Best PLA/ABS brand for under $30 per KG

[BSCdan]

And that company would be?

3D PrintLife

[curious aardvark]

My company just created the world's first and only biodegradable ABS Filament. We're also the manufacturer of PLAyPHAb, a Premium PLA/PHA blend that is 100% biodegradable and gives PLA the strength and pliability of ABS. So, I guess you could say I'm biased.

is that the same as the colorfab pla/pha filament ?

And how do you make abs biodegradable ? And does doing so alter any of it's properties - for good or bad ?

[sr22ger]

I use a local filament firm coex3d. Website is a bit lame, but good info there and updated fairly frequently. Once you get to understand how the products are arranged, it isn't so bad. I've actually found the mobile version does a better job of differentiating the size spools. Colored PLA/ABS at 23, B/W at 21 per kg and 500g spools for 9-11. Running a free shipping deal now for orders over $100, code is coexfree. Need to select the free shipping option after entering the coupon, it doesn't automatically do it for you. They offer a local pickup option for anyone in NE Wisconsin as well.

I only use their 3mm stuff, but found it to be very consistent and of good quality. I'm sure the 1.75 is just as good, I just have no need for it. Good price for domestic filament. I've found the company to be really responsive to email. They allowed me to test some of their new filament as well, just came out with a heat resistance pla they call pla prime, and a new PETG variant (don't think this is on the website yet, but pretty sure you could call and get a sample). I'm pretty excited about both, and the owners have a number of other filaments they plan on releasing before the end of the month.

[LambdaFF]

I have been using eMotiontech in France now for a little while and they are great. Obviously... better if you live in France.

[iDig3Dprinting]

Don't forget us, we sell good filament as well!

[cjalas]

I second the Hatchbox recommendation. Their stuff is great and has barely any variances in the filament diameter tolerances. Their colors are extremely vivid, too.

[microworkshops]

Hi Matherox

You can hear a lot of myths about the "highest quality filament" is always the most expensive

Reassuringly expensive as the saying goes

NOT true!

You can get some Chinese imported filaments that don't have a name and usually there not terrible and are extremely cheap comparatively

However my brand that I use all the time which is compatible with all my FDM printers is Prima PLA & ABS (which you can find on amazon)

If you'd like to see the kind of prints done with this filament you can see some example 3d models on my website www.microworkshops.co.uk

Thanks!

Elliot

[microworkshops]

Hi Matherox

You can hear a lot of myths about the "highest quality filament" is always the most expensive

Reassuringly expensive as the saying goes

NOT true!

You can get some Chinese imported filaments that don't have a name and usually there not terrible and are extremely cheap comparatively

However my brand that I use all the time which is compatible with all my FDM printers is Prima PLA & ABS (which you can find on amazon)

If you'd like to see the kind of prints done with this filament you can see some example 3d models on my website www.microworkshops.co.uk

Thanks!

Elliot

[dunginhawk]

I third the motion of hatchbox. I use almost ALL hatchbox filament in my customer prints, and they love it.
However I use ESUN petg and thats good too
hatchbox is hands down my pick for price/quality
EDIT: and this is from experience. Ive gone through roughly 65 spools of hatchbox filament

[Donziboy2]

Makergeeks seems to be pretty good. They are running a special right now, 2 random 1kg spools of PLA/ABS/PETG/HIPS for 33$. Thats $16.50 per kg.