I keep getting ads for Sunlu PLA filaments that are crazy on sale and the color choices look amazing. Has anyone used these before and have any experience in whether they are good or bad or whether they work well with the Bambu? Any help would be greatly appreciated 
Is this for home use? Iāve used a few rolls of sunlu without issue. I didnāt actually find them that cheap though, make sure the rolls are full 1kg. I think they look cheap since they are smaller rolls.
I had one roll of pla plus that didnāt print well, I never really figured it out, but other normal pla has been fine for me.
Yeah for my X1C at home. I double checked and the sale going on right now is 1KG spools for $10.99. Including all the matte and pastel colors. Iāve been having trouble with multicolor filaments sticking to the textured plate but have had fantastic results with just standard PLA colors so far and it is really hard to ignore those prices. Especially for the more unique matte colors.
I bought a 4-pack of Sunlu matte white on Prime Day, and it has been great.
When using the textured plates, I found that if I up the bed temperature by 5 degrees then I have much more success.
Itās really hard to beat Bambuās pricing. I bought last month 8 refills for 111 bucks, so about 14 bucks a spool for PLA. Since Bambu is āhigh speed filamentā, itās not apples to apples. Inland high speed filament was like 24$ when I bought it last. Granted Iām not running around looking all over for filaments. I buy it, if it works I tend to stick with it unless if Iām up for trying a change.
As a reference, first order of filament came from Cali, took a few days. Second & third orders came from Houston. Ordered on a late Thursday night and delivery Saturday morning.
Another thing is that I do like that it has the RFID that loads the profiles, so my kids can stay interested with printing & not dealing with failed prints.
I use Sunlu on my Prusa at home. No issues and pretty consistent results using the PLA+ filament. The version I use is currently under $13/kg with free Prime shipping on Amazon.
FWIW, the Inland PLA and ABS filament one can buy locally at Micro Center in Richardson is also good. Handy to have an āI need it now!ā source.
My recent Bambu filament order is on itās way from New Jersey!
Interesting. Anything special? My most recent was 7-4.
It was my first order from them during the bulk sale that was running recently.
If you donāt mind me asking, what price did you find it per kg?
It was a mix of prices but all very competitive and I wanted to try them out.
I see. I have been using Inland but will definitely adjusting the bed temperature with the mixed filaments. Guess Iām gonna pull the trigger on this crazy sale!
Your slicer probably supports multiple filament profiles: set one up for each Brand/Type (or sometimes Brand/type/color ) permutation and dial those in with a temperature tower. Once done, your slicer can remember the details, as long as you remember to reslice when making a change.
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I use both PLA and ABS filament (though mostly PLA+ nowadays), and I keep a different SD Card for each type. As long as I remember to save the sliced file to the correct Card, any file on that card will work with that filament. I use both Sunlu and Inland PLA+ filament, but their filaments seem to be happy with the same temp and retract settings, so I donāt have to segregate my PLA files by brand.
I have a X1C at home and had great success with the sunlu PLA Meta. I have really liked it especially when doing finer work with the smaller nozzle.
I did need to dial it in a bit but it was very consistent once done. Happy to share my settings if you like. I have also used their PETG on my fish tanks for anemone covers with amazing success.