In the order of your arrows (from top to bottom):
- Basic PETG
- PETG-CF
- PLA-CF
- Basic PETG
- PETG-CF
- PLA-CF
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100% correct. I should have just added that in the picture 
@tweety55
I have just used the lava grey PLA-CF, but unfortunately I do not have any prints here anymore. They were all sent out. For me it printed exactly the same as the black PLA-CF. Same profile, same texture.
And yes, the PETG-CF indeed looks quite good. Ill do some tests and maybe ill switch from PLA-CF as my standard filament. Havent had time to test and measure how dimensionally stable it is, but usually the carbon fiber helps there. Hopefully I can manage this over the weekend as the printer is occupied until then
Okay. Nice to know. Most likely, mine is wet.
After calibration (FR and PA), green and red PLA-CF showed excellent results in dimensional and tolerance tests. Only I wouldn’t say I like their cost.
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Nice overview of the materials…
I’m convinced to buy some PETG-CF now,
it look much better then my very shiny PETG.
I find normal black ABS has quite a nice satin finish when printed at high speed. Not quite as nice as CF filament but is cheaper and very durable.
I just did some tests with PolyLite ASA vs. 3DXTech ASA+CF. In terms of looks, the CF is invisible, unlike PETG-CF or PLA-CF:
The vertical side may be a tad “dryer” less “goopy” looking, but it’s close.
I printed some small CNC-Kitchen tensile strength samples both in the XY and Z direction, these are ~48mm long overall (showing the Z-direction test samples):
I then used my very ad-hoc test set-up with a force gauge that has a peak-hold feature to see what the max breaking load is. I did 2 samples of each filament in each of the XY and Z directions. Here’s what I got:
I ran out of time and didn’t quantify the bending modulus but holding two bars in my hands the ASA+CF one is definitely stiffer than the ASA one.
Note that the two filaments were printed with custom profiles using a 0.6mm nozzle, and 0.3mm layer height. I’m printing both at the top of the recommended temperature range (ASA@260C & ASA+CF@255C) and with 20% fan @3s layer time (which is probably pretty close for the narrow neck of the Z sample). The consistency between the two “identical” samples and the fact that the ASA Z samples show about 75% of the strength of the XY samples while the TDS claims 72%, suggests that what I’m measuring isn’t completely off. 
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Check out California Filament https://californiafilament.com/
They make a matte black PETG that’s great to print with.
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I’m from The Netherlands, it’s to expensive to buy in the USA…
Really love the marble PLA and PETG-CF both from Bambu. I mean the first layer always looks sexy with the marble. And the PETG just works (here purple PETG-CF)
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That look absolutely fantastic, best I’ve seen in PETG-CF thanks for sharing
I also was looking for the perfect outdoor filament. Tried several types. I have found that ASA is by far the strongest, best color and most accurate printing filament. The brand that I have tried and like a lot is iSANGHU. It prints with a hot bed and high temp, but the end product is accurate and something that is really going to last.
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