Just purchased my aluminum Folger i3 printer, and they were all out of filament (Except for three lousy colors).

So, what is best source for quality filament? Want ABS and PLA to start with, and diameter is 1.75mm.

I couldn't find any threads regarding this, but I am sure there are, so go ahead and direct me there.

Thanks!

I like the stuff I got at microcenter and it's cheap too.

[www.microcenter.com]

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Newbie with Folgertech 2020 i3.

Anyone ever get the HatchBox stuff off of amazon? It has prime, and decent cost too...

Was looking at the stuff on makergeeks, really like the price + free shipping, but they don't accept paypal

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I bought my first batch at Microcenter too. Prices seemed pretty reasonable compared to what I've been reading online. Still building my machine so can't comment on the quality though. Good luck!

Foxsmart filament is very good indeed, esp. given the low price ($18 for PLA).

They used to only sell PLA, now they've added ABS and TPU, which I've not tried.

Thee only real negative is the diameter of the center of the spool is too small, making it hard (high force) to feed the end of the reel. That causes me to waste a little, but given the price I can live with that.

http://www.foxsmart.club/

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Well, I went ahead and purchased a role of place and a role of abs from foxsmart. Hope it works well.

If anyone has a supplier they think is worthy of purchasing from, go ahead and post here. I probably won't stick with the first supplier for the first months, as I want to get a feel of what is good/bad.
Thanks!

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MegaRocketPenguin
Anyone ever get the HatchBox stuff off of amazon? It has prime, and decent cost too...

Was looking at the stuff on makergeeks, really like the price + free shipping, but they don't accept paypal

The hatchbox stuff is the only filament I print with anymore. I haven't had a single jam and the colors look fantastic.

There is many option available near you but you can also try if possible MakerGeeks.com with FREE shipping. Thanks

Coex3d make excellent ABS. I have not tried their other materials yet.

I know they get a lot of boos from the community in general, but I have always had good results printing with Octave ABS filament. They make some great fluorescent colors.

I buy from Amazon and tried most brands. Hatchbox and Saint smart (white) , no problems with their ABS (I only print in ABS). Octave black didn't work out well for me. I had to put it in the oven for 1/2 hour at 120C to get rid of the humidity. That was my first roll with them and it put me off to get other colors, besides Saint smart is cheap

I am currently trying out eSUN PLA through Amazon and HobbyKing.

I've had good luck with Esun through Hobbykings USA warehouse.

I get all my filament from [3dfilaprint.com]

I am new to 3d printing and haven't experienced any jams with Hatchbox PLA.

www.3dfilaprint.com rocks!

[www.microcenter.com]

Like others have said, I would not consider anywhere other than Microcenter for filament other than an exotic brew that that they may not carry.

I spent most of my first year printing with problem filament that I did not know was junk until I spooled up some inland from Microcenter.

It flowed like cheesewiz, I lowered temps and got the sweetest prints I have ever seen. It was cheap at about $15.00 per key. I could have printed junk, but it helped make my prints into jewelry.

It was vacuum packed and printed stunningly out of the pack. I was able to drive to the store, see it, buy it and make good stuff.