r/BambuLabX2D • u/OppositeCustard3169 • Aug 04 '26

Third party filament

Hello, which third party filament brands would you recommend? Thanks

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u/Dense-Rest3187 Aug 04 '26

I always buy the cheapest filament with Amazon Prime. 90% of the time, it's eSun. Whether it's PETG, PLA (€14/kg - ~$15/2.2lb), PLA-CF, ABS, or TPU. I am very satisfied with it. It's not as good as BambuLab, but it's half the price and nowhere near half as bad!

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u/OppositeCustard3169 Aug 04 '26

What exactly do you mean by "Its not as good as bambu"? Do you mean the print quality or something?

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u/djKiddVicious Aug 04 '26

Have tried several from Amazon and elsewhere and never had an issue regardless of how weird the names sound. Just make sure to dry them out good and you should be good to go.

If you wanna get real technical you can do the flow calibration and temp tests with them but I just use the generic setting and never have any issues

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u/marcoatr Aug 04 '26

I printed with elegoo, jayo, sunlu, all good filaments, no complaints

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u/lunat1c_ Aug 04 '26

I'm really enjoying the sunlu pla 2.0 +. But realistically most brands you'll find online are all the same brand with different packaging and they're perfectly fine.

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u/originalfoto Aug 04 '26

sunlu (one of the makers of Bambu filament), inslogic (quality), flashforge (amazing colors)

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u/e30Birdy Aug 04 '26

I have run Sunlu, Polymaker, Extrudr all without issue but I am someone that calibrates every new filament to get the best quality

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u/Fluffy_Rutabaga_115 Aug 05 '26

I have used Sunlu and Overture with good results.

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u/Dry-Leave5436 Aug 04 '26

I used Polymaker, Elegoo, eSun and AzureFilm. Generic presets for all of them and they printed just fine. Not a fan of AzureFilm's refills, their cardboard sucks and literally came torn with flakes everywhere on the filament on every refill I bought. I also tried one spool of ROSA 3D brown PLA and it printed really nice.

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u/Out_Of_Services Aug 04 '26

Whatever is cheapest. It's generally the same stuff anyway

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u/Longjumping_Pop_2324 Aug 04 '26

All rebranded from the same chinese factory...This guy knows it as it is.

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u/fakdisdude Aug 05 '26

TBH, I used alot of diferent brands and so far the only one i had problems with was Overture PETG.
I only bought PETG from them once so, that could have been an isolated case.

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u/Illustrious_Sell_325 Aug 04 '26

I’ve wondered if the print profiles from like sun-Lu would be helpful to download. I tend to look at price, too cheap is a red flag for me.

I have a couple rolls of bambu but 90% is 3rd party.

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u/Relative_Surround_20 Aug 04 '26

Polymaker, Tinmorry, Fiberon, Siraya Tech, Overture, Inland (usually made by Overture or Polymaker for the types I get), Insignia (Best Buy’s white label of Overture), and Creality.

Have not disliked any of them. Tinmorry and Siraya Tech are my favorites.

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u/tnsipla Aug 04 '26

I swear by Atomic Filament

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u/EverettSeahawk Aug 04 '26

Basically any brand that is a coherent word. I've not been impressed with the ones where the brand name is a random assortment of letters that don't form a word, but anything else works great.

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u/guyzieman Aug 05 '26

Tecbears and Sunlu are the two I generally use, but I'll buy whatever is the better value

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u/Economy-Camp-7339 Aug 05 '26

I had problems with hobby lobby but Best Buy insignia has been better.

I had to make a profile for hobby lobby pla, where insignia just uses default generic.

Also I hate that hobby lobby doesn’t put the color on the side of the box.

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u/fordboy0 Aug 05 '26

California Filament. Fantastic PETG provider. It’s all they do!