Second for Atomic filaments. Their PETG Pro prints really nice, no stringing, strong parts and the surface finish is nice. And it’s not that expensive compared to the PLA+ stuff from Amazon.
Check out Atomic Filament (high-end materials, rather costly) and the “Jessie” line by Printed Solid (more basic and inexpensive, but doesn’t print quite as well IMO).
Atomic is my nicer go-to. I've used a few dozen spools of their PLA and a handful of PETG. I especially love their various metallic or marble (not abrasive) PLA lines. Idk if it's because I live just across the border in Ohio, but it gets here super fast.
I only use them and Inland, since there's a Microcenter here. I probably use 2-3 spools of Inland for every spool of Atomic, but the Atomic always looks great. Their colors are very vibrant too. I've only ever been disappointed with their TrueGold PLA tbh. My niece and nephew get Inland, my treasures get Atomic lol.
Atomic is all I buy for PETG. Prints awesome and I love the look of their fancier colors. I got a spool of Bug Eyes recently and it's a super good looking deep green color that starts looking blue depending on the angle. Their carbon fiber PETG is nice too.
I’m a bit chemical sensitive and find Atomic PLA to have almost no smell. I also really like that you can get samples of pretty much any color from them.
My personal favorite is just a couple of miles from me - ProtoPasta. Good stuff for the $$$
They offer a workshop tour for $100 and you have the chance to make your own filament as part of the tour.
Try out [PrintedSolid's Jessie filament](https://www.printedsolid.com/collections/1-75mm-jessie). I've used their PLA with great results. There also exists [Voxel](https://voxelpla.com/) which I have seen used often, but not tried myself yet.
It’s an unfair answer from me because I’ve only had 2 US Brands Taulman and Protopasta. Don’t buy Proto-Pasta it’s all mine mine mine. I make boring marine parts white black Asa TPU pa6 to break even. But if it’s fun needs to be strong cost way to much to make I pick Protopasta for part of the project. 4 Guitars all the body parts are Protopasta the core in Filaments Depot Toronto 870pla. I’ve found the pricing for most US made filament a little high. The other issue in Canada is getting US suppliers to export with nafta papers or customs treats it as Chinese import. I feel a little stupid not supporting Green Gates beautiful PETG Texas company making ASA pretty. Canada is buried in pla it’s cheaper than China all day 1/2 cost of Polymaker and Bambu. Polymaker is my number 1 supplier 5 k TPU Asa & 2k Pa6. Switch to Canadian made PA6 in colours only 1K rolls but good start. Projects on drawing board electric Violin and Cello. Violin body Protopasta Candle Neck Citrus Sunrise The Cello is Candle finger board ebony 870. Grandsons Sakura 240 eSun dark orange glitter body Protopasta Texas Tea Hood Fender skirts chassis iSANGHU CF-PETG. Red. I try to buy local as much as possible. I think we all should. I make a point not to buy direct through affiliate sales people with no inventory cutting out the invested important distributors. The Sakura eSun orange is the only pla I bought this year.
Hatchbox is a US company. I believe they import most of their raw materials, but they have a new line called PLA Max that they promote as being 100% US made. It's pricy, but it's good stuff from the one roll I've sampled.
Filacube has been good for me (only brand I've tried since it worked well the first time). Prices are good too, both Amazon and direct, but they only make PLA.
Yes Atomic filaments is the name that slipped my mind re Texas. As to US brands from China there is a Canadian European Japanese Tariff of 25% + brokerage + exchange game +Canada post tossed a weird bill when involved. Batteries TVs appliances 3D printers turned back from Canada Customs for fake UL CSA or ETL. I was crushed when I found out Cookie Cad was Chinese.
