Hatchbox is hardly junk. There is a huge amount of counterfeit filament being sold as Hatchbox by unauthorized sellers. I learned this by complaining about a bad roll to Hatchbox.
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Everyone has their opinions and I may be overly picky about filament quality but a +/- 0.1 filament change instead of the +/- 0.05 isn’t good filament to me. Might not seem like much to fuss about but that much tolerance difference when I was using the filament caused a lot of frustration. At the time I was using Hatchbox I was buying directly from the seller. Since my last purchase the company could have improved their quality control but I still won’t purchase from them anymore especially when I had one too many rolls arrive with bubbles or debris visible without open the package. Some people may have better luck with the brand but I always recommend to other users that when issues such as what Brian_Michael_T is having that it may be time to try other filaments that have a tighter standards on their filament quality and sellers.
Yes they do. Hatchbox advertises ±.05 and they do not sell direct so no telling what you were getting from the “seller”.
I would have to agree with this. I have not had ABS react like this. I am sure it is possible but odd. PLA would seem much more likely to do this.
As Tanya said, it is definitely a good idea to try another brand to see how it goes.
Still though, it is critical to make sure you are getting legit material. If you are not buying direct from the maker, like Makergeeks, then the risk of counterfeit is real.
I know where it is. They do not sell direct. They intend to in the future.
I wish they did sell direct since it would eliminate weeding through so many bogus sellers on Amazon to get the real stuff!
I had a string of bad filament from Makergeeks (similar issue that you mention) which caused me to try Hatchbox and so far my results have been good.
The Amazon price fluctuates a lot though.
Amazon link on hatchbox3d.com 1 site. Sorry. Typing on a phone. I probably would give them another chance if the did not sell through amazon but on their own website too. Could have cases where amazon sends orders to nearest “storage warehouse” which could be a storage house selling the counterfiet. Don’t know. But since my last purchase of hatchbox I’ve found many other filaments more suited to my printers and works I create.
Yea, when I use Amazon I have to look at who the actual seller is. There are a ton of bad ones or non authorized!
newegg.com has done ok and has stable prices.
As I mentioned I went to Hatchbox after trouble with Makergeeks. Hatcbox has been decent for general use with good colors and a low price but can be hard to get at the good price point!
But not every filament is good for every print that is for sure.
Back to this guys issues, I haven’t seen ABS behave like that by splitting. I’d like to try his file with some junky ABS I have and see if it does the same thing.