🖨️ Gizmo Dorks Additive Manufacturing Products: 3D Printing Supplies and More Review

This filament is terrible and keeps jamming. I've been trying to do the same push all week but it keeps failing. I thought it was my printer, but all the other stuff I've tried prints with no problems using the same gcode. bottom line. But now the manufacturer seems to have changed the formula, and when it's not jamming it generally prints with a foggy appearance except at the most prohibitive temperatures (230+). Don't waste your money or your mind on junk.

Gizmo's translucent blue PETG thread was my favorite thread but it was never in stock. I started printing with PLA and it held up great and was just as beautiful. I started getting orders a while ago, but the thread was looking rather grim. Still translucent (not important to me) but not nearly as transparent as before. My prints started losing hair. No threads like I have a retraction problem but tiny scraps. Then blockages, half-squeezes and problems began. I've been so in love with this…

I bought this filament to accompany my new FlashForge Creator Pro (2016) in addition to the included ABS. I have quite a bit of experience using and troubleshooting FDM 3D printers - from the MakerBot Rep2 to the Stratasys Fortus 400 - of course I've seen a lot of good and bad practices related to this technology. I don't claim to know the ins and outs of filament production or formulation, but of the types I've used, Gizmo Dork's 1.75mm PLA in Translucent Blue is probably the most…