Header banner
Revain logoHome Page
David Bott photo
1 Level
1354 Review
76 Karma

Review on Enhanced Dimensional Accuracy of RANKI Filament Printer by David Bott

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Prints great, looks great.

I used up about half a spool of this Ranki carbon fiber PLA and will definitely add more when it runs out. Very cool matt look with good surface finish. Somehow better than just black PLA. I haven't done any scientific strength testing against regular PLA, but it definitely has better layer adhesion than the other brand of regular PLA I have. One of the parts I made with the Ranki CF PLA was a thumbscrew that holds the pulley cover to my mower and after 10 hours of mowing this part is hard as rock and this part is constantly vibrating. I also made some test cubes and decorative trinkets and I really liked them all. I've included an image of an atom I printed with an inexpensive 4mm hardened steel nozzle, and I included this image because I appreciated how well it reproduces the fine details of railroad crossings. It seems pretty solid for such small connection points. I started with my Ender 3 V2 set to 210°C/70°C with a glue stick on a glass platform and damn it was a hard push getting off the bed. I lowered the temperature to 50 degrees, cleaned the glue stick and there were no problems with the adhesion of the first layer. I'm really happy with this Ranki CF PLA and can't imagine anyone disliking the way it prints. As you would expect, it was packaged in a nicely printed box with thick vacuum shrink wrap intact. Will definitely get more from this thread when it expires.

Pros
  • Smooth print
Cons
  • Not sure