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I’ve printed about 40 rolls of iiidmax PLA+ and have encountered bulges like these before. I thought it was just bad luck but I think I’m done now. Going to try to finish the 10 rolls I still have left and find a new brand.
Never heard of the brand, but after the first few rolls you should've known it enough already imo
It’s the cheapest PLA that I could find at about $10 / roll, made in the USA, ships pretty quickly, and nearly all rolls print without issue. But this is the second time I’ve seen a bulge like this, so it’s not bad luck. There’s some quality control issues.
I would contact their customer support, it's likely they'll send you a new roll, and hopefully it will help them improve quality knowing they shipped some bad ones.
Ah yeah so consistency is the matter here.. Agreed with the other guy, you should take it to their customer support.
I would contact their customer support, is likely they'll send you a new roll, and hopefully it will help them improve quality knowing they shipped some bad ones.
I would contact their customer support, it's likely they'll send you a new roll, and hopefully it will help them improve quality knowing they shipped some bad ones.
I've tried to warn people about them. I got a 10 pack early on while learning and it almost made me give up the hobby. Classic n00b mistakes? Some, but after I set that filament aside in a drybox, I had almost no problems. The only mistakes I made with those other brands were due to strategies I developed to rescue prints from IIIDMax's garbage. I must have used 10-20 other brands over the next year, revisiting the cursed spools occasionally.
I thought I could relegate the leftovers to my 3D pen. Somehow that satan-spawned plastic jammed it up. The pen is basically a soldering iron, a motor, and 2 gears. I've fed strips of PETG bottles cut by hand through it. The filament wasn't precise enough for my no precision 3D pen.
Always heard it's kind of crap despite being US made. I'm starting to realize you get what you pay for with filament, sticking to known good brands from now on.
Never heard of the brand, but after the first few rolls you should've known it enough already imo
Never heard of the brand, but after the first few rolls you should've expected such quality imo..
Never heard of the brand, but after the first few rolls you should've known it enough already imo