I went with 205 as the temp to try to print at. Still no luck. Squishing the first layer too much resulted in a useless torn up mess, not squishing enough led to warping after 3 layers. Returned both spools. Do not recommend...
S**B
Tough, but Clean!
I came back to purchase some more filament. but I found that the 2 pack (promotion?) was gone! But I still came back because this filament is great for printing. For reference, I'm using the Voxelab Aquila (Ender 3v2 clone) and it works nicely with a glass plate and brass 0.4mm nozzles. I'm not a heavy 3D printer and I find myself storing this filament quite often and find it collects moisture quite easy, resulting in misprints and clogs. This is a universal issue with PLA filaments and a dry out in a low temperature oven drives out what it absorbed. The glass plate in question has a black porous texture that makes it easy for filament to adhere and this filament sticks like hot wax, but flows like butter. I find the best print settings for strength and print quality are 211c in the nozzle and 55c on the build plate.
J**N
Its a filament, sure, but not one I'd go with again.
I first utilized settings I use for about 90% of my other PLA projects which were middle of the road for what the manufacture advertised, 205 nozzle, 55 bed and had the devil's own chore of getting a decent first layer. Once I dropped temps on the nozzle and raised them on the bed, I got an adequate first layer, but noticed some inconsistencies on the adhesion.I have an ABL so I wasn't concerned that my level was off, but thought that the smooth PEI sheet might have been the issue so swapped to a textured one... still some inconsistencies. I was able to get a first print out of the filament, but noticed some surface artifacts (zits) that may indicate moisture issues, so put the spool in the oven for a bit and tried another print.Similar issues.Given the light color and 'silky' quality of the filament the surface inconsistencies really stand out. To be fair: these are not horrible prints, just not suitable for anything more than functional prints.So: Minus a star for bed adhesion (tested on glass, pei smooth, and pei textured), and another minus for surface defects.Pick this up if its on sale and you need functional prints, but not if you want something that you need to rely on printing for show.
M**E
Durable, good dimensional accuracy, fun to color
This PLA Pro is as strong as any other PLA+ / PLA Pro. The dimensional accuracy is pretty good and the quality too, see Bench pics. This PLA Pro filament is more durable than plain Matterhackers PLA and the Matterhackers makes every-so-slightly pretty prints, just barely, and I could probably tune better. I use a Prusa i3 Mk3s and the "eSun PLA" filament presets.Note that all of my pics were from the same spool. The natural filament is translucent and can be colored with markers! I used the "Sharpie color marker blender" by Devin Montes @MakeAnything. The end result is usually a little lighter than markers - you'll get the hang of it.
G**9
The photo is not the same color
$25 for a roll of PLA, I didn't expect much. Bag was sealed tight and it prints well for the price. However the color is not red, More like safety orange. I baught this in hopes that it would be a dark red like the photo.
J**D
Great bed adhesion. Nice looking prints.
I was actually quite shocked for the price, I wasn't expecting that much. Great adhesion to the bed, probably more Superior than any other one I've used. Definitely need a scraper to remove. No strings printed with a heated bed. 200 tip/60 bed
H**E
Weak & temperature issues
This review is about my personal experience with the Voxelab Grey PLA+ filament. I always print a benchy to do a benchmark of each filament I buy and I’ve spent hours on this filament trying to get it to print decently and I haven’t had any luck (as this was the only filament I had these issues with).The photos are only showing few of many benchys I’ve been trying with this filament. As you can see the lower bow of the benchy is rough and this usually indicates a cooling issue with the printer.I’ve tried different cooling solutions and ducts and had no luck. I even tried printing at different temperatures, both the extruder and the heated bed. Also with different slicer settings such and speed infill.In comparison, the gold color filament (different brand) benchy is near perfect. And this was some left over filament I had from 4 years ago!So my main issues with this Voxelab Grey PLA+ is that it results in really weak infill, and major temperature issues.You might have different experiences with this filament.PS. The parts it did print well, did well; and the grey color was nice too.
S**N
hard to print with
I've been using some of the top-rated filaments for a year now without really any issues. Needed some black filament in a rush though, so I ordered this as it was cheap and available overnight.Biggest challenge is getting the first few layers down; it did not stick at all to my bed; hairspray wasn't enough, and I had to use painter's tape to get it to stick. Warping of the first few layers seemed to be common.It handled overhang angles poorly, and changing the printing temp didn't help. Tried with and without an enclosure.I got a double overlap of filament in the printing spool after 5 hours; not sure if it was my fault, but it happened only after several hours of printing. It caused some printing layering issues as a result.The material has a shine and for the most that part printed good. Typical stringing and strength was definitely there.For the price, it works fine if you're willing to learn how it behaves and not invest too long a print using it. I'm going to go back to an easier to use filament and spend a few bucks more.
F**K
Good at first
Great for 2 days, then insane stringing without changing printer settings, while levelling bed....Humidity at 30% ambient temps stays at 25CI used Sunlos equivalent to this filament and a week later no stringing issues, better consistency.Disappointed that I used this filament and can't return. Save your money and buy elsewhereEDIT: out of curiosity, I took my digital calipers out and got a few interesting readings from this filament. Measure over the course of 2m and got diameters ranging from 1.79-1.86.Something to consider
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