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Very finicky to work with but the thermal color change is cool
The thermal color changing works well and does not appear to be degraded after being exposed to printer hotend temps. In the past few months I have had only one nozzle clog while using Hatchbox and Amazon filament. In the first two days I have had 4+ clogs in addition to surface globs and some areas that look like they melted (further observation indicates that viscosity for a given temperature is not consistent). Playing with the bed and hotend temps helped very little; at the cooler end the material was very rubbery but would not adhere to the bed or itself very well and at the hotter end it would sometimes flow out like a watery liquid. Also noticed that at room temperature the filament on the spool was a lot more brittle than any of the other PLAs I have. The color changing effect is quick and quite noticeable but just be prepared for a lot of fine-tuning and aborted prints. Edit: changed from 2 to 1 star. 5 more prints and every one of them failed due to clogging. Tried even higher temps, slower print speeds, and a new nozzle with no luck. Switched to Hatchbox PLA black @210c and 120mm/s and popped out a perfect 3D Benchy on the first try.
December 2018 · Industrial and Scientific · verified purchase
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