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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have never bought Bambu filament. There’s a far wider array of types and colors available to print with online, cheaper, than Bambu’s offerings. It only takes a few minutes to calibrate and save the settings for a 3rd party filament. The only thing it should be necessary to buy from Bambu is replacement parts.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The bulk deals at Bambu were pretty inline price wise with china filament- I was getting it under $14 a kilo. and I do like their refillable spools reducing overall waste and taking up way less storage space in my cabinet. But yeah none of that's worth it at this point, and their bulk deals are all mostly gone.

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I mostly use Sunlu at ~$10/spool. Also refillable.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When the hell did sunlu come out with refillable spools??

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

V3, a couple years ago, I think.

Goddamn maybe I'll go back to them then. Thats hot.

When I was in college we used a lot of Sunlu in the engineering makerspace I was part of, but I haven't really seen their stuff since I graduated, which is like 3 years ago. They were still using the solid black spools then.