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Pros & Cons
Pros
Hatchbox pla is great quality that hides imperfections and is sellable. Zero issues so far. Last thing you want is to deal with * filament.
The color is a brilliant bronze and gave the desired finish when making chess pieces. The only disappointment that i had is that the color is considerably lighter and less of a deep blue.
Cons
Print fail in the middle of a modestly large 24 hour print. When the spool looks like this it gets tangled and knots and ruins my print and machine as my machine doesn't know if it knots to turn off.
It is unbelievably frustrating. This is the sort of thing that works or doesn't, and is no unpredictable. Most importantly is that this makes the filament unreliable.
The spools are not reusable. The smoothness of the model prior to failure was adequate. This is worse than filament properties that can be fine tuned with settings.
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Highlights
Quality
With machine calibrated and leveled first layer adheres really well and it extrudes consistently and smoothly
Perfect for my projects it consistently produces smooth prints with rich black color
Im building a large format printer and one of the design specifications is printing on an unheated bed
The spool was wound tight and straight no visible kinks or tangles
Price
That may come down to me of course not storing it perfectly but even with that said it is still an incredible value for the pri... Read More
Worth the slightly more expensive price to get quality that is great hides imperfections and is sellable
Bottom line for me good stuff but not worth the price
It’s a little more expensive but i know it will work and to me that’s worth the cost difference
Packaging/appearance
My hatchbox midnight purple filament was packaged well and arrived in great condition the spool was vacuum sealed in plastic al... Read More
I really liked the color while selecting this and was glad to see that it was represented accurately when it arrived
Once they did put my order in a box with the wrong color label which was frustrating until i realized it was just the box that was wrong
Competitiveness
I havent had this issue with any of the other brands ive tried at least 5 by now at varying price points
But i cant justify spending 510 more per spool than all the competition out there
However i couldnt ever get the same quality as what i was getting from hatchbox so im back
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quality, great, color and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 33,806 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 17 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The gengar figure came put excellent i just had a layer shift due to my printer not being on a table that was stable
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You can see the shift right above the black part of the figure
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
No bubbling very little stringing rich color
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The spool was wound tight and straight no visible kinks or tangles
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Pictures are deceptive as we were hoping for a true cat heavy equipment type yellow
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This came and it has a brighter neon yellow hint to it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
That’s one of the problems with ordering filament off the internet
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
We did have one tangle on the reel which is a bummer since it’s usually a solid brand
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