ELEGOO PLA 3D Printer Filament 1.75mm Black 2KG

Update 10/04/2024: BACK AFTER 1 DAY SHY OF A YEAR! So it turns out the filament wasn't the issue, but was a hot end fan and a power supply fan that were causing the issue. Apparently they were both dying and not cooling the heat sync and/ or power supply adequately. Those were causing intermittant issues with almost all filaments other than one brand that starts with and O. This filament is printing really well currently, and havent had an issue with since doing a major overhaul of my entire hotend assembly and replacing the powersupply fan. 5 Stars for Quality of the filament 5 Stars for quality of the prints with the filament 5 Stars for Elegoo Customer Service (Though they should get 10!) 5 Stars for Elegoo all around from me! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 10/05/23: If I could rate customer service at Elegoo, I would give it 5 stars! Very responsive, and willing to try to get issues taken care of in a timely manner. However, I am settling on a 2 star review of Elegoo's PLA and PLA+. I was sent 2 rolls of their PLA+ to replace the PLA rolls that I purchased, and spent the better part of 2 evenings experiencing the same issues that I originally had with their regular PLA (Under extrusion, clogging, etc.). I even went back and used my filament drier on both of the previously purchased rolls of PLA for 60 hours each, and still am unable to print with them. I love Elegoo, and will always recommend their resin/resin printers, but I can not recommend their filament at this time. I'm going to try to dry out the PLA+ rolls for 80 hours each and see if that makes a difference. Update 09/25/23: Adding 2 stars to my original review. Elegoo customer service was super quick and friendly with a response and reached out to me to offer an option to replace or refund my purchase. I chose to have them replace the rolls, and they stated that they would be sending out their PLA+. Will update review again once I get a chance to test out the new rolls! I bought 2 spools of the black, and printed just fine through half of the first one. Then I started having issues with adhesion, under extrusion, and clogs in my hot end. I was printing at 205C, and leved the bed between each failed print just to rule those 2 factors out. I even tried to increase the temp, but still had print failure after print failure. So I thought maybe the filament had taken on some moisture. I opened the second roll, and the SAME issues developed. I love most other Elegoo products, but would steer clear of this filament for now.

For starters, it arrived quickly. I am becoming increasingly impressed with Elegoo filament. It's consistent and prints beautifully. It has good print bed adhesion and is nice and tough. The finish is always nice.

Elegoo is the way to go. Never have printing issues with this brand.

Edited and appended to the bottom of review!!! Drying made all the difference as issues went away after drying and with the other samples Elegoo sent me to test out. Leaving the original review for posterity, because some might not know how to even deal with wet filament. ****This filament is priced where all others should be priced. The print quality is sub par, it prints, but causes a lot of surface “zits” I would say that’s due to moisture, but drying only marginally helped. With that said it’s affordable and actually where all other filaments should be priced, and if you need a filament to bang out pieces for testing and appearance or surface texture isn’t important at the moment then this is the filament you’re looking for. As you can see in the photos the surface is littered with “zits” in the 3rd image with no flash you can see along the edges how they are just randomly everywhere. 4th image is another print from same printer same settings. While you can see layer end points by the white specs, if you look there’s no “zits” which leaves the surface feeling even and has it should feel. In summary has the right price, not suitable for the final print. I with one caveat if you are going to sand and paint your final print anyway then this would be a 4-4½⭐️ go for it.**** After completely drying the black filament at 150° for 30 hours all the issues went away. Elegoo also sent me some white and blue to test. The small test prints with those have shown favorable results. Sometimes you get a wet batch, but once dried it’s been smooth sailing. Will buy again specially at this price. Last photo is the latest print with the black filament after being dried.

The color is not as nice and shiny as the rapid pla plus however it is still a nice black. It will not be a repurchase from me as I enjoyed the experience of the rapid more. I did see that this one did not stick to the plate as well so I had a lot more of print tragedies. Overall very good though

Worth the money, high quality, and prints well. I really appreciate the measuring scale on the side of the role to let you know how much is left vs how much the print requires.

