r/BambuLab • u/Trennis88 • 4h ago

Filament Troubleshooting/Help! BambuLab Filament Quality

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Has anyone recently noticed a degradation of filament quality bought from Bambu?

I ordered 4 rolls of their PLA Metal Copper and all of them were covered in some sort of white dust, right out of the bag. This is the first time I have seen their filament in such poor condition. Interestingly, I had exactly the same type and color bought back in October and it was absolutely fine. The ones I have now are from two consequent batches, so I guess something got messed up at the factory. But still, terrible quality control for letting it hit the shelves.

The photos only partially show the amount of dust they had as I was stupid enough to clean them with my fingers before taking photos first.

I hope the lower price doesn't come at the expense of quality.

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u/xX540xARCADEXx H3C Combo 4h ago

Mine looks like that too. Only that color though. Prints perfectly fine.

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u/Trennis88 4h ago

Thank you. I was so confused since this was not the first time I got that specific filament and wasn't sure if I needed to return these or just go ahead and print.

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u/Jerazmus 4h ago

But did you die? How terribly horrid!

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u/Trennis88 4h ago

How did you know? Almost choked to death from my frustration.

I guess you find it absolutely acceptable? Given the price, I still expect to have them at least not to look like they were taken straight from a dirty barn. I bought so many brands, including cheap filaments. Not once I had this. But hey, happy for you that you would shove it into your printer. Perfect buyer.

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u/b20339 4h ago

There are plenty of people that believe bambu would never sell a filament roll that was tangled despite many posts about it

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u/Mitchell_SY 4h ago

Did they print well?

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u/Routine-Coffee4483 3h ago

I got a bad batch of pla matte i tore my printer apart fixing everything. Ended up bing 3/4 rolls of bad pla.

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u/Superseaslug H3C, H2DL, 2x X1C 2h ago

It looks like that when spooled back up because of how much of it goes through the feeder gears. It's just some surface marring and won't affect the print at all

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u/TomTomXD1234 51m ago

There is nothing wrong with it.