3D Solutech Silver Metal 3D Printer PLA Filament 1.75MM Filament, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 2.2 LBS (1.0KG) - PLA175TCMS

Printed an Onyx (pokemon) with this stuff and it came out well

UPDATE: so I reached out to Solutech about my issue and after sending them some photos, description and lot number they took care of the issue for me. Great customer service .So I have used this brand and particular for several rolls and usually lover it as it was one of my go to beans and colors, probably because this is what I first started printing with. I have gone through probably 3-4 rolls of it. This last one had been a horrible experience. I opened a fresh package of the 3D Solutech Filament in silver. It was alright and seemed packaged ok. As I was trying to load it into my extruder it snapped, I thought ok that unusual. I noticed it was extremely stringy while it was printing and then snapped again while printing. I took it out and dried the roll in my Filament dryer. It seemed to help slightly but had it snap off again in mid print. I used a different roll of Filament to verify my machine wasn't the issue and it printed beautifully. I dried it again and had about failure. I am just passed my return window to send it back.3D Solutech, please make this right. A freshly opened roll of airtight for that was purchased 3 months ago should not act like this. I might have to find a different go to brand.

I have never had a problem with this brand, and have bought several spools. I like the silver color. It just works great with no problems.

This has been my go-to filament since 2018. I've always been able to get consistently good results even with the default printer settings and, after some tuning, it's been a "set-and-forget" type of filament with no problems. The colors came out nice, and the sparkly metallic texture gives it a unique look. I've never had any extrusion issues, and printed objects always had a smooth glossy finish. Prints were on par with the Prusa filament that came with my printer, and for the price, it was an unbelievable deal.However, my last roll (purchased in late 2020) has been nothing but trouble. I can't tell if it's under-extruding or over-extruding since it's showing a bit of both! The top layers of my prints have been coming out super-rough or even with wavy patterns, but solid infills look stringy and thin. Oddly enough, it still adheres remarkably well to the bed.The filament doesn't look or feel any different than before, and I measured it to be the same diameter, but it simply refuses to produce good prints. As a comparison, I loaded in a previous roll of the exact same filament purchased earlier last year, and it prints flawlessly with the same settings. I've tried contacting customer support, but my emails have gone unanswered for nearly a week now.After lots of tweaking and tuning, I was finally able to print with acceptable quality. Although it can't compare with what I was getting on previous rolls, it doesn't produce any major defects anymore. I want to believe this is simply a bad batch, as this is the first time in two years that I've had trouble with this filament. However, if that's indeed the case, it doesn't speak well for quality control.

The media could not be loaded.  This is the only PLA I use now. I have printed with white, black, and this one. Best bang for the buck. See my pictures of my layers and you'll see why. I print mostly functional parts and its exactly what I need. I'm printing on a CR-10 with a bigger 0.6mm nozzle, stock hot end 65C bed temp with 215C hotend, Stock fan cooling Fang, Print speed 95mm/s (Fast), layer height of 0.26 (with a 0.4mm nozzle I print between 0.08 - 0.20mm and details are crisp) coasting on, retraction at 6.5mm 85mm/s, No cooling first layer and 100% after that,. Prints like butter and strong as hell. The layer adhesion is amazing as long as your printer is setup correctly, proper first layer squish, and level bed. Never have any stringing either. This filament prints nice from 200-215c in my experience using a 0.4mm nozzle as well, and I print on mirror with a little Tresemme' hairspray, never had a failed print. Diameter is always 1.75-1.77 and very round. Spools are pretty good and tight, I wish they would put a longer window in the side of their spool, instead of just that small hole, so you can better gauge how much is left. Make sure to keep it sealed and or dry it out in the over or dehydrator to keep it printing nice. It's your fault if you print with water logged filament. I've learned most of the time if you buy good consistent filament like this and have problems that it's probably your machine, slicer settings, heat range, or even loose bolts on your machine. So keep printing and learning as 3D printing is a lot of troubleshooting and is not for idiots ;)

The filament is good. i had one issue. i must have had a bad section of the roll my printer. it would jam up. i had to babysit the printer but after about 2 or 3 2 hr prints with the temp upto 225 on the nozzle must have been enough to get me past it. then i was able to lower my nozzle temp down to 215 i just finished a 19 hr print with no issues @215 product came out great. reason why it is only a 3 star. I knocked off one star because of the jamming issue. and the 2nd star knocked off is because of supply I went to order more but now i see its currently unavailable. The silver color is good matched my filament that came with my prusa i3 mk2s just fine. but if you dont have it in stock i cant order it from you. so now i got to try a different brand. If they can fix the distribution of the product i would up this to a 4 star. and order more. i did not have any 1st layer issues 1st layer always looked good. i clean it with IPA. the packaging was sealed everything was great on that end. biggest complaint is lack of access gave one star back supply getting better does a good job @ 215 with the bed at 50 been running nice on my 3rd spool with 2 more waiting to run im going to try to stick with these guys

