Last week I took the bait and bought some esun pla+ from an Amazon.de sale.
I normally print with Colorfabb of Prusament. Almost for 5y now and never had real issues, especially not with the Prusa Mini.
But now, I loaded a fresh rol and it just… was awful: under extrusion galore even in the first layer! A lot of clicking and clacking… just 😒
I read somewhere their filament comes “wet”… pretty convenient that they also sell… overpriced dryers right?!
Anyway I’m going to build a dryer now. Hoping that resolved the issues and this wasn’t all money wasted… sigh
Anyway I was wondering if someone else had the same issues? Or experience with this brand? How can you know that it’s dried enough? Or can it really only be with testing?
I’m investing in a mk4 soon, this has a direct drive, instead of a Bowden. Will this be less of an issue? I mean I know about the quality issues I was just thinking about that it seems like it just cannot pass properly, through … and I forgot how it’s named: the thingie that feeds the filament.
Anyway if anything: be cautious with that brand. I wish I had read some more before buying it, I trusted the reviews to much I guess
Anyway sorry for the long kinda rand post… it has been… a challenging week… 🤟
If your nozzle was used to print wood filament and it wasn’t a hardened steel nozzle, that’s probably part of the issue. The nozzle will likely be trashed if it was a brass nozzle. Wood filled PLA is very abrasive.
Very true :) knew that. But that wasn’t it. I haven’t printed with wood filament yet or others. Just petg or pla.
It’s for some reason this PLA+ just directly clogs the Prusa Mini. Even on higher temps. In the end i could “print” something but the quality was ☹️ very bad. I mean it’s not abisimal but compared what I get from other brands it’s… really bad.
I actually had to completely disassemble and clean the hotend after using this filament. Now printing with Colorfabb pla and Prusament petg without any issues at all. 🤷♀️