Bambu Lab boiz

[Robertguy09]

I stay away from cheap, random brand filaments now days. I had too many bad experiences with them being brittle, causing clogs and inconsistent extruding.

My go-to lately is Polymaker.
Or if I want it ASAP, the Microcenter Inland brand is decent price and quality.

 

[PascalP]

Thanks, I'll put the mentioned brands on my shortlist and see which of these are even available in the Netherlands

 

[PascalP]

Polymaker

How do these hold up with the cardboard spools? Do they also work well in an AMS?

 

[nnap]

I use the bambu stuff. When you order 6 rolls you get a big discount and once you have a few spools, you can get the refills which are even cheaper.

 

[Zepherino]

How do these hold up with the cardboard spools? Do they also work well in an AMS?

The cardboard spools don't work that well because of how light they are, which becomes a problem when the spool starts running low on filament. Cardboard spools are sometimes damaged from shipping since they are weaker than plastic, which is an issue since the AMS relies on the spool itself to roll on bearings.

You can print a plastic ring guard to mitigate this issue.

https://www.printables.com/model/251028-cardboard-spool-ring-for-bambu-lab-ams-parametric

 

[NFGx]

Since @PascalP has an A1, he'd be using the AMS Lite. The only worry there, AFAIK, is whether the centre of the spool fits over the central grippy thing.

 

[PascalP]

Since @PascalP has an A1, he'd be using the AMS Lite. The only worry there, AFAIK, is whether the centre of the spool fits over the central grippy thing.

Not using an AMS at all at this moment on the A1

But if I like the 3D printing hobby I see myself buying an P1S/P1C or something with AMS in the future either to replace the A1 or in addition to it and keep the A1 for simple single color prints

At least both my kids (2 boys 4y and 8y old) seem to enjoy it very much to watch the A1 go and the oldest one also has one of those 3D pens that uses the same PLA so I think this is a hobby not just for me

 

[Arthrimus]

Duramic PLA+ is my go to filament for almost everything I print. It's on a cardboard spool but my AMS has run perfectly fine with them for almost 2 years now.

 

[PascalP]

Yesterday I swapped out the standard Bambu textured PEI plate with a Biqu Panda Glacier plate and must say the result is quite good!
Black part is the PEI plate, blue part is the Biqu plate

 

[NFGx]

Yesterday I swapped out the standard Bambu textured PEI plate with a Biqu Panda Glacier plate and must say the result is quite good!
Black part is the PEI plate, blue part is the Biqu plate

I'm currently using the Bambu ultra tack plate, and it gives similar results. A very smooth (but not untextured) plate that sticks to dang near everything at ~20C lower temps.