Filament quality

Suppliers of filament used to tell you who or where their filament was made. I remeber that some suppliers on eBay even used to have a reference number for their ABS. This no longer seems to be the case and the sellers advertise that their filamen is from a new supplier - as if a new unknown will instill a sense of confidence. Picture below shows two examples of bulges in filament, the top stopped at the entry to the extruder - and manfully pulled on until the filament stretched. In the lower one it jammed in the bowden tube and needed surgery to remove it.



My question is: Are there any suppliers in the U.K. who will give info on the filament - so I can go back to them and say that I want another kilo of brand ABC or whatever.

Mike

You get what you pay for I think. I am very happy with ABS I bought through Amazon UK.
Do a search for Jet ABS, it is made by America Instrument so you know where it comes from. It has the manufacturers logo on it. Not the cheapest but really excellent. I have bought about 4 different coloured spools so far. Supplied by jet_2004.

amazon has free shipping after a certain price, but i don't recognize the vendors on amazon.
does anyone have a vendor that produces stuff that works well on amazon. we could save 15-20$ with free shipping, I just don't want to purchase garbage. normally on ebay i read the past years history of a vendor before i make a purchase of feedstock.

Made by America Instrument / by 3D Printer Supplies/ sold by Jet jet2004 / fulfilled by Amazon, so figure that one out.