Haven't tried Reprapper PLA, but I do like Overture as well. Elegoo seems decent for the price, honestly, I think it might have been the cheapest filament I ever bought (since it was on sale), so for that, I was quite impressed. Thanks for watching!

Yeah, the print quality was quite good. Other with the uneven winding on a few rolls, I'm very pleased, I would definitely order more in the future. Thanks for watching!

Nice! Yeah, I looked at a few other rolls, not all of them were as poorly wound, but it printed great for me on the Bambu X1 Carbon. Thanks for watching!

So far I tried Bambu, esun, tm3d, 3DJake and mostly elegoo. I have never tangling issues with either one of them, but the winding of Elegoo is by far the best of all of them. The brim separation issue is because the pla from Elegoo is inherently more flexible/less brittle, which in my opinion is a pro rather than a con. The damage from shipping is the only consistent con in my eyes, yet when I complained about it I got free spools as compensation so there is that.

Wahoo! Thanks so much! Yeah, I really like the Elegoo PLA, it printed quite nicely, and was very affordable, especially on sale!

We have used Bambu PLA since creating the video, overall good results, nice winding, and prints fast. Thanks for watching!

Good question, at the time of making the video, I don't think Elegoo had their filament out yet. However, I've recently tried it out and have a new video coming out soon with some thoughts.

@@xykit great ❤️ because I just ordered 10 kilos and I am completely new. Got my First printer 3 days ago.

@@jessicaalvis7063 oh exciting! What printer did you get?

@@xykit a bambu lab a1 combo ❤️

Thanks for watching! :)

Haha, yeah, the clicking is fun!

Thank you!

Oh really? What printer are you using? How do your retraction settings look?

@@xykit did a ton of retraction tests last night, ended up settling on 3mm at 50mm/s, but still get stringing (brand new reel of Esun PLA+). Then swapped over to Cura from PrusaSlicer and the stringing was almost gone! Seems to be a slicer issue. Then swapped to an old reel of PLA from 2017 and there's no stringing at all! So it seems to be the slicer and the filament... Not my retraction settings at all. Fancy that

Are you having trouble with accurate tolerances? I have noticed a little variation here and there, but for the most part, I've found it pretty reliable. I found a thread on the community Bambu Forum talking about this topic though: forum.bambulab.com/t/procedure-for-improving-dimensional-accuracy/14483 Thanks for watching!

@@xykit it seems to vary on my x1 and I can't figure out why. Sometimes it's perfect sometimes it's off. I'm trying to learn to dial it in. Printing out a grasshopper dragon now! BTW I get they were trying to do chameleon like with the eyes but all I can see when I look at him is that meme of the 3 Headed dragon where two are serious and one is stupid 😂🤣 Probably gonna find a way to sand that down and re paint it to a front facing orientation. Or just laugh about it when I look at him. 😂

Haha, that's funny. Actually, the eyes actually have that dot to be printed in a separate color like a catchlight. If you look at the renders: xykit.com/collections/talondryls-journal-of-everyday-dragons-3d-printable-poseable-dragons/products/grass-hopper-wyvern-3d-printable-files it's a "white" dot, representing light. If you load the head .3MF file in a slicer like bambu studio, or prusa slicer, you can actually delete that dot if you like.

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Yeah, the X1C has been working out pretty great. Thanks for watching!

Yeah, I messed that up didn't I, thanks.

I haven't tried Elegoo PLA yet. Is it pretty good?

3MF can definitely be a bit finicky. That is one reason we made the video. The nice thing about them is that they allow you to keep a multi-object part as one piece for easy coloring in slicers, and also typically have a smaller file size than a corresponding STL. Thanks for watching.

Yeah, it iss a bit different. I would like to do another filament test video in the future. Thanks for watching.

thanks for watching!

anything is possible :)

Thanks!

thank you :)

"Cardboard Spool" :)

Hi There, I used 45mm/s for retraction speed, and 5mm distance. Hope that helps, thanks for watching!

Yeah, I think there can definitely be a consistency problem from time to time. Different colorings can also tend to affect how the filament performs in my experience. Do you have a brand that you prefer?

Good to know, thanks for sharing, and for watching the video!

Hey there, thanks for watching. It doesn't work on all printers, here is a list of known compatible printers: www.3dprinteraccessories.shop/blogs/beagleprint/beagle-camera-is-compatible-with-3d-printers-list

Thanks for watching. Yep, watch the sales on Amazon for sure, the prices are constantly fluctuating. The Anycubic was probably one of the lightest greys we used, at least at the time. Happy Printing!

That's good info, thanks for sharing. So just a difference between PLA and PLA+ then. I did find the eSUN PLA + performed better than the inland rebrand. Thanks for watching.

Oops...It was the Duramic brand, the other PLA+ brand we used.

Oops, yeah....It was the Duramic brand, the other PLA+ brand we used.

You actually put the SD card in the Beagle Cam, then plug the beagle cam into your printer via USB and the camera adds the necessary gcode to complete the timelapse. OR you can connect to the camera with your computer over WIFI by inputting the camera IP address into your web browser. You can locate the IP address through the phone app under "settings", then "camera information". The user name and password are both "admin". From the web "dashboard" tab you can upload your gcode files (after slicing) and start the print directly from your computer without the need to remove the memory card. You can also monitor the printer, and download the finished time-lapse video(s) directly on to your computer. Thank you for watching.

Yeah I'm in agreement. I have done a bit of color printing now with the Bambu Labs printer, and the results are surprisingly good. The waste just almost doesn't make it worth it for me though, along with the added time. I think if you really want to achieve that "toy quality" color-printed is a good option, I just like the depth that painting adds.

@@xykit I forgot, there’s one more option…and arguably the most difficult. Splitting the model into discrete pieces where each can be printed separately (or bulk print all parts of the same color) and then the whole thing is assembled later.

True, you are right. That is probably one of the better options at the moment when concerning waste and print time, and correct, one of the more difficult options. We've done a few internal projects playing with this method. Splitting the model this way takes a decent amount of extra design time, as well as it becomes more difficult to make all the pieces print support-free. The more complicated the model, the more difficult the process of splitting becomes. It also adds assembly time for the end user, which some may not mind. I am curious though, what the waste amount looks like in color resin printing, like in the process Hero Forge uses? Although, that technology is still very expensive.

@@xykit eventually we’ll get to the same level as standard color printers, but that’s a ways off yet. I’m not even aware of a commercial version of color resin printers.

Yeah agreed. I foresee a 3D printer in every home, almost like a having a replicator from Star Trek, lol.

Yeah, depends on what your budget is. For me this last time, I wanted to go with a Core XY machine. Since the bed doesn't move, I find the prints come out that much cleaner. Good luck deciding and thanks for watching.

Thank you! It's a long print, but I'd say totally worth it, but I'm biased, 😂. The 70% scaled dino took 12-13hrs ish. The full size dino main body took about 19 hrs, the head/neck about 3.5hrs, and the base about 3.5hrs ish.

Haven't tried that brand, do you like it?

you've outdone yourself with this one ^^

@@andrewgiffin5523Thank you! I've just really gotten in to have a nice cup of tea in the evenings. Which of course inspired some new 3D models :) Are you a tea drinker?

nope! My roommate is, but the cuteness factor and TTRPG cross-over is nice@@xykit

Good to know, thanks for the tip!

Thanks for watching!