3ideaPLA Filament (Blue)

So far I've used several spools of eSun and some Elegoo with no issues. Wanted to give this a shot since it is slightly cheaper at the moment, and they have a selection of colors, but this 3idea filament is terrible in comparison to eSun and Elegoo. I'm having trouble just getting the Orcaslicer calibration prints to finish without failing because the print is coming apart. Retraction test went fine, did temp tower which came out OK except for overhangs which were very ugly, did the pressure advance test to dial that in as well, tried to do flow rate test but couldn't complete that without the print being pulled off the bed. I guess I can get this working with the right setup, swapping for a glass build plate and using glue etc, but for now I'm giving it 1 star because it does not seem worth the hassle as the price difference between this and better brands isn't that significant.I'm going to put this in my filament dryer overnight to see if that helps, if it does I'll update my review, but for now it's 1/5 stars for me.

The results I've had using this pla were just so bad compared to the ones I have used before.

After wasting hakf of it I have tried same settigns with Sulu, and all magically worked. This filament doesnt stick well, despite all settigns. It doesnt even come out well from the extruder, despite all temps and settings. It doesnt matter what amount of extrusion, what speed or temps, what abbay steps..whatever. This filament doesnt come out well from a high level printer (Troodon 400). Doesnt stick to the best type of PAE mag sheet. And it is only PLA. Pla should stick even on water

With any other brand filament i had no problems until i put this filament in. Popping sounds from the extrusion(could be humid filament), uneven thickness, adhesion problems. At first i Thought it was my printer and spent 3 days trying to fine tune my printer and slicer settings until i realized this is the only roll I had of this brand.As soon as i switched to my regular quality filament all my issues were gone and everything was back to normal and perfect. I am never buying this brand of filament again. To anyone reading this, you've been warned.

Ordered the Red one, it seems to be made from recycled material, the fabrication process seems to be uneven where as the filament is cracked in multiple places, printing causes uneven layers due to the mismatch in the amount of filament per mm, not every mm contains the same amount of filament, the variation in thickness is very high not the same as the advertised amount of +/- 0.03.

It wasn't air tight and the filament had brown scars

Print was not sticking to the base, Filament have blobs due to which filament getting stuck when entering hotend and print have to be stopped as the sensor will not catch that issue, basically you cant print with this filament as you have to restart print every 30 minutes to 1 hour.

not recommend

Good and Excellent filament. Excellent printing quality. Must buy product.

Ordered 500 gms spool, received 250 gms. So returned the product

Good product

Excellent

Media prints well. Very happy with the results, Item was delivered promptly too.