Hi @Bavilo
here are my favorite brands:
ColorFabb: PLA/PHA seems to be a little stronger than standard PLA. Easy to handle. Cheapest shipping.
Fillamentum: Nicer colors compared to Colorfabb. Easy printable.
Formfutura: Their HD Glass is better printable than ColoFabbs XT (just my personal opinion)
All brands are easy to obtain in Germany.
hth
Joerg
I use Meltink3d filaments for ABS and PLA. I’ve always gotten quality prints from their stuff, in addition you can buy 90% of what they have from Amazon.
+1 for sainsmart!
I am using primarily Hatchbox PLA on my MK2 and the results are good.
Have you had any experience with Hatchbox ABS?
Yes, but not on the MK2. Hatchbox ABS seems to be stable and not to finicky.
After reading some of the responses, I feel there is one vendor that is being left out for US-based makers. Makergeeks.com 89 sells a huge selection of reasonably priced filaments. I fell in love with their Raptor PLA from the first time I ran it through my MK2. I have also used their cheaper PLA and their ABS. I have only experienced a small amount of issues, and all were resolved by a change in printer settings.
Hatchbox ABS is second best in my list.
Happy Printing!
-The Koob
Hi, I’ve been using Colorfabb and Smartfil Materials. I discovered that Smartfil filaments also works very well with Zortrax M200. I can print cheaper and results are amazing
Thanks for the replies so far!
So we got:
Makergeeks
Hatchbox
SainSmart
ColorFabb
Fillamentum
Formfutura
OrbPolymer
Proto Paradigm
Smartfil
Side note: I would probably print ABS a lot, followed by PLA.
After finally receiving my Prusa i3 MK2S kit and getting tired of the included silver PLA. I wanted to go ahead and buy some new PLA, ABS and PETG. Turns out it is really hard to find any supplier!
I wanted to start with Hatchbox PLA and ABS but on Amazon they don’t even offer Black and White in 1.75mm. Same with SainSmart…
now eSun on the other hand is widely available on Amazon. Can anyone recommend eSun?
Is there a way to get Hatchbox and Sainsmart elsewhere in germany?
Thanks!
Hi @Bavilo
it’s not that hard to find a supplier
As you are located in Germany I can suggest the following:
- ColorFabb (my number 1 supplier). Top of the notch filament + free shipping to Germany. Check out their Economy PLA as well, it performed perfectly on my printers.
- eSun (never used it): amazon or filamentworld.de 59
- Sainsmart (only used their TPU): amazon or ebay
- Fillamentum (my nuber 2 supplier, super nice colors): order directly or at filamentworld.de 59
hope this helps
This is just getting frustrating now. Ordering from Fillamentum directly is useless since nearly everything is out of stock.
Tried lots of their distributors and its either out of stock, or they dont ship to germany…
Filamentworld has next no Fillamentum ABS…
Someone please tell me where I can get Fillamentum ABS in germany
Ok I just placed an order…
Black and White ABS from Fillamentum, Black and White PLA Economy from ColorFabb, and Black Transparent GlassHD from FormFutura.
Excited 
Great
Hi…MELCA is making a name for itself, but perhaps my favorite feature is the amazing customer service. Perhaps it’s because they have so few reviews that when they do get a bad review they can respond so quickly. It just goes to show, if you put out a high-quality product you can take the time to make each customer happy.
As for positive reviews, customers are quite happy with MELCA’s price and quality. This filament boasts excellent tolerances and is known to print well even in inexpensive printers where you would expect to see more problems.
As per what I have seen and used Hatchbox is the best Filament Brand to buy.
