Steadytech Premium PETG 3D Printer Filament 1.75mm 1KG Spools (Multiple Colours Available) (Transparent Orange)

EDIT JANUARY 2020: I'm now getting clogs every few hours from this filament and had to bin a couple of nozzles that became so clogged that even burning them out with a blow-torch didn't clear the blockage. This is with the white PETG. Other colours may be better, but I personally will be steering away from Steadytech from now on.This is the first spool of this particular brand of PETG. I've found the finish okay, although despite using both the recommended temperature settings and previous settings for other brands of PETG, I found myself with more dark or brown marks on the finished parts and a clogged nozzle twice which has not happened with other brands. This was with the white PETG filament. Despite this, I've not had any failed prints as a result of the filament directly.

Made a bracket (See photos) to test this filament and have to say this is probably the best PETG I've found yet. Really nice grey colour too, looks good when printed seems strong with enough flexibility to make it useful. Stuck to the bed first time without problems on both test prints (unlike some others I have where its a bit hit and miss or first few cm doesn't stick).Print Temp: 230 / 0.2mm layer / 65% infill / NO heated bed.Printer : Cetus3D MkIIIBonus, comes on a nice clear spool so you can see how much is left. Well packaged to avoid damage from the postman.

This filament is the worst PETG filament I’ve ever used (or tried to use in this case). As soon at the hotend reachs anywhere near 200oC the filament starts to ooze out of the hotend. This stuff is absolute rubbish. I have tried to print in three different 3D printers, all with the same results. Only for it going to cost me £12.00 to ship this stuff back I would, not going to waste more money on this crap. Folks, stay away from this crap. Going to lodge a complaint with Amazon. Shouldn't be allowed sell such dirt to loyal customers.

PETG is one of my favourite filaments and this Steadytech product does not disappoint. I have used 3 rolls of this Chinese yellow version (RAL 1023 Traffic Yellow approx) and have been more than happy with its performance...I wish manufacturers would try and match the colours they produce with a recognised colour specification such as RAL or Pantone!Prints nice on Ender3, Ender 2 and Geetech A10M with a 250 deg hotend and 85 deg bed. I print slightly hotter as I have Micro Swiss hotends but the higher temps in my opinion help with layer adhesion. Just add hairspray, gloop or Permafix to the glass bed so you get easy part removal. PETG can tear chunks out of even the most expensive glass bed without some kind of barrier layer.The only downside to PETG is the stringing and it can be picky about cooling, so this all needs to get dialled in before any good prints start to appear. Worth using PETG for any outside projects or parts that might be used in or around a heat source (hotend fan etc) . Recommended and its pretty reasonably priced too.

Liked:The transparent spoolDisliked:The filament diameter was inconsistent and measuring between 1.64 - 1.69, which I tried to compensate for in my slicer.I am experienced in printing PETG and was unable to find a print temperature that worked well for this plastic at all.It managed to regularly string, clog, over-extrude and under-extrude all during the same print.The winding was poor and the filament often snagged coming off the spool.Prints were way more brittle than I would expect for PETG and for the flexible designs when bent wouldn't snap back in to shape like I would expect.The pink colour I was trying to use was way more pale and insipid then the photo makes it appear.In two days I did not get a single successful print out of this filament and have abandoned trying.In summary, this is absolutely not a "premium" filament as claimed and should be avoided

Have had very good prints with this filament.printing with with the following settings:Hot End 235 to 250, (Depending on speed)Heat bed 85,print speed 40 to 60mm/sfirst layer 20/mmsretraction 3mm & 45mmscooling fan on some parts if you have over hangs. but obnly at about 50 to 70%I am also running the Blue as well at speed of 100mm/sWill be buying more of this filament.

When it prints nicely the quality of this filament is OK. But that’s few and far between, at least for me. The spool winding is horrible, I’ve had feed jams and failed prints because of it. The photo is a comparison between 3DPrintz blue PETG and the Steadytech. The filament is horrible for stringing, more so than normal. The difference in price for the number of failed prints just does not make this stuff worthwhile.

I really wanted both a yellow filament to have on hand, and also to try PETG with my Ender 3. After a couple of failed prints I did some research and tried adding a light covering of hairspray to my plain glass bed, and also to slow down the print speed a little (80ms was a little optimistic). After making those changes it was totally spot on, no stringing and stuck to the bed perfectly.