Anyone who was able to print on a Prusa Mini with esun pla+? Is it just wet?
Anyone who was able to print on a Prusa Mini with esun pla+? Is it just wet?
Last week I took the bait and bought some esun pla+ from an Amazon.de sale.
I normally print with Colorfabb of Prusament. Almost for 5y now and never had real issues, especially not with the Prusa Mini.
But now, I loaded a fresh rol and it just… was awful: under extrusion galore even in the first layer! A lot of clicking and clacking.. just 😒
I read somewhere their filament comes “wet”… pretty convenient that they also sell.. overpriced dryers right?!
Anyway I’m going to build a dryer now. Hoping that resolved the issues and this wasn’t all money wasted.. sigh
Anyway I was wondering if someone else had the same issues? Or experience with this brand? How can you know that it’s dried enough? Or can it really only be with testing?
I’m investing in a mk4 soon, this has a direct drive, instead of a Bowden. Will this be less of an issue? I mean I know about the quality issues I was just thinking about that it seems like it just cannot pass properly, through .. and I forgot how it’s named: the thingie that feeds the filament.
Anyway if anything: be cautious with that brand. I wish I had read some more before buying it, I trusted the reviews to much I guess
Anyway sorry for the long kinda rand post.. it has been.. a challenging week.. 🤟
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If the extruder is clicking, it's able to grasp the filament. It's that it's trying to move it forward, literally can't, and it slips and makes that click. That also grinds down the filament at the wheel as well.
I've printed fine with eSun PLA+ on an Ender 3 V2, it's a very straightforward filament in my experience. Not my favourite, but it's fine. (Their cleaning filament by contrast is excellent and I recommend it highly.) I would take apart the entire filament path and make sure it is incredibly clean, because this really sounds to me like a recurring clog issue caused by some particulate matter, which can include extraheated filament hat no longer wants to melt right.