Compatible filaments?

[Feign]

So while waiting for some filament from ColorFabb to arrive, my wife found that the local hardware store stocked the Dremel branded PLA, and she got me a roll in black and one in white.

The Dremel black filament printed like a dream, we went through the entire 1lb roll (which she had been price comparing to 1kg rolls, whoops) very quickly, but had only two real failures. The Dremel Cotton White on the other hand is a hot mess. We're about halfway down the spool with only one successful print, and that one looks pretty awful. It curls badly as it cools, causing it to catch on the nozzle with each pass until it just tips the plate off the splines. Granted, curling and splitting is a phenomenon I've seen in every printer, and with as badly as the Dremel 'Cotton White' is doing it I'd imagine the stuff would be a mess on any printer.

So far, the New Matter Pink printed better than either of the Dremel colors... But it's just so pink.

[Robotico]

So while waiting for some filament from ColorFabb to arrive, my wife found that the local hardware store stocked the Dremel branded PLA, and she got me a roll in black and one in white.

The Dremel black filament printed like a dream, we went through the entire 1lb roll (which she had been price comparing to 1kg rolls, whoops) very quickly, but had only two real failures. The Dremel Cotton White on the other hand is a hot mess. We're about halfway down the spool with only one successful print, and that one looks pretty awful. It curls badly as it cools, causing it to catch on the nozzle with each pass until it just tips the plate off the splines. Granted, curling and splitting is a phenomenon I've seen in every printer, and with as badly as the Dremel 'Cotton White' is doing it I'd imagine the stuff would be a mess on any printer.

So far, the New Matter Pink printed better than either of the Dremel colors... But it's just so pink.

Black and white (more so) tend to be the most difficult colors to print well in PLA. I've been told that is the case due to their pigment loads to achieve the color. The gold/yellow, blue, and uncolored (natural) tend to print the best on the MOD-t in my opinion. Pink does too but I got tired of it before I was done with the 1/2 kilo spool.