Polymaker Light Weight PLA Filament 1.75mm White 0.8kg, PolyLite 3D Printer PLA Filament White Low Density, Print with Most 3D Printers

The important bits: layer bonding and strength is incredible! very rigid and much lighter than PLA or PLA+ but heavier than foaming lightweight PLA. I am going to use this on all my future 3D printed planes! Now my long boring story :) Patience was the key with this filament! I have seen too many great reviews to think that there was an issue with the filament itself. I took the recommended approach of printing using PLA settings and increasing the retraction distance and speed to the settings recommended on polymakers website. My prints were completely unusable initially. I didn't have a lot of time after work to run calibration tests but I did what I could in my free time. I would change one setting and print a part, I didn't write anything down and I didn't keep track of my changes. The poor print quality was completely my fault for not taking the proper time to dial in the print settings. I even tried multiple slicers! I finally had a day off! no chores, no work... time to get this right :) I started with the basics, e-step calibration and PID tuning. Those were very close to perfect already so I knew that wasn't my issue. I started back with the defualt PLA settings and did a retraction test (two 10mm cubes spaced 40mm apart). I would do a print and take a picture, record the settings and results and then make only 1 change to 1 setting at a time until I got the setting dialed in. Then I would move to the next setting. Rinse and repeat until I got everything dialed in. About 10 hours later, a nearly perfect print with just the smallest amount of stringing! Don't do what I did and just get frustrated and start throwing different settings at this stuff! It took the perfect mix of speed, temp, retraction speed & distance as well as extra prime after retraction to get this stuff dialed in. A change to any one of those setting will throw off the print! Cura 5.10 Artillery Sidewinder X2 (love this printer!) Fulament magnetic flex PEI bed Temp 190 Bed temp 60 (I always run 60 for everything, just seems to work) Print speed 40mm/s Travel speed 250mm/s Retraction 3.5mm Retraction Speed 35mm/s Extra prime after retraction .36mm My issue was an extreme amount of stringing and oozing. I am printing a single walled print and it is important to have a strong Z seam. The loss of material during travel moves and layer changes made the Z seam very weak.

This stuff prints great. Just like regular PLA except with a little post cleanup required. However, it must be noted that if you’re trying to print RC planes, this is NOT the active foaming LW PLA that many RC planes are supposed to be printed out of. That being said, this pre foamed filament will likely still work, just a bit heavier and more expensive. Way easier to print though.

This filament is pre-foamed! If you are printing an eclipson model plane, their recommended settings will not work. I almost returned this filament but eventually got it going after much trial and error. Obviously settings will change based on your printer, but I figured I’d share what I changed vs Eclipsons guide. Here were my findings for a V1 Ender 3 with a steel nozzle. Nozzle: 208 Bed: 60 Flow: 139 Retraction: 3.5 I followed all the other eclipson recommendations. I really had to jack up the flow rate to get it to flow smooth. It prints nicely, marginally heavier than ColorFabb. It appears to be very strong as well. I do have some issues with stringing during travel, and it appears to be just a part of this filament. I brought retraction back even further, but was seeing some issues with incomplete extrusion right after it begins printing after travel.

Works great prints very well on my creality ender 3 s1 pro. Prints seem to be strong and very light. I am printing parts for a R/C airplane. I bought a second spool because i really liked how well it works

prints nice and is light weight but the winding job on the spool leaves little to be desired. keeps getting stuck and quits printing in the middle of the print and its wasted. that's why I give it 1 star.

Like most PLA you have to find your grove in temp and bed temp during printing. I do recommend that if you work in a humid area - dry it out before a run. I also use a thin layer of glue stick on the print board to keep the initial layers in place. Very strong and much lighter than the PLA or PLA+. I use it in combination with PLA+, the light is perfect for airframes, wings, nose cones etc... Not so good for gears, servo arms or moving parts which can easily be stripped. It is prefoamed so the parts come out as designed. The ball cam shown here is mostly PLA LW with PLA+ only on the control arms and inner gears.

This stuff is the real deal BUT: 1. You have to take your time and dial it in on your printer. I did a lot of research online and got some idea of where to start with settings, but I still had to play and tweak them to get good results. 2. You GOTTA PRINT SLOW. the parts will take time. 3. No matter what you do you will have a some amount of stringing. Seam placement is vital and you can set it so the stringing is easily trimmed off. 4. If you are doing airplane parts you have to know how to use Height modifiers in your slicer. If you take your time and really dial this stuff in you will get amazing parts, light, no layer lines, accurate. I'm totally impressed with this stuff.

A finished print with this filament has a nice finish, but honestly, it doesn't look quite "woody". The final color and texture print is fine, but may be too pricy and not worth for paying extra for it. Be aware that the filament requires proper calibration of the print settings first. This filament is not easy to print with, it can get very gooey and even in colder temperature settings, the filament gets stringy, as it has different flow parameters than average PLA, so using this material requires some experience, not recommended for beginners.

Le stampe sul sample di prova che uso sempre per valutare i filamenti è risultato in una struttura molto fragile e poca aderenza tra strati. Inoltre il filamento è fragilissimo, parrebbe umido ma in realtà è stato usato appena tolto dalla confezione. Da evitare.

Les températures d'impression ne sont marquées que sur la boite : reportez les sur la bobine pour ne pas oublier. Le fil est '' rèche '', pas lisse avant impression. La bobine fait 800g pas 1kg, comme prévu.

Polymaker LW filament is top-notch. I use it with a dryer, printing at 50 mm/s, 750 mm/s² acceleration, and 210°C. Taking it slow pays off—prints come out super clean with amazing detail and great adhesion.

Iam a Rc plane enthusiast ,few days back I bought this filament for less than 3500 / 800 grams . Now the price is very high. Please encourage RC hobbists by offering with minimal margins so that more people will use your product. Quality: Good quality Price : very High

lo he comprado por error, al confundirlo con el Polylight 1.0 LW-PLA de 3DLabPrint, y con este material las piezas pesan, por lo menos, 3 veces más y al ser preespumado, no se expande con la temperatura, así que además, también imprimes la mitad de piezas o incluso menos, ya que yo he estado imprimiendo con el Polilight a 44% de extrusión… Además este producto es mucho más caro y sólo viene con 800gr. en vez de 1 kg. Culpa mía por no haberme fijado bien… he tirado el dinero :(