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Review on ๐Ÿ–จ๏ธ HATCHBOX Matte PLA 3D Printing Filament for Additive Manufacturing by Justin Vasquez

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Constant clogs on 3D printing consumables

I've been using Hatchbox alongside other PLA filaments for years and never had this problem. The first thing I noticed was that the recommended extruder temperature was about 30 degrees higher than the previous hatchbox coils I've used, which indicated something had changed in the formula. No problem, so I tried a few test prints in five degree increments from 205c to 230c to find a sweet spot. I've never found a single sweet spot. Significant underextrusion was observed at each temperature, followed by die clogging for several seconds each time. Thought it was just a bad nozzle, replaced it twice and it was still clogged within seconds. After looking for the problem for some time and disassembling the whole hotend I decided to start another thread which has always worked consistently for me and haven't had a single problem since.

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  • Easy to read control panel
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  • New competitors have emerged