HATCHBOX PLA 3D Printer Filament, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 1 kg Spool, 1.75 mm, White

I can't stand it any longer. Several years ago, I bought a spool of Hatchbox white PLA and I loved it. I consider this brand to be one of my favorites. Having used up my initial spool, I went back to buy another and noticed the price had dropped from $30 to $20, which was a great deal. Nevertheless, there seems to have been a good reason for it. As I opened the new spool of threads, the new one is terrible, so I presume they switched manufacturers or suppliers. A variation of around 0. 1% is observed in diameter. This causes underextrusion issues pretty frequently, causing noticeable banding throughout the print as well as a poor adhesion between layers. As well, the new stuff is more brittle than the old Hatchbox had some flex in the original version. It's just snappy with this new stuff. As a result, I printed test objects all day, replace my tube, replace my nozzle, and clean out my hotend as I thought my printer was having problems. There was no fix for Finally, I ended up printing smooth again because I tried another spool of PLA known to be good. Prints returned to terrible once I switched back to the Hatchbox. Hatchbox used to be a trusted company to recommend to everyone, so I hate to condemn it because of a single experience, but I'm not sure if I want to buy from them anymore now.

Finnegan Lim

| Mar 31, 2021

Although I don't know if the other reviews are accurate or not, my spool prints just fine. Based on the reviews, I was afraid to try this filament, but I needed the color and 3D Solutech (my main I have used about 600g of this stuff, from structural parts to high detail models, and so far I have not experienced stringing, underextrusion, filament failure, or wound filament that cannot be used. Here are the settings used to print the included picture A printer is needed 3*Slicer for the Reality Ender Ultimate Cura 4 is an upgrade from Ultimate Cura 3 The Resolution/Layer Height should be set to 0* Density of infiltrated particles - 2 mm Temp. of the nozzle at 100%. The temperature in the bed is 205C. A 65 C
Print Speed is a requirement There is an average wind speed of 80 m/s

Ambient temperature is 34 °C. The temperature was 23C (73F). Total time 6h 47m 13s EDIT (1/4 of the spool of filament was not used). Yes, I can honestly say that I don't see much problem There is barely any left on the spool, no problem. I shot another large amount of it. We printed some more pictures that did not have any problems using the faster print speed setting, the larger layer size, and less infill. I mean, I can understand if people complain that it does not look like injection molded plastic, but can we be honest, it is A course setting is used to 3D print it. The prints look great, so it shouldn't be a negative. The layers and print look smooth enough as they are, so maybe I should have tweaked my settings a bit more for finer layers, but I didn't bother it My recommendation is to try to check your slicer settings if you are still having problems. You might want to do a quick test print first at a coarse setting just to make sure the object comes out well. Until you find the right settings, tweak it a bit until you have the right result, and adjust the layer size based on the level of detail you require. In case you require a baseline to work from, I have provided a brief summation of settings Nonetheless, I will buy more colors to see if the results of the experiment are consistent across all the colors of the rainbow.

Vivian Carlson

| May 29, 2021

As this was my first and last Hatchbox experience, it was both memorable and disappointing. It’s not as cheap as what I usually get, but everyone is always raving about it, so I figured I’d spend a little more on Despite our best efforts, the experience was horrendous. As a result, I have my printer disassembled because of high melt temperatures and layer to layer adhesion that is so inconsistent. Using every temperature between 180 and 210 and every heated bed between 45 and 65, I felt the discomfort of every temperature. There was a point when I thought I had hit the magic combo, but then the next print looked awful. In addition to that, the bed was level, and all other parts of the printer were working fine. I've never had issues with the cheapest stuff like 3D Mars or Solutech. Once I get those working, they work well forever.

Selene Vaughn

| Dec 26, 2020

As of this writing, I have received a third reel of hatchbox filament I was told was of dimensional accuracy A maximum thickness of 03mm, but has a +/- It seems there is a widespread problem with hatchbox. This was printed in color 05 on the reel (other reels were different colors). I have, however, measured as high as 1 before, even though that measurement isn't accurate. A measurement of 83mm is possible It is 8mm). Additionally, there are some loose black pieces of something (dirt/grime) scattered through the reel, which look unattractive with white filament, not to mention the possibility of clogging the hot end with that gunk. In terms of the filament itself, the plastic seems to flow and stick fine, however, the lack of quality assurance/quality control and outright lying about the dimensions render this filament unusable. It is possible to get better value for less money.

Edith Duffy

| Jun 08, 2021

This device cools relatively slowly to the point where even with a fan and the lowest recommended temperature of 180*c, it produces very messy Essentially, I heard similar results in pictures of a 5 star review on this product, but I'm guessing these are people who have never used better filaments before. My experience has shown that white PLA does not cool well and that has certainly been my experience based on what I have heard. In the future, I will only use this filament for large prints without too many details. Pla is easy to spray paint and can be painted pretty much any color you desire if you must have white PLA. If you must have white PLA, it's probably no worse than average, but almost any other color will work more effectively than white.

Damir Lancaster

| Oct 16, 2020

The printer worked well for smaller prints, and I was even able to polish off a good Sir Snake print. I am having trouble stepping up to larger prints as there are a lot of places to which there is an overextrusion, due to the filament being out of specification. Due to the fact that the return or refund window on Amazon has passed, I have almost half spool left and the quality of prints you get with it isn't as good as with other Hatchbox prints ordered at the same time. At 210C with a 60C bed temperature, the print was made. Using a Creality Ender 3 and 0 I use the following setup Layer height is 2 mm and the speed is 50 mm/s.

Kamden Zamora

| Feb 15, 2021