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Review on πŸ”§ Flexible Overture Filament: Optimizing Dimensional Consumables by Saul Rivera

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Decent TPU especially for the price

I've been using Overture PLA and PETG so I had to try it when I saw they added TPU and I'll add some comments here, since more there are no reviews for it. I have blue and it's a light opaque blue - not transparent at all. The price is good for a 1kg spool, for some reason most TPUs come on 800g spools so I'm happy with that. For reference, I'm using a Titan Aero and Volcano setup. At 230 it will extrude fairly well, but any bits that get stuck in the nozzle will slowly change color from light blue to green to green-brown due to heat yellowing. So if they get into the print it's no good and could ruin it. . You may need to adjust your start/stop code or watch each print start with tweezers as you can't have a dirty nozzle with this stuff. The attached picture shows some of the baked slime coming out of the nozzle. I also have a design where I need to use the 'pause on layer' feature and this TPU doesn't offer very good interlayer adhesion on the pause layer. Otherwise, as long as it's at 230C and extruded properly, it's like any other TPU where you can't tear it by hand, even on single thickness walls. Overall, this is a decent material, especially for the price. I'll definitely try black once my other black TPU spool runs out as I don't expect the yellowing to affect it.

Pros
  • Inexpensive and wide compatibility
Cons
  • Only available in white