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Review on πŸ”Œ OVERTURE Filament: High-Quality Flexible Consumables for 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing by Richard Muncy

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Ender 3 = GrassGreen Filament Works

Short story: works well Not the best image but: yellow (printed as TPU/PLA + better), blue (TPU + normal), yellow (TPU + normal). When I printed the same object (with the same settings) with "grass color" filament, everything came out clumpy (blue vs. yellow). I had to change the settings to be closer to using PLA. After that everything went smoothly (uh). Long story: I had another TPU brand I was using and had to disable all settings and almost disable retraction because it was stuck in the default extruder. I ended up printing out a fix for the extruder (and hot end) that used a small piece of bowden tubing to keep it from getting stuck in the extruder (and hot end) while waiting for a new extruder, which I also ordered. I got these fixes on Thingiverse. To be honest I think it would have worked if I had just ordered this thread to start with. As mentioned earlier, there is a mix of TPU and PLA. I printed with regular TPU and then printed the same part with this filament and this brand is actually a bit stiffer which is great for what I need. I ended up having to increase all my settings again to print this material closer to the PLA settings. If you want to print more "rubber" TPU, you'll need to tweak your Ender 3 settings a bit. My suggestion is to try the following: lower all your settings, increase the temperature (225 and 60) and print a test object. If you get drips, increase speed, pull in, and adjust heat. When you find the setting that works best for you, write it on the reel. Benchmark: My photo print took 3.5 hours with regular TPU and 2.5 hours with this filament, aka smooth blue vs smooth yellow.

Cons
  • Very expensive