Quote Originally Posted by Syd_Khaos View Post
To me it seems like PLA is only the better choice when dealing with super fine detail, or overly artistic type prints. ABS is def my go to material.

You should try PeTG is you haven't bud...its great stuff, albeit a bit more costly per gram than PLA or ABS typically. Some say its a cross between PLA and ABS, I say that's wrong....it blows both those out of the water.
The raw resin is considered an engineering resin, neither ABS or PLA are. You can't get the same definition with PeTG as with PLA, but it comes damn close, you will only notice a difference in the most smallest of details. As for finished prints rigidness and tensile strength PeTG seems to at least match ABS, it may be a bit better, hard to say as I don't really have the proper equipment for stress and tensile testing.

I can't say for sure as to the quality of material from MakerGeeks, but many who I have come to trust say its great stuff. I have used material from Orb Polymer, and its a tiny bit more expensive, but its quality stuff. And ya get free shipping on any order 3 spools or more. I also like Orb because they are based in Plano, Texas. I live south Texas myself, and Orb gets my order to me in 2 days.
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Makersgeek is in Missouri so shipping to you should be pretty quick. The problem I had with them is they didn't ship my order for a week and then only after questioning them about it. I had ordered some PLA and PETG but they where back ordered on the PLA and didn't ship anything or notify me. After emailing them they quickly resolved things and just sent me PETG. Once shipped it arrived in 2 days with free shipping.
On average I have only had to pay $21 to $26 including shipping on any filament spool.
I've bought Hatchbox, ESUN, Makergeeks PLA, PLA+, PETG filaments from Amazon and Makergeeks.