New review: Customer service reached out to me and offered to make things right and sent me some replacement filament and the new filament does not clog. I think the original filament I bought may have been from a bad batch but their customer service is absolutely top tier. I most definitely will be buying this filament again. Old reviews: I got 1 good print from this filament. I have tried everything to stop it from clogging, keeping my print chamber warm, cracking the door, external fan, keeping the chamber cool, fully opening the door with an external fan. Now it doesn’t even make it to the extruder, my printer tells me that it can’t be loaded or extracted, pull it out and nothing is wrong with the filament. Switch to a different one and it prints just fine. No idea what is wrong with the black filament from them but don’t get it

Awesome. I love elegoo filament. The colors are accurate and it doesnt clog or tangle. My printer flows the filament fine and prints it quickly. Current printers: Bambu X1C, Ender 3 V3 KE

Hace unas semanas escribí esta reseña dónde odié completamente este filamento, pero tengo que actualizar mi opinión al respecto y explico por que, al igual dejo mi antigua reseña específicamente para el color negro... Posterior a poner mi reseña, el equipo de Elegoo se puso en contacto conmigo para saber más al respecto de lo que había pasado y porque estaba poniendo esa calificación tan mala (era de 1 estrella) después de mostrarles fotos de como quedó todo y de la pésima calidad, decidieron enviarme unos rollos de prueba pero esta vez en color blanco. La verdad ni siquiera los quería poner en mis máquinas porque tenía miedo que fueran a dañar algo, así que me tardé como 2 semanas en tener el coraje de probarlos nuevamente. En la nueva prueba todo salió perfecto, el color es muy bueno, de hecho se ve mejor que otros filamentos más caros, al menos el color blanco salió perfecto en todas las pruebas que hice, incluso ya lo lleve a proyectos reales de clientes y todo salió perfecto. Unas pequeñas anotaciones que debo hacer acerca de este filamento, por alguna extraña razón deja algunos pequeños puntos como si el filamento se hubiera quemado de más, la temperatura no es el problema, no sé si tenga algo el filamento que ocasiona esto, no siempre pasa, pero si de los 2kg que he usado me ha pasado cada 200 o 300gramos que deja unas pequeñas marcas de quemado, nada que no se tape en la siguiente capa, pero si las deja en la capa exterior o en la pared eso si sería un problema! Mi nueva calificación va más por el excelente servicio al cliente que tienen y porque el color blanco si me funcionó, lo seguiré comprando? no lo sé, pero si podría recomendarlo. ------ reseña vieja del color negro ------- Me dejé llevar por los comentarios positivos que tenía este filamento sinceramente, solo leía que excelente producto, que todo perfecto, que es mejor que muchos filamentos mas caros. Entonces decidí darle una oportunidad a este filamento y probar si me sirve para las piezas que hacemos. Ni mal lo pusimos para empezar a hacer pruebas de filamento y poderlo ajustar y fue un desastre total, deja unos pelos blancos que no entendemos de donde salen si el filamento se ve perfecto, la temperatura esta a una temperatura normal de 205° la adhesión esta bien, pero de eso en fuera es una perdida de dinero tratar de usar este filamento. Sale mas barato gastar en un filamento mas caro pero que no vas a tener problemas, a ahorrarte $100 - $130 pesos por kg y tener este filamento. Tenía la esperanza de que fuera a funcionar y poder bajar los costos de impresión, pero al parecer tendré que quedarme con las marcas que aunque son mas caras sé que no voy a tener ningún problema. No soy nuevo en la impresión 3D así que no es una mala configuración y esa prueba la hemos hecho mil veces con todos los filamentos y nunca había visto estos resultados con ningún filamento que hemos comprado.

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Excelente, no es brillante pero tampoco lo consideraría mate, se imprime bien en mi Bambú A1, CUIDADO con el AMS si lo pones y para sacarlo lo jalas de un solo lado se puede despegar el cartón y se desahace el rollo

Hay que andar ajustando y ajustando la impresora por que no adhiere bien a la cama. He probado Creality y sin problema, a este siempre hay que andarle haciendo algo para que se quede fijo en la cama. Tengo una Bambu A1 Mini y no ha sacado ninguna pieza perfecta.