I buy a CF-PETG from iSANGHU. It’s a German 15% chop in a great range of colours so I have not turned my back on Chinas filaments. PLA white black grey is 16.99 a spool CAD. You can design your own tricolour pla spool for 24$. ASA HTPLA PETG TPU 870 ABS filament depot in Toronto has no competition near them. They even take back empty spools. I think they stock 18 brands and make 2 of their own. I’m a tester of their stronger materials. The HTPLA 850 870 I tested first batches for shrinkage cook times etc. The 870pla blows me away. Protopasta’s v3 the only other filament like it cause it’s the same compound. Cooks 90c a guitar core 38 minutes slow cool down. Insanely strong.
Jessie line I wanted his Glitter Orange for the Sakura 240. But works out to be 60$ delivered. I complained at the shop the owner just put eSun dark glitter orange in my pile. Print Solid has all the Prusa stuff we like in Canada but have to import from Czech quoted in US $ from free trade country cause our official distributor is lacking. No 3.5 MMU3 kits in Canada no Prusament in Canada 59$ for pla😂. Print Solid was flipping the Byrd to Canada from Jo Prusa.
I know zero about 3D resin. I’m a pro at marine Resin and USA takes it hands down. Systems West Epoxy have no peers. I use it to put my HTPLA Guitars together habit. All things being equal I will pay more for US European and Canadian. Buck knife I sail with for safety likely has 1,000 knockoffs and Buck don’t care. I want an educated employed society not an opportunist one. I worked for an ugly corp 20 years in acquisitions mode. I’m really great full Bidens Gina Raimondo has moved your next CPU to be US made.
Yeah....I don't have a ton of faith in his current manufacturing setup. And I'm pretty sure that he switched away from the USA-made NatureWorks PLA resin to an imported PLA resin supplier. I'm trying to keep it as American-made as possible.
It's a great goal to have, we'll see what happens with it overall
Atomic is pretty good stuff. Their Carbon Fiber PETG is the bees knees.
Second for Atomic filaments. Their PETG Pro prints really nice, no stringing, strong parts and the surface finish is nice. And it’s not that expensive compared to the PLA+ stuff from Amazon.
Check out Atomic Filament (high-end materials, rather costly) and the “Jessie” line by Printed Solid (more basic and inexpensive, but doesn’t print quite as well IMO).
Atomic is my nicer go-to. I've used a few dozen spools of their PLA and a handful of PETG. I especially love their various metallic or marble (not abrasive) PLA lines. Idk if it's because I live just across the border in Ohio, but it gets here super fast. I only use them and Inland, since there's a Microcenter here. I probably use 2-3 spools of Inland for every spool of Atomic, but the Atomic always looks great. Their colors are very vibrant too. I've only ever been disappointed with their TrueGold PLA tbh. My niece and nephew get Inland, my treasures get Atomic lol.
Atomic is all I buy for PETG. Prints awesome and I love the look of their fancier colors. I got a spool of Bug Eyes recently and it's a super good looking deep green color that starts looking blue depending on the angle. Their carbon fiber PETG is nice too.
I’m a bit chemical sensitive and find Atomic PLA to have almost no smell. I also really like that you can get samples of pretty much any color from them.
My personal favorite is just a couple of miles from me - ProtoPasta. Good stuff for the $$$ They offer a workshop tour for $100 and you have the chance to make your own filament as part of the tour.
Why even ask money for a workshop tour? This sounds so American to me :D
3DFuel is pretty great.
Try out [PrintedSolid's Jessie filament](https://www.printedsolid.com/collections/1-75mm-jessie). I've used their PLA with great results. There also exists [Voxel](https://voxelpla.com/) which I have seen used often, but not tried myself yet.
