Manufacturer | Stronghero3D |
Brand | RainbowME |
Item Weight | 2.2 pounds |
Package Dimensions | 8.62 x 8.35 x 2.87 inches |
Material Type | Polylactic Acid |
Manufacturer Part Number | PLA-RM-SPCL |
T**E
very fun!
I'm a fan of Stronghero3D filament, so when I saw they came out with a sparkly rainbow filament I had to buy it! My first prints were a few bobbins for my spinning wheel (pictured). I love how the colors progressed so that each bobbin looks totally different even though these three were printed one right after another.Having used sparkly filaments before, I've found that most of them have bigger flakes that are somewhat rough to the touch in the finished item. In this filament, the sparkles are tiny and you can't feel them. Since my bobbins need to spin smoothly, that was definitely a bonus. I think the colors progress at a reasonable rate, not too slow like some others. These bobbins are not huge and were printed with 25% infill.The filament printed consistently and without stringing. No clogs etc. I printed with a regular brass nozzle and had no issues but for a lot of prints it might wear out faster due to the sparkle flakes. They're small though so I imagine it is less abrasive than regular sparkle filament. I printed on a Qidi X-Smart with a 45C bed and the filament at 190C.
P**W
Great product especially for the price
Only reason I’m not giving this 5 stars is because of how spread out the colors are that when you print something you’re lucky to get two different colors by the end of it.It printed beautifully and near perfect
S**R
Loooong distances between very few colors
Perhaps I got a spool from an off day of production ... but I can't rate this as highly as I'd like. The color and the sparkle glitter bits are great and it does print wonderfully, but I have had more problems with this particular spool binding up on itself and causing prints to fail in the middle that I'm getting a touch frustrated at this point. I have scheduled myself to make sure the spool is loose enough every so often while printing with this, and while I know I can't leave the printer to itself, I still shouldn't have to sit and watch it like a starving predator the entire time for fear it's going to lock up upon itself.Also, the color shift I received is nothing like what is pictured - which I didn't expect to get 100% anyway (but thought it would come in close) - but I also didn't expect two miles between color changes either. Still going strong on the grey tone it started off with and I might finally be getting close to the next color...ETA: I had to drop my rating. Having gotten further into the spool, my color gradient has been grey, grey, grey, oh look! some bronzey yellow, grey, more grey, bronze again, grey --omg! Blue! -- what the... bronze again and what looks like miles of grey to the end of it. If it had been marketed as just grey with glitter that would have been fine. But the sales image shows lots of colors and that is not what was actually on the spool I received.It's sad because this filament prints great and I like the bits of glitter sparkle. I even like the shade of silver/grey and would buy just a spool of glitter grey for random projects.
B**T
Meh
Print quality is ok but the colors are a bit disappointing... Colors have more of an earthen hue with minimal sparkles. Not sure what I would use this for... Maybe printing rocks?
J**R
Prints great! Looks Great!
This is the second rainbow filament I've tried and I have to say, it certainly is a pretty material.My first attempt printing with it was a miss. I experienced quite a bit of under-extrusion. and poor layer adhesion. That was with my normal pla settings of 205-210c@end and 60c@bed and a speed of 60mm/sec with direct drive.After some tweaking and changing uping the flow rate it does print well and the prints look great. Very happy with the product and would recommend it.
C**K
Only good for large parts
I bought a roll of this to print a ukulele that I designed and it looked very nice, but my printer had adhesion issues and the part warped a bit. I bought a second roll to reprint the medium size body parts. The color transitions in the second roll were so spread out that it was not usable to get the same results. This is a nice filament, but it only looks good with extremely large parts. A part the size of a golf ball will have one color. The manufacturing company QC needs to regulate their process a little better
T**U
One of my finest prints ever.
Printed very good at 205 hot end and 60 build plate at 50mm speed on my CR-10 with almost no stringing. I'm using a custom direct drive with 2mm retraction. A standard drive would be 5mm. The model had a ton of support structures and removed easily without damage to the model. Definitely the colors are not as bright as other rainbow filaments but worked well for this and the sparkles add a new dimension to your prints.
S**N
Works well and looks great
We purchased this for my classroom. We love it. It looks great.
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