Reduced supply of 2.85mm ?

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Has anyone else noticed some brands are cutting back on their support for 2.85, it's always been the less popular size but now, Spectrum (my PLA of choice) has stopped doing many of the colours and types of filament in 2.85.

 

Think i will have to move to Fillamentum, which brand do people prefer for PLA for example ?

[Smithy 1,141]

No, the brands I usually buy, Colorfabb, Extrudr, Fillamentum, 3DJake have both sizes available.

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Which do you prefer?, filamentum seems to print really well. Not tired extrudr or 3djake own stuff. 

[Smithy 1,141]

In the past I bought a lot of Colorfabb, but then tried Filamentum and they are also great, have nice colours and are much cheaper than Colorfabb. So if I need new spools I will buy probably Filamentum.

[Framar 38]

I like Filamentum too. And it is true that it is easier to get 1,75mm filament than 2,85mm...

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i have just ordered a good few rolls of Filamentum, hopefully they won't decide 2.85 is not a good business model for them also !

[Ishy 8]

My favourite PET-G was Spectrum as well. Sadly no longer available. Using a British manufacturer now which is excellent and cheaper though.

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20 minutes ago, Ishy said:

My favourite PET-G was Spectrum as well. Sadly no longer available. Using a British manufacturer now which is excellent and cheaper though.

 

Interesting, which brand are you using ?

 

[Ishy 8]

3 hours ago, Link said:

 

Interesting, which brand are you using ?

 

https://www.altecweb.com/home.asp?cat=2.85mmFilament

Really impressed, tolerances are excellent, prints come out fantastic, extremely strong and the price is amazing.

I print with it at 235 c.