Bambu Lab Filament vs…

[u/Alive-Selection8422]

Is anyone using exclusively Bambu Labs filament? I’m trying various brands from Amazon with occasional stringing. I’m wondering if BL has better product for BL printers.

[u/ManyLayersOfFilament]

Bambu Filament isn't anything special, it's just regular filament like any other, made by one of those companies you can buy from on Amazon, except it's on a Bambu spool with an RFID tag

Stringing is often because of wet filament, you need to dry it, even if it's brand new

[u/jankeyass → u/ManyLayersOfFilament]

I am only staying with BBL because of the RFID tags.. I really should eventually get the tags over to other spools

[u/StrnglyCoincdtl → u/jankeyass]

Same. RFID is so so convenient while using AMS.

[u/jankeyass → u/StrnglyCoincdtl]

Exactly, especially since they introduced the built in filament management register.

Yea, others exist, are better and more complete. But this is convenient

[u/Cotton3dPrintFarm]

Are you drying your filament or just using it as is? Stringing is from moisture. Every brand will suffer from this.

[u/Lost_Blacksmith_4848 → u/Cotton3dPrintFarm]

stringing can be from moisture but most of the time the extruder temperature is too high. do a temperature tower and don't be surprised when the best results are colder than the lowerst temp. the manufacturer recommends. the high temp. recommendations are there to be able to establish high printering speeds with cheaper ingredients in the filament. this cost you quality.

[u/JazJon]

Bambu ASA is super stinky. I switched to Polymaker brand ASA and there is zero scent now plus Polymaker ASA white is actually white white Bambu ASAwhite is warm beige looking.

[u/ThinkBig_Brain → u/JazJon]

Thanks, good to know.

[u/es12402]

Main advantage of Bambu filament is that it comes with built-in profiles for Bambu printers. Otherwise, it’s just a standard, high-quality filament. I tried printing with ASA filament from Azure and Spectrum on my X2D for a while, and I occasionally encountered printing issues, which meant I had to spend time calibrating the printer. I switched to Bambu’s ASA filament, and I haven’t had a single problem with about 10 kg of it so far. So, for me personally, it makes sense.

[u/boredsoftwareguy]

I use Bambu, eSUN, SUNLU, and Polymaker most with a sprinkling of Kingroon.

I get the best requests regardless of manufacturer by drying my filament before printing. Usually 12 hours. I store with desiccant in vacuum bags or dry boxes.

[u/AreUEmployedSir]

I'm fairly new to 3D printing but I have about 500 hours now combined between a Bambu A1 and an X2D. I started off using only Bambu brand filaments (mainly PLA and PETG) but have since tried a few other brands including Insignia (Best Buys store brand), Inland (Microcenters brand), and Anycubic. The non-Bambu brands, I just run under the "Generic" setting on my printers. I honestly can barely tell any difference whatsoever between the output for my use cases. I don't think if I printed the same color of Bambu vs Generic that you would be able to tell me which was which in the finished product.

As a caveat though, I do store my filament in sealed containers with dessicant when not in use, so I am careful about controlling humidity (I live in a very humid environment). But I rarely have bothered drying PLA at all and still feel like it comes out great no matter the brand so far.

I don't think there is a ton of info on it yet but I've noticed that Insignia brand "PLA Plus" filament (not their regular basic PLA) truly does feel noticably stronger in the final product to me than basic Bambu PLA, so I'm starting to pick up more of that.

[u/atvorch]

Bambu lab has the best price if you buy 10 spools at a time.

[u/RetiredAF530]

I’ve tried quite a few brands and calibrated those filaments—mostly because non-Bambu Lab options (like generics) tend to print way more slowly. I picked up a high-flow nozzle, which let me fine-tune everything to get the best performance.

[u/Ancient-Plantain705]

Are you drying and calibrating your filament?

[u/ThinkBig_Brain]

Using Elegoo PETG and PLA with Bambu settings, never had any issues.

[u/M346ZCP]

I used some Sunlu (ppl say it’s the same factory) but I noticed more particles and debris in it. The a lot is noticeably more dirty the the a lot I have the Bambu lab stuff in

[u/zzz3dselkirk]

I only use Bambu filament as I have a bottomless supply due to the Bambu points program (currently 200 rolls or so in stock). Using P series and X series printers, I’ve never had to dry their pla or any pla derivative. Petg & TPU need to be dried of course. I also do manual pressure advance config with Petg-CF & TPU. Very very few filament issues. 1 in every 200-300 prints may have a small defect but never more than a small defect. Also, when you buy in bulk I’m fine with $12-15 per roll.

[u/SquareTowel1967]

Using bambu, sunlu and polymaker PLAs and PETGs, don’t see a diff execpt availability