Printed great out of the wrapping, perfect bed adhesion. No issues with layer adhesion, or warping, and didn’t even use a glue stick. This was used as the very first print on a new Bambu H2S with AMS, using the stock generic PCTG profile. It did get a little stringy after a couple of prints. The stringing started relatively soon, but a round of drying in the AMS took care of that. One of the rolls did have a piece broken on the spool, so I’ll have to transfer it to another roll to use it. If not for those two issues, I would have gladly given 5 stars.
I tried to use it but never could get it to print right. Printed 10 Vororn cubes and they were all different and all different in size. Changed PA but couldn't get it as good as I have other filaments. Did everything except slow the print speed to 60mm/s, which is really a bit slow. Nozzle temp was 270, bed temp was 90. Great adhesion. Just tares and rough places in the print
This is god quality filament. But, It is not even close to Gunmetal Gray. I didn't buy it for the name of the color though, rather by the color displayed on the website. It is more like Medium Gray.
Honestly, no real problems at all. I did have a bit of adhesion issues to start. (Prusa Mk4 MMU with a textured PEI print sheet), but swabbing the sheet with 91% isopropyl alcohol and spraying with a bit of hair spray fixed that).
Will definitely buy again.
The filament is great. The only issue is there is no profile for a Bambu Labs X2D. I modified the one for the P2S so it would work on my X2D printer. The only issue I have had is the filament is very runny at the start of the print but prints fine after that. It may be something with the profile.
Norman,
We apologize for the oversight on the X2D profile! It has been added to the downloadable profiles folder. We will also send it to you in an email.
We are so glad to hear you like the filament!
Best,
The AF Team
The PCTG that American Filament produces has become one of my favorite filament blends.
And the fact that is produced locally is a super plus.
Great filament, Has a nice finish.
I've used a few kinds of PCTG now, and AF has given me the most consistent results with the least amount of defects. It's by far my favorite, and my goto for functional parts.
In a Bambu Lab P2S using BL generic PCTG preset prints very nicely. I originally purchased the Obsidian Black to test. Every print cam out very nice and clean. I like the design of this filament it is not a sponge like PETG and I live in central Alabama where the summer humidity is oh so fun. This filament save me time and is always ready to go even in the summer. I like the toughness the fact that it can take the heat well and its not a sponge- Great afordable go to Filament for many projects.
Awesome color and it prints out so nice. Great layer adhesion
I think it’s great wish you guys had a profile for either the elegoo slicer or orca slicer
This PCTG filament met all my expectations. Loaded the filament into my P1S with no drying, imported the Bambu profile provided by American Filament and this stuff just prints. The only change I made was to adjust the shrinkage to 99.4% and I am getting accurate tolerances for fitted parts. The finish is also pretty nice.
The color is great and the PCTG is fine but depending on what you’re using it for it mighT not be the best use scenario for a hanger or something supporting weight I printed 2 hangers for a shelf hook and one broke immediately. Both were printed under same conditions.
So far it’s printing great, but I’ve only purchased one roll to test.
Filament was amazing, ran great and nice finish.
4 stars because of customer service. I have sent a question in and a request but haven’t heard anything. It’s been quite sometime with no responses at all.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review; we always appreciate feedback, it helps us do better in the future! I apologize for the slow response to your customer service question, we are a small team & each have to wear many different hats every day so customer service inquiries get ranked & responded to by urgency. We did receive & read your email and will be getting back with you ASAP!
I haven’t used it yet but love the fact it was shipped quickly and securely. Only wish I could have gotten the ruby red for the same discounted price.