Looking for filament recommendations

gitbags · 20 Jan 2021 at 12:27

As per title, I've got an ender 3 V2 on order and would be grateful for some suggestions on what to buy or avoid when it comes to filaments.

I'm completely new to 3d printing so I was going to start with pla, I was thinking of buying a spool of Amazonbasics pla to get me going so I don't waste a spool of the more expensive stuff whilst finding my feet. It's this a good idea? Or should I just pay up to make my life easier?

Any pointers or suggestions will be glady received. I've had a look around and a lot of suggestions point to sunlu and hatchbox anyone had experience with either?

gitbags · 20 Jan 2021 at 13:01

ScoobyDoo said:
where did you order your printer from? im looking at delivery first week in February

Creality. Not sure when it'll turn up, they're showing stock in the UK warehouse so hopefully not to long.

gitbags · 20 Jan 2021 at 14:04

bulb66 said:
3dprintz ltd, 3dfilaprint, Filamentive, 3djakeuk to name a few places.

Remember the Ender's are PTFE lined hotends so a max temp of really only 240°c so it PLA, flexible and some PETg only on them. No higher temp stuff like abs, ASA, hips etc.

Noted, the abs issue isn't something I've read about as of yet but thanks for the heads up.

gitbags · 21 Jan 2021 at 16:08

Well my printers turned up so I'll be spending my weekend getting acquainted with it. I'll start with some of the suggestions for pla and go from there.

gitbags · 22 Jan 2021 at 14:22

deuse said:
Follow this https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html

I'll have a look tonight, cheers. I've already assembled and power tested my ender making sure I left the z stop higher than it needed to be so I don't crash into the build plate, so far so good.

Haze said:
With pla for normal colours, I aim for one that are about £15 a roll, never had a problem with any of the different brands I have brought so far

Any particular brand you find yourself coming back to?