This filament prints great at 320C nozzle, 80C bed, and under 55C chamber (open air is fine!), I use the same print speeds as ABS/ASA, and give it all the fan you can. After printing you need to anneal it in an air fryer/toaster oven to get the full performance, but then it makes great printer parts that will handle chamber temps better than ABS without creeping. Layer adhesion is amazing.
To keep it dry, you need to dry at ~90C and use molecular sieve instead of regular desiccant, this stuff will pull moisture straight out of the regular stuff.
I've bought these many times and they are great for adding mods to 1515 printer builds after you finish the build and don't want to tear everything down. They also work anywhere else square nuts are called for (toolheads, extruders, etc)
Great price point and works well. Had some minor issues with leaking filament collecting on the heat block making it difficult to use the set screws for heating and thermistor even with the silicone sock installed.
I have used all colors of this in all manner of items from functional parts for my Vorons to toys for the kids.
The filament is exceedingly consistent and has provided me with lots of worry free prints after tuning. If you run it too hot it WILL be glossy, but if you find the sweet spot like we used to do with another gone and badly missed ABS from yesteryear, you get absolutely beautiful parts.
Adhesion has been great for me, but I cannot say it is an issue for me in modern times and with clean plates.
Like ANY ABS material, the bottom of the print will show some minor stress whitening that disappears instantly with a little heat gun action.
I prefer this to the house ASA simply for the look.
The only thing I need is MORE COLOR SELECTION!!! Lets get some UV reactive hot pink etc in here, guys.
While it works well, I'm quite irritated that I was told by bambu that they only approved a black hotend, so this isn't officially approved and the printer won't recognize it.
The quality of the parts and print look really good. I haven't been able to test it as I am in the process of upgrading my ender 3 to e3ng 1.2. This will be the toolhead that will go on that new setup with the ERCF V3 with 8 filamentist. Its looks go so far but I think this toolhead will hopefully make it great. Will up once I have completed the whole build witb pictures.
Didn’t expect a 3d print reseller to have good hot sauce
Pretty awful internal build quality. Cannot get a successful print. Have been trying to time it for months.
This kit has enabled me to turn a stock Ender-5 S1 into a solid 4 into 1 printer, to the point I find it more reliable than my FF AD5X's and ECC v1 with Canvas kit.
It is important to manage expectations though. I feel you do need some experience in modding printers to get the best from this kit. That is not a negative reflection on the kit itself, the instructions and support from Christoper ( 3MS ) via discord is really helpful, however it does require understanding of how to configure a custom printer. I'm an experienced modder, familiar with Marlin and Klipper firmware configuration as well as custom printer set ups and it's taken me about 2 months in all to get to the point where I have a very reliable 4 into 1 custom printer.
I used an Ender-5 S1 as a base machine, Biqu / BTT electronics, Nebula extruder, Magneto filament cutter, Dragon Burner hot end set up with Revo nozzle. Combined with this kit and custom designed parts this is a modders paradise, I now have the option of 4 different colours, filament roll over and with careful use, multiple material printing. Best of all, because the base is mainstream Klipper it is completely under my control. I prefer this to my other 4 into 1 printers.
I'd definitely suggest this kit as a way into such a set up for an experienced modder.
My overall experience was pretty disappointing. I ordered a BIQU CryoGrip Pro Glacier plate for my Snapmaker U1, but received a Creality K1 Max plate instead. On top of that, my BIQU PopCap Enclosure bundle sat in limbo under the same single tracking number and invoice, got returned to sender without notice, and didn't arrive until a week later.
To their credit, phone support was helpful once I called and got things fixed. However, having to use a Discord ticket system for standard support isn't a great experience, and dealing with wrong parts and delayed shipments was frustrating. West3D needs to do better with packing accuracy, tracking communication, and streamlining their support channels.
I ordered a BIQU CryoGrip Pro Glacier Build Plate for my Snapmaker U1, but received one for a Creality K1 Max instead. When I called support, most they do it thur discord and i have found this to be hit or miss, they were great and sent out the right plate right away. However, this was part of a larger order where another item was delayed/missing without notice. Since everything was listed under a single invoice and single Shop tracking number, I assumed it was all shipping together. While West3D's customer service team is responsive and helpful, their fulfillment process and shipping updates could definitely be clearer and some better QA on the ordered would help also.
I ordered a double sided smooth build plate for my voron 0.2 and the build quality is great. Nice thick pei sheet on both sides and a thick piece of spring steel in between. For whatever reason smooth build plates are getting a little hard to find in that size so I was really happy to see that double sided smooth was an option for when I inevitably end up engraving one side of it lol. My only issue is since it's 125x125mm I'm going to have to modify my build plate stops before I can use it. It's listed as "For 120mm Build Plates e.g. Voron" so idk why it isn't just a 120mm build plate like everyone else sells. Not a big deal but if you have a v0 with build plate aligning stops you'll have to cut the side off of one side and will have overhang on that side and the front. Just a tradeoff i have to make for double smooth I guess.
For how much these cost they should not come pre corroded. Does titanium even corrode? These do. This is pre installation with two unwrapped.
I've only had the nozzle for about a week so far but I have had no reason to doubt it as of yet. I print a lot of abs-gf, pa6-gf, pps-gf and recently ppa-cf on my voron 0.2 and while the hardened steel has held up fairly well i had noticed the tip was beginning to wear to being less pointy. As such I wanted a more durable nozzle and had a bad previous experience with Diamondback so was glad to find this nozzle for about half the cost of that one. I had also considered the phaetus tungsten nozzle but that one being just a tip insert and this one being solid tungsten put that thought to rest. My v0 uses a dropeffect nextg fiber with the e3d pz probe standalone so I'd have been far too worried about cracking a diamond anyways. And again with those you get "just the tip" made out of the better material. The tungsten carbide nozzle is having no problems with probing at a pretty high speed and anecdotally seems more consistent than hardened steel for nozzle probing for me so far. If you're looking for a serious nozzle for serious materials I have no qualms recommending the undertaker at this point. It's a bit of an investment but if everything is as it should be it should be the last nozzle of that size the machine will ever need, and the little coffin it came in was a cute touch.
Prints easy, has a nice selection of colors and types.
Has a nice selection of colors and prints easy!
The pin crimps were too small to make any use of, so I soldered the wires in place - solved my "no lights" problem perfectly.
The build took me a little longer than I expected, but the printer has been rock solid since the work was done.
In our makerspace the openness of the i3 models seems to be less intimidating to many than routing through PTFE tube to a Core One. The other really nice thing about no PTFE tube is if someone uses ancient / brittle PLA instead of it jamming up the tubes when it snaps in 50 places, it just falls onto the floor.
Great product. Prints easy.
Purchased this FlashForge AD5X from West3D over Labor Day Weekend and as a newbie to 3D printing this was a great choice! I’ve had absolutely no issues with it, or the Ambrosia filament I also purchased! I expected a steep learning curve but set up and printing could not have been easier. Thank you West3D!
