eSUN3mm Black PLA PRO (PLA+) 3D Printer Filament 1KG Spool (2.2lbs), Actual Diameter 2.85mm +/- 0.05mm, Black

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I had high hopes for this filament - half the price of nGen and promising the ease of use of regular PLA. This turned out not to be the case, in fact I've had nothing but trouble with it. Every print I've made (other than one small piece) has warped and come loose from the bed, ruining the print.The instruction sheet that came with the roll includes this statement: "Due to the superb layer bonding, some customers have difficulty to get the print off bed." This statement is complete BS even without the Chingrish. Don't even think about using this material without a liberal coating of glue stick on the bed - it's like teflon if you don't use glue, and even with a coating of glue a piece of any substantial thickness will warp in the corners and rise up, ruining the print (nozzle scrapes on the lifted surface, stressing the printer and making a mess). This is due to a combination of poor adhesion and a strong tendency to warp (even with a heated bed). If your part is thin and has lots of surface area on the bed it may stick and complete successfully, but if it has any section more than about 10mm thick, it's going to warp and come loose.I tried a wide skirt on my last attempt, hoping it would keep things under control but the corners tore loose from the skirt and warped anyway. At least the skirt stayed stuck....... a full raft may resolve this but that adds to the misery of post processing (i.e. support removal), and hasn't been necessary with nGen for example.I'm using a Lulzbot Taz 6 (heated PEI bed), with heat settings recommended by the manufacturer (215C nozzle/65C bed). Maybe I can experiment and get better results but I don't trust this material now and am not willing to waste more time/money for little benefit (easier to just go back to nGen in spite of the higher price. You get what you pay for....?). BTW the print that's causing me grief (about 140mm x 180mm x 40mm thick) I have previously printed with nGen without drama. So the issue is this material, rather than something going on with the printer.Other than the adhesion problem this PLA PRO seems pretty good - tougher and less brittle than standard PLA, cheaper than nGen, and the print quality is fine when it works. The poor adhesion is the only issue I've had - if you can figure some way to get it to stick to the bed then I suspect you'll like it fine.I've used up almost the entire roll now and only got one usable part. At least the stuff is cheap, I didn't waste too much money on this failed experiment.Bottom line: not recommended.

Good strength and dimensional consistency. Will buy again.Not perfect:Color is uneven, see banding in picture attached.Ultimaker 2+ settings: I found the bed temperature to produce warping at 60C, but it was solved by lowering bed temperature to 40C

I bought a roll of purple eSun PLA+ on a whim when I was first getting started with my Taz 6. I almost forgot about it for nearly a year until I had a couple of prints to do this weekend and purple seemed like a good color.Originally I tried the PolyLite PLA default settings, but with 210C (since I read that this filament prints hotter) and a 2.79 diameter filament (measured with a micrometer). The calibration cube came out accurate within a tenth of a millimeter. But with one model ("Kirb") there was a fair amount of stringing on the supports, and some zits in the surface.For my next attempt I lowered the temp to 205C and changed retraction to 4mm and 30mm/second. I printed Batman Buddha with no supports. Came out great. I was kind of surprised that I could get away with no supports. There was a slight sagging of a couple of layers under his chin, but it looks much better than the marks that support removal would leave.This is great stuff that's easy to use and looks great. I will definitely be buying some other colors.

This stuff is great!I have been using regular esun PLA since I purchased my printer about a year ago. I saw the PLA+ here sold by INTSERVO and after reviewing it elsewhere, INTSERVO provided me with another role to review here. Let me tell you that it is night and day differences between regular PLA and PLA+. Even though there is recommendations to print it a little slower, I found that I do not need to change any sort of settings to get better quality out of this filament. There is better qualities that have been addressed from the older PLA. This PLA+ strings a lot less and has a much smoother surface quality.The pictures attached show regular PLA on the left and the improved PLA+ on the right. You can definitely see improved surface quality on the right Marvins as well as improved overhang. The top of the print has smoother surface as well. I haven't been able to test out the strength differences between the different materials but I plan on using this PLA+ on some structural parts for an enclosure for my printer.I would definetly give this a shot if you are curious about it. I have only used esun and couldn't be happier. Great quality and great price.

I have successfully printed multiple parts that required few retractions, and the parts are truly beautiful. I will continue to buy this, for certain parts. Not as silvery as I would like, but good enough.I have printed small parts with pointy teeth (pointing up on the z-axis) that required many frequent filament retractions, and were left with blobs and strings that no amount of retraction adjustment or other tweaks seemed to fix (see pic). I use a Lulzbot TAZ-6, and have a couple of years' experience with tweaking settings to get nice-looking parts. So: your results may vary. It is a little less brittle than the regular PLA, but also softens/distorts more readily (in, for instance, hot water).