The media could not be loaded. Never had tried the metal type filaments so this will be my first purchase in this type of filament genre.First off the negatives. ............................................................. Now that is out of the way, I'll tell you fellow Amazonians what I do like!It was packaged well, the vacuum sealed bag was intact with typical desiccant bag to absorb moisture.It was wound perfect on the spool as I had zero issues regarding snags on the filament as it unwound.I had zero pops, hisses or spatters when using this metal PLA = zero moisture issues.To me the " metal " look as is described is accurate. I also own 2 different grey filaments and the grey are well just a flat grey look whereas this metal filament has that shiny sheen look just like how a piece of metal would reflect light.The filament was strong and not brittle. I could easily loop a 4" circle without this filament snapping.My standard like many others, the tried and true 3DBenchy. Whenever I try a new filament I always do a test print right off the bat before I do anything else so that I can gauge how well the new filament prints in terms of extrusion speed, print speed, nozzle temperature, bed temperature. At times I may bump up or down a speed or temperature to get the most out of the filament however any filament that I've tried over the years, the manufacturers printing specs should be followed. For most PLA that 200 C area is the golden nozzle temperature and that general 60 C mark works for nearly all PLA filaments I’ve come across, this is no different.For extrusion speed, this will always vary greatly on individual machines so I will never give recommended speeds.While there are always bad batches of filament I find most printing issues are with not knowing how that individual machine preforms. Pushing the 3D printer that extra 10 - 15% can be enough to give extrusion issues.For this 3D Solutech Silver Metal PLA filament I run myself at 80mm/second, 60 heat bed and 205 nozzle for what I call a draft print. I've not had an issues with this filament as I find as my picture states it is true dimensionally at 1.75mm. I have had zero pops = no moisture issues. Prints are clean and impressive I find especially with my personal draft settings.I print with a Frankenstein machine I put together from various aftermarket parts which I find work very well for my 3D printing needs. I usually run between 50-70mm/sec with fine detail and if I need a draft in the 80-100mm/sec mark. For making videos of my prints I usually do a 80mm/sec print for the sake of lowering print time.TIP ► If you open the factory sealed filament package and only use part of the spool at a time, please reseal the bag or use ziploc type bags. Filament will absorb moisture from the surrounding environment and this can lead to extrusion issues as well as the dreaded ' filament pop ' .TIP ► What I do when I only use a part of a spool at a time is to use those small little desiccant packages that come with electronic items and put a few of them into each ziploc bag sealed with the partly used filament spool. The desiccant packages will continue to absorb moisture within the bag itself leaving your filament in like-new condition.TIP ► If your able take a look at using PEI as a print bed surface, that stuff is amazing for holding PLA filaments. If you put down a new PEI sheet I suggest to take a piece of 1000 grit sandpaper and lightly go over evenly the entire surface. You'll be amazed at how well this stuff works.TIP ► Personally I only print on spring steel WITH PEI on top for any PLA filament, for any type of print job, for on any type of machine. I find the with the steel after the print is cool just slightly flex the steel bed and the print will just pop off with zero issues.Yes, I can recommend this to others.Helpful, is how I hope you find my review

3D Solutech Silver Metal 1.75mm PLA 3D Printer Filament 2.2 LBS (1.0KG) - 100% USA  It's good quality, good consistency PLA. Set your bed temp to 60-65 centigrade and your hot end temp between 195 and 205.I had some minor stringing issues, but this was resolved by turning down the temp a bit and enabling Coasting in CURA. Printed about 150 grams so far and no clogging or other issues yet. The filament has all been consistently 1.75mm, so no extrusion issues.The color is a nice semi-metallic gray - kinda a dark pewter colour.I'll definitely be trying their other colors.Update 31-12-2018 : Had to update my review to two stars. After getting 60-70% through my first roll I started having a lot of problems with moisture content in the filament causing sputtering and partially missed layers, which ultimately makes for failed prints. I had already ordered a second roll and started using it today and so far no issues - but it wasn't consistent to the last batch and I had to drop my extruder temperature by nearly 10 degrees to prevent extreme stringing and still have to modify my retraction settings. I have to suggest building a whole new Slic3r profile for each roll, including calibration testing for consistency.If you're new to 3D printing, having water flash-boil in your hotend sounds like muffled "Pop" or "Thunk" and the way this looks on your print is like a partially clogged extruder, you'll get a partial line that barely (if at all) adheres to the next layer. Nothing's quite so frustrating as getting halfway through a 8 hour print, only to hear a few dull "pops" and to see your part barely holding the last few layers on.I cannot recommend this filament any longer due to the problems of moisture and inconsistency. Much better to pay a similar price for other well-known brands that are consistent roll-to-roll and don't have moisture issues.Update 31-12-2018 30 minute later...I'm getting moisture issues with this roll too! I'm very upset and have updated the review to 1 star. The second roll has been sitting in it's vacuum sealed bag with it's bag of desiccant, completely untouched since it arrived at the end of October - and it got halfway through a small print and started popping and sputtering. Save yourself the wasted print time and headache, just buy something else. 3D Solutech Silver Metal 1.75mm PLA 3D Printer Filament 2.2 LBS (1.0KG) - 100% USA

When I first used this PLA (Silver)I was disappointed in that the filament was wound poorly on the spool and seemed to catch quite often and I had to keep a close watch. Also there was a fine dark dust like substance falling from the spool and I had to put a small cloth to keep that from entering the extruder. After using a few feet the tangles cleared up and the rest was wound very good with no more particles beneath the spool. Not sure what that was but now all is good and very happy with the product and it's color. I have used Solutech white PLA and it's very good...actually like it a lot. I will try the Silver again when this spool nears it's end. I'm happy.

I have gone through almost 10 full rolls of solutech filament in a range of colors and it has always performed very well for its price. I started 3d printing on an acrylic i3 clone and then later upgraded to a prusa i3 mk3. Despite the large difference in the quality of the machines I have used, they both took every type of solutech filament with no issues. I have also used parts printed in this filament in costumes which have been used consistently for three years both inside and outside in a range of temperatures and weather conditions. Despite the uv radiation, water exposure, and physical stress over this long period, the parts have remained very solid and the colors have stayed just as vivid as when they were first printed.Printing Specs:Prusa i3 mk3200°C Extruder Temp.60°C Bed Temp.No issues printing at up to 200mm/s and layer heights from 0.05-0.2mm

Hey this roll has been great to print with. No jams size has been consistant and prints have turned out acurate and strong. Color has a slight metal like sheen to it. Especially for the price I am very Satisfied with this brand. Using a Anycubic i3 Mega.