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Anyone who was able to print on a Prusa Mini with esun pla+? Is it just wet? (self.3dprinting)

submitted 1 year ago by Gompje to c/3dprinting

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Last week I took the bait and bought some esun pla+ from an Amazon.de sale.

I normally print with Colorfabb of Prusament. Almost for 5y now and never had real issues, especially not with the Prusa Mini.

But now, I loaded a fresh rol and it just… was awful: under extrusion galore even in the first layer! A lot of clicking and clacking.. just 😒

I read somewhere their filament comes “wet”… pretty convenient that they also sell.. overpriced dryers right?!

Anyway I’m going to build a dryer now. Hoping that resolved the issues and this wasn’t all money wasted.. sigh

Anyway I was wondering if someone else had the same issues? Or experience with this brand? How can you know that it’s dried enough? Or can it really only be with testing?

I’m investing in a mk4 soon, this has a direct drive, instead of a Bowden. Will this be less of an issue? I mean I know about the quality issues I was just thinking about that it seems like it just cannot pass properly, through .. and I forgot how it’s named: the thingie that feeds the filament.

Anyway if anything: be cautious with that brand. I wish I had read some more before buying it, I trusted the reviews to much I guess

Anyway sorry for the long kinda rand post.. it has been.. a challenging week.. 🤟

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[–] metalpoetnl 1 points 1 year ago

I'm actually in the EU too. And i want to get a Prusa MKIV next year.

I don't really push speed in my printing though, I currently have actual print times of about 38m on a benchy with my 0.6mm nozzle at 0.4mm layer height for reasonable quality. Can't speed up beyond 90mm/s without significant loss in quality though. Don't think it's filament related however, had the same thing with other filaments, even stuff like wood and steel PLA mixes.

But yeah, my experience has been that at about 20 Euro a kilo on Amazon eSun PLA+ is excellent value for money. But I avoid their resin's like the plague. Worst resin I ever printed with. .