SainSmart PRO-3 Tangle-Free Premium 1-inch Review

So I tried this on my original Prusa i3 MK2S and it's not the PLA you want to buy. First, it has a huge temperature range of 180 to 230 °C. It's quite difficult to tweak the settings when you have so many variations. Second, it has very poor first layer adhesion, I had to completely change the Z settings and lower the nozzle from my default settings to 0.1mm just for this PLA to adhere to the surface. Third, this is the first PLA to deform like ABS! . I don't know how this happens, I usually…

So with the stock Ender 3 V2 on a relatively new (>20 prints) Ultra Basic glass table I couldn't get the white filament to stick permanently. I had never used PVA glue for PLA before, so I really didn't want to start. It seemed like an unnecessary fuss. I contacted support and they were very helpful. They ended up sending a replacement roller as well as a replacement glass bed as I bought my printer through them. Adhesion is a bit better now, but I still use PVA so there are no more bad…

I am very happy with this purchase. As some of the other reviews say, the clear plastic lets me see how much filament is left. The tangle-free design reduces the chance of bad prints, reducing wasted time and filament, and most importantly, less frustration. Some reviews mention that the thread gauge is more consistent. It seems so when I look at it alongside a few other brands and an old Sandisk thread, but I'm not entirely sure if it's just because it rolls better. My human eyesight can't…