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Review on HATCHBOX Performance 3D Filament: Enhanced Dimensional Stability by William Hunter

Revainrating 3 out of 5

but i'm a bit disappointed. This is the only color I bought.

tl;dr - not as glossy, requires higher temperatures, higher shrinkage than other hatchboxes, behaves strangely when extruding by hand. Different from other Hatchbox PLA. For starters, I only buy one hatchbox thread for my kossels (there are 3 of them). I bought this color to make Relay for Life charity items, but I'm a bit disappointed. This is the only color I've bought from them that I can't get a semi-matte finish on. It remains significantly duller than other hatchbox yarns. Also, this one should be hotter than all the others, and 205C+ is a good point for me (others from Hachbox don't usually need more than 195 on my printers). That being said, the weird thing is that when I manually extrude it, it weirdly cools and doesn't form a solid line, but rather has a sausage effect that makes it seem like the hot filament is being pushed into what's already been extruded.

Pros
  • Performance PLA (polylactic acid) 3D printer filament vacuum sealed and desiccant sealed
Cons
  • Expensive