Best PLA - Colorfabb, Formfutura, 3DOM, Polymaker or ...?

[uncle_bob]

I liked Makergeeks until recently I got a bunch of ABS and the rolls are soaked. They steam and pop when extruded. I fail to understand how it can get so moisture soaked in such a short time.
I am hesitant to get anything from them again.

Hi

Over the years, I have gotten strange batches of filament from a variety of people. I also store filament in less than ideal conditions. A cheap vacuum pump and a vacuum rated pot have cleared up the majority of the issues.

It does *not* help much with the rolls of 3 mm filament I still have sitting around in the "brave new world" of 1.75 mm extruders .... Eventually I'll have to rebuild a 3 mm machine to use the stuff up. My guess is that the vacuum pump will be working overtime on those rolls. Some are going on 4 years old and even the pump may not resurrect them.

Truth in lending: Most of what I have used from them has been PETG, I've run a half dozen spools of ABS and about the same in PLA. There's been maybe 4X that many rolls of PETG in various flavors.

Bob