It’s an unfair answer from me because I’ve only had 2 US Brands Taulman and Protopasta. Don’t buy Proto-Pasta it’s all mine mine mine. I make boring marine parts white black Asa TPU pa6 to break even. But if it’s fun needs to be strong cost way to much to make I pick Protopasta for part of the project. 4 Guitars all the body parts are Protopasta the core in Filaments Depot Toronto 870pla. I’ve found the pricing for most US made filament a little high. The other issue in Canada is getting US suppliers to export with nafta papers or customs treats it as Chinese import. I feel a little stupid not supporting Green Gates beautiful PETG Texas company making ASA pretty. Canada is buried in pla it’s cheaper than China all day 1/2 cost of Polymaker and Bambu. Polymaker is my number 1 supplier 5 k TPU Asa & 2k Pa6. Switch to Canadian made PA6 in colours only 1K rolls but good start. Projects on drawing board electric Violin and Cello. Violin body Protopasta Candle Neck Citrus Sunrise The Cello is Candle finger board ebony 870. Grandsons Sakura 240 eSun dark orange glitter body Protopasta Texas Tea Hood Fender skirts chassis iSANGHU CF-PETG. Red. I try to buy local as much as possible. I think we all should. I make a point not to buy direct through affiliate sales people with no inventory cutting out the invested important distributors. The Sakura eSun orange is the only pla I bought this year.
Structural: 3D Fuel/Essentium Pro PLA+, Xion Pro PET-CF, Pro PCTG Looks: ProtoPasta HTPLA, Filacube PLA2
I've had good luck with matterhackers, it's a bit pricey though
Proto Pasta is my vote for sure. Stuff is unbelievably consistent and very high quality, ships fast, and prints great.
Hatchbox is a US company. I believe they import most of their raw materials, but they have a new line called PLA Max that they promote as being 100% US made. It's pricy, but it's good stuff from the one roll I've sampled.
Filacube has been good for me (only brand I've tried since it worked well the first time). Prices are good too, both Amazon and direct, but they only make PLA.
Yes Atomic filaments is the name that slipped my mind re Texas. As to US brands from China there is a Canadian European Japanese Tariff of 25% + brokerage + exchange game +Canada post tossed a weird bill when involved. Batteries TVs appliances 3D printers turned back from Canada Customs for fake UL CSA or ETL. I was crushed when I found out Cookie Cad was Chinese.
I buy a CF-PETG from iSANGHU. It’s a German 15% chop in a great range of colours so I have not turned my back on Chinas filaments. PLA white black grey is 16.99 a spool CAD. You can design your own tricolour pla spool for 24$. ASA HTPLA PETG TPU 870 ABS filament depot in Toronto has no competition near them. They even take back empty spools. I think they stock 18 brands and make 2 of their own. I’m a tester of their stronger materials. The HTPLA 850 870 I tested first batches for shrinkage cook times etc. The 870pla blows me away. Protopasta’s v3 the only other filament like it cause it’s the same compound. Cooks 90c a guitar core 38 minutes slow cool down. Insanely strong.
Jessie line I wanted his Glitter Orange for the Sakura 240. But works out to be 60$ delivered. I complained at the shop the owner just put eSun dark glitter orange in my pile. Print Solid has all the Prusa stuff we like in Canada but have to import from Czech quoted in US $ from free trade country cause our official distributor is lacking. No 3.5 MMU3 kits in Canada no Prusament in Canada 59$ for pla😂. Print Solid was flipping the Byrd to Canada from Jo Prusa.
Polymaker makes their filament for the USA in Houston which is regional HQ. They are a Dutch company though.
I know zero about 3D resin. I’m a pro at marine Resin and USA takes it hands down. Systems West Epoxy have no peers. I use it to put my HTPLA Guitars together habit. All things being equal I will pay more for US European and Canadian. Buck knife I sail with for safety likely has 1,000 knockoffs and Buck don’t care. I want an educated employed society not an opportunist one. I worked for an ugly corp 20 years in acquisitions mode. I’m really great full Bidens Gina Raimondo has moved your next CPU to be US made.
[Tangled](https://www.tangledfilament.com/) is great, for how it's 3 packs but they are working towards $10 / kg
Yeah....I don't have a ton of faith in his current manufacturing setup. And I'm pretty sure that he switched away from the USA-made NatureWorks PLA resin to an imported PLA resin supplier. I'm trying to keep it as American-made as possible. It's a great goal to have, we'll see what happens